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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Geoffrey of Monmouth - History of the Kings of Britain

More medieval romance than history, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae represents the oldest versions we have of many legends of Britain, populated by such characters as the Leir, Cymbeline, Uther and...

Paul Mazumdar 10 hours 25 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Margaret Lucas Cavendish - Blazing World

The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a defiant venture into a scientific world where women were not usually allowed....

Sarah Terry 4 hours 2 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Murray Leinster - Nightmare Planet

In science-fiction, as in all categories of fiction, there are stories that are so outstanding from the standpoint of characterization, concept, and background development that they remain popular for decades. Two...

Zachary Brewster-Geisz 1 hour 47 minutes

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Drama

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Luigi Pirandello - Henry IV, A Tragedy in Three Acts

A talented actor and historian falls off his horse in a historical pageant while playing the role of Henry IV. When he comes to, he believes himself to be Henry. For the next twenty years his nephew, Count de...

2 hours 2 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Noel E. Sainsbury, Jr. - Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane

Young peoples book of adventure in aviation with young women in the lead rolls. This is in the earlier days of aviation. — Summary by Susan Morin

Susan Morin 5 hours 19 minutes

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Dramatic Readings

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J. M. Barrie - Dear Brutus (dramatic reading)

At a house in the country 8 guests are invited to enter a magical wood to see what might have happened had they made a different choice in life. Even though they are warned away from the wood, they take a chance and...

3 hours 11 minutes

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Christian Fiction

866

Pansy - Randolphs

The Randolphs is the sequel to Household Puzzles , and opens shortly after the previous book ends. It follows the «leadings of the Randolph family», as Tom puts it in the last chapter. Helen's discontent with life,...

TriciaG 8 hours 19 minutes

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Nature

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William John Dakin - Pearls

«The use of pearls as jewels and their recognition as objects of value date back into the far beyond when the histories of ancient peoples were transcribed upon papyrus. It is very likely that pearls were amongst the...

MaryAnn 2 hours 57 minutes

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Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main

Action & Adventure Fiction

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G. A. Henty - Under Drake's Flag: A Tale Of The Spanish Main

An exciting tale set on the high seas, in a period ruled by exploration, with the ever-present dangers of nature and the weather, together with pirates of the famed Spanish Main. — Summary by Lynne Thompson

Lynne T and 7 more 10 hours 40 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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August Strindberg - Growth of a Soul

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright who has had many of his works read into Librivox by volunteers. From his earliest work, Strindberg developed forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition...

Jan Moorehouse and 2 more 6 hours 51 minutes

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Comedy

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Ben Jonson - Volpone, or, The Fox

Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest...

3 hours 18 minutes

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Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead

*Non-fiction

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John L. Ransom - Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead

John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This is his diary...

David Wales 8 hours 32 minutes

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