Patti Cunningham

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Andrew Lang - Violet Fairy Book

Andrew Lang’s Violet Fairy Book (1901) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was one of many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew...

BDSEmpire and 19 more 10 hours 4 minutes Andrew Lang's Fairy Books

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Poetry

454

Wilbur D. Nesbit - Alphabet of History

An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of this book appeared in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, which newspaper is hereby thanked for the privilege of...

April Gonzales and 11 more 58 minutes

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Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Humorous Fiction

441

Ellis Parker Butler - Philo Gubb, Correspondence-School Detective

Philo Gubb, not being content with his job as wallpaper-hanger, has higher aspirations: to become a detective, just like Sherlock Holmes. To that end, he enrolls in a correspondence course, where he gets lessons...

Margaret Espaillat and 7 more 9 hours 3 minutes

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Children's Fiction

524

Olive Beaupre Miller - In the Nursery of My Bookhouse

Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the «My Bookhouse» series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume...

Snapdragon and 37 more 7 hours 15 minutes My Bookhouse Series

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Detective Fiction

501

Arthur Griffiths - Rome Express

The passengers in the sleeping car of the Rome Express were just woken and informed that they will reach Paris soon, and a bustle ensues. Only one passenger cannot be awoken by the porter, no matter how loudly he...

Rapunzelina and 12 more 3 hours 54 minutes

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Literary Collections

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Margaret Fuller - Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Margaret Fuller was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement. Her book Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845) is considered the first major feminist work in the...

Bruce Pirie and 8 more 10 hours 14 minutes

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History

459

John Reed - Insurgent Mexico

In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pancho Villa's army for four months, present with Villa's Constitutional Army...

TriciaG and 12 more 8 hours 48 minutes

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General Fiction

502

Gertrude Stein - Geography and Plays

Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's «word portraits,» or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-of-consciousness experiments, rhythmical essays or «portraits», were designed to evoke...

Arielle Lipshaw and 16 more 12 hours 35 minutes

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Earth Sciences

426

J. G. M'Pherson - Meteorology; or Weather Explained

Weather Explained: Fog, clouds, rain, haze, thunder, cyclones, dew point and how to count dust motes are just a few of the 35 topics covered in short, easy to read and understand chapters in this book published in...

Pamela Krantz and 9 more 3 hours 36 minutes

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Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection

Poetry

515

Robert Browning - Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection

For this collection, LibriVox volunteers made their own selections from Robert Browning's poetry and prose to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth on 7th May 1812.

Keri Ford and 13 more 2 hours 33 minutes

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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4

Poetry

489

Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4

2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works — fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens'...

K.G.Cross and 14 more 7 hours 25 minutes Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection - 5 Volumes

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Romance

534

Amanda McKittrick Ros - Irene Iddesleigh

Amanda McKittrick Ros, a Northern Irish writer, did for the novel what William McGonagall did for poetry and Florence Foster Jenkins for the coloratura voice. She published a number of novels (all at her own...

Andy Minter and 7 more 3 hours 55 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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