Esther ben Simonides

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Children's Fiction

470

Mrs. O. F. Walton - Christie's Old Organ

Christie is all alone in the world after his mother dies. He lives in a boarding house and every night creeps up the attic stairs to hear an old barrel organ play. One night while he is listening, the organ stops and...

Esther ben Simonides 2 hours 21 minutes

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Historical Fiction

543

Florence Morse Kingsley - Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross

This is a unique sequel to the book Titus: A Comrade of the Cross written in a very different style, though none the less memorable, full of excitement and suspense! The author combines several stories together...

Rachel and 12 more 8 hours 34 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

554

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Watchman and Other Poems

While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon , she also wrote hundreds of poems. Her love of beauty, nature, and the sea is evident in this, the only...

Beth Thomas and 19 more 3 hours 2 minutes

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Action & Adventure

489

R. M. Ballantyne - Jarwin and Cuffy

Jarwin is an English sailor who has been shipwrecked. He is stranded on a raft with only his dog Cuffy, and land is nowhere in sight. Their food and water is running out. What can Jarwin do to save his dog's (and his...

Esther ben Simonides 2 hours 40 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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Dramatic Readings

480

Lew Wallace - Ben Hur (Dramatic Reading)

In this dramatic reading of the classic epic Ben Hur, rediscover the wonder of three wise men who travel through the wilderness together. Thirty years later, Judah ben Hur accidentally looses a tile upon the head of...

Adele de Pignerolles and 4 more 20 hours 24 minutes

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Family

570

Amy Le Feuvre - Odd

He found the word for her, and she read with difficulty, 'Trouble, distress, great affliction.' 'Do they all mean tribulation?' she asked. 'Tribulation means all of them,' was the answer. 'And can children have...

Rachel and 4 more 3 hours 45 minutes

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Single author

473

John Bunyan - To Be a Pilgrim

From John Bunyan's classic, The Pilgrim's Progress, we find the poem To Be a Pilgrim, an inspiring reminder of who we are in Christ. This was the weekly poem for March 8-15, 2015. — Summary by Esther ben Simonides

Adele de Pignerolles and 12 more 16 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

484

R. M. Ballantyne - Island Queen

The story of Dominic, Otto and Pauline Rigonda, three siblings who are blown onto an island after being shipwrecked, and are later joined by the immigrant passengers and crew of a ship that is wrecked on the same...

Rachel and 3 more 5 hours 19 minutes

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Poetry

498

Frances Ridley Havergal - Coming to the King

A collection of poems by Frances Ridley Havergal and others, all describing different aspects of our walk with God, from 'Coming to the King' to 'Under the Shadow.' Summary by Esther ben Simonides.

Esther ben Simonides 15 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

469

Frances Ridley Havergal - Most Blessed For Ever

LibriVox readers bring you 9 readings of Most Blessed For Ever, by Frances Ridley Havergal. This was the weekly poem for January 11 to 18, 2015. (Summary by EstherbenSimonides)

Adele de Pignerolles and 8 more 9 minutes

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Religion

520

Emma Leslie - Sailor's Lass

On a dark and story night, the Coombers find a little girl. Who is she? — Summary by EstherbenSimonides Proof Listening provided by Fiddlesticks and Tawnya Roy

Adele de Pignerolles and 4 more 1 hour 59 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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