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G. K. Chesterton - Chesterton Calendar

Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in prose, each day of the year is provided with a generally short quotation from...

debolee and 7 more 4 hours 41 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Wit and Humor of America, Vol 05

The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the fifth volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 32 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)

Joseph Kranak and 15 more 6 hours 4 minutes Wit and Humor of America

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Percy Bysshe Shelley - Shelley: Selected Poems and Prose

The English Romantic Period in literature featured a towering group of excellent poets: Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats. If we add in forerunners Burns and Blake, we have perhaps an unmatchable...

Leonard Wilson 7 hours

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William Wordsworth - Microphone Showdown 2

This is a project which will allow readers and listeners to compare the recording quality of a wide variety of recording devices. It is a sequel to another project in which readers submitted readings of a poem on a...

TriciaG and 45 more 2 hours 35 minutes

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Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

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Maria W. Stewart - Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart

Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery and women's rights. Meditations From The Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart...

James K. White 3 hours 55 minutes

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Short Poetry Collection 095

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of February and March 2011.

Penelope Greenwell and 20 more 1 hour 47 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Evangeline

Evangeline is one of Longfellow’s most popular poems and was once a great favorite with the American people. For many years almost every school child studied this poem during the middle school years. Although the...

Leonard Wilson 2 hours 2 minutes

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Mahabharata by Vyasa: The epic of ancient India condensed into English verse

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Romesh C. Dutt - Mahabharata by Vyasa: The epic of ancient India condensed into English verse

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahabharata is attributed to Vyasa. With more than 74,000 verses, Mahabharata is said to be the longest...

om123 6 hours 25 minutes

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Short Poetry Collection 094

This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2011.

Diana Majlinger and 24 more 1 hour 34 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Kabir - Songs of Kabir

Kabir (1440 — 1518) was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. The name Kabir comes from Arabic Al-Kabir which means 'The Great' — the 37th Name of God in the...

Algy Pug 1 hour 51 minutes

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William Wordsworth - Excursion

The Excursion: Being a portion of The Recluse, a Poem is a long poem by Romantic poet William Wordsworth and was first published in 1814. It was intended to be the second part of The Recluse , an unfinished larger...

FunkyPhD and 1 more 8 hours 4 minutes

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Aemilia Lanyer - Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum

Aemilia Lanyer's 1611 poem is far more than a retelling of The Passion. It comprises a spirited defense of Eve (and, by extension, all women), elegant praises for her female patrons, a catalogue of virtuous women of...

Elizabeth Klett 1 hour 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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