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Animals & Nature

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Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus

Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression...

Mark F. Smith 6 hours 13 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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L. Frank Baum - Marvelous Land of Oz

The Marvelous Land of Oz is the second of the Oz books. It follows the adventures of the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and Tip. The Emerald City has been taken over by the Army of Revolt, and our adventurous friends...

Paul Harvey 4 hours 32 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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G. K. Chesterton - Man Who Knew Too Much

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was an influential and prolific English writer of the early 20th century. He was a journalist, a poet and a novelist. He wrote 80 books and 200 short stories in addition to his...

Martin Clifton 5 hours 49 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - Little Lame Prince

Paralyzed in an accident while a baby, young Prince Dolor is imprisoned in a lonely tower by his usurping uncle. He is visited by his mysterious godmother who provides him with magical gifts, including a travelling...

Alys AtteWater 4 hours 30 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Carlo Collodi - Adventures of Pinocchio

The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was published in serial form between 1881 and 1883, and then completed as a book...

Sherry Crowther and 18 more 4 hours 35 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Andrew Murray - Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses

This is a series of short messages written by the South African minister, Andrew Murray. They deal with the necessity and joy of surrendering our lives completely to God. (Summary written by Joy Chan)

Joy Chan 3 hours 52 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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W. S. Gilbert - Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released...

1 hour 37 minutes

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Comedy

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William Shakespeare - Twelfth Night

Hidden and mistaken identities, requited and unrequited loves, pranks and jokes abound in this romantic comedy. (Summary by Karen Savage) Cast: Orsino, Duke of Illyria — Joshua B. Christensen Sebastian —...

2 hours 24 minutes

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Plays

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William Shakespeare - Hamlet

Hamlet is commonly regarded as one of the greatest plays ever written. Drawing on Danish chronicles and the Elizabethan vogue for revenge tragedy, Shakespeare created a play that is at once a philosophic treatise, a...

Elizabeth Klett 3 hours 53 minutes

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General Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Card

The ‘Card’ in question is Edward Henry Machin — His mother called him ‘Denry’. This light-hearted story is of his rise from humble beginnings as the son of a washerwoman and sempstress in the last quarter of the...

Andy Minter 7 hours 58 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Geoffrey Chaucer - Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are...

Gesine and 18 more 19 hours 23 minutes

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Poetry

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Robert Bridges - Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) was an English poet, educated at Oxford. Entering the Roman Catholic Church in 1866 and the Jesuit novitiate in 1868, he was ordained in 1877. Upon becoming a Jesuit he burned much of...

Linda Leu 4 hours 54 minutes

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