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Cover of Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040

Various

Length
5 h 18 min
Chapters
18
Language
English

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a murder during the Yukon gold rush, a perpetual motion fraud, the dissection of a Tasmanian tiger's brain, phlogiston, Bertrand Russell on noting, the memoirs of Louis XIV, the novels of Marie Corelli, marriage, free love, and motherhood. Authors include Benjamin Franklin, Hamlin Garland, Ida Tarbel, Emma Goldman, Florence Nightingale, Robert Benchley, Heywood Broun, and the duc de Saint-Simon.

"The Introduction to the Memoirs of Louis XIV" was translated by Bayle St. John.

Chapters

From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org), all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org).