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This masterpiece of playwriting has withstood the test of time since it was written in ~1599, and starts with possibly the best known phrase in the English language: "All the world's a stage...." The character, Jacques, from William Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It," breaks down the seven ages of a person's life. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK FO Jacques' Monologue by William Shakespeare published in The Wild Knight, page 16 by London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1914 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/william-shakespeare/jaques-monologue/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/william-shakespeare/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In the poem, The Donkey, G. K. Chesterton humorously describes a donkey coming into being, its existence, and its moment of secret glory—to the likely disdain of its enemies. A short, simple story, perhaps, but nonetheless great in its craft. The donkey is believed to be the one represented in the stories of Jesus. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO The Donkey by G. K. Chesterton published in The Wild Knight, page 16 by London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1914 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/g-k-chesterton/the-donkey/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/g-k-chesterton/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This 1928 letter to the editor of Weird Tales is an interesting insight into the mind of the grandfather of modern horror, H. P. Lovecrart. In it, he explains (in so many words) that the biggest problem he sees with science fiction writers is their tendency to anthropomorphise alien beings and worlds while using cheap language. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Letter to the Editor by H. P. Lovecraft published in Weird Tales: vol. 11, no. 2, page 282 by Indianapolis: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1928 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/h-p-lovecraft/lovecraft-letter-to-the-editor/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/h-p-lovecraft/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this poem by Henry Hazzen, he reflects upon his will to remain an individual while surrounded by the temptations and restraints present in society. I suppose one could describe it as a Victorian poem about "keeping it real" and not being a sellout. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Individuality by Henry Wilmarth Hazzen published in Fourteen Sonnets and Poems, page 39 by Chicago: published privately, 1900 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/henry-wilmarth-hazzen/individulaity/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/henry-wilmarth-hazzen/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

Emilio Aguinaldo's Manifesto was delivered on January 5th, 1899 in the Philippines. In it he condemns the United States for proclaiming General Elwell Stephen Otis as the military governor, and what he views as the general American interference in his country, after their prior pledge not to do so. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Manifesto of January 5, 1899 by Emilio Aguinaldo Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/emilio-aguinaldo/aguinaldos-manifesto/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/emilio-aguinaldo/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

Remembrance is one of Emily Brontë's most famous works—a poem in which the speaker is remembering their dead spouse, painfully holding onto their memory many years after they had died. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Remembrance by Emily Brontë published in Poems, by Currer, Ellis, and Acton, page 31-32 by London : Smith, Elder and Co., 1846 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/emily-bronte/remembrance/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/emily-bronte/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This unpublished fable by Robert Louis Stevenson, written circa 1870s, takes us into the world of a race of creatures which inhabit the caraffe on a clockmaker's table. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO The Clockmaker by Robert Louis Stevenson unpublished Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/robert-louis-stevenson/the-clockmaker/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/robert-louis-stevenson/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

This World War I poem by British soldier and poet, Wilfred Owen, speaks to the first-hand horrors of war. As with most of his Poems, he peels back the veneer of glory to expose the ugliness a soldier experiences in the trenches. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen published posthumously in Poems by Wilfred Owen, page 15 by London: Chatto & Windus, 1920; New York: Viking Press, 1921 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/wilfred-owen/dulce-et-decorum-est/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/wilfred-owen/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

In this historical news article by Mark Twain (writing as Samuel Clemens at the time), we hear about the merging of districts and counties in Philadelphia, Police captains receiving honors, his view of the poetry accompanying death notices, a giant tree, and more. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO From Philadelphia by Mark Twain published in the Muscatine Journal, February 17, 1854 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/mark-twain/from-philadelphia/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/mark-twain/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

Apologia is a Victorian period poem by Oscar Wilde, in which the speaker is willing to sacrifice their happiness for love. - - - - - - - Support The Proud Reader on Patreon, SubscribeStar or Paypal, @TheProudReader. https://theproudreader.com/subscribe/ Follow us on social media and video platforms. https://theproudreader.com/social/ Download free texts and images at our website—an ever-growing, veritable treasure trove! https://theproudreader.com/ - - - - - - - AUDIOBOOK INFO Apologia by Oscar Wilde published in Poems By Oscar Wilde, page 177 by London: Methuen & co. Ltd., 1878 Text Source: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/oscar-wilde/apologia/ Author Page: https://theproudreader.com/library/authors/oscar-wilde/ - - - - - - - Thanks for listening!

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