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Pirates Of Penzance; Or The Slave Of Duty (Version 2)

Comedy

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W. S. Gilbert - Pirates Of Penzance; Or The Slave Of Duty (Version 2)

In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...

David Wales 1 hour 11 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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David Starr Jordan - Life's Enthusiasms

The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's «Leaves of Grass.» The author praises joyous living and recommends certain routes to its attainment. He explores schooling (public secondary and...

Bill Boerst 38 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Coventry Patmore - Revelation

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Andrew K Waugh and 19 more 19 minutes

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Free Verse

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Stephen Crane - Black Riders and Other Lines

A collection of enigmatic poems

T. Tilbe 44 minutes

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War & Military

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Rudyard Kipling - Fringes Of The Fleet

During the war (WWI), [Kipling] wrote a booklet The Fringes of the Fleet containing essays and poems on various nautical subjects of the war. Some of the poems were set to music by English composer Edward Elgar. —...

David Wales 1 hour 26 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Elizabeth Stoddard - Before the Mirror

Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, née Barstow was a United States poet and novelist. She is most widely known today as the author of The Morgesons (1862), her first of three novels. Her other two novels are Two Men (1865)...

Andrew K Waugh and 11 more 25 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Presence of Love

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He wrote the...

Andrew Coleman and 14 more 15 minutes

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King James Version

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King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) NT 06: Romans (Version 2)

The book of Romans was written by Paul the Apostle on his third missionary journey. The Holy Spirit inspired Paul to write about life as a person before Christ and life as a believer after Christ. He talks about the...

Kimberly Krause 1 hour 10 minutes Bible (King James Version)

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Single author

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Charles Baudelaire - Flowers of Evil

This is a collection of French poems by Charles Baudelaire, originally titled «Les Fleurs du mal.» It was popular in the symbolist and modernist movements of the 19th century, and the poems are about decadence and...

sarahsyahiirah and 14 more 1 hour 28 minutes

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H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor

Published 1800 -1900

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W. S. Gilbert - H.M.S. Pinafore; Or, The Lass That Loved A Sailor

In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...

David Wales 1 hour 2 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Sara Teasdale - Red Maples

Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible! Thank you to RuthieG for the suggestion .

Andrew Coleman and 23 more 26 minutes

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Single author

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Saint Teresa of Avila - Poetry of St Teresa of Avila

The poetry of St Teresa of Avila, recorded in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Saint's birth (March 28, 2015).

Ann Boulais 1 hour 10 minutes St. Teresa of Avila

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