Robin Lamb

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Junior Classics Volume 4: Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry

Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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William Patten - Junior Classics Volume 4: Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry

The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from...

Foon and 11 more 14 hours 7 minutes The Junior Classics

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Story of the Champions of the Round Table

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Howard Pyle - Story of the Champions of the Round Table

The second of four volumes of Pyles' retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, which tells the stories of Percival, Tristram, and Launcelot of the Lake. — Summary by Maggie Travers

Maggie Travers and 11 more 12 hours 30 minutes

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Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics

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Archibald Williams - Romance of Modern Mechanism

In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very day, new inventions were made to make life easier. Most of these are still...

Kristine Bekere and 12 more 11 hours 34 minutes

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Howard Pyle - Story of King Arthur and his Knights

Masterful artist, illustrator, and storyteller Howard Pyle brings new life to the legends of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. The first in Pyle's series of four books about King Arthur, this volume...

George Allen and 8 more 11 hours 11 minutes

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Literary Collections

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Ontario Readers: Fourth Book

A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry and Prose by well known authors of the time. — Summary by David Lawrence

David Lawrence and 21 more 9 hours 36 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Flora Annie Steel - English Fairy Tales

This is a selection of the most well-known fairy tales told in England. It contains such very famous stories as Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding-hood, but also some stories that are not included in every...

Robin Lamb and 14 more 8 hours 17 minutes

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Animals & Nature

Ada M. Skinner - Topaz Story Book: Stories and Legends of Autumn, Hallowe'en, and Thanksgiving

From the Introduction: «Nature stories, legends, and poems appeal to the young reader’s interest in various ways. Some of them suggest or reveal certain facts which stimulate a spirit of investigation and attract the...

Larry Wilson and 15 more 6 hours 56 minutes

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Sabine Baring-Gould - Book of Fairy Tales

This is a collection of fairy tales, retold by Sabine Baring-Gould. The collection contains such well-known stories as Cinderella and the Beauty and the Beast, but also tales which are now not as widely known, such as...

BettyB and 15 more 6 hours 54 minutes

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Melor of the Silver Hand; and Other Stories of the Bright Ages

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David Bearne - Melor of the Silver Hand; and Other Stories of the Bright Ages

This is a collection of fairy tales by Rev. David Bearne. The stories take place in the «Bright Ages» as opposed to the more common epithet «dark ages», where heroes saved the world, saints performed miracles, and...

Mike Pelton and 5 more 5 hours 32 minutes

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My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (version 2)

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Edric Vredenberg - My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (version 2)

«Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling, beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories, I may tell you, are...

Phil Chenevert and 10 more 3 hours 37 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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G. K. Chesterton - Ballad of the White Horse (Version 3)

This epic poem is about Alfred the Great's defense of Christian England against the pagan Viking invaders. The decisive battle is fought in sight of a white horse mark made on a hill, after which the poem is named. As...

Robin Lamb 1 hour 42 minutes

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Sonnets

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William Shakespeare - Shakespeare Sonnet 29

LibriVox volunteers bring you 32 recordings of Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 23, 2019. — A perennial Shakespeare favorite. The sober, almost depressed...

Brian Dirkx and 31 more 41 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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