Phil Chenevert

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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L. Frank Baum - Scarecrow of Oz (version 2)

The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and,...

Phil Chenevert 5 hours 18 minutes Oz books

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Single author

578

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Songs of the Road

Although best known for the creation of the detective Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle did not only write works of mystery and of advenure — he was also a rather successful poet. This is a collection of poems...

Bruce Kachuk and 12 more 1 hour 21 minutes

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Detective Fiction

502

Edgar Allan Poe - Murders in the Rue Morgue (version 2)

«The Murders in the Rue Morgue» is a story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his «tales of ratiocination»....

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 40 minutes

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Practice of the Presence of God (version 2)

Religion

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Brother Lawrence - Practice of the Presence of God (version 2)

Brother Lawrence was born Nicholas Herman around 1610 in Herimenil, Lorraine, a Duchy of France. His birth records were destroyed in a fire at his parish church during the Thirty Years War, a war in which he fought...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 21 minutes

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Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism

General

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William Patten - Junior Classics Volume 7: Stories of Courage and Heroism

The stories in this volume are true stories, and have been arranged in chronological order, an arrangement that will aid the reader to remember the times to which the stories relate. Almost any encyclopedia can...

Greg Laughland and 13 more 14 hours 43 minutes The Junior Classics

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Plays

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Oscar Wilde - Lady Windermere's Fan (Version 2)

Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 28 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

486

Guy Wetmore Carryl - Fables for the Frivolous (Version 2)

Fables for the Frivolous is one of the earliest works by the American parodist Guy Wetmore Carryl. These fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine's original writings. The Aesop-style fables are written in verse,...

Phil Chenevert 47 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

530

Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary

On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speech is now considered one of the greatest in American...

Ann Boulais and 14 more 35 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Emperor's New Clothes

This is a collection of a few of my personal favorite stories by Hans Christian Andersen that I most loved as a child and still enjoy as an adult. The Emperor's New Clothes was funny from my earliest years because...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 23 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Hans Christian Andersen - Little Match Girl

This is a recording of seven immortal and delightful fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Match Girl is of course the first, followed by The Swineherd, The Real Princess, The Leap Frog, The...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 21 minutes

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Detective Fiction

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Adventure of the Speckled Band

Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears for her life. Upon hearing her story, Sherlock agrees and springs into action...

Phil Chenevert 1 hour 6 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Algernon Blackwood - Willows (version 2)

«The Willows» is one of Algernon Blackwood's best known creepy stories. American horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. He wrote in his treatise...

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 20 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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