JemmaBlythe - Listen Audiobooks Online

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

606

Andrew Marvell - To His Coy Mistress

LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches of all time. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 23th,...

Alan Davis Drake and 10 more 31 minutes

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Romance

552

Jane Austen - Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park features Austen’s frailest and perhaps most scrupulous heroine, Fannie Price. As the eldest daughter in a poor family, Fannie is sent to rich relatives when she’s just old enough to fully appreciate...

Tina Tilney and 19 more 16 hours 3 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

591

Robert Frost - Fire and Ice

LibriVox volunteers bring you twenty-three different recordings of Fire and Ice , by Robert Frost. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 27th, 2006.

Alan Davis Drake and 22 more 15 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)

Children's Fiction

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 12 (Fables 276-284)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Alex Buie and 4 more 11 minutes

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Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)

Children's Fiction

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 10 (Fables 226-250)

Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Though almost nothing is known of Aesop himself, and some scholars question...

Maria Celano and 7 more 32 minutes

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General Fiction

607

Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend

Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, a rich dust contractor, in his will. To receive the money, John must...

Ophelia Darcy and 17 more 35 hours 6 minutes

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Poetry

522

King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 19: Psalm 133

LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different recordings of Psalm 133, to celebrate United Nations Day . This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 22nd, 2006.

Andrea L and 7 more 6 minutes

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Poetry

477

Short Poetry Collection 009

Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 009: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Matthew Royal and 15 more 44 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

942

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias of Egypt

LibriVox volunteers bring you sixteen different recordings of Ozymandias of Egypt, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 20th, 2006.

Alan Davis Drake and 15 more 21 minutes

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Poetry

615

James Weldon Johnson - O Southland!

In celebration of Juneteenth , LibriVox volunteers bring you five different versions of O Southland! , by James Weldon Johnson. This was the weekly poetry project for 18 June 2006. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 4 more 9 minutes

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Poetry

562

William Carlos Williams - Danse Russe

Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 15 more 17 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

687

Carl Sandburg - Jazz Fantasia

As our weekly poem of 30-July-2006, “Jazz Fantasia” was a special challenge because it isn’t just about jazz, it IS jazz. The rhythm is central, but not so clearly defined, so we had to play around and improvise....

Alan Davis Drake and 16 more 27 minutes

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