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Unaddressed Letters

Anonymous, Frank Athelstane Swettenham

Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025), Nemo and Amy Gramour · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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PREFACE (3:47)
THE HILL OF SOLITUDE (6:53)
OF WORSHIP (9:31)
WEST AND EAST (10:04)
A CLEVER MONGOOSE (13:38)
A BLUE DAY (13:57)
OF LOVE, IN FICTION (7:55)
THE JINGLING COIN (19:08)
A STRANGE SUNSET (9:30)
OF LETTER-WRITING (5:48)
AT A FUNERAL (13:07)
OF CHANGE AND DECAY (23:02)
DAUGHTERS AND DESPOTISM (14:11)
HER FIANCÉ (11:00)
BY THE SEA (12:20)
AN ILLUMINATION (9:44)
OF DEATH, IN FICTION (11:07)
A HAND AT ÉCARTÉ (8:17)
THE GENTLE ART OF VEERING WITH THE WIND (9:36)
A REJOINDER (10:04)
OF IMPORTUNITY (11:41)
OF COINCIDENCES (10:08)
OF A COUNTRY-HOUSE CUSTOM (9:36)
A MERE LIE (12:24)
TIGERS AND CROCODILES (15:02)
A ROSE AND A MOTH (7:35)
A LOVE-PHILTRE (14:00)
MOONSTRUCK (10:13)
THE “DEVI” (18:13)
THE DEATH-CHAIN (12:28)
SCANDAL AND BANGLES (7:52)
THE REPREHENSIBLE HABIT OF MAKING COMPARISONS (7:49)
A CHALLENGE (7:11)
IN EXILE (20:44)
OF LOVE—NOT IN FICTION (15:24)
OF OBSESSION (11:26)
OF PARADISE LOST (4:29)
“TO MARY, IN HEAVEN” (11:28)