Peter Yearsley

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Bliss Carman - Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics

In one hundred lyrical poems Carman strives to recreate the Lost Songs of Sappho, a task he fulfills both with imaginative freedom and great attention to the original fragments. Summary by inflected.

Jacquelyn Bengfort and 4 more 1 hour 17 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

476

Charles Hamilton Sorley - Army of Death

Captain Sorley was among 16 Great War poets commemorated in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. The inscription was written by Wilfred Owen. It reads: «My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the...

Carol Box and 21 more 31 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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Richard Dennys - Better Far to Pass Away

At this time of year, we dedicate the Fortnightly Poetry project to the fallen in war. This poem, written at a time when the average life expectancy of an officer at the front was a mere six weeks, vividly...

Algy Pug and 8 more 18 minutes

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Short Stories

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Coffee Break Collection 009 - Autumn

This is the ninth collection of our «coffee break» series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like...

Larry Wilson and 6 more 1 hour 39 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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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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Essays & Short Works

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Insomnia Collection Vol. 004

Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented...

TriciaG and 16 more 17 hours 12 minutes

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For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons

Poetry

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E. Nesbit - For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons by E. Nesbit. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 21st, 2013. Edith Nesbit reminds us of the magic — and...

ashleighjane and 15 more 34 minutes

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Poetry

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Charles F. Lummis - Poe-em of Passion

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Poe-em of Passion by C. F. Lummis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 17, 2013, and is an amusing parody of Poe's Annabel Lee .

weirdone30 and 17 more 31 minutes

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History

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William Sanger - History of Prostitution

Common sense asks for a full investigation of all the evils attending prostitution. In the every-day affairs of life, any man who feels the pressure of a particular evil looks at once for its cause. He may be neither...

Anna Simon and 25 more 31 hours 55 minutes

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Poetry

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William Cullen Bryant - Journey of Life

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 23, 2012. William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet,...

Algy Pug and 13 more 20 minutes

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Atheism & Agnosticism

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Robert Blatchford - God and my Neighbour

«I have been asked why I have opposed Christianity. I have several reasons, which shall appear in due course. At present I offer one. I oppose Christianity because it is not true. No honest man will ask for any...

tovarisch and 6 more 7 hours 37 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 011

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Tim Casey and 11 more 6 hours 23 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story 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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