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What happened to them at Surinam and how Candide got acquainted with Martin

In Candide (version 3)

Read by John Van Stan

Voltaire

Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world …

The Imp of the Perverse

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 024

Read by John Van Stan

Edgar Allan Poe

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

The Memory Clearing House

In Grotesques and Fantasies

Read by John Van Stan

Israel Zangwill

A set of often funny, sometimes tragic stories by Israel Zangwill. Most famous for his scathingly accurate portrayals of the Jewish ghetto, …

Chapter XI - The Battle of Blenheim, 1704 - Part 1

In The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World

Read by John Van Stan

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy

This work is Edward Creasy's best known fundamental work of history. It describes in detail 15 battles of world history, beginning with the …

A Struggle With A Devil-Fish by Victor Hugo

In Sea Stories

Read by John Van Stan

Victor Hugo

Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…

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