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Humorous Fiction

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Earl Derr Biggers - Love Insurance (version 2)

On duty with Lloyds of London in NYC, young Richard Minot is sent to the St Augustine-ish town of San Marco to ensure that a wealthy young lady, Cynthia Meyrick marry his firm's client, Lord Harrowby. Then, in a...

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Birds and Nature, Vol. X, No 3, October 1901

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

tovarisch and 10 more 2 hours 8 minutes Birds; Birds and All Nature; Nature and Art; Birds and Nature - Volumes I, IV-XII (Volume II in progress)

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*Non-fiction

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Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 055

Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selections from Kierkegaard's «Preparation for a Christian Life» and Jung's...

Availle and 8 more 4 hours 8 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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Essays & Short Works

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Mabel E. Wotton - Word Portraits of Famous Writers

Mabel Elizabeth Wotton, an author herself, moved in the literary circles of the late nineteenth century establishing many close friendships, She presents for us here, not literary criticism nor biographical sketches,...

Larry Wilson and 22 more 7 hours 26 minutes

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Poetry

Short Poetry Collection 178

This is a collection of 44 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2018

VfkaBT and 18 more 2 hours 33 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Detective Fiction

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Fergus Hume - Mikado Jewel

A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one to run an errand involving the title bauble. Who done it? Old dark house...

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Single author

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Carl Sandburg - Slabs of the Sunburnt West

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard

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Short Stories

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Short Story Collection Vol. 071

Romance and mystery abound in this, the seventy-first collection of short stories selected and read by Librivox volunteers.

Michele Fry and 6 more 9 hours 34 minutes Short Story Collections

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Animals

Frederick Lazell - Some Winter Days in Iowa

Accented with snatches of verse and a mix of scientific and Christian insight, University of Iowa professor Lazell takes us on vivid nature walks through the rural areas of the Plains state. — Summary by Matt Pierard

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Published 1800 -1900

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon - Beyond These Voices

This novel tells the fictional life story of Veera Davis. The daughter of a poet and a poor noble woman, who is left in the care of her grandmother to a lonely and monotonous childhood, she has to make her way up in...

Jim Locke and 6 more 14 hours 1 minute

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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Martha Bellinger - Stolen Singer

Agatha Redmond, a popular soprano, is kidnapped in New York City by thugs unknown, shortly after she learns of a hefty inheritance from a friend of her mother's. Coming to her rescue is a wealthy young businessman...

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Action & Adventure Fiction

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Noel E. Sainsbury, Jr. - Bill Bolton and Hidden Danger

Third entry in series of mystery-adventures about Midshipman Bill Bolton, a 17-year-old US Navy pilot. — Summary by Matt Pierard

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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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