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Poetry

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James Shirley - Upon His Mistress Dancing

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Upon His Mistress Dancing by James Shirley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January, 15, 2012. James Shirley (sometimes spelt Sherley) was a prolific English...

CalmDragon and 22 more 16 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Henry Fielding - Old Debauchees

Young Laroon plans to marry Isabel, but Father Martin manipulates Isabel's father, Jourdain, in order to seduce Isabel. However, other characters, including both of the Laroons, try to manipulate Jourdain for their...

1 hour 7 minutes

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Poetry

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Sam Walter Foss - House by the Side of the Road

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The House by the Side of the Road by Sam Walter Foss. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 15, 2012. Sam Walter Foss was an American librarian and...

Bill Mosley and 17 more 43 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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H. P. Nichols - Broken Vase and Other Stories

The Broken Vase and Other Stories; for Children and Youth, Compiled by a Teacher FITCHBURG: PUBLISHED BY S. & C. SHEPLEY. 1847. WM. J. MERRIAM, PRINTER, FITCHBURG. (Summary from the Frontspiece)

K.G.Cross and 4 more 57 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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W. S. Gilbert - O Hollow Hollow Hollow

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of O Hollow Hollow Hollow by W.S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 8, 2012. Here is a poem by the «fleshly» poet, Bunthorne, from the opera...

Bob Gonzalez and 16 more 22 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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George Gordon, Lord Byron - Giaour

«The Giaour» is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. «The Giaour» proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically...

1 hour 2 minutes

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Poetry

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Emily Brontë - Visionary

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of «The Visionary» by Ellis Bell (Emily Brontë). This was the weekly poem for January 1, 2012. The first 12 lines originally appeared in one of a large group of Gondal...

Abigail Bartels and 17 more 33 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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John Masefield - Selected Public Domain Poems

Maritime and metaphysical verse by John Masefield, English poet and author, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death. (Summary by Liam Neely)

Liam Neely 27 minutes

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Poetry

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H. P. Nichols - At the End of the Feast

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of At the End of the Feast by Anonymous. A traditional English Christmas Carol, first published in New Christmas Carols in 1642. This poem was the Weekly Poetry Project...

Chris Caron and 8 more 22 minutes

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Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation

Historical Fiction

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Owen Wister - Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation

Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bringing news and a spiritual crisis. It's really more of a novella than a...

David Wales 1 hour 12 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Emma Lazarus - Feast of Lights

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Feast of Lights by Emma Lazarus. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 18, 2011. Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the Jewish festival...

Chris Caron and 8 more 28 minutes

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Westerns

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Owen Wister - Journey in Search of Christmas

Cowboy Lin McLean rides into frontier Cheyenne, Wyoming, at Christmastime and learns a powerful meaning of Christmas. Author Owen Wister is well known for his western writings, famously the novel The Virginian....

David Wales 1 hour 21 minutes

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