Martin Geeson

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Bibles

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Wycliffe Bible - Bible (Wycliffe) 21: Ecclesiastes

“… an alemaunde tre schal floure, a locuste schal be maad fat, and capparis schal be distried; for a man schal go in to the hous of his euerlastyngnesse...” — Eccl. xii, 5 (see Note below). Traditionally composed...

Martin Geeson 59 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Orlando Gibbons - Silver Swan

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Silver Swan by Orlando Gibbons. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 14, 2011. Orlando Gibbons was an English composer, virginalist and organist of the...

Agnes Maddock and 17 more 16 minutes

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Anthologies

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 3

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern , is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering «American households a mass of good reading», the editors drew from...

Leonard Wilson and 21 more 21 hours 30 minutes Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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François Rabelais - Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a...

Martin Geeson and 5 more 6 hours 45 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 099

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2011.

Juliann and 18 more 1 hour 11 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Plays

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William Congreve - Way of the World

The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. It premiered in 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as being one of the best Restoration comedies...

Martin Geeson 3 hours 4 minutes

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Poetry

735

Omar Khayyám - Quatrain from the Rubaiyat

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Quatrain from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated by Henry George Keene. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 26, 2011. The popularity of the celebrated...

Amy Gramour and 11 more 10 minutes

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*Non-fiction

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Justus Hecker - Dancing Mania

Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social phenomenon. One of the most prominent theories is that victims suffered from...

Martin Geeson 3 hours 5 minutes

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Christianity - Other

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Saint Benedict of Nursia - Rule of St. Benedict

Quote: The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti) is a book of precepts written by St. Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. Since about the 7th century it has also been...

Phil Chenevert and 5 more 2 hours 39 minutes

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Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

Essays & Short Works

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William Hazlitt - Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays...

Bob Gonzalez and 16 more 20 hours 30 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 096

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.

Ann Simmons and 22 more 1 hour 26 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Political Science

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John Addington Symonds - Problem in Modern Ethics

“Society lies under the spell of ancient terrorism and coagulated errors. Science is either wilfully hypocritical or radically misinformed.” John Addington Symonds struck many an heroic note in this courageous...

Martin Geeson 4 hours 50 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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