Elizabeth Klett

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Edith Wharton - Summer (version 2)

Wharton's 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs to escape the claustrophobic confines of North Dormer and the inappropriate...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 41 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 096

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.

Ann Simmons and 22 more 1 hour 26 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

973

Matthew Arnold - Growing Old

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Growing Old by Matthew Arnold. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 17, 2011. Matthew Arnold was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an...

Anna Roberts and 16 more 36 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

Eugène Sue - Mysteries of Paris - Volume 1

The Mysteries of Paris (French: Les Mystères de Paris) is a novel by Eugène Sue which was published serially in Journal des débats from June 19, 1842 until October 15, 1843. Les Mystères de Paris singlehandedly...

Cori Samuel and 11 more 11 hours 15 minutes Mysteries of Paris

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*Non-fiction

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Christopher Wilson - Shakespeare and Music

Shakespeare's plays are full of music: love songs, comic ditties, serious ballads, and songs for witches and spirits. Over the centuries musicians and composers have also created musical adaptations based on...

Elizabeth Klett and 4 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

Heywood Broun - Pieces of Hate and other Enthusiasms

This book is a collection of humorous short stories about ordinary instances in daily life. We learn many interesting things about life, such as how to court women successfully, what it feels like to be a god, and why...

Phil Chenevert and 13 more 6 hours 5 minutes

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General Fiction

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E. M. Forster - Room with a View (version 2)

The 1908 novel A Room With a View is the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young English girl traveling to Italy for the first time. While staying in Florence, Lucy meets the unconventional George Emerson, with whom she...

Elizabeth Klett 7 hours 9 minutes

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Comedy

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Jesse Lynch Williams - Why Marry?

Why Marry? is a comedy, which «tells the truth about marriage». We find a family in the throes of proving the morality of marriage to a New Age Woman. Can the family defend marriage to this self-supporting girl? Will...

Elizabeth Klett 3 hours 7 minutes

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Erotica

925

Marie Stopes - Married Love

«Married Love» is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, and was one of the first publications to openly discuss issues such as variations in male...

David Lawrence and 7 more 3 hours 57 minutes

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Poetry

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William Wordsworth - Microphone Showdown 2

This is a project which will allow readers and listeners to compare the recording quality of a wide variety of recording devices. It is a sequel to another project in which readers submitted readings of a poem on a...

TriciaG and 45 more 2 hours 35 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Crucial Instances

This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, «Copy: A Dialogue,» is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and the role of...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

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Edith Wharton - Greater Inclination

This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriage, male/female relationships, New York society, and the nature and purpose of...

Elizabeth Klett 5 hours 7 minutes

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New

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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