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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol - Cloak

«The Cloak» is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had great influence on Russian literature, as expressed in a quote attributed to Fyodor...

Bob Neufeld 1 hour 19 minutes

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General Fiction

546

Abby Frances Friebe - Nomad of the Nine Lives

Tales of a cat's life told by the cat in hopes of saving cats from death by animal shelters or abandonment. (Summary by Sharon Kilmer)

Sharon Kilmer 51 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Plato (Πλάτων) - Critias

This is an incomplete dialogue from the late period of Plato's life. Plato most likely created it after Republic and it contains the famous story of Atlantis, that Plato tells with such skill that many have believed...

Kevin Johnson 1 hour 6 minutes

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General Fiction

445

Anna Katharine Green - Staircase at the Heart's Delight

Detective Ebenezer Gryce tells the story of the case with which he begun his career in 1840. Several wealthy men were drowned and washed ashore in New York City, and the first clue leads to a dubious money lender…...

Crln Yldz Ksr 54 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

505

Richard Harding Davis - My Buried Treasure

«This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for the treasure. Unless I keep his name out of it he will not let me write the story,...

Crln Yldz Ksr 50 minutes

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General Fiction

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William Blake - Marriage of Heaven and Hell

The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution. The title is an ironic reference to Emanuel Swedenborg's theological work...

41 minutes

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General Fiction

414

Robert Copland - Jyl of Breyntfords Testament

Introduction — This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for private circulation in 1871. Only the first is by Copland. (Introduction by...

Grant Hurlock 1 hour 15 minutes

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General Fiction

514

Henry James - Real Thing

The Real Thing is, on one level, a somewhat ironic tale of an artist and two rather particular models. Yet it also raises questions about the relationship between the notion of reality in our humdrum world, and the...

Nicholas Clifford 1 hour 4 minutes

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Family Life

453

Emilie Maceroni - Magic Words: A Tale for Christmas Time

Magic Words is a Victorian tale of a community and how a few women bring a special kind of Christmas magic to the community-- Magic that can heal wounded hearts. (Introduction by Sean McGaughey)

Sean McGaughey 1 hour 6 minutes

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Children's Fiction

431

Kate Douglas Wiggin - Birds' Christmas Carol (version 2)

Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by everyone who knows her. This year, she is going to make Christmas extra special...

Andrea Boltz 1 hour 9 minutes

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General Fiction

526

Kate Douglas Wiggin - Old Peabody Pew

A sweet, old fashioned Christmas romance set in an old New England meeting house. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Maria Therese and 1 more 1 hour 28 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

463

James B. Blish - Thing in the Attic

Honath the Pursemaker is a heretic. He doesn’t believe the stories in the Book of Laws which claims giants created his tree-dwelling race. He makes his opinion known and is banished with his infidel friends to the...

Gregg Margarite 1 hour 22 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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