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Thuvia, Maid of Mars (version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edgar Rice Burroughs


John Carter's son, Carthoris, falls in love with his father's true friend, Thuvia of Ptarth, but she has been promised to another and is kid…

The Chessmen of Mars (version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Tara of Helium, John Carter's second child, is nearly as beautiful as her mother, Deja Thoris, and as independent-minded as her father. Thes…

Fifty-One Tales

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Lord Dunsany


Very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagi…

The Master of Ballantrae

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Robert Louis Stevenson


Heir to a noble Scottish house in the mid 18th century, the Master is a charming, clever, and resourceful villain whose daring but ill-advis…

The Moon Maid

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Sabotage accidentally takes Earth's first manned interplanetary expedition to the Moon, where a sublunar adventure ensues, involving two int…

Paradise Regain'd (version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


Having been publicly acknowledged as God's "beloved Son," Jesus retires to the desert to meditate upon what it means to be the Mes…

The Sea Lady (Version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


H. G. Wells


A mermaid contrives to have herself "rescued from drowning" and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast. Her motive,…

Le Paradis Perdu

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


Comme Virgile a développé l’épopée à célébrer l’origine de sa propre patrie, Milton l’a ada…

Ball-of-Fat

Read by Michael Thomas Robinson


Guy de Maupassant


The first significant published short story of French author Guy de Maupassant, and generally acknowledged as his greatest work, "Ball-…

Areopagitica (Version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor o…

Balder Dead (version 2)

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Matthew Arnold


The poem begins with the beloved god Balder, thought to be invulnerable, dead at the hands of the inoffensive blind god Hoder, in a game. L…

The History of Britain

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


A reader of this history, encountering the frequent references to “my author,” meaning the current source, will be reminded of DON QUIXOTE a…

The Common Law

Read by Thomas H. Burton


Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


A history and review of the common law in the United States. (summary by TB27)

Jerusalem Delivered

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Torquato Tasso


The First Crusade provides the backdrop for a rich tapestry of political machinations, military conflicts, martial rivalries, and love stori…

The Man in the Moone

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Francis Godwin


A self-serving Spaniard discovers a means of traveling to the moon, describing his sensations in transit in terms remarkably consistent with…

Absalom and Achitophel

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Dryden


John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is an elaborate historical allegory using the political situation faced by …

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This final volume of detective stories was Doyle’s effort to put his most famous creation behind him at long last. It includes a variety of …

Christy

Read by Michael Thomas Cunningham


Michael Thomas Cunningham


A journey tale about love, loss, and what it truly means to come home. Christy, a woman hardened by the streets and clinging to a life of…

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