Elise C. Boucher

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Historical Fiction

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Charlotte Mary Yonge - Armourer's Prentices

Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly, his shrewish wife. John has taken over their father's position as verdurer,...

Lynne T and 6 more 11 hours 23 minutes

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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

Art, Design & Architecture

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Giorgio Vasari - Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was...

MorganScorpion and 7 more 8 hours 24 minutes Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects by Giorgio Vasari, Volumes 1-7

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Short Stories

525

H. A. Guerber - Story of the Greeks

This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! — Summary by Ann Boulais

Donald Cummings and 44 more 7 hours 35 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

501

William Harrison Ainsworth - Windsor Castle, Book 5

Book 5 — Mabel Lyndwood. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other...

acousticwave and 4 more 1 hour 45 minutes Windsor Castle

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Poetry

461

Short Poetry Collection 143

This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015.

Winston Tharp and 14 more 1 hour 3 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

508

Elinor Wylie - Nets to Catch the Wind

This is the first volume of Poems by American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie, published in 1921. — Summary by Carolin

Dan Isaksson and 9 more 39 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

498

Henry Lawson - Ships that Won't Go Down

Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's...

Algy Pug and 14 more 22 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

507

James Weldon Johnson - Deep In The Quiet Wood

James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...

Algy Pug and 15 more 21 minutes

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Poetry

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Rupert Brooke - Hill

Librivox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Hill by Rupert Brooke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2011. Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets...

CalmDragon and 14 more 19 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

527

Walt Whitman - Hush'd Be the Camps Today

LibriVox readers bring you 16 readings of Hush'd Be the Camps Today by Walt Whitman, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death on April 15, 1865. This was the weekly poem for April 12, 2015, to...

Ann Boulais and 15 more 17 minutes

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Jenny Grahame - Wedlock

This poem is taken from A Book of Women’s Verse published in 1921. ( Summary by David Lawrence )

Claudia Salto and 10 more 17 minutes

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Poetry

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Emily Dickinson - Railway Train

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Railway Train by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 28, 2011. Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her...

Bob Gonzalez and 15 more 15 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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