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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Hound of the Baskervilles

What really killed Sir Charles Baskerville? Is his nephew, Sir Henry, in danger from the legendary family curse, a gigantic black hound? Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the case in this classic mystery, set...

Laurie Anne Walden 5 hours 53 minutes

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 3)

Children's Fiction

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Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 3)

«Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do ...»… and from that moment onward we drift with Alice into another world. When she sees a White Rabbit as it...

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 42 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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Saint Ambrose - Concerning Virgins

Concerning Virgins (De Virginibus) is a series of letters, compiled into three “books,” St. Ambrose wrote to his sister, Manellia, These, perhaps Ambrose's earliest writings, were written in 377 CE. Written in a...

Euthymius 2 hours 29 minutes

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Chemistry

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Justus von Liebig - Familiar Letters on Chemistry

Justus von Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist who made major contributions to agricultural and biological chemistry and is known for his discovery of nitrogen as an essential plant nutrient. These letters “were...

J. M. Smallheer and 5 more 4 hours 12 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 010

Librivox’s Short Story Collection 010: a collection of 10 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Lucy Burgoyne and 9 more 4 hours 20 minutes

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Anthologies

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 001

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

Cori Samuel and 9 more 6 hours 2 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 1

This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Ryan T. and 29 more 13 hours 46 minutes

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General Fiction

585

Favourite Chapters Collection 001

A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because...

katyleah and 9 more 4 hours 32 minutes

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Poetry

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Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass

American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous...

Gord Mackenzie and 11 more 19 hours 16 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

609

James Joyce - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

This is James Joyce's first novel, the semi-autobiographical story of a young Irish boy who struggles with family, country, and religion to become an artist and a man. (Summary by Peter Bobbe)

Peter Bobbe 9 hours 9 minutes

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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II

*Non-fiction

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Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published...

Nicholas James Bridgewater and 13 more 21 hours 25 minutes

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Short Stories

470

Saki - Beasts and Super-Beasts

Saki (December 18, 1870 – November 14, 1916) was the pen name of British author Hector Hugh Munro. Saki's world contrasts the effete conventions and hypocrisies of Edwardian England with the ruthless but...

Justin Brett and 6 more 6 hours 49 minutes

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