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Beacon Lights of History, Vol 1: The Old Pagan Civilizations

Ancient

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John Lord - Beacon Lights of History, Vol 1: The Old Pagan Civilizations

The first of 14 volumes, this book discusses ancient civilization looking primarily at religion and philosophy. Summary by KHand

KHand 7 hours 44 minutes

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Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers

Plays

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Charles Macklin - Will and No Will or a Bone for the Lawyers

This «Afterpiece» — a short play to follow a main production — was first produced in 1746. It was based on Regnard's five-act comedy le Legetaire Universel (1707), which is itself a composite of Italian comedy with...

1 hour 28 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Amice MacDonell - Saxon and Norman

Edward the Confessor is very weak and will die soon. But with no son to succeed him, who will gain the throne? The common folk and loyal Saxon barons in England want Harold, while the Norman barons and the people in...

1 hour 7 minutes

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Drama

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Henrik Ibsen - Little Eyolf (Mencken Translation)

One of the four profound plays of Ibsen’s late period (along with “The Master Builder,” “John Gabriel Borkman,” and “When We Dead Awaken”), “Little Eyolf” tells the story of Albert Allmers, a writer who has yearned to...

Expatriate 2 hours 38 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 146

This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2015.

Newgatenovelist and 12 more 1 hour 10 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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General

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Francis J. Finn - Mostly Boys: Short Stories

A collection of tales about real life boys in every walk of life. They are redolent of the breezy spirit of healthy, jovial boyhood, and permeated with the author’s best brand of humor. (The Publishers Trade List...

Maria Therese 4 hours 14 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

Charlotte Brontë - Emma: A Fragment of a Story

Miss Mabel Wilcox, the owner of a newly opened girl's boarding school, meets the wealthy Mr. Conway Fitzgibbon, who drops off his frail daughter to be educated there. When background checks are made, it is discovered...

Oxenhandler and 1 more 43 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island (version 5)

Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of «buccaneers and buried gold». Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, and...

Kara Shallenberg 6 hours 34 minutes

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Tragedy

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Euripides - Electra (Murray Translation)

Electra (the Unmated One) is eaten up with hatred of her mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for their murder of her father Agamemnon. Married platonically to a good-hearted but poverty-stricken old peasant,...

Expatriate 1 hour 41 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Gertrude Atherton - Avalanche

Price Ruyler has been sent to San Francisco from New York to salvage the family business after the 1906 earthquake. His success makes him one of the city's most eligible bachelors but he resists the machinations of...

Lynne T 4 hours 14 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

Edgar Allan Poe - Lake

Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the...

Bruce Kachuk and 15 more 23 minutes

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Writing & Linguistics

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Julian Sharman - Cursory History of Swearing

This is a very readable scientific account of Swearing and Cursing in the English Language. Not only is an enlightening historical account given, but also several excursions are made into other languages and certain...

Alimay and 7 more 4 hours 53 minutes

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