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Bk4,C6-Fate of Cortes' emissaries

In History of the Conquest of Mexico

Read by Margaret Espaillat


William H. Prescott


Much have I travell'd in the realms of gold,And many goodly states and kingdoms seen;Round many western islands have I beenWhich bards in fe…

Chapter 06: Glimpses of the Past

In The Nether World

Read by Margaret Espaillat


George Robert Gissing and George Gissing


This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…

Preface and Chapter 1

In Mistakes of Moses

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Robert G. Ingersoll was an extremely popular humanist orator in the late nineteenth century, and he wrote Mistakes of Moses after many bootl…

48 - Book 4, Chapters 1 - 5

In Amadis of Gaul

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Vasco de Lobeira and Vasco De Lobeira


Amadis of Gaul (Amadís de Gaula, in Spanish) was not the first, but certainly one of the best known knight-errantry tales of the 16th…

Chapter 1

In Come Out of the Kitchen!

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Alice Duer Miller


A novel about a man who rents a house for the season and keeps having problems with the servants, especially the attractive cook. - Summary …

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