Andy Minter (1934-2017)

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, literature, sports,...

Gregg Margarite and 10 more 5 hours 30 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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General Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Regent

'The Regent' is, if not a sequel to 'The Card', then a 'Further Adventures of' the eponymous hero of that novel. Denry Machin is now forty-three and begins to feel that he is getting old, that making money and a...

Andy Minter 9 hours 6 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Samuel Smiles - George and Robert Stephenson

George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive, that was due to a number of people including Cugnot, Trevithick and others....

Andy Minter 12 hours 49 minutes

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General Fiction

Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: «Our Parish», «Scenes»,...

David Barnes and 22 more 21 hours 57 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 001 - Humor

This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres — fiction and non-fiction....

Sally Ann Cook and 15 more 2 hours 51 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Children's Fiction

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George MacDonald - Princess and the Goblin (version 2)

George MacDonald's fairy stories and fantasy have inspired a number of writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and of this popular fairy story, which as you might suspect concerns a little princess plotted...

Andy Minter 5 hours 11 minutes

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General Fiction

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Arnold Bennett - Anna of the Five Towns

The plot centers on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church....

Bellona Times and 6 more 8 hours 18 minutes

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2

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United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume 2

This is the second LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 14 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1766 and...

Carol Stripling and 11 more 4 hours 32 minutes UK Parliamentary Speeches

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Historical Fiction

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William Harrison Ainsworth - Lancashire Witches

The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, together with others terrorised the district of Lancashire around Pendle...

Andy Minter 25 hours 14 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 070

This is a collection of poems for the month of August 2008

Shona and 13 more 39 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Humorous Fiction

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Lloyd Osbourne - Wrong Box

The Wrong Box is a comedy about the ending of a tontine (a tontine is an arrangement whereby a number of young people subscribe to a fund which is then closed and invested until all but one of the subscribers have...

Andy Minter 6 hours 20 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Arthur Ransome - Old Peter's Russian Tales

Arthur Ransome is best known for his Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books. This is the only example of his fiction in the public domain. These stories are all from Russian folklore, some comparatively...

Andy Minter and 6 more 7 hours 42 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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