Atlantic Classics
Various
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Length 7 h 45 min
Chapters 17
First published 1917
The Atlantic was a popular periodical with a wide range of essays and stories. In an effort to remain current, many strong and valid submissions ended up being pushed aside. The Atlantic Classic was an experimental publication, drawing on some sixteen of these good but rejected essays. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1
Preface Read by MaryAnn
4:52
2
Jungle Night By William Beebe (1867-1962) Read by Phil Schempf
40:28
3
The Devil Baby at Hull-House By Jane Addams (1860-1935) Read by J. M. Smallheer
36:24
4
Every Man's Natural Desire to be Somebody Else By Samuel McChord Crothers (1857-1927) Read by Wayne Anderson
26:16
5
The Temple's Difficult Door By Robert M. Gay Read by Preston
23:14
6
Exile and Postman By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie Read by Tom Penn
19:38
7
The Life of Adventure By Edgar J. Goodspeed Read by Wayne Anderson
20:53
8
An Indictment of Intercollegiate Athletics By William T. Foster (1879-1950) Read by Chris Pyle
40:29
9
Car-Window Botany By Lida F. Baldwin Read by Tom Penn
17:40
10
Studies in Solitude By Fannie Stearns Gifford Read by Allison Virginia
15:45
11
The Greek Genius By John Jay Chapman (1862-1933) Read by Gary Grenholm
57:38
12
In Praise of Old Ladies By Lucy Martin Donnelly(1870-1948) Read by J. M. Smallheer
14:38
13
A Memory of Old Gentlemen By Sharlot M. Hall (1870-1943) Read by DrPGould
10:33
14
Viola's Lovers: A Study in the New Morality By Richard Bowland Kimball Read by Robert Robinson
16:52
15
Haunted Lives By Laura Spencer Portor (1872-1957) Read by DrPGould
38:00
16
The Acropolis and Golgotha By Anne C. E. Allinson Read by DrPGould
27:25
17
The Baptizing of the Baby By Elizabeth Taylor (1856-1932) Read by Robert Robinson
19:59
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