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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Gold of Fairnilee

A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. This is Lang's second fairy tale after Princess Nobody — an enchanting story with occasional Scottish...

John 1 hour 51 minutes

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Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume Two (version 2)

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume Two (version 2)

An eclectic, catholic even, collection from the exquisitely excellent tale-telling of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Hilarious and terrifying. Need I say more? — Summary by Tony Addison

Tony Addison 13 hours 25 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Agnes Mary Frances Robinson - Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) is best known for her only novel, «Wuthering Heights.» She was born in Yorkshire, northern England, where her father was an Anglican curate. When Brontë was three years old her mother died of...

Pamela Nagami 7 hours 40 minutes

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Martyr of the Catacombs (Dramatic Reading)

Dramatic Readings

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James De Mille - Martyr of the Catacombs (Dramatic Reading)

Marcellus, a Roman centurion, is instructed to eradicate the Christians from the catacombs. When he goes to investigate, he discovers the truth about their beliefs and 'Him Who loved us.' As persecution sweeps across...

Beth Thomas and 1 more 3 hours 19 minutes

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Art, Design & Architecture

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Theory of Colours

Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and the phenomena as experienced by the human eye. He did not try to explain...

Lynne T and 17 more 8 hours 58 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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W. Somerset Maugham - Liza of Lambeth

Liza of Lambeth focuses on the challenges of life facing Liza, an 18 year old factory girl who lives in the poverty of the slums of 1890s London. The main plot is driven by Liza's affections and the consequences these...

Hatton43 3 hours 19 minutes

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Memoirs

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François-René de Chateaubriand - Memoirs of Chateaubriand 1768 to 1800

This is the first volume of Chateaubriand's Memoires d'Outre Tombe, in a Victorian translation. It covers the period from his birth, including the extraordinarily evocative childhood years and his travels in America,...

Nicole Lee 16 hours 18 minutes

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Plays

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One-Act Play Collection 010

Tenth volume of one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members. Mosada Narrator: Availle Mosada: Sonia Ebremar: Tomas Peter Cola: Charlotte Duckett First Inquisitor:...

4 hours 28 minutes One-Act Play Collections

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Fantasy Fiction

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Sir Henry Newbolt - Aladore

Ywain, a knight bored with his administrative duties, abandons his estate to his younger brother and goes on a pilgrimage to seek his heart's desire. Following a will-o'-the-wisp resembling a child, his quest takes...

Phil Benson 6 hours 4 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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George Lyttelton - Dialogues of the Dead

Can the dead of different ages and spaces meet in the afterlife? This is a thought that has occupied a number of writers throughout literature, George Lyttleton being one of them. He allows Plato to discourse with...

DrPGould 6 hours 54 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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William Henry Giles Kingston - Three Midshipmen

This is the start of a series of four books following three friends through their career in the navy. Terence, Jack and Alick first meet at a boarding school, and become fast friends, not least because together they...

EMBischoff and 11 more 17 hours 16 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Mentor 2

The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature, history and travel. The association published a magazine twice monthly, each...

Colleen McMahon and 13 more 20 hours 44 minutes

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