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Robert Burns 250th Anniversary

Robert Burns, the national bard (poet) of Scotland was born on the 25th January, 1759. Scotland and all Burns fans the world over, including Librivox, were celebrating the 250th anniversary of Burns' birthday...

Alessandro Gagliardi and 9 more 1 hour 15 minutes

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Short Poetry Collection 075

This a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers during the month of January 2009.

David Federman and 12 more 36 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Friedrich Nietzsche - Joyful Wisdom (or: The Gay Science)

«The Joyful Wisdom,» written in 1882, just before «Zarathustra,» is rightly judged to be one of Nietzsche's best books. Here the essentially grave and masculine face of the poet-philosopher is seen to light up and...

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Valmiki - Ramayan, Book 1

The Ramayan(a) is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). The Ramayana is one of the two great epics of India, the other being...

Raju Venkateswaran and 6 more 6 hours 51 minutes Ramayan (Ramayana)

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Short Poetry Collection 074

This is a collection of poems for the month of December 2008.

Shona and 18 more 1 hour 5 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Sophocles - Oedipus Rex (Storr Translation)

Oedipus the King (often known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BC. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes...

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Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 09

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William Shakespeare - Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 09

LibriVox readers present the ninth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest...

Raerity and 14 more 43 minutes Shakespeare Monologues Collections

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Short Poetry Collection 073

This is an open collection of poems for the month of November 2008.

Michael Dalling and 19 more 1 hour 12 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Short Poetry Collection 072

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of October 2008.

Julie VW and 20 more 1 hour 9 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Soup of Alphabets, Volume 003

This third «stove-top» full of Alphabet Soups --again-- runs the fullest gamut! It ranges from country scenes (Alphabets of Fruits, Birds, Animals and «Country Scenes»), to just plain silliness (Absurd ABCs and...

Denny Sayers and 6 more 51 minutes Soup of Alphabets

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Richard Henry Horne - Plough

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Plough by Richard Henry Horne, published in «The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900» in 1919. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September...

Anne Cheng and 7 more 9 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso - Heroides

The Heroides, also known as the Heroines, the Letters of the Heroines or simply as Epistles are a very famous collection of poems by Ovid, not only for their interesting subject — letters by famous mythological...

Julie VW and 11 more 5 hours 14 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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