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Business & Economics

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Jack London - People of the Abyss

Jack London lived for a time within the grim and grimy world of the East End of London, where half a million people scraped together hardly enough on which to survive. Even if they were able to work, they were paid...

Peter Yearsley 6 hours 28 minutes

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General

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Louisa May Alcott - Under the Lilacs

When two young girls decide to have a tea party with their dolls and a mysterious dog comes and eats their prized cake, they end up finding a circus run-away, Ben Brown. Ben is a horse master, and loves horses, so...

MaryAnn and 7 more 7 hours 21 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

889

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Zastrozzi, A Romance

“Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!” From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defiance of the villain’s departure “with a wild convulsive laugh of exulting...

Martin Geeson 5 hours 15 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 004

Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 004: a collection of 11 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Sean Mauch and 9 more 2 hours 5 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Detective Fiction

794

Thomas W. Hanshew - Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces

Meet Hamilton Cleek — man of mystery, and master of disguise and derring-do. Cleek's exploits are, to say the least, highly improbable, but the book is enormous fun. The goodies are good and the baddies are...

Ruth Golding 13 hours 25 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

801

Jules Verne - Doctor Ox's Experiment

An early, light-hearted short story, published in 1872 by Jules Verne. It takes place in the Flemish town of Quiquendone, where life moves at an extraordinarily tranquil pace. Doctor Ox has offered to light the town...

Alan Winterrowd 2 hours 12 minutes

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Children's Fiction

953

Daniel Defoe - Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

“THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe.” After the death of his wife, Robinson...

David Leeson 9 hours 10 minutes

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Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century

*Non-fiction

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Francis Parkman, Jr. - Jesuits in North America in the 17th Century

Parkman has been hailed as one of America's first great historians and as a master of narrative history. Numerous translations have spread the books around the world. The American writer and literary critic Edmund...

David Lawrence and 7 more 12 hours 1 minute Parkman - France and England in North America

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Other religions

765

Thornton Chase - Bahai Revelation

Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá’í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he organized many Bahá’í activities in Chicago and Los Angeles and was considered a prominent...

Nicholas James Bridgewater 5 hours 55 minutes

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Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda

Poetry

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Katherine Philips - Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda

The poet Katherine Philips was called «The Matchless Orinda» in her day and was well known for her works, both personal and political. She was a staunch Royalist (a supporter of Charles I and his son during the...

Elizabeth Klett 4 hours 12 minutes

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Short Stories

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Lewis Carroll - Tangled Tale

Lewis Carroll (1832 — 1896) is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at Christ Church college, Oxford for 27 years. 'A tangled tale'...

Availle 3 hours 18 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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P. G. Wodehouse - Not George Washington

It has been said that behind every successful man is a good woman. This is certainly true in the case of James Orlebar Cloyster. However, some funny things happened on his road to success. His story is humorously...

Debra Lynn 5 hours 5 minutes

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