Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

195 books

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Detective Fiction

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Arthur B. Reeve - Exploits Of Elaine

The Exploits of Elaine It tells the story of a young woman named Elaine who, with the help of a detective, tries to find the man, known only as «The Clutching Hand», who murdered her father. (Wikipedia)

Lucy Burgoyne 9 hours 26 minutes

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Australian Legendary Tales Folk-Lore of the Noongahburrahs As Told To The Piccaninnies

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

430

K. Langloh Parker - Australian Legendary Tales Folk-Lore of the Noongahburrahs As Told To The Piccaninnies

A Collection of Australian Aboriginal Legendary Folk-Lore Tales, legends of the Narran tribe, known among themselves as Noongahburrahs.

Lucy Burgoyne and 4 more 3 hours 23 minutes

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General Fiction

466

Stephen Crane - Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie: A Girl of the Streets has been called «the first dark flower of American Naturalism» for its distinctive elements of naturalistic fiction. The chief character, Maggie, descends...

Lucy Burgoyne and 11 more 2 hours 46 minutes

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General

496

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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General Fiction

549

Mrs. Henry Wood - East Lynne

Ellen Wood (1814-1887) was an English novelist, better known as Mrs. Henry Wood. She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Lynne which was a Victorian best seller and is still sometimes performed as a...

Sibella Denton and 20 more 21 hours 48 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

525

Guy Wetmore Carryl - Mother Goose for Grownups

Mother Goose for Grownups is a delightfully silly collection of parodies on well-known Mother Goose tales by Guy Wetmore Carryl. (Summary by fink)

Joseph Finkberg and 11 more 1 hour 7 minutes

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Action & Adventure

539

Rudyard Kipling - Second Jungle Book

Kipling shows his love of the sub continent and its people and understanding of their beliefs in these tales. An older Mowgli roams the jungle with his old friends and investigates the ways of his people, a Prime...

Reynard T. Fox and 6 more 7 hours 11 minutes

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Animals & Nature

572

Arthur Scott Bailey - Tale of Grandfather Mole

Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books. Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: «Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and...

Lucy Burgoyne 2 hours 2 minutes

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Historical Fiction

541

Marcus Clarke - For the Term of His Natural Life

For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life...

Landii and 8 more 18 hours 21 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

564

Anna Katharine Green - Initials Only

Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally...

Lucy Burgoyne and 14 more 9 hours 36 minutes

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Fantasy Fiction

634

Abraham Merritt - Metal Monster

The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel. Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a...

Lucy Burgoyne and 12 more 9 hours 59 minutes

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Poetry

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D. H. Lawrence - Baby Running Barefoot

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of A Baby Running Barefoot by D. H. Lawrence. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 7th, 2008.

CalmDragon and 9 more 11 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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