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The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Ransome
Acclaimed British author Arthur Ransome presents us with a small collection of charming and wistful sketches on the character of the street,…
The Book of Cats
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Charles Henry Ross
One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: t…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
Pagan Papers
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Kenneth Grahame
We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…
The Traveler
Read by Vic Zarley
Vic Zarley
In a flash of lights and colors on his computer while traversing the Internet, there appeared in the life of Rich Davis a very helpful and m…
The Sonnet
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Richard Watson Gilder
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 readings of The Sonnet by Richard Watson Gilder. This was the weekly poetry project for October 5, 2014.
The Book of American Negro Poetry
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James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.
The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
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Charles Babbage
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal …
Perfect Behavior (Version 2)
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Donald Ogden Stewart
A humorous guide for ladies and gentlemen in all social crises. (Summary by MaryAnn)
Kleine Dorrit
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
De familie Dorrit verblijft door schulden belast meer dan 20 jaar in de schuldengevangenis de Marshalsea in Londen. Zullen zij ontlast worde…
Get Next!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh
John Henry has a comedic commentary and opinion on everything that goes on in his life. This time, he tackles the subjects of race tipsters,…
A Lover's Diary
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Gilbert Parker
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
La Enfermedad De Ivanov
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Arkadi Avérchenko
Ivanov descubre que ha contraído una terrible enfermedad "política"...
My First Book (Version 2)
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Various
Have you ever wondered how your favorite author started on his or her writing career? Did they launch themselves wholeheartedly into literat…
Robert Browning (Version 2)
Read by Owlivia
G. K. Chesterton
This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
A Valentine
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Lewis Carroll
This poem is taken from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll. (Summary by David Lawrence)
The Cabinet Minister
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Arthur Wing Pinero
Mr. Pinero holds that farce should treat of probable people placed in possible circumstances, but regarded from a point of view which exagge…
The Prelude, Version 2
Read by Peter Tucker
William Wordsworth
Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…