Peter Tucker

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Religious Fiction

534

Émile Zola - Lourdes

This book describes a five day national pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Lourdes, where miracle cures are hoped for. The central character is a priest, Pierre, whose faith is faltering. He is accompanying his...

Peter Tucker 19 hours 3 minutes

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Christian Fiction

445

Joris-Karl Huysmans - Cathedral

It is the third of Huysmans' books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author. He had already featured the character of Durtal in Là-bas and En route, which recounted his conversion to...

Peter Tucker 12 hours 25 minutes

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Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2)

Early Modern

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George Berkeley - Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2)

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in English, by Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. This book largely...

Peter Tucker 3 hours 38 minutes

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Poetry

494

Sestinas

The sestina has enjoyed intermittent popularity in English writing and translation since the sixteenth century, and this selection highlights some of the varied ways the form has been used and adapted. — Summary by...

Peter Tucker and 1 more 4 hours 47 minutes

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Poetry

541

George Gordon, Lord Byron - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to «Ianthe». The poem describes the travels and reflections of a...

Peter Tucker 4 hours 16 minutes

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Christian Fiction

475

Joris-Karl Huysmans - En Route

The second book by Huysmans concerning the religious development of the novelist Durtal, who in the first book («La-bas») experienced depravity and Satanism. In this book he struggles desperately to find a foothold in...

Peter Tucker 11 hours 25 minutes

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Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

Medical

504

Sigmund Freud - Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

A series of lectures given in the USA by Freud in German, later translated into English — Summary by Peter Tucker

Peter Tucker 1 hour 40 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

452

Joris-Karl Huysmans - Là-bas

The plot of Là-Bas concerns the novelist Durtal, who is disgusted by the emptiness and vulgarity of the modern world. He seeks relief by turning to the study of the Middle Ages and begins to research the life of the...

Peter Tucker 8 hours 58 minutes

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Poetry

531

Henry Kendall - Songs from the Mountains

This is a volume of late poetry by Australian poet Henry Kendall, published in 1880. The poems in this volume are prime examples of the style for which Kendall was famous, describing the Australian nature and...

Peter Tucker and 5 more 2 hours 47 minutes

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Poetry

447

Henry Kendall - Leaves from Australian Forests

This is a collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Kendall. It is the second volume of his collected poems, and contains some of his most widely-known verses, such as «Bell-Birds», «The Hut by the Black Swamp»,...

Algy Pug and 6 more 2 hours 48 minutes

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*Non-fiction

503

Henri Bergson - Evolution Creatrice

Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of...

Peter Tucker 11 hours 17 minutes

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Poetry

449

Short Poetry Collection 164

This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2017.

Bruce Kachuk and 13 more 1 hour 20 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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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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