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Elegies & Odes

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The Gawain Poet - Pearl (Jewett translation)

Written in the 14th century by the Gawain poet, 'Pearl' is an elegiac poem reflecting on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl lost in a garden. It is considered a masterpiece of Middle English verse,...

Jordan 1 hour 9 minutes

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Christianity - Other

475

George MacDonald - Miracles of Our Lord

Actions, it is often said, speak louder than words. But in the life of Christ — as George MacDonald shows — both spoke with an equal volume. Much attention is often devoted to what Jesus said while He was on earth,...

Jordan and 5 more 6 hours 10 minutes

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General Fiction

559

George MacDonald - St. George and St. Michael, Volume 1

’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides during the tumultuous years of the English Civil Wars. Tensions are...

Jordan 5 hours 12 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

481

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon - Short and Easy Method of Prayer

Originally published in 1685, Madame Guyon’s A Short and Easy Method of Prayer is considered a classic of Christian mysticism, influencing great writers and speakers such as John Wesley and Charles Spurgeon. In it,...

Jordan 1 hour 58 minutes

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Christianity - Commentary

457

George MacDonald - Hope of the Gospel

Perhaps most well-known for his fairytales and fantasy stories such as The Golden Key and Phantastes, or for his poetry, George MacDonald was a great spiritual master of the nineteenth century. He spent several years...

Jordan 6 hours 27 minutes

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General Fiction

561

Wilkie Collins - Armadale

The novel has a convoluted plot about two distant cousins both named Allan Armadale. The father of one had murdered the father of the other (the two fathers are also named Allan Armadale). The story starts with a...

David Barnes and 19 more 31 hours 38 minutes

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Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 1, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs

Christianity - Biographies

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William Byron Forbush - Foxe's Book of Martyrs Vol 1, A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs

The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was...

Fr. Richard Zeile of Detroit and 9 more 10 hours 29 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

550

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collections are independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass...

Philippa and 12 more 6 hours 11 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Poetry

526

Short Poetry Collection 063

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 063: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Alan Davis Drake and 14 more 40 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Poetry

543

Charles William Eliot - Hymns of the Christian Church

A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some LibriVox volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon Mire)

Colin McRoberts and 20 more 1 hour 26 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

616

G. K. Chesterton - What's Wrong With the World

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first...

LibertusMaximus and 18 more 7 hours 5 minutes

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Literary Fiction

550

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 1

This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Ryan T. and 29 more 13 hours 46 minutes

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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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