Epitome

An allegorical short-short story (or classic flash fiction) by Lord Dunsany.

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Book I - On Learning (and Miscellaneous Sayings), translated by Epiphanius Wilson, A.M., first published by The Colonial Press in 1900. Adapted by Bob Gonzalez.

A personal essay/prose poem by Bob Gonzalez on the nature of creativity.

from The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes: Historical. Literary, and Humorous. Available copyright free on Project Gutenberg.

An excerpt from the title essay of the book by Alice Meynell.

An excerpt from the discourses of Epictetus, Roman Stoic philosopher, teacher of Marcus Aurelius.

featuring an excerpt from Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism. EPITOME is an eclectic anthology of ideas inn the form of story, memoir, oratory, epistle, essay, and even soundscapes. Ten minutes maximum core content sporadically released into soundwaves.