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General Fiction

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Edna Ferber - Buttered Side Down

«And so,» the story writers used to say, «they lived happily ever after.» Um-m-m—maybe. After the glamour had worn off, and the glass slippers were worn out, did the Prince never find Cinderella's manner redolent...

Xe Sands 4 hours 35 minutes

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Romance

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Susan Coolidge - Clover

Clover is the fourth book in the popular What Katy Did series. After Katy's wedding, the focus shifts to her little sister Clover. Their brother Phil encounters serious illness in the winter, and Dr. Carr sends him...

Elli 4 hours 29 minutes Katy Did Series

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History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 2

Antiquity

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Gaston Maspero - History Of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Vol. 2

History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria is the masterwork of one of the fathers of modern egyptology. This work, in twelve volumes, was translated from the French original by M. L. McClure (d1918),...

Sibella Denton 7 hours 53 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Arabian Nights Entertainments

The Arabian Nights is a collection of Perso-Arabic folk tales and other stories. The collection, or at least certain stories drawn from it (or purporting to be drawn from it), became widely known in the West from the...

Neeru Iyer and 15 more 10 hours 34 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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James Huneker - Chopin: the Man and His Music

A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 9 more 9 hours 30 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Short Mystery Story Collection 005

LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 005: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

SaPaSing and 6 more 7 hours 46 minutes Short Mystery Collections

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Children's Fiction

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Thornton W. Burgess - Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories

Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the meadows and woods teach little lessons about getting along with others; they are...

Neeru Iyer and 8 more 2 hours 53 minutes

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Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

General Fiction

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Stephen Leacock - Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)

TriciaG 3 hours 48 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Clarence Day - This Simian World

Clarence Day, Jr., best known for his work Life with Father, presents a satirical speculation on how the world might be different if we apes had not risen to prominence, but rather one of the other species had become...

Epistomolus 1 hour 46 minutes

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Short Stories

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W. Somerset Maugham - Rain

One of Maugham's most famous short stories, Rain unfolds in a soggy tropical paradise marred by self-righteous hypocrites trying to force their moral beliefs on a girl who basically just wants to have fun. At a...

Bellona Times 1 hour 44 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Anna Katharine Green - Millionaire Baby

A reward of five thousand dollars is offered, by Phil Ocumpaugh, to whoever will give such information as will lead to the recovery, alive or dead, of his six-year-old daughter, Gwendolen, missing since the afternoon...

Dawn Larsen 7 hours 29 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Saint Therese of Lisieux - Story of a Soul

Marie Francoise Therese Martin, affectionately known as 'The Little Flower', was born on January 2, 1873, in Alencon, France to Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin. She was the youngest and one of five surviving sisters of...

Ann Boulais 6 hours 54 minutes

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