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Satire

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George Bernard Shaw - Mrs. Warren's Profession

.Mrs. Warren's Profession is a play written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893, and first performed in London in 1902 but was banned after two performances because of the profession talked about. The play is about a...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 50 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (version 3)

Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradation and impoverishment of the London underworld and its denizens. Dickens...

Peter John Keeble 15 hours 49 minutes

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Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out Of Some Of The Less-Known Apocryphal Books Of The Old Testament

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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M. R. James - Old Testament Legends Being Stories Out Of Some Of The Less-Known Apocryphal Books Of The Old Testament

M R James was a well regarded English scholar who studied the medieval period (he also wrote great ghost stories!). Apocryphal books are ancient literatures about biblical events and characters but these books are not...

David Wales 3 hours 25 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Arthur Morrison - To London Town

Written to complement Tales of Mean Streets and A Child of the Jago , and the final book in the trilogy, To London Town examines the mean streets and tough lives of the inhabitants of the East End of London. The...

KevinS and 7 more 7 hours 1 minute Mean Streets

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Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250

War & Military

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Lionel Allshorn - Stupor Mundi: The Life and Times of Frederick II Emperor of the Romans King of Sicily and Jerusalem 1194-1250

Frederick II (1194-1250), under whose reign the Holy Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent, was called by his contemporaries «Stupor Mundi,» the «astonishment of the world.» Frequently at war with the...

Pamela Nagami 8 hours 13 minutes

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Short works

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 037

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 037: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

mleigh and 8 more 1 hour 49 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 076

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the annals of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories, Robert Louis Stevenson's cynical observations on...

Peter Thomlinson and 5 more 6 hours 51 minutes Short Story Collections

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With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt

War & Military

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Tickner Edwardes - With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt

Throughout the First World War, members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provided constant support for British and Allied military troops whether they were fighting on the frontline or engaged in other operations...

Steve C 11 hours 4 minutes

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Comedy

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William Wycherley - Country Wife

One of the most notorious Restoration comedies in existence, William Wycherley’s The Country Wife is a lively and riotous exploration of courtly and city life in the seventeenth century, which was rife with...

3 hours 34 minutes

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To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Cavendish - To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of To The Duchesse of Newcastle, On Her New Blazing-World by William Cavendish. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 11, 2018. — Margaret Cavendish's...

Algy Pug and 13 more 15 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Helen Wells - Clue of the Gold Coin

Vicki Barr is a popular mystery series for girls published by Grosset & Dunlap from 1947 to 1964. This book is volume 12 of The Vicki Barr Air Stewardess Series. When a shipment of priceless gold doubloons being...

amitsharma 4 hours 11 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Lost for Love

EXCERPT: In all things that he did, Flora's well-being was the doctor's paramount consideration. He brought pleasant people to his house; men of professional standing, and their wives. He sought to win friends for...

Celine Major 15 hours 19 minutes

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