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  • Justice for Ireland

    by Daniel O'Connell ...
    Daniel O'Connell (6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), often referred to as The Liberator or The Emancipator, was an Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Acts of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland.Throughout his ... Read more

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  • Caxton's Book

    A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches

    by W. H. Rhodes ...
    In "Caxton's Book," W. H. Rhodes embarks on an intricate exploration of the evolution of the printed word in England, focusing on the groundbreaking contributions of William Caxton, the first English printer. Rhodes employs a rich, scholarly prose enriched with historical context, blending narrative with critical analysis to examine the socio-political landscape surrounding Caxton's innovations. ... Read more

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    The End of Empire

    1805-1862

    by George Graham Vest, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Charles Phillips, Robert Emmet, Napoleon Bonaparte, Frederick Douglass, Red Jacket, Daniel O'Connell, William Lloyd Garrison ...
    Narrated by Charles Featherstone ...
    Series Audiobook 4 - History's Great Speeches

    Unabridged

    1 hour 47 min

    No discussion of the 19th Century is complete without Napoleon. We begin with Charles Phillips’ eulogy, summarizing the strangeness and contradiction of the most influential man of his time. Followed by 7 brief speeches by Napoleon himself.Two speeches chronicle the injustice and tyranny of British rule. Robert Emmet’s Speech From The Dock in 1803 is a classic of Irish Republicanism, given after ... Read more

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    The Ultimate Collection

    by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
    Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was also a champion of individualism.The transcendentalists believe in the inherent goodness of both people and nature. They further believed that society and its institutions—particularly organized religion and political parties—corrupt the purity of the individual ... Read more

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  • Suspiria de Profundis and Other Writings

    by Thomas De Quincey ...
    Thomas De Quincey was an English author during the Romantic movement, associating with writers like Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. Best known for his command of the psychological fantasy story, De Quincey produced stories of the curious and obscure, but always with the traditional Romantic emphasis on feeling. His masterwork, "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" (1821), stemmed ... Read more

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  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

    Or, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

    by Washington Irving ...
    With his beloved Gothic tales, Washington Irving is said to have created the genre of the short story in America. Though Irving crafted many of the most memorable characters in fiction, from Rip Van Winkle to Ichabod Crane, his gifts were not confined to the short story alone. He was also a master of satire, essay, travelogue, and folktale, as evidenced in this classic collection.Henry Wadsworth ... Read more

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  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

    by Washington Irving ...
    Before the fall premiere of the new television series, read the original legend of Ichabod Crane, the Headless Horseman, and the singularly spooky town of Sleepy Hollow in Washington Irving's classic bookWhenWashington Irving first published this collection of essays, sketches, and tales—originally entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.—readers greeted it with enthusiasm, and Irving ... Read more

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  • Rip Van Winkle

    and other selected stories

    by Washington Irving ...
    Series series Tor Classics
    Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.Rip's a good natured loser, trying to be happy despite a bad marriage and major poverty...until the day he helps a stranger in need, winds up at a ... Read more

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  • The Road to Science Fiction: From Gilgamesh to Wells

    Volume 1

    Edited by James Gunn ...
    Now in Paperback!Between an ancient Roman's trip to the moon and the fantastic tales of H.G. Wells lies a journey through time and space and an awesome evolution in scientific thinking. From Gilgamesh's search for immortality to Lucian's odyssey on the moon; from Jonathan Swift's hilarious satire on scientists in Gulliver's Travels to Mary Shelley's horrifying description of a scientist who has ... Read more

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  • 75+ Ralph Waldo Emerson Collection. Collected Essays, Poems, Speeches

    Self-Reliance, Nature, The Conduct of Life, Compensation, The American Scholar, May-Day And Other Pieces, Elements And Mottoes, Brahma, Days, The Snow-Storm, Concord Hymn and others

    by Ralph Waldo Emerson ...
    Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.He was a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures.Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of ... Read more

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  • The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

    by Washington Irving ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    With these words, Washington Irving expresses the dilemma of every American artist in the nineteenth century. The Sketch-Book (1820-1) looks simultaneously towards audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, as Irving explores the uneasy relationship of an American writer to English literary traditions. He sketches a series of encounters with the cultural shrines of the parent nation, and in two ... Read more

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  • The Conduct of Life (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. The Eternal Question & The Tough Answers

    by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reid Graybourne ...
    The Conduct of Life is Emerson's mature meditation on how human beings may act meaningfully within a world shaped by necessity, appetite, social ambition, and illusion. Composed of essays including "Fate," "Power," "Wealth," "Culture," "Behavior," "Worship," "Beauty," and "Illusions," the book tempers Transcendentalist optimism with a harder, more worldly realism. Its style is characteristically ... Read more

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