Devorah Allen

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Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Frances Jenkins Olcott - Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud

Lots of stories and poems about elves, faeries and other wonderful wee folk. All read for you by LibriVox people who love them so what more could you ask for? If you want a break from the harsh 'real' world, come...

Beth Thomas and 13 more 9 hours 49 minutes

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True Crime

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Edward Keble Chatterton - Romance of Piracy

The Library of Romance is a series of books concerning the romance of scientific facts, be it biology, chemistry, history, or politics. This volume is one of history, concerning an account of the known facts of...

Dan Ficklin and 9 more 9 hours 44 minutes

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Family

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Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing - Jan Of The Windmill

There were two storms: one within and one without. The windmiller's wife was starting to be very unhappy, and the rain was pouring down as fast as her tears. So her husband brought Jan, a neglected child, for her to...

Devorah Allen and 2 more 9 hours 10 minutes

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Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

Poetry

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Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England

This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern namby-pamby verse and jaunty melody, and possessing, in an historical point of...

Devorah Allen and 12 more 8 hours 50 minutes

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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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Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories

Single Author Collections

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E. F. Benson - Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories

A collection of fourteen short stories, grouped under the headings of «Blackmailing Stories», «Spook Stories», «Cat Stories», «Crank Stories», and «General Stories». From the preface: "[S]uch readers as are in...

Zechariah Raman and 5 more 7 hours 54 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Mabel E. Wotton - Word Portraits of Famous Writers

Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships, She presents for us here, not literary criticism nor biographical sketches,...

Larry Wilson and 22 more 7 hours 26 minutes

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Animals & Nature

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George Langford - Stories of the First American Animals

Combining beast fable with natural history, this is a highly engaging and informative account of some of the prehistoric mammals that once roamed across North America. Each short story tells us something about a...

Devorah Allen and 9 more 7 hours 11 minutes

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Short Stories

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Barry Pain - Stories in Grey

This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain. Pain was well-known in his time for his supernatural and horror stories. This collection contains 15 interesting examples of his work. — Summary by Carolin

Ian Stewart and 11 more 7 hours 11 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Short Science Fiction Collection 062

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative...

David Derida and 13 more 7 hours 9 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

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Fantasy Fiction

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E. Phillips Oppenheim - Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old house. What he doesn't realize is that the fruit of the plant, when eaten,...

Linda Olsen Fitak and 12 more 6 hours 43 minutes

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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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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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