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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 072

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Virginia Woolf, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Guy de Maupassant, Saki and others to bring...

Peter Thomlinson and 8 more 5 hours 10 minutes Short Story Collections

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Humorous Fiction

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F. Anstey - Giant's Robe

Mark Ashburn is a young teacher at St. Peter's Public School for boys, although he isn't particularly fond of boys. His dream is to make his name in the literary world but mediocrity and rejection meet him at every...

Lynne T 16 hours 3 minutes

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Family

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Ruth Ogden - Little Queen of Hearts

A charming children's story following the trials and tribulations of the simple life of Marie-Celeste as she endears herself to everyone whose life she touches. With her parents, she moves to Windsor Castle to live...

Lynne T and 10 more 7 hours 27 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 057

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Natural cataclysm is the subject of several readings: the 1899 Alaskan earthquake, which uplifted cliffs at Yakutat Bay 47...

April6090 and 7 more 4 hours 23 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Literary Fiction

E. M. Forster - Howards End (version 3)

Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era. The story focuses on three families in England at the beginning of the 20th...

Lynne T and 8 more 12 hours 12 minutes

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Music

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Lawrence Gilman - Stories of Symphonic Music

'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the...

Lynne T and 13 more 10 hours 16 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 16 - Crime

This is the sixteenth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between about 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd...

DrPGould and 6 more 1 hour 56 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Detective Fiction

Anna Katharine Green - Golden Slipper, and Other Problems for Violet Strange

Miss Violet Strange is young, petite and attractive and has a wealthy father. She also has the knack for solving problems. This collection contains nine mysteries or problems for her to solve in an early example of...

gothicaf and 7 more 9 hours 30 minutes

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Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

Travel & Geography

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W. H. Davenport Adams - Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

The nineteenth century saw the expansion in popularity of travel among the wealthy. Add to this the independence more women were enjoying as they were released from work in the home, and we have the recipe for some...

Ellies and 10 more 12 hours 30 minutes

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Coffee Break Collection 15 - World of Work

Anthologies

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Coffee Break Collection 15 - World of Work

This is the fifteenth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to...

Devorah Allen and 6 more 2 hours 24 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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David Kalakaua - Legends and Myths of Hawaii

A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii. Introduction, including a history, geography and social and religious...

Lynne T and 6 more 22 hours 34 minutes

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Poetry

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Lizzie Doten - Poems from the Inner Life

Collection of reflective poetry by celebrated medium and clairvoyant, Lizzie Doten. She claims these poems were sent by her 'inner heaven', often while she was in a trance. She credits some of the poems to the spirits...

Lynne T and 10 more 3 hours 1 minute

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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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