Devorah Allen

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Frederick Marryat - Peter Simple

Peter Simple, 'the fool of the family', son of a parson but heir presumptive to a title, goes to sea as midshipman during the Napoleonic wars. Naturally, at sea in this period is where adventures are just waiting for...

Sylviamb and 7 more 16 hours 12 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Clifton Johnson - Book of Fairy-Tale Bears

Bears make an appearance in so many fairy tales and fables, it is difficult to imagine a fairy-tale world without them. However, in most of those fairy tales, the bear is just a side-character. In this volume, Clifton...

AmyMc and 9 more 2 hours 12 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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John Farrar - Bookman, March 1921

This precursor to The New Yorker magazine features several Algonquin Roundtable regulars, including Broun, Woolcott, and Morley. Editor is John C. Farrar, an American editor, writer and publisher. Farrar founded two...

Elanor and 6 more 6 hours 2 minutes

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Christian Fiction

George MacDonald - Donal Grant

After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also houses an eccentric old man, a beautiful and troubled young woman, and an...

Devorah Allen 16 hours 9 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 169

This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2017.

Tomas Peter and 14 more 1 hour 32 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Robert Nisbet Bain - Cossack Fairy Tales

This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special as most children will not have heard them a hundred times before, and as...

Adam Wilkans and 10 more 6 hours 27 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Clifton Johnson - Book of Fairy-Tale Foxes

Wild animals play a big role in many fairy tales, and foxes are some of the best-represented animals in folklore. In this volume, Clifton Johnson has collected stories about foxes from all over the world, adapted for...

Cal Taylor and 10 more 2 hours 32 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 066

Another great collection of short stories in English, selected and read by Librivox readers.

Peter Thomlinson and 7 more 10 hours 26 minutes Short Story Collections

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Action & Adventure

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Ian Bernard Stoughton Holborn - Child of the Moat

Ian Holborn (professor of archaeology and a writer) was on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed, and as it sank he rescued a 12 year old girl named Avis Dolphin. She later complained that books for girls...

Beth Thomas and 11 more 12 hours 10 minutes

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Family

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Annie Fellows Johnston - Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding

In the previous book in this series, Lloyd was the maid of honor, but now it will be the Little Colonel's turn to be the bride. But who will be the groom? Will it be one of our old friends from previous books such as...

avocado and 7 more 6 hours 17 minutes The Little Colonel Series

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Christianity - Biographies

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Amy Wilson Carmichael - Lotus Buds

Amy Carmichael tells the story of work among the girls of India, who she calls «Lotus Buds». — Summary by Adele de Pignerolles

MaryAnn and 9 more 8 hours 20 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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James Francis Thierry - Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons

The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons: Being one of the Exciting Episodes in the Career of the Famous Detective Hemlock Holmes as Recorded by his Friend Dr. Watson is a parody of the Sherlock Holmes stories....

SirQueezle and 6 more 3 hours 52 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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