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16 books
Historical Fiction
1.2K
Fanny Burney - Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress
The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives...
35 hours 50 minutes
Epistolary Fiction
1.1K
Samuel Richardson - Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
«Now first published in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes. A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same time that it...
22 hours 10 minutes
Medical
839
Henry Gray - Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 2 (Gray's Anatomy)
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918...
12 hours 52 minutes
Humorous Fiction
1.1K
G. K. Chesterton - What's Wrong With the World
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first...
7 hours 5 minutes
