Ruth Golding

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Poetry

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George Wharton Edwards - Book of Old English Ballads

In this selection… the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represent the range, the descriptive felicity, the dramatic power, and the genuine...

Mike Harris and 13 more 2 hours 34 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

535

Jerome K. Jerome - Tea-table Talk

As the New York Times said in 1903, this lesser-known work by Jerome K. Jerome does not display «the wit of Congreve or even the glittering sort Mr. Jerome employs in some of his other books.» It takes the...

Ruth Golding 2 hours 33 minutes

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Travel Fiction

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Coffee Break Collection 007 - Travel

This is the seventh 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...

TriciaG and 13 more 2 hours 31 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Animals

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Frederick G. Aflalo - Birds in the Calendar

Delightful sketches of British wild birds — a bird for every month of the year from the pheasant in January to the robin in December. This collection of articles, reprinted in book form from the periodical The...

Ruth Golding 2 hours 29 minutes

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Children's Fiction

549

Jane Andrews - Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

«You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous „old woman who lived in the shoe,“ has so many children that she doesn't know what to do. But you will know better when you become acquainted with her, and learn how...

Mrs. Darcy and 9 more 2 hours 24 minutes

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Children's Fiction

496

Emerson Hough - Singing Mouse Stories

The singing mouse tells tales of nature in songs. This book is for those who want to know how the mountains ate up the plains, what the waters said or where the city went. (summary by Nadine)

Diana Majlinger and 10 more 2 hours 24 minutes

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Short Stories

555

Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature

This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is Nature in various genres — fiction and...

Mark F. Smith and 10 more 2 hours 18 minutes Coffee Break Collections

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Anthologies

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Short Story Collection Vol. 027

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 027: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Matt Bohnhoff and 8 more 2 hours 12 minutes Short Story Collections

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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William Harrison Ainsworth - Windsor Castle, Book 2

Book 2 — Herne the Hunter. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other...

Tricia F. and 5 more 2 hours 8 minutes Windsor Castle

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

578

Children's Short Works, Vol. 003

Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 003: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Denny Sayers and 6 more 2 hours 3 minutes Children's Short Works Collections

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Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream

Humorous Fiction

494

John Kendrick Bangs - Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream

From Alice in Blunderland: «Certain of our members claim that they have a right to sell their votes for $500 apiece--» «Mercy!» cried Alice, «Why, that is--that is terrible.» «It certainly is,» said...

Ruth Golding 1 hour 58 minutes

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Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing

Satire

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Arnold Bennett - Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing

Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett, as always, stands the test of time, though in the case of...

Ruth Golding 1 hour 57 minutes

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New

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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