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Satire

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Charles Dickens - Hard Times

Hard Times, the shortest of Dickens's full-length novels, is set in the fictitious Victorian-England city of Coketown, where facts are the rule and all fancy is to be stamped out. The plot centers around the men and...

Kirsten Ferreri and 9 more 10 hours 54 minutes

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Poetry

518

William Butler Yeats - Magi

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of The Magi , by William Butler Yeats to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 7th, 2007.

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 13 more 12 minutes

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Poetry

569

Alfred, Lord Tennyson - Ring Out, Wild Bells

LibriVox volunteers ring in the new year with nineteen recordings of Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 31st, 2006.

Alan Davis Drake and 18 more 37 minutes

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Poetry

555

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Christmas Bells

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Christmas Bells , by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 24th, 2006.

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 8 more 16 minutes

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History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 10)

*Non-fiction

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 10)

This chapter begins with the flight of James II and then moves on to the downfall of Judge Jeffreys and the arrival of Dutch troops in London. James flees again and we see the establishment of the Jacobean court in...

CloudWalker and 9 more 3 hours 59 minutes

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History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 06)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 06)

This chapter starts from about 1685. James is on the throne and, as ever, there are disputes between crown and Parliament. We see the Habeus Corpus Act introduced, the persecution of the Huguenots and troubles in...

JemmaBlythe and 7 more 5 hours 30 minutes

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Historical Fiction

554

Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 01: 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...

Rainer and 13 more 5 hours 31 minutes

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Poetry

537

Thomas Hardy - Oxen

LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different recordings of The Oxen , by Thomas Hardy. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 17th, 2006.

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 6 more 7 minutes

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Children's Fiction

573

Francis P. Church - Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus

«Is There A Santa Claus?» was the headline that appeared over an editorial in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun . The editorial, which included the response of «Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa...

Alex Rudinski and 7 more 32 minutes

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Poetry

640

William Blake - Tiger

LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger , by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 3rd, 2006.

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 11 more 16 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Louisa May Alcott - Little Women

Little Women is the classic story of The March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls--Practical, yet fashion conscious Meg, who longs for the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious,...

Elizabeth and 15 more 18 hours 59 minutes

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War & Military Fiction

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Stephen Crane - Red Badge of Courage

This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on the subject, Crane's novel does not concentrate on the big picture or the...

James Smith and 13 more 4 hours 55 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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