Peter Yearsley

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Marietta Holley - Poems

This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. — Summary by Carolin

Ian King and 18 more 3 hours 35 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 002

Librivox’s Short Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short fictional works in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Peter Yearsley and 9 more 3 hours 34 minutes

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Action & Adventure

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Lewis Carroll - Through the Looking-Glass

Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was written in 1872 and it finds Alice in a land when she walks through a mirror into the Looking-Glass House. The land is...

Brad Bush and 9 more 3 hours 19 minutes

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Robert W. Service - Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. His poems «The Shooting of Dan McGrew» and «The Cremation of Sam McGee» helped...

Larry Wilson and 11 more 3 hours 2 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Unknown - Beowulf

Beowulf. [Translated by Francis Barton Gummere].This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who...

Kara Shallenberg and 6 more 3 hours 1 minute

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Humorous Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 001 - Humor

This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) stories suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Emphasis for this collection is Humor in various genres — fiction and non-fiction....

Sally Ann Cook and 15 more 2 hours 51 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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General Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 011 - Science

This is the eleventh 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...

Larry Wilson and 13 more 2 hours 44 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 002

A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics,...

Robert Scott and 6 more 2 hours 44 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Poetry

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Tales of a Wayside Inn

Mostly a collection of story-telling poems told by a group of friends in a tavern late one night. «Tales» includes the famous Paul Revere's ride, together with poems of many tales, countries and styles. (Summary by...

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 44 minutes

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 3)

Children's Fiction

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Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 3)

«Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do ...»… and from that moment onward we drift with Alice into another world. When she sees a White Rabbit as it...

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 42 minutes

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Poetry

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox - Kingdom of Love

This is a volume of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, named after the poem 'the Kingdom of Love'. — Summary by Carolin

Michele Fry and 11 more 2 hours 38 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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E. Nesbit - Grim Tales

A collection of gentle stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can touch across the boundaries of death. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 34 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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