Jason Oakley

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Thomas Peckett Prest - Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 2

Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula , which it heavily influenced. Flora...

Roger Melin and 14 more 22 hours 45 minutes

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Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

Modern (20th C)

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Joseph Trienens - Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing

Written in 1910, this «cyclopedia» is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is more humorous than practical — although some advice never goes out of style. (Summary by...

rachelellen and 17 more 14 hours 25 minutes

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General Fiction

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Henry Handel Richardson - Getting of Wisdom

The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on Henry Handel Richardson's experiences of her own school, the Prebysterian...

Chip and 9 more 7 hours 47 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Mary Roberts Rinehart - Circular Staircase

Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 1908 and includes all the elements of the classic whodunit – mysterious...

J. M. Smallheer and 9 more 7 hours 40 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Frances Hodgson Burnett - Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy is a sentimental children's novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1885. It was a runaway hit for the magazine and was...

Mary Anderson and 5 more 6 hours 26 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Edgar Wallace - Clue of the Twisted Candle

Well-known mystery writer John Lexman is charged with murder and sent to Broadmoor Prison. His friend T.X., head of a special branch of Scotland Yard, tries to prove his innocence. (Summary by Gesine)

Lizzie Driver and 12 more 5 hours 54 minutes

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Poetry

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Reaper And The Flowers

LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of The Reaper And The Flowers by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 8, 2012. Longfellow predominantly wrote lyric poems which...

Amy Gramour and 24 more 41 minutes

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Poetry

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Folk Ballad Collection 001

Librivox’s first collection of sung and spoken folk ballads (13 in collection).

Rebecca Dekker and 9 more 39 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 022

Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 022: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Jan Bear and 9 more 33 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 023

Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 023: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Beth Peat and 7 more 31 minutes

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Poetry

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Sonnet 43

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 different recordings of Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of February 4th, 2007.

Alan Davis Drake and 22 more 26 minutes

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Poetry

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Walt Whitman - What Think You I Take my Pen in Hand?

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of What think you I take my pen in hand? by Walt Whitman. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 29th, 2007.

Alan Davis Drake and 12 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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