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General

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Frances Little - Little Sister Snow (version 2)

This is a story of a little Japanese girl, her life in Japan and her loves. The story opens just before the festival of Hinamatsuri on the third day of the third month, which was set apart as the big birthday of all...

Claudia Salto and 4 more 1 hour 37 minutes

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Plays

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Maurice Maeterlinck - Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts

The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian author Maurice Maeterlinck. On the night of Christmas a boy and a girl, Tyltil and Mytil, are visited by Fairy Berilyuna. Fairy's granddaughter is sick and can only be saved by...

MaryAnn 3 hours 37 minutes

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Satire

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Molière - Learned Women

Two young people, Henriette and Clitandre, are in love, but in order to marry, they must overcome an obstacle: the attitude of Henriette's family. Her sensible father and uncle are in favour of the marriage; but...

1 hour 45 minutes

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Single Author Collections

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George Moore - Untilled Field

George Moore, an Irish writer involved with the Celtic Revival was influenced by the French Realists and particularly by the work of Émile Zola. Often considered as the first modern Irish novelist he became involved...

NoelBadrian 10 hours 40 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 124

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2013.

Olivereading and 8 more 47 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Literary Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Custom of the Country (version 2)

Edith Wharton's 1913 novel is a devastating critique of American upward mobility, told through the journey of Undine Spragg from fictional Midwestern Apex City to New York to Paris. Undine is determined to acquire...

Elizabeth Klett 14 hours 15 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Eugene Field - Compliment

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Compliment by Eugene Field. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 1, 2013.

Anna Roberts and 10 more 13 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

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Ernest Bramah - Wallet of Kai Lung

The Wallet of Kai Lung is a collection of fantasy stories by Ernest Bramah, all but the last of which feature Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China. The collection's importance in the history of fantasy...

Alan Winterrowd and 4 more 8 hours 57 minutes

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General

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Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade - Our Little Jewish Cousin

In whatever direction you may travel,—north, south, east, or west,—you will doubtless meet some of your little black-eyed Jewish cousins. They live among us here in America. They also dwell in the countries far away...

Kara Shallenberg and 3 more 1 hour 19 minutes Our Little Cousin Series

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Earth Sciences

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Thomas Henry Huxley - Discourses: Biological and Geological

Thomas Henry Huxley was an English biologist (comparative anatomist). He was the most effective supporter of Darwin's Theory of Evolution and had a strong interest in scientific education — in schools, universities,...

Barbara Baker 12 hours 43 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Ghost: A Modern Fantasy

The novel opens with Carl Foster, a recently qualified doctor, coming to London to try and make his fortune. He meets a famous tenor, Signor Alresca, who suffers a dreadful injury backstage and Foster tends to him. He...

Simon Evers 5 hours 58 minutes

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Comedy

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William Davenant - Tempest

John Dryden and William D'Avenant's Restoration adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest preserves the main plot and characters of the original. Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, lives on an isolated island with his...

2 hours 48 minutes

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