Rob Marland

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World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

Historical Fiction

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Eva March Tappan - World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland

This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art , edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature,...

Sonia and 23 more 17 hours 12 minutes World's Story

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Biography & Autobiography

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Robert Sherard - Life of Oscar Wilde

Robert Sherard was Oscar Wilde's friend of 20 years and first biographer. The Life of Oscar Wilde was the second of his four biographies of the Irish playwright and wit. — Summary by Rob Board

Rob Marland 11 hours 38 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Richard Gordon Smith - Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan

Tales of Folklore are often of special interest. Anything may happen to ordinary mortals in the world painted by folklore. But it becomes even more interesting when you dive into folklore of places away from your own...

Stefan Von Blon and 11 more 11 hours 32 minutes

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Literary Fiction

Murasaki Shikibu - Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)

The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes...

Moira Fogarty and 7 more 8 hours 52 minutes

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Biography & Autobiography

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Millicent Garrett Fawcett - Some Eminent Women of our Times

Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical sketches of 23 influential women from Jane Austen and Elizabeth Barrett...

Pamela Nagami and 13 more 8 hours 47 minutes

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Memoirs

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Solomon Northup - Twelve Years a Slave

Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited...

Rob Marland 8 hours 4 minutes

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 037

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, blow-pipe weapons, Oriental china; impressions of America by Enrico Caruso,...

Garth Burton and 12 more 7 hours 7 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Memoirs

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George William Foote - Prisoner for Blasphemy

George William Foote, a British secularist, was convicted and imprisoned on the charge of blasphemy after founding «The Freethinker», a magazine that, despite the best efforts of the 19th Century British judicial...

Rob Marland 6 hours 54 minutes

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 079

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, dark stories from Algernon Blackwood and the quirky from Bill Nye,...

Peter Thomlinson and 7 more 6 hours 34 minutes Short Story Collections

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General Fiction

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Short Story Collection Vol. 055

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 055: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including stories by J. M. Barrie, O. Henry, Jerome, Joyce, London, Saki,...

Arnie Horton and 12 more 6 hours 27 minutes Short Story Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquakes, Hegel, Sir William Osler, Charles William Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Charles...

Glenn O'Brien and 11 more 5 hours 58 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy, religion, health, humor, history, and literature. (Summary by Sue Anderson)

Craig Campbell and 17 more 5 hours 49 minutes Short Nonfiction 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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