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Published 1900 onward

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William John Locke - Red Planet

Set during WWI in England, The Red Planet is a rich tale about the life in a little English town from the point of view of Major Duncan Meredyth, a disabled veteran of the Boer Wars. As he struggles to keep his life...

Ruth Golding and 9 more 10 hours 13 minutes

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General Fiction

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Grant Allen - Woman Who Did

Most times, especially in the time when this book was written (1895), it is just as nature and society would wish: a man and woman «fall in love» and get married. But it is not so for Herminia Barton and Alan...

Ruth Golding 6 hours 1 minute

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*Non-fiction

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Ralph Waldo Emerson - Nature

Nature is a short essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson published anonymously in 1836. It is in this essay that the foundation of transcendentalism is put forth, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of...

David Lawrence and 4 more 1 hour 52 minutes

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Short works

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 002

Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Ruth Golding and 6 more 1 hour 42 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Science Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 024

Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The...

Gregg Margarite and 3 more 4 hours 59 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Peter B. Kyne - Valley of the Giants

The man was John Cardigan; in that lonely, hostile land he was the first pioneer. This is the tale of Cardigan and Cardigan's son, for in his chosen land the pioneer leader in the gigantic task of hewing a path for...

Roger Melin 12 hours 6 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

911

Jerome K. Jerome - Tea-table Talk

As the New York Times said in 1903, this lesser-known work by Jerome K. Jerome does not display «the wit of Congreve or even the glittering sort Mr. Jerome employs in some of his other books.» It takes the...

Ruth Golding 2 hours 33 minutes

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True Crime

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William Bligh - Voyage to the South Sea

A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh....

Tom Crawford 8 hours 40 minutes

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Art of Controversy (or: The Art of Being Right)

*Non-fiction

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Arthur Schopenhauer - Art of Controversy (or: The Art of Being Right)

The Art of Controversy (or The Art of Being Right ) ( Die Kunst, Recht zu Behalten ) is a short treatise written in 1831 by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents thirty-eight methods of...

Carl Manchester 3 hours 13 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 001 - Humor

This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres — fiction and non-fiction....

Sally Ann Cook and 15 more 2 hours 51 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

Children's Fiction

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L. Frank Baum - Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

The Magical Monarch of Mo is a set of stories about the titular king, his queen, and his royal children. The stories are uproariously funny, dealing with topics as absurd as a man losing his temper who then tries to...

David Lawrence and 6 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 039

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 039: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Bellona Times and 8 more 9 hours 44 minutes Short Story Collections

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