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Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother (Dramatic reading)

Dramatic Readings

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Hesba Stretton - Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother (Dramatic reading)

Jessica is a little girl who used to be an actress till she grew too big. Now she lives on the streets, mostly starving until she meets Mr. Dan'el. Mr. Dan'el gives Jessica his cast-off crusts and warmed-over coffee....

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Tragedy

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Sophocles - Ajax (Campbell Translation)

Ajax is a Greek tragedy written in the 5th century BC. The date of Ajax's first performance is unknown and may never be found, but most scholars regard it as an early work, c. 450 — 430 BC. It chronicles the fate of...

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Christian Fiction

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Mrs. O. F. Walton - Poppy's Presents

One day, Poppy gets told her mother has a present for her. But the neighbors laugh and say there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. What is the present? — Summary by Esther ben Simonides

Esther ben Simonides 1 hour 19 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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John Bunyan - Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity

Written in the late 1600s by John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, this treatise exhorts Christians to holy living. Bunyan takes as his text Psalm 93:5, 'Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever,' and...

Scarlett Martin 5 hours 16 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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John Kendrick Bangs - Idiot at home

The Idiot returns along with Ms Idiot and their two children, Mollie and Tommy, move into their first house in suburbia. What follows are encounters with his companions from his boarding house days, Coffee and...

John Kellow and 6 more 4 hours 3 minutes

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Poetry

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Joseph Horatio Chant - Gleams of Sunshine

This is a volume of religious, and as the subtitle of the book says, 'optimistic' poems by J.H. Chant, a Canadian minister of the United Church. — Summary by Carolin

Jeff Moon and 15 more 3 hours 5 minutes

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Poetry

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Alice Meynell - Poems

This is a volume of poems by Alice Meynell. — Summary by Carolin

Sonia and 9 more 1 hour 5 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 063

This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Authors include Saki, Lord Dunsany, Rudyard Kipling, Rex Beach, Banjo Paterson, Chekhov and Montesquieu.

Peter Yearsley and 10 more 6 hours 24 minutes Short Story Collections

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 185

This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2018.

Phil Schempf and 13 more 1 hour 34 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation)

Tragedy

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Aeschylus - Suppliant Maidens (Morshead Translation)

The Suppliants, also called The Suppliant Maidens, or The Suppliant Women, is a play by Aeschylus. It was probably first performed sometime after 470 BC. It was long thought to be the earliest surviving play by...

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Bram Stoker - Under the Sunset

“Under the Sunset” is a collection of eight amazing fantasy tales from the mind and imagination of the legendary Bram Stoker (Dracula.) Originally conceived of by the author to be a collection of “Children’s stories,”...

Sandra Cullum 4 hours 16 minutes Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library

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Tragedy

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Aeschylus - Seven Against Thebes (Way Translation)

Seven against Thebes is the third play in an Oedipus-themed trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 467 BC. The trilogy is sometimes referred to as the Oedipodea. It concerns the battle between an Argive army led by...

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