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Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Henry Fielding - Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading)

An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fielding and first published in April 1741 under the name of Mr. Conny Keyber....

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General Fiction

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Mark Twain - American Claimant

The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectations of monarchic, hierarchical Britain and the upstart, «all men are created...

John Greenman 6 hours 42 minutes

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G. K. Chesterton - Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton

This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in «The Defandant», «Varied Types» and «Tremendous Trifles». These 12 pieces were chosen to...

TriciaG and 7 more 2 hours 10 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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E. Phillips Oppenheim - Amiable Charlatan

An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating his food, and hands him a packet underneath the table! So begins Paul...

ToddHW and 4 more 6 hours 20 minutes

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Rudyard Kipling - Letters of Travel

Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stories and the Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling (an Englishman born and raised in...

Tim Bulkeley 7 hours 44 minutes

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General Fiction

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Christopher Morley - Kathleen

A group called the Scorpions, eight Oxford undergraduates, find a letter Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. They build up an image of Kathleen and Joe from the letter and set out to find and meet Kathleen. The...

KirksVoice 1 hour 58 minutes

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Princess

The Princess is a serio-comic blank verse narrative poem, written by Alfred Tennyson, published in 1847. The poem tells the story of an heroic princess who forswears the world of men and founds a women's university...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 59 minutes

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John Wight - Mornings at Bow Street

This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces of this book are actual reports throughout the 1870s newspaper written by...

Chris Caron 6 hours 37 minutes

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Richard Marsh - Amusement Only

This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)

NoelBadrian and 9 more 8 hours 23 minutes

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Travel Fiction

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Jerome K. Jerome - Diary of a Pilgrimage

A possibly fictionalised account by the comic novelist Jerome K. Jerome of a trip to Germany that he undertook with a friend in order to see the famous Passion Play at Oberammergau. The journey takes in London, Dover,...

Szindbad 3 hours 56 minutes

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General Fiction

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Bent Twig

Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th — early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a...

Bellona Times 18 hours 14 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Richmal Crompton - Just William

William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasing. The series of books is better known in the United Kingdom than in the U.S....

David Wales 5 hours 58 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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