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The Partridge and the Fowler

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 11 (Fables 251-275)

Read by David Barnes


Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

lettres 171-175

In Les Liaisons dangereuses

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Laclos, C, Choderlos De Laclos and Pierre Choderlos De Laclos


D'amants qu'ils étaient, le Vicomte de Valmont et la Marquise de Merteuil sont restés complices dans leurs projets de liaisons…

Book 2 – 05

In The Return of the Native

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Thomas Hardy


Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Vic…

bk4_08 - Book the Fourth - Chapter 08 A FEW GRAINS OF PEPPER

In Our Mutual Friend

Read by David Barnes


Charles Dickens


Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, …

Parable of the Old Men and the Young

In Short Poetry Collection 010

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Wilfred Owen


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 010: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Version 3

In Bible (KJV) 19: Psalm 133

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King James Version


LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different recordings of Psalm 133, to celebrate United Nations Day. This was the weekly poetry project f…

The Lost Sanjak

In Short Story Collection Vol. 004

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Saki


LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 004: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Barry Holden

In Spoon River Anthology

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Edgar Lee Masters


This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…

Romeo and Juliet [Essay]

In Short Story Collection Vol. 007

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William Hazlitt


LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 007: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Ch 1 – Introductory

In On Liberty

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John Stuart Mill


Published in 1859, On Liberty details Mill's view that individuals should be left wholly free to engage in any activity, thought or belief t…

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