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Essays Collection, Vol. 01

Here are 20 essays by various authors, covering all kinds of subjects. Some are famous, others are gems ferreted out from chapters or passages in books where they have lain hidden for decades. Britannica defines an essay as "an analytic, interpretive, or critical literary composition usually much shorter and less systematic and formal than a dissertation or thesis and usually dealing with its subjects from a limited and often personal point of view." In short, an essay is neither fiction nor a short story, but a composition designed to educate/persuade more than entertain or inform, though essays sometimes do both, or neither. (Summary by Michele Fry, BC/DPL)

Year of Publication: Genres: Essays & Short Works

Running Time: 07 hours 18 minutes 34 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	The Case of the Officers of Excise by Thomas Paine Peter Yearsley	37:39
2	All Things Are Possible, Part 1, no. 79 by Lev Shestov Scotty Smith	4:32
3	Crisis 1 (These are the times that try men's souls), from The American Crisis by Thomas Paine Michele Fry	22:11
4	On Authors by Margaret Prescott Montague Paula Messina	10:55
5	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin Atul Sharma	42:26
6	Scientifiction, Searchlight of Science by Jack Williamson Ben Tucker	4:14
7	A Modest Proposal by Dr. Jonathan Swift Winnifred Assmann	22:05
8	Shakespere by Samuel P. Putnam Michele Fry	20:43
9	At the Turning of the Year by William Sharp KevinS	14:01
10	Sicut Dudum (1435) by Pope Eugene IV Paula Messina	6:22
11	Freedom and Enterprise by F. A. Harper Michele Fry	54:08
12	The Day After Christmas by Joyce Kilmer Paula Messina	15:21
13	The Fun of Writing by Christopher Morley Larry Wilson	5:04
14	Darwinian Hypothesis by T H Huxley bobpliley	42:42
15	The Decline of the Drama by Stephen Leacock Winnifred Assmann	11:34
16	The Problem of Consciousness by Walter S. Hunter Glenn Carruthers	1:09:18
17	The White Rose Road by Sarah Orne Jewett Elsie Selwyn	26:37
18	Signs and Symbols by Joyce Kilmer Tatsu MJ	8:18
19	A New Declaration of Independence by Emma Goldman Christine Rottger	5:08
20	Looking Back on Girlhood by Sarah Orne Jewett Elsie Selwyn	15:16