John Burlinson

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Anthologies

496

Coo-ee Reciter

Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practice in addressing groups in public, but also provided models for the study of...

Algy Pug and 2 more 3 hours 8 minutes

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World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)

Anthologies

483

World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)

The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a range of famous and influential love poems relating to such topics as...

Tomas Peter and 7 more 6 hours World's Best Poetry

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Single author

427

Gerald Bullett - Mice & Other Poems

Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote both supernatural fiction and some children's literature. «Mice & Other Poems»...

John Burlinson 33 minutes

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Poetry

482

Edgar Allan Poe - Bells and Other Poems

This is a collection of the most famous poems by Edgar Allan Poe. It includes all of his most famous poems, such as the Bells and Annabel Lee, but also some minor and less well-known poems. Readers may wish to refer...

Sonia and 11 more 2 hours 12 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

392

Rose Macaulay - Making of a Bigot

“How various is man! How multiplied his experience, his outlook, his conclusions!”—H. Belloc. “And every single one of them is right.”—R. Kipling. Written while Macaulay worked in the Propaganda Department of...

Rhys Lawson and 6 more 7 hours 31 minutes

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Sisters' Tragedy, with Other Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic

Poetry

411

Thomas Bailey Aldrich - Sisters' Tragedy, with Other Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic

This is a collection of poetry by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The collection includes several poems in the form of dialogues. — Summary by Carolin

Ross Klatte and 6 more 1 hour 20 minutes

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*Non-fiction

481

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044

Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include wives, widows, and women scorned--the «Baby Doe Tabor» scandal, the trials of literary marriages, and colonial...

OCTL7 and 10 more 6 hours 28 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Poetry

451

Kate Seymour MacLean - Advent Days and Poems of Remembrance

This is a very short volume of poems by Canadian poet Kate Seymour MacLean, containing only twenty poems. — Summary by Carolin

NoelBadrian and 4 more 38 minutes

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Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

Poetry

429

Thomas Hardy - Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces

Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous novels as Tess of the d'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd ....

John Burlinson and 2 more 3 hours 42 minutes

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Crafts & Hobbies

420

Edward J. Nankivell - Stamp Collecting as a Pastime

Edward J. Nankivell was an early stamp collector in England. In this book he describes the hobby of stamp collecting. He was the editor of the Philatelic Record and Stamp News. — Summary by Kangaroo692

Kangaroo and 7 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

Plays

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William Shakespeare - Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13

This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Our readers have chosen their favourite monologues from Shakespeare's famous comedies, tragedies, and histories, covering a wide range of...

Marwa Khalouf and 12 more 1 hour 4 minutes Shakespeare Monologues Collections

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Poetry

397

Short Poetry Collection 158

This is a collection of 22 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2016.

Winston Tharp and 9 more 44 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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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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