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Letters

467

Ludwig van Beethoven - Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven

A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar) 09 — To Herr Kauka...

Robert Scott and 9 more 3 hours 31 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

552

Bill Nye - Comic History of England

Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” Mowatt is a distinguished LibriVox volunteer, widely known for his continued...

Ezwa and 15 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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Children's Fiction

472

Yei Theodora Ozaki - Japanese Fairy Tales

First published in 1908, this is a book of «beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan» that were collected, translated and retold by the author, Yei Theodora Ozaki, who states: "...in telling them I have also...

Scott Robbins and 9 more 7 hours 35 minutes

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Science Fiction

523

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Last Man

The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off...

Gesine and 13 more 18 hours

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Detective Fiction

511

J. S. Fletcher - Dead Men's Money

This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems… (Summary by Gesine)

Esther and 12 more 7 hours 39 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

648

Sir Thomas Malory - Morte d'Arthur - Vol. 1

Le Morte d'Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d'Arthur, «the death of Arthur») is Sir Thomas Malory's compilation of some French and...

Lizzie Driver and 23 more 15 hours 50 minutes

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Historical Fiction

589

Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 02: 1805

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story...

Gesine and 11 more 4 hours 38 minutes War and Peace (Maude Translation Books 1-17)

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General Fiction

562

James Boswell - Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in its efforts to represent Johnson as he was, celebrating his flaws as well as...

Denny Sayers and 16 more 14 hours The Life of Samuel Johnson

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Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1

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571

Karl Marx - Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1

Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime, in 1867. Marx’s aim in Capital, Volume I is to uncover and...

Carl Manchester and 11 more 37 hours 16 minutes

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Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

634

Anonymous - Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01

The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful. He begins to marry a succession of...

Tim Gregory and 18 more 13 hours 29 minutes

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*Non-fiction

576

David Hume - Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sought to reach a wider audience, and to dispel some of the virulent criticism...

Carl Manchester and 10 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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Political Science

606

Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (Books I and II)

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes. It is titled after the biblical Leviathan. The book...

Carl Manchester and 15 more 11 hours 33 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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