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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Wreck of the Hesperus

LibriVox volunteers bring you ten recordings of «The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,the Fortnightly Poem for August 31, 2014. May we each be spared from the wreck of pride on the reef of Norman's...

Beth Thomas and 9 more 46 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Mountain Song

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine recordings of «Mountain Song” by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. The Weekly Poem for August 31, 2014 takes us up to the mountain heights of Norway. (Summary by MaryAnn)

James Koss and 8 more 16 minutes

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Lyric

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Helen Waddell - Lyrics from the Chinese

Thirty-six short Chinese poems from the 12th to the 7th Century B.C. are translated into English by Irish Poet Helen Waddell. Summary by MaryAnn.

MaryAnn 42 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Henry James - Third Person

The Third Person is an amusing spoof on spooking. The 'ghostly man about the house' in whom two increasingly competitive maiden ladies come to take a proprietary interest is as unlikely to inspire terror as the wraith...

Anthony Orr 1 hour 2 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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Maria Hackett - My Travels, A Family Story

This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, their pedigree. It is the story of the mother of a family who led a very...

BettyB and 3 more 1 hour 11 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

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Robert E. Howard - Gods of the North

«The Frost-Giant's Daughter» is, arguably the earliest chronological story by Robert E. Howard in terms of Conan's life. The brief tale is set somewhere in frozen Nordheim, geographically situated north of Conan's...

Phil Chenevert 24 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Walt Whitman - O Captain! My Captain!

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of «O Captain! My Captain!» This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014. «O Captain! My Captain!» is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln written by Walt...

Ben Adams and 17 more 36 minutes

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Romance

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Stéphanie-Félicité de Genlis - Beauty and the Monster

A French theatrical adaptation of the famous fairy tale, The Beauty and the Monster is a drama of three characters — Beauty (Sabina), the Beast (Phanor) and Beauty's best friend, Phedima (the third wheel). — Summary...

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Business & Economics

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Roger Babson - Fundamentals of Prosperity

What these principles are and whence they come to us. «The fact is, we have become crazy over material things. We are looking only at the structure above ground. We are trying to get more smoke from the chimney. We...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 20 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Percy Bysshe Shelley - To A Skylark

LibriVox volunteers bring you eight recordings of «To A Skylark.» This is the Fortnightly Poetry for August 8, 2014. To A Skylark was completed by Shelley in late June 1820. It was inspired by an evening walk in...

Algy Pug and 7 more 37 minutes

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Single author

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James Elroy Flecker - Forty-Two Poems

This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. — Summary by Carolin

Ian King and 19 more 1 hour 26 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Poul William Anderson - Sentiment, Inc.

The way we feel about another person, or about objects, is often bound up in associations that have no direct connection with the person or object at all. Often, what we call a «change of heart» comes about sheerly...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 13 minutes

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