Libby Gohn

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Literary Fiction

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Anne Brontë - Agnes Grey (Version 3)

Anne Bronte's semi-autobiographic novel about Agnes Grey, a young woman who becomes a governess to support her family, but finds her new career more difficult than she expected. — Summary by Libby Gohn

Libby Gohn 7 hours 3 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

463

Robert G. Ingersoll - Works Of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 4

Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, one of the greatest orators of the mid-19th century, was a highly sought after lecturer/toastmaster who sold out every hall he engaged throughout America. He was an ardent abolitionist,...

Michele Fry and 8 more 11 hours 4 minutes

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Single author

482

Thomas Hardy - Wessex Poems

A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. — Summary by Libby Gohn

Libby Gohn 2 hours 11 minutes

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Romance

549

Chrétien de Troyes - Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart

This medieval French romance is the oldest surviving work about Lancelot. When Queen Guinevere is abducted by Meleagrant, Lancelot must face many trials, physical, emotional, and social, to rescue her. (Summary by...

Libby Gohn 4 hours 20 minutes

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Literary Fiction

570

Henry Fielding - Amelia (Vol. 1)

This is the first volume of a three volume novel. In this novel, Amelia marries William Booth against her mother's desires, and the two must move to London. Fielding explores the issues of married life such as...

Brooke Cunningham and 10 more 7 hours 12 minutes

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Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (version 2)

Anthologies

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Anne Brontë - Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (version 2)

The Bronte sisters, most famous for their novels, began their career with a slim volume of poetry, published under pseudonyms. It only sold two volumes, but inspired much interest in the identities of the unknown...

Libby Gohn and 2 more 4 hours 36 minutes

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Poetry

510

Emily Dickinson - Emily Dickinson on Death

Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published until after her death. This collection includes two letters Dickinson wrote...

Libby Gohn 28 minutes

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Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4

Single Author Collections

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Edgar Allan Poe - Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 4

This, the fourth of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 22 of his short stories. Warning: Section 7, «A Predicament,» contains some racial stereotypes and a word describing the race of one of the...

Megan Argo and 16 more 9 hours 17 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

493

Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso - Sappho: A New Rendering

Sappho lived in the Greek-speaking Aeolian islands off the coast of Turkey. She is one of the very few female poets from antiquity. Although her work was very popular in ancient Greece and Rome, only small fragments...

Libby Gohn 35 minutes

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Literary Fiction

481

Hallie Erminie Rives - Tales From Dickens

The Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers. Have you read any or all of these famous Dickens stories? The author of this marvelous book, Rives Ermine, a highly...

Highlandoaks and 12 more 10 hours 39 minutes

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Poetry

498

Short Poetry Collection 116

This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2013.

Christopher M. Wallace and 15 more 56 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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General Fiction

511

Jean Webster - Jerry

Jerry is the humorous story of a young man's attempt to win his lady. Jerry is waiting for his friends at a hotel in Italy, and is bored and lonely. When he hears that a beautiful American lady, Constance Wilder, is...

Lynne T and 4 more 4 hours 8 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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