Martin Geeson

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Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Lafcadio Hearn - Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs

Kottō contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collection are widespread: There are old ghost stories Hearn is best known for (The...

Scott Carpenter and 8 more 4 hours 19 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 044

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 044: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Seannie Coulter and 11 more 8 hours 53 minutes Short Story Collections

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Psychology

490

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Confessions, volumes 5 and 6

«She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a word, I loved her too much to desire her...» More of the amours of the...

Martin Geeson 6 hours 29 minutes The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Essays & Short Works

458

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 017

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, cooking, economics,...

Piper Hayes and 9 more 5 hours 30 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Biography & Autobiography

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Alfred de Musset - Confession of a Child of the Century

In this autobiographic novel, an aging man reflects on his past. We are witness to the relationships he has along the way, his mistakes, and finally-- in the most unexpected and honorable way-- the sudden development...

Diana Majlinger and 8 more 10 hours 25 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - Greek View of Life

“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the truth of all existence.” This elegantly-written work provides a...

Martin Geeson 10 hours 56 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

555

Alessandro Manzoni - Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)

The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo, two young persons of humble origin that are deeply in love with one another....

TriciaG and 14 more 29 hours 11 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

570

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis - Satires

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known...

JuliaY and 9 more 5 hours 18 minutes

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Poetry

502

William Shakespeare - Rape of Lucrece

The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. Lucrece draws on the story described in both Ovid's Fasti and Livy's history of Rome. In 509 BC, Sextus Tarquinius,...

Martin Geeson and 2 more 2 hours 9 minutes

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Psychology

513

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Confessions, volumes 3 and 4

“The smallest, the most trifling pleasure that is conveniently within my reach, tempts me more than all the joys of paradise.” Here again is the youthful, hero-worshipping Jean-Jacques – displaying an emotional...

Martin Geeson 5 hours 23 minutes The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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General Fiction

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Guy de Maupassant - Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel

“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him — a power so irresistible that all women yielded to it.” Though firmly set in 1880s Paris, Maupassant's gripping story of...

Martin Geeson 8 hours 15 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

542

George Chapman - Hero and Leander

“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?” The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague broke out in London, forcing the closure of the theatres. Leading...

Martin Geeson 3 hours 37 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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