Julie VW

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Antiquity

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Publius Cornelius Tacitus - Tacitus' Histories

The Histories was written between 110 and 100 B.C. It covered the Year of Four Emperors following the downfall of Nero, the rise of Vespasian, and the rule of the Flavian Dynasty up to the death of Domitian....

Andrew Coleman and 7 more 11 hours 2 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Arabian Nights Entertainments

The Arabian Nights is a collection of Perso-Arabic folk tales and other stories. The collection, or at least certain stories drawn from it (or purporting to be drawn from it), became widely known in the West from the...

Neeru Iyer and 15 more 10 hours 34 minutes

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 1

Charlotte Brontë was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all...

Marie Manis and 6 more 10 hours 18 minutes

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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and The Cenci

Biography & Autobiography

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Alexandre Dumas - Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and The Cenci

Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent scenes of a violent time. In some instances facts appear distorted out...

Neeru Iyer and 11 more 10 hours 17 minutes

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Antiquity

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Herodotus - Herodotus' Histories Vol 1

The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek...

Graham Redman and 9 more 10 hours 13 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Orange Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's «Coloured» Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the...

Paul Vinson Brown and 21 more 9 hours 41 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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General Fiction

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Louisa May Alcott - Jo's Boys

Jo's Boys is the third book in the Little Women trilogy by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1886. In it, Jo's «children», now grown, are caught up in real world troubles. All three books — although fiction — are highly...

Megan Kunkel and 7 more 9 hours 36 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Lucy Maud Montgomery - Anne of Green Gables (version 5)

Anne of Green Gables is about an orphan girl who is starving for a family to love her. Her big words and bright spirits take her through many toils, trials, and temptations. Her romantic schemes make it nearly to...

Robin and 10 more 9 hours 31 minutes Anne of Green Gables and related works

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James Huneker - Chopin: the Man and His Music

A biography of the Polish composer and virtuoso pianist Frédéric Chopin and a critical analysis of his work by American music writer and critic James Huneker. (Summary by Julie VW)

Julie VW and 9 more 9 hours 30 minutes

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General Fiction

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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell - Life Of Charlotte Brontë Volume 2

Charlotte Bronte was a British author, the eldest of the three famous Bronte sisters who have become standards of English literature. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, one of the greatest classics of all...

Julie VW and 4 more 9 hours 16 minutes

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James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus

Literary Collections

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James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus

This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic novel Ulysses , and provides them in audio form. Perfect for Joyce...

Peter O'Sullivan and 16 more 9 hours 15 minutes

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New Organon Or True Directions Concerning The Interpretation of Nature

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Francis Bacon - New Organon Or True Directions Concerning The Interpretation of Nature

The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as «new instrument». This is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism....

Alan Shaw and 4 more 8 hours 30 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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