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Oliver Wendell Holmes
1809–1894
A Boston physician with a gift for wit, he became one of the best-known American writers of the 19th century. His poem "Old Ironsides" helped save the USS Constitution, and his lively Breakfast-Table essays made him a favorite with readers.
36 Audiobooks
The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Elsie Venner
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Guardian Angel
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Quotes and Images From the Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 04: Songs in Many Keys
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 3
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Medical Essays, 1842-1882
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Our Hundred Days in Europe
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Complete
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 07: Songs of Many Seasons
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 02 Additional Poems (1837-1848)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Wonderful "One-Hoss-Shay", and Other Poems
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A Mortal Antipathy
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 2
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 11 Poems from the Teacups Series
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 03: Medical Poems
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 01: Earlier Poems (1830-1836)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 12 Verses from the Oldest Portfolio
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 08 Bunker Hill and Other Poems
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 1
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Grandmother's Story of Bunker Hill Battle, as She Saw it from the Belfry
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 10: Before the Curfew
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Over the Teacups
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Widger's Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Works of Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 05 Poems of the Class of '29 (1851-1889)
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 09 The Iron Gate and Other Poems
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Stories of Romance
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Allan Cunningham, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford, John Wilson
The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Volume 06 Poems from the Breakfast Table Series
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pages from an Old Volume of Life; A Collection of Essays, 1857-1881
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
The One Hoss Shay With its Companion Poems How the Old Horse Won the Bet & The Broomstick Train
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
About the author
Trained as a doctor, he built a remarkable second career as a poet, essayist, lecturer, and teacher. He was closely associated with Boston literary life and is often grouped with the Fireside Poets, a circle of writers whose work reached a wide popular audience.
He won early fame with "Old Ironsides," a poem that stirred public feeling against scrapping the USS Constitution. Later, he became especially well known for The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table and the other Breakfast-Table essays, which mixed conversation, humor, observation, and memorable turns of phrase.
Alongside his writing, he was also respected for his work in medicine and medical teaching. That blend of science, charm, and literary energy helped make him one of the most recognizable American authors of his era.