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Archibald Lampman - Refuge

Archibald Lampman FRSC was a Canadian poet. «He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent of the Canadian school of nature poets.» The Canadian Encyclopedia says that...

Bruce Kachuk and 17 more 20 minutes

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Plays

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Molière - Love is the Best Doctor

Four most fashionable doctors are called in by Sganarelle to cure his daughter, but instead they argue about everything and Sganarelle is driven to the streets where he finds a quack and his daughter's disguised...

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George MacDonald - Autumn's Gold

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a...

Algy Pug and 12 more 16 minutes

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Short works

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 025

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 025: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Nemo and 6 more 1 hour 17 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Theodore Hook - On Punning

Theodore Edward Hook was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. The world's first...

aravagarwal and 10 more 37 minutes

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Griffith Alexander - Life

«What is life?» we ask. «Just one darned thing after another,» the cynic replies. Yes, a multiplicity of forces and interests, and each of them, even the disagreeable, may be of real help to us. It's good for a dog,...

Algy Pug and 11 more 24 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Arthur Machen - Red Hand

Two London gentlemen ponder the evolution of humankind as they investigate a modern-day murder committed with an ancient tool. — Summary by Wanda White

Wanda White 1 hour 6 minutes

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Poetry

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C. J. Dennis - Bill & Doreen's Married Life

«Bill & Doreen's Married Life (Selections from „Doreen“)» is the sequel to «Bill & Doreen's Courtship» and «Bill & Doreen Get Hitched», the latter two being «Selections from 'The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke'»....

Son of the Exiles 26 minutes

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Anthologies

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17th- and 18th-Century Poems by Women

This class project is a collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century verse by women, focusing first on women as writers. It has been coordinated by the students' teacher, Tonya Howe.

thowe 18 minutes

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General

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Mary Elting Folsom - Trains at Work

This is a wonderful children's book about trains, specifically those exciting steam engines that covered our country in the early 1900's. It describes what it was like to ride in them, work in them, repair them, fix...

Larry Wilson and 4 more 1 hour 26 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 176

This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2018

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 57 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

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Michael Earls - Ballads of Peace in War

This is a collection of poetry by Michael Earls, a Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. This collection of poetry concerns war, in particular World War I. — Summary by Carolin

Bristol Chilton and 5 more 1 hour 8 minutes

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