Bill Boerst

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General Fiction

432

Leo Tolstoy - Youth

Youth is the third in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Boyhood, published in a literary journal during the 1850s. (Introduction by Bill Boerst)

Bill Boerst 6 hours 21 minutes

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General Fiction

496

Leo Tolstoy - Boyhood

Boyhood is the second in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Youth, published in a literary journal during the 1850s. (Introduction by Bill Boerst)

Bill Boerst 2 hours 55 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

552

James Fenimore Cooper - Deerslayer - The First Warpath

The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of...

Josh Smith and 1 more 20 hours 25 minutes Leatherstocking Tales

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Poetry

500

William Wordsworth - Excursion

The Excursion: Being a portion of The Recluse, a Poem is a long poem by Romantic poet William Wordsworth and was first published in 1814. It was intended to be the second part of The Recluse , an unfinished larger...

FunkyPhD and 1 more 8 hours 4 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

694

Alfred de Musset - Confession of a Child of the Century

In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally-- in the most unexpected and honorable way-- the sudden development...

Diana Majlinger and 8 more 10 hours 25 minutes

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*Non-fiction

476

Alfred Ayres - Verbalist

Osmun arranges usage problems alphabetically and treats certain areas in greater detail as he sees fit. For example, his first entry is A-AN (articles). His second is ABILITY-CAPACITY, in which he distinguishes...

Bill Boerst 8 hours 48 minutes

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Poetry

477

Robert Frost - Boy's Will (version 2)

Robert Frost preferred to describe the New England countryside using everyday language. He used both as tools to explore world views and life philosophies. A Boy's Will was his first poetry anthology. (Summary by...

Savanna Herrold and 1 more 46 minutes

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General Fiction

532

Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Gambler

The Gambler is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky about a young tutor in the employment of a formerly wealthy Russian general. The novella reflects Dostoevsky's own addiction to roulette, which was in more ways than...

Jason Ingolfsland and 1 more 6 hours 1 minute

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Short Stories

662

Short Story Collection Vol. 042

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 042: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

pachayes and 12 more 6 hours 30 minutes Short Story Collections

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 008

A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Roger Clifton and 8 more 6 hours 18 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

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Action & Adventure

491

Thomas Mayne Reid - Scalp Hunters

«Unroll the world’s map, and look upon the great northern continent of America. Away to the wild west, away toward the setting sun, away beyond many a far meridian, let your eyes wander. Rest them where golden rivers...

Dale Latham and 7 more 12 hours 9 minutes

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Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna

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James Fenimore Cooper - Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna

The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The Pioneers was first of these books to be...

Gary W. Sherwin and 1 more 18 hours 38 minutes Leatherstocking Tales

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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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