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Walden

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Henry David Thoreau

Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s lif…

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thorea…

Scaramouche

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Rafael Sabatini

Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution. His successive endeavors as a la…

Chapter 07

In Dracula

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Bram Stoker

The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity…

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In Pride and Prejudice

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It …

Book 1

In Leaves of Grass

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Walt Whitman

American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a t…

Section 2

In An International Episode

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Henry James

Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, mis…

Chapter 1

In The Call of the Wild

Read by Gord Mackenzie

Jack London

In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a…

Version 3

In A Noiseless Patient Spider

Read by Gord Mackenzie

whitman_w and Walt Whitman

LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Walt Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by An…

Version 1

In In Flanders Fields

Read by Gord Mackenzie

mccrae_j and John Mccrae

LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different readings of John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Colem…