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Imaginary Conversations (Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Walter Savage Landor - Imaginary Conversations (Dramatic Reading)

This is a group of Imaginary Conversations by Walter Savage Landor. It is a series of dialogues of historical and mythical characters. Marcellus and Hannibal, Queen Elizabeth and Cecil, Peter the Great and Alexis,...

12 hours 17 minutes

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Historical Fiction

474

Nathan Gallizier - Under the Witches' Moon

The scene is Rome, 935 A.D. Thirty-year-old Tristan, dressed as a pilgrim, overhears a conversation between Basil, the Grand Chamberlain, and Il Gobbo, his assistant. After the two have left, Tristan continues to...

Bill Boerst 13 hours 28 minutes

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Historical Fiction

466

Charlotte Mary Yonge - Armourer's Prentices

Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly, his shrewish wife. John has taken over their father's position as verdurer,...

Lynne T and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Clansman, An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

Historical Fiction

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Thomas Dixon, Jr. - Clansman, An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

The second book in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era — The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), this novel was the basis for the 1915 silent movie classic, «The Birth Of A Nation»....

Michele Fry 9 hours 28 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

452

Harold L. Goodwin - Caves of Fear

Entry in the Rick Brant series by Goodwin under the name John Blaine, which began in 1947. 'Rick and Scotty travel to the Himalayas again, this time to stop nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands.' says...

Bellona Times 5 hours 56 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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R. M. Ballantyne - Post Haste

In this book, Ballantyne weaves the story of Phillip Mayland and his friend, George Aspel with an interesting portrayal of the British Post Office as it existed in the 19th century. In the words of R. M. Ballantyne...

AlaynaMay and 9 more 9 hours 18 minutes

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Children's Non-fiction

506

H. A. Guerber - Story of the Romans

A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)

twalter8 and 34 more 7 hours 31 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

502

William Harrison Ainsworth - Windsor Castle, Book 5

Book 5 — Mabel Lyndwood. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other...

acousticwave and 4 more 1 hour 45 minutes Windsor Castle

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Action & Adventure Fiction

438

Théophile Gautier - Romance of a Mummy and Egypt

The account he gives, in his novel, of the ancient city of Thebes, of the great necropolis in the valley of Biban el Molûk, of the subterranean tombs, of the precautions taken by the designers to baffle curiosity, of...

Nadine Eckert-Boulet and 6 more 7 hours 21 minutes

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Historical Fiction

434

Allen French - Story of Rolf and the Viking's Bow

Rolf, a youth in early Christian Iceland, loses first his father, then his property, and finally his freedom to the schemes of a greedy neighbor. Outlawed from Iceland, Rolf travels abroad, meeting with shipwreck,...

Erin Schellhase 6 hours 25 minutes

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Family Life

495

Martha Finley - Elsie's Children

This book continues the delightful «Elsie Dinsmore» series. Elsie's children, introduced in the previous volume, live life, grow up, and encounter various problems of their own. — Summary by GabrielleC...

David Lawrence and 12 more 6 hours 53 minutes Elsie Dinsmore Series

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Action & Adventure Fiction

435

William Hope Hodgson - Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'

Eighteenth-century sailors adrift in a lifeboat encounter strange lands and weird creatures in their search for home. A creepy tale of nautical adventure. — Summary by Jason Mills

Jason Mills 4 hours 49 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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