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Short works

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Eugene Field - Little Book of Profitable Tales

An anthology of charming short stories, written by the poet for his only daughter Mary. The style is simple and conversational, sometimes dealing with the difficult subjects confronting children of the day, including...

Kangaroo and 12 more 4 hours 54 minutes

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Humor

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Frank Gelett Burgess - Maxims of Methuselah

Being the Advice given by the Patriarch in his Nine Hundred Sixty and Ninth Year to his Great Grandson at Shem's Coming of Age, in Regard to Women. The following is, so far as I know, the only authentic...

KevinS and 5 more 1 hour 37 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Short Ghost and Horror Collection 029

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....

Piotr Nater and 12 more 8 hours 38 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

463

William Shakespeare - Sonnet 130

A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, have completely contradict...

Algy Pug and 12 more 16 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

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William Shakespeare - Sonnet 18

A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, have completely contradict...

Algy Pug and 13 more 18 minutes

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Sports & Recreation

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Hudson Stuck - Ascent of Denali

The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of the restoration of the mountain's original name. ( summary by Fritz)

Phil Schempf 4 hours 27 minutes

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Satire

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O. Henry - Roads of Destiny

This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. — Summary by Sid

Scott Foster and 2 more 9 hours 5 minutes

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Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

470

Edgar Allan Poe - Sleeper

Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. Widely regarded as a central figure of...

Algy Pug and 9 more 37 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 042

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include biographies of astronomer Fiammetta Wilson, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, mountaineer Jacques Balmat,...

David Wales and 11 more 7 hours 1 minute Short Nonfiction Collections

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Bret Harte - Coyote

«He went with his widowed mother to California in 1854, and was thrown as a young man into the hurly-burly which he more than any other writer has made real to distant and later people. He was by turns a miner,...

Algy Pug and 14 more 20 minutes

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Poetry

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Short Poetry Collection 165

This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2017.

Ian King and 11 more 1 hour 12 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Nature

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Birds and All Nature, Vol. VI, No 1, June 1899

«Birds and All Nature» was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color...

Subhash Chander and 10 more 2 hours 24 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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