Richmond Read-along 100
Welcome to the 100th day of the Richmond Read-along! This will be the last of our daily Read-alongs; we hope you enjoyed reading them as much as we enjoyed producing…
Richmond Read-along 99
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from William Sydney Porter, who wrote under the pseudonym O. Henry. An American short story writer, his vignettes were featured…
Richmond Read-along 98
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Robert Herrick. His father's death during his childhood was hugely impactful on the young Herrick; his poetry is often preoccupied…
Richmond Read-along 97
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a short story from Aldous Huxley, best known for his dystopian novel "Brave New World." Born in Godalming to a…
Richmond Read-along 96
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem from John Milton. Widely considered second only to Shakespeare in his importance as an English author, Milton is…
Richmond Read-along 95
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from Herman Melville. An American author best known for "Moby Dick," Melville's various travels on board ships and subsequent adventures…
Richmond Read-along 94
One of Basil Temple Blackwood's illustrations in "Cautionary Tales for Children." Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Hilaire Belloc. A controversial figure who never shied away…
Richmond Read-along 93
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a piece from G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton was a philosopher, novelist, biographer, essayist, and above all a man-about-town who revelled in…
Richmond Read-along 90
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem from Stéphane Mallarmé, a French symbolist poet. Mallarmé's early life was blighted by tragedy, as first his mother,…
Richmond Read-along 89
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from Montague Rhodes James, a British author and scholar best known for his many ghost stories. James also wrote several…