Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

195 books

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General Fiction

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Henry James - Daisy Miller: A Study in Two Parts

Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by...

Gesine and 4 more 2 hours 15 minutes

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Children's Fiction

521

George Manville Fenn - Bunyip Land

Joe Carstairs is a boy on a farm in Australia. His father is a keen naturalist who, some years before had set off for New Guinea in search of specimens, and never been heard of again. Joe is old enough to mount a...

Lucy Burgoyne and 7 more 11 hours 33 minutes

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Short Stories

578

Bret Harte - Selected Stories of Bret Harte

Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Gesine and 10 more 12 hours 46 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Dorothy Scarborough - Famous Modern Ghost Stories

An entertaining selection of «modern» ghost stories selected «to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of modern ghosts, as well as to show the art of individual stories.» Sure to please the love...

J. M. Smallheer and 12 more 9 hours 45 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

491

Harold MacGrath - Drums of Jeopardy

The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920. In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the...

Mark Nelson and 8 more 9 hours 53 minutes

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Animals

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Mrs. Isabella Beeton - Book of Household Management

«Mrs. Beeton's» is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate bestseller, running to millions of copies within just a few years. In the cookery...

Sarah Jennings and 32 more 58 hours 15 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

499

George Barr McCutcheon - Brewster's Millions

The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend every penny within 30 days, and end up with nothing at that time. Should he make...

Lucy Burgoyne 8 hours 3 minutes

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Short Stories

680

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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Poetry

511

Benjamin King - Summer's Afternoon

As the summer days wind down, LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of A Summer’s Afternoon by Benjamin King. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 29th, 2007.

Alan Clare and 10 more 17 minutes

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Romance

606

George Eliot - Adam Bede

Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her...

Anita Roy Dobbs and 18 more 20 hours 35 minutes

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Poetry

499

Leslie Pinckney Hill - Summer Magic

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Summer Magic by Leslie Pinckney Hill. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 22nd, 2007.

Alan Clare and 14 more 24 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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E. Nesbit - New Treasure Seekers

Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether telling fortunes at a fete, unwittingly assisting an elopement, reforming their...

leore_joanne and 7 more 6 hours 54 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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