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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Leo Tolstoy - Ivan the Fool

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, simply, and generously. The story emphasizes the destructive aspects of...

Larry Caplan and 1 more 1 hour 8 minutes

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Poetry

816

Eliza Cook - Be Kind When You Can

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Be Kind When You Can by Eliza Cook. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 30, 2011. Eliza Cook was an English author, Chartist poet and writer born in...

Amy Gramour and 15 more 30 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Edgar Allan Poe - Bells

LibriVox readers bring you 18 recordings of «The Bells.» This was the Fortnightly Poetry selection for January 30 to February 13, 2011. «The Bells» is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not...

Amy Gramour and 17 more 1 hour 23 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca - Of Peace of Mind

How to maintain a tranquil mind amongst social upheaval and turmoil, addressed to Serenus. (Introduction by Jonathan Hockey)

Jonathan Hockey and 2 more 1 hour 22 minutes

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Poetry

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Sir Henry Parkes - Fatherland

LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Fatherland by Sir Henry Parkes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23rd, 2011. Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG (27 May 1815 – 27 April 1896) was an Australian...

Chris Caron and 3 more 6 minutes

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Comedy

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George Bernard Shaw - Admirable Bashville

The Admirable Bashville is a product of the British law of copyright. As that law stands at present, the first person who patches up a stage version of a novel, however worthless and absurd that version may be, and...

1 hour 10 minutes

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Poetry

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Sarah Orne Jewett - Two Musicians

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Two Musicians by Sarah Orne Jewett. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 16, 2011. She published her first important story in the Atlantic Monthly at...

Amy Gramour and 16 more 32 minutes

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Poetry

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James Russell Lowell - Impartiality

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Impartiality by James Russell Lowell. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 16, 2011. James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor,...

Amy Gramour and 10 more 12 minutes

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Drama

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Susan Glaspell - Trifles

On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the...

28 minutes

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Poetry

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William Morris - Echoes of Love’s House

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Echoes of Love’s House by William Morris. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 9th, 2011. William Morris was an English textile designer, artist, writer,...

Amy Gramour and 10 more 16 minutes

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Selection of Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh

Poetry

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Sir Walter Raleigh - Selection of Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh

Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also well known for popularising tobacco in England. Raleigh's poetry is written...

33 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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John Godfrey Saxe - Early Rising

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Early Rising by John Godfrey Saxe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 31, 2010. The words «dutiful» and «pious» never applied to the aspiring...

BlackCat and 14 more 43 minutes

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