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00 - Preface

by Aleksandr Kuprin Read by KevinS
In Sasha
Kuprin is well-known to Russian readers and has been described as one of the last exponents of Russian critical realism. He first made a car…

07 - Frei Simão

by Machado de Assis and Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis Read by Leni 4.7
In Contos Fluminenses e Histórias da Meia-Noite
Contos Fluminenses, originalmente publicado em 1870, e Histórias da Meia-Noite, publicado em 1873, são os dois primeiros livro…

Numbers 5:11-31

by Douay-Rheims Version (DRV) Read by Daniel W. 5
In James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus
This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic…

A Book-Keeper

by Alphonse Daudet Read by Linda Johnson 4.7
In Monday Tales
This is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet. The stories paint an incredibly vivid picture of life in continental Europe before…

Introduction

by Frank Norris Read by David Wales 4.1
In The Third Circle
Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He liv…

Chapters IX-XI

by George Sand Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.2
In The Devil's Pool
George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavior expected of women o…

Preface

by Stephen Leacock Read by Esther 4.2
In Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be on…

b. Religion of the Ancient Romans

by Karl Ploetz Read by Alan Mapstone 4.5
In The World’s Story Volume XIV: An Outline of Universal History
The fourteenth volume of the 15-volume series The World’s Story has a different concept than the previous books edited by Eva March Tappan. …

No Story

by O. Henry Read by tovarisch 4.1
In Options
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…

Un Parricide

by Guy de Maupassant Read by Didier 4.4
In Boule de suif
Douze nouvelles dans lesquelles Guy de Maupassant pose un regard ironique, voire pessimiste, sur la société française d…

Chapter IV - Our Grand Project, part 2

by Wilkie Collins Read by Peter John Keeble 4.3
In The Queen of Hearts
The elderly Brothers Owen, Morgan and Griffith live a quiet, retired life in the countryside, which is turned upside-down by Griffith's ward…

Preface

by Geoffrey Chaucer Read by Gesine 3.4
In The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the…

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