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Charlotte Turner Smith - Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems

Charlotte Turner Smith (1749 – 1806) was an English poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the conventions of Gothic fiction, and wrote political novels of sensibility....

David Barnes and 1 more 3 hours 5 minutes

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Christmas Short Works Collection 2007

LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Colletion containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a variety of LibriVox members. Section 09: A Cornish Christmas Play, a...

Ralph Snelson and 13 more 5 hours 20 minutes

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553

Sir Philip Sidney - Astrophil and Stella

Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means «star-lover») for his beloved Stella (whose name...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 14 minutes

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Local Color Collection Vol. 001

In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)

Alan Davis Drake and 14 more 3 hours 19 minutes

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William Blake - Milton: a Poem

Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living...

Brian Russell Graham and 1 more 2 hours 25 minutes

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson - In Memoriam A.H.H.

In Memoriam is Tennyson's elegiac tribute to his friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died in 1833 at the age of 22. Tennyson wrote this long poem over 17 years as a chronicle of his mourning process. The poem became a...

Elizabeth Klett 2 hours 29 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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W. S. Gilbert - Bab Ballads

The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In...

Graham Redman 3 hours 1 minute

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Long Poems Collection 006

LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 006: a collection of 17 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.

Bridget Rafferty and 13 more 2 hours 16 minutes Long Poems Collections

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Henry Thayer Niles - Dawn and the Day

The Dawn and the Day, or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part 1 is a text similar to the epic poetry of Homer or, more accurately, classic Hindu texts, such as the Baghavad-Gita. — Summary written by not.a.moose

Scott Robbins and 2 more 3 hours 52 minutes

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Eugene Field - Love-Songs of Childhood

This book contains verse for young and old. It is full of fantastic stories, breathtaking images, and brilliant rhymes. Including classics from «The Duel» to «The Delectable Ballad of Walter Lot,» the author, a...

Squid Varilekova 1 hour 36 minutes

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Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell

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Anne Brontë - Selected Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell

Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell was a volume of poetry published jointly by the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne in 1846, and their first work to ever go in print. To evade contemporary prejudice...

Ellis Christoff 3 hours 36 minutes

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Long Poems Collection 005

Long Poems Collection 005: a collection of 10 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.

David Barnes and 6 more 2 hours 1 minute

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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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