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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Ann Radcliffe - EDWY: A Poem, in Three Parts

In Edwy, Ann Radcliffe gives us a delightful piece of poetic moonshine, whose eponymous hero seeks assistance from the world of faerie in order to spy on his girlfriend, Aura, and see if she really loves him. He does...

Grant Hurlock 56 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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James McIntyre - Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 27, 2013. Another poem from Canada's cheese poet, James...

CalmDragon and 12 more 14 minutes

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Poetry

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Walter Malone - Opportunity

LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Opportunity by Walter Malone. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 27, 2013. Walter Malone was born in DeSoto Count, Mississippi. He wrote 2 volumes...

Bill Mosley and 18 more 35 minutes

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Plays

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Aeschylus - Prometheus Bound (Buckley Translation)

«Prometheus Bound» is the only complete tragedy of the Prometheia trilogy, traditionally assumed to be the work of Aeschylus. Jupiter has turned against Prometheus for protecting mankind and has ordered him to be...

1 hour 2 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William J. Lampton - Flag and the Faithful

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Flag and the Faithful by William J. Lampton. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 20, 2013. William J. Lampton was the second cousin of Jane Clemens...

Bill Mosley and 11 more 12 minutes

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Science

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Dr. Albert Philip Sy - Food Values

A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to «Food Preparedness.» It first describes basic nutrition and things to consider when choosing what foods to eat, then lists various foods and their amount of calories,...

TriciaG 1 hour 10 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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C. J. Dennis - Australaise

LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of The Austra--laise by C.J.Dennis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 13, 2013. THE AUSTRALAISE is a poem composed by C.J. Dennis, widely considered to...

Algy Pug and 5 more 19 minutes

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Poetry

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Helen Hunt Jackson - January

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of January by Helen Hunt Jackson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 13, 2013. Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was an Amewrican writer and...

Algy Pug and 7 more 9 minutes

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Poetry

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Edgar Allan Poe - Raven and Other Poems

«Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping —...

Phil Chenevert 35 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Frederik Pohl - Tunnel Under The World

This famous Pohl story explores cybernetic robots and implanted personalities in a way that certainly expanded my way of looking at reality. Is that wall really real? or is it just kinda, sorta real? And who am I? The...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 24 minutes

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Ancient

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Plato (Πλάτων) - Lesser Hippias

This work may not be by Plato, or his entirely, but Jowett has offered his sublime translation, and seems to lean towards including it in the canon. Socrates tempted by irony to deflate the pretentious know-it-all...

Kevin Johnson 1 hour 8 minutes

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2

Poetry

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Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2

One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life, death, love, God and destiny. (Summary by Michael Armenta)

Michael Armenta 1 hour 27 minutes

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