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Essays & Short Works

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Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary

On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speech is now considered one of the greatest in American...

Ann Boulais and 14 more 35 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Emperor's New Clothes

This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an adult. The Emperor's New Clothes was funny from my earliest years because...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 23 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Ellis Parker Butler - That Pup

A puppy, unanounced and unordered, arrives in a crate at Mr. Murchison's house. Humorous events follow. — Summary by david wales

David Wales 1 hour 4 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Blake - Garden of Love

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. He was...

Claudia Salto and 13 more 13 minutes

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Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty

Biography & Autobiography

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Hester Lynch Piozzi - Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Written When She Was Eighty

Born into the influential Welsh Salusbury family and married to the rich brewer Henry Thrale, Hester Piozzi was associated to the most illustrious figures of London society in her time, among others the famous Samuel...

Crln Yldz Ksr 1 hour 8 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Little Match Girl

This is a recording of seven immortal and delightful fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Match Girl is of course the first, followed by The Swineherd, The Real Princess, The Leap Frog, The...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 21 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 127

This is a collection of 21 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2013.

Algy Pug and 12 more 52 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Adventure of the Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears for her life. Upon hearing her story, Sherlock agrees and springs into action...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 6 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Henry James - Collaboration

It is Paris sometime after the Franco-Prussian War (1870--Germany won--the French Second Republic collapsed--France embittered). A French poet and a German composer come to admire one another's work and decide to...

David Wales 57 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Will Carleton - One and Two

This was the Fortnightly Poetry for November 10, 2013. Read in English by Alan Weyman; CaprishaPage; Drew Johnson; David Lawrence; Ernst Pattynama; Garrett Fitzgerald; Jason Mills; Jannie Meisberger; Julia...

Alan Weyman and 13 more 31 minutes

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Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

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Alexander Berkman - Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America

A pamphlet written by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman shortly before their deportation from the US in 1919. — Summary by Krzysztof Rowiński

krzys and 1 more 1 hour 15 minutes

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Christian Fiction

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Sabine Baring-Gould - Only a Ghost! by Irenæus the Deacon

Baring-Gould's humorous observations on the various Christian sects to be found in «the most learned church in the most religious country in the world» (i.e., London in 1870) contains a challenge to Christians of...

MaryAnn 57 minutes

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