Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

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History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay - History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 09)

This is chapter 9 of Thomas Babington Macaulay’s History of England from the accession of James II. This chapter covers part of the invasion of England by William, the Dutch Stadtholder, later William III of England.

Jim Mowatt and 8 more 5 hours 19 minutes

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Children's Fiction

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L. Frank Baum - Tik-Tok of Oz

Betsy Bobbin encounters many strange and exciting adventures and people in the land of Oz; a side-plot is Queen Ann of Oogaboo's mission to take over Oz. (Summary by Ryan T.)

Ryan T. and 9 more 5 hours 17 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 016

Librivox’s Short Story Collection 016: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Mark Nelson and 7 more 5 hours 17 minutes Short Story Collections

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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R. M. Ballantyne - Madman and The Pirate

R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part of a famous family of printers and publishers. At the age of...

Anita Roy Dobbs and 5 more 5 hours 14 minutes

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General Fiction

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Louis Hémon - Maria Chapdelaine

Maria Chapdelaine is one of the most famous French Canadian novels. It is the love story of Maria Chapdelaine, daughter of a peasant family in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region of Quebec, in the 1900s. It is often seen...

Kim S and 8 more 5 hours 7 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan

Peter Pan is the well-loved story of three children and their adventures in Neverland with the boy who refuses to grow up. Swashbuckling, fairy dust, and flight; mermaid lagoons, ticking crocodiles, and Princess...

Meredith Hughes and 15 more 5 hours 4 minutes

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Children's Fiction

Susan Coolidge - What Katy Did

What Katy Did is a children's book written by Susan Coolidge, the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey. It follows the adventures of Katy Carr and her family, growing up in America in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy...

Laura M.D. and 7 more 5 hours 2 minutes

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Anthologies

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Short Story Collection Vol. 021

Librivox’s Short Story Collection Vol.021: A collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Alex Foster and 8 more 4 hours 55 minutes Short Story Collections

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General

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Jacob Abbott - Queen Elizabeth

There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history,...

Kara Shallenberg and 5 more 4 hours 54 minutes

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Family

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher - Understood Betsy (version 2)

Elizabeth Ann is a timid, sickly little girl who lives with her Aunt Frances and her Great-Aunt Harriet. When Great-Aunt Harriet becomes ill, poor little Elizabeth Ann is sent to live with the much-feared Putney...

Kymm Zuckert and 1 more 4 hours 43 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace, Book 02: 1805

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story...

Gesine and 11 more 4 hours 38 minutes War and Peace (Maude Translation Books 1-17)

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Travel & Geography

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Clarence Edgar Edwords - Bohemian San Francisco

While describing his dining experiences throughout «Bohemian San Francisco,» Clarence Edwords paints an historic panorama of California cuisine with all its cosmopolitan influences. Best of all, he offers tantalizing...

Denny Sayers and 8 more 4 hours 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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