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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Khalil Gibran. Gibran was a poet, author and artist; while his art fell out of favour due…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a short story from Jack London. London was a prolific writer around the turn of the century, best known for "The…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Amy Lowell, an American poet, author, critic and dedicated advocate of poetry. Lowell's poetry wasn't published until she was in…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading extracts from Sei Shōnagon's "Pillow Book." Shōnagon was a gentlewoman living at court in the Heian period of Japan. She kept…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siddall. Known as a model for the Pre-Raphaelites, most notably for "Ophelia," and the wife…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading one of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Born to poor parents, Andersen's lack of ease in the educated, upper class…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by George Eliot. Best known for her prose, George Eliot is the pseudonym of Mary Anne Evans. She…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's piece is by American humorist Frank R. Stockton. Born in Pennsylvania in 1834, his entertaining short stories were hugely popular at the end…
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Self-portrait of Edward Lear and his beloved cat. The captions read: Edward Lear, aged 73 1/2; and His cat Foss, aged 16. Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! We're now…
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Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's story is from Katherine Mansfield. Born and raised in New Zealand, Mansfield came to London at a young age and spent much of…