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Humorous Fiction

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Joel Chandler Harris - Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

Uncle Remus' stories feature a trickster hero called Br'er Rabbit («Brother» Rabbit), who uses his wits to slide out of trouble and gain the advantage over the slower witted other animals, many of whom are trying to...

Phil Chenevert 46 minutes

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Poetry

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John Keats - To Autumn

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010. To Autumn" is the final work in a group of poems known as Keats's...

Amy Gramour and 7 more 18 minutes

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Poetry

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Tobias Smollett - Verses on a Young Lady

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Verses on a Young Lady Playing on a Harpsicord and Singing by Tobias Smollett. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010. Tobias George Smollett...

David Lawrence and 13 more 13 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Real Thing

The Real Thing is, on one level, a somewhat ironic tale of an artist and two rather particular models. Yet it also raises questions about the relationship between the notion of reality in our humdrum world, and the...

Nicholas Clifford 1 hour 4 minutes

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Family Life

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Emilie Maceroni - Magic Words: A Tale for Christmas Time

Magic Words is a Victorian tale of a community and how a few women bring a special kind of Christmas magic to the community-- Magic that can heal wounded hearts. (Introduction by Sean McGaughey)

Sean McGaughey 1 hour 6 minutes

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Poetry

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James Freeman Clarke - Cana

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Cana by James Freeman Clarke, from The World's Best Poetry, edited by Bliss Carman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 14th, 2010. Trivia: After hearing...

adirondack and 8 more 10 minutes

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Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

*Non-fiction

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Ukawsaw Gronniosaw - Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw

Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, also known as James Albert, (born ca. 1705 — 1775) was a freed slave and autobiographer. His autobiography is considered the first published by an African in Britain. Gronniosaw's autobiography...

TriciaG 1 hour 21 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

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W. Somerset Maugham - Rain (Version 2)

Rain charts the moral disintegration of a missionary attempting to convert a Pacific island prostitute named Sadie Thompson. (Introduction by an excerpt from Wikipedia)

Linda Hogan 1 hour 27 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Kate Douglas Wiggin - Birds' Christmas Carol (version 2)

Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by everyone who knows her. This year, she is going to make Christmas extra special...

Andrea Boltz 1 hour 9 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - In the Closed Room

This is a short story about a shy, quiet little girl living in a big city. When her parents are offered the opportunity to take care of a house in the suburbs for the summer she meets another little girl in the house...

Linda Andrus 1 hour 15 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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George Washington Cable - New Arrival

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A New Arrival by George W. Cable. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010. «The New Arrival» is a valuable poem because it expresses the joy of a...

adirondack and 11 more 16 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 092

This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of November 2010.

Gabriel Glenn and 13 more 45 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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