Kristin LeMoine

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History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)

This chapter of Macaulay’s, History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to suppress these. Argyle has been sheltering in Holland and returns to raise an...

Jim Mowatt and 12 more 4 hours 42 minutes

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Nautical & Marine Fiction

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Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness

Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and minds as a mysterious shadow, Heart of Darkness famously explores the rituals...

Kristin LeMoine 4 hours 10 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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L. Frank Baum - Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that surrounds Santa Claus's life. Orphaned at an infant he is found by the nymph...

Kristin LeMoine 3 hours 27 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Hugh Lofting - Story of Doctor Dolittle

In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 12 more 3 hours 8 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

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Bill Nye - Comic History of England

Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” Mowatt is a distinguished LibriVox volunteer, widely known for his continued...

Ezwa and 15 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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Cornelia Mee - Exercises in Knitting

Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain practical everyday items that knit up quickly with the busy homemaker in mind. At...

Sarah Jennings and 16 more 2 hours 54 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Art and Heart

This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 38 different recordings of Art and Heart, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This poem,...

Alan Davis Drake and 37 more 1 hour 10 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 002

Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 22 public-domain poems.

Jim Cadwell and 9 more 58 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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Aesop - Aesop's Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25)

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...

Chip and 8 more 46 minutes

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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)

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Edward Lear - Owl and the Pussycat

Librivox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871. Its most notable feature is the introduction of the...

Amy Boatman and 18 more 37 minutes

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Poetry

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton - I Do Not Love Thee

Librivox volunteers bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton’s I Do Not Love Thee , a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

AliceG and 19 more 36 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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