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Great Writers Inspire


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University of Oxford Podcasts

Interviews on Great Writers


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University of Oxford Podcasts

Preface

Read by Patrick Randall


William Langland


In The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Warren translation)

William Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman is one of the Early English poems that may well appeal to many other readers than the profess…

Preface

Read by Lynne T


Richard Wilson


In The Russian Storybook

Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …

How to Write a Novel

Read by Brett W. Downey


William James McGlothlin



I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of charac…

Foreword

Read by Larry Wilson


Mary Elizabeth Brown


In Dedications

Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…

A to Zed Collection Vol. 001

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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A collection of pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, that have as its subject a word beginning with a specific letter of the English alphab…

CLASSIFICATION Part 2

Read by Gillian Hendrie


Henry Mayhew


In London Labour and the London Poor Volume IV

Subtitled A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.This vo…

La Lecture, tome 5

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La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…

Writers in Dialogue


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University of Oxford Podcasts

Preface

Read by Larry Wilson


Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr.


In 1000 Things Worth Knowing

Part almanac, part encyclopedia, part dictionary, Nathaniel C. Fowler, Jr. gives us his idea of important, but sometimes obscure, facts that…

Section V

Read by Frédéric Surget


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In The Jade Flute

A collection of mindful ancient Chinese poetry by Li Po, Wan Ts’u, Mei Chang and other masters set in English prose by anonymous translators…

What Interests People?

Read by Anthony Will


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In The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 2

Twenty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

Preface to a Cookbook

Read by KevinS


Don Marquis


In Short Story Collection Vol. 101

[quote]Here we present another diverse collection of short stories. We bring you classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Volodya, a little bit…

Two Ways of Putting It

Read by jlenardon


Various


In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 01, Nov. 4, 1879

Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…

La Lecture, tome 1

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La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…

Literature, Art and Oxford


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University of Oxford Podcasts

Les Nombres et les genres

Read by Ezwa


Jean Macé


In La Grammaire de Mademoiselle Lili

Les rudiments de la grammaire française, art de parler et d'écrire correctement dans la langue de Molière, sont ici mis…

Introduction

Read by Peter Tucker


George Berkeley


In A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2)

A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in Eng…

My First Literary Venture

Read by mkirkpat


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In Short Story Collection Vol. 113

Here we present the 113th edition of the Librivox Short Story Collection. Once again, readers selected their own texts, and, as always, have…

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