Lucy Perry

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Poetry

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Rupert Brooke - 1914, and Other Poems

This is a volume of poems by Rupert Brooke, named after the famous poems «1914», written during and about World War I. Brooke himself died while taking part in a naval expedition to the Dardanelles, and was buried in...

Jael Baldwin and 5 more 1 hour 1 minute

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Humorous Fiction

Walter Hamilton - Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade

This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade covers such topics as the Clergy, the Fairer Sex, Doctors, Engineers and...

Emma Charlotte and 5 more 1 hour 3 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Thomas Mayne Reid - Ocean Waifs

«The “vulture of the sea,” borne upon broad wing, and wandering over the wide Atlantic, suddenly suspends his flight to look down upon an object that has attracted his attention. It is a raft, with a disc not...

Anton and 19 more 12 hours 41 minutes

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Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Songling Pu - Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

«Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio» (or «Strange Tales of Liaozhai») is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales written by Pu Songling during the early Qing Dynasty. It was written in Classical...

Availle and 19 more 12 hours 6 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Xenophon - Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus

The Cyropaedia (or Cyropedia) is a partly fictional biography of Cyrus the Great, written in the early 4th century BC by the Athenian gentleman-soldier, and student of Socrates, Xenophon of Athens. The title...

Larry Wilson and 12 more 11 hours 26 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Sara Teasdale - Winter Stars

In honor of Winter Solstice 2014, LibriVox volunteers bring you fourteen readings of Winter Stars by Sara Teasdale. This is the weekly poetry reading for December 21, 2014.

Ann Boulais and 13 more 16 minutes

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Satire

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol - Inspector-General

The Governor and Officials of a small provincial town in Russia are worried. They have received word that a Government Inspector is on his way. As they do what they can to cover up their own corruption and...

Lucy Perry 3 hours 30 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 032

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the history of aeroplanes, political speeches, travel, philosophy, Japan, the United Nations, Congressional...

Craig Campbell and 10 more 4 hours 51 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Israel Zangwill - Grotesques and Fantasies

A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, these stories have a wider stage, poking fun at social conventions and...

Mike Pelton and 9 more 6 hours 39 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Children's Short Works, Vol. 020

Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 020: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Frances Brown and 11 more 3 hours 33 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 139

This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2014.

Shakira Searle and 13 more 1 hour 5 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Thomas Moore - Love's Young Dream

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Love's Young Dream by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 26th, 2010.

Christine Rodriguez and 7 more 13 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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