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Best Way to Read a Book

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Edgar A. Guest


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Best Way to Read a Book by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…

First Chapter Collection 006

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Various


The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

Centre for the Study of the Book


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

First Chapter Collection 001

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Various


"Are you wishing sometimes that you had a good book which you don't know, that you might just read and enjoy? The goal of this collecti…

New Chronicles of Rebecca

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Kate Douglas Wiggin


This book tells further stories from the period of Rebecca's sojourn in Riverboro.

A Pickle For the Knowing Ones

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Timothy Dexter


Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …

The Ontario Readers: Third Book

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Various


The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

Read by Sibella Denton


Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

The Enemies of Books

Read by Maria Kasper


William Blades


The author, an avid book collector, calls for the better protection of books against the "enemies" which lead to their physical de…

First Chapter Collection 009

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Various


The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

Sandman's Goodnight Stories

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Abbie Phillips Walker


Have you every read a bed time story to a child? Or had one read to you? Fun, isn't it? These 28 delightful, short, well written and whimsic…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 043

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 043: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

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…

The Jumble Book

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David Cory


This is a lovely collection of short stories and poems some well known others not so well known. Something to appeal to everyone. (Summary b…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 042

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Phyllis Brown and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 042: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 040

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 040: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

The Aspern Papers

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, bu…

The Spinster Book

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Myrtle Reed


A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…

The Case of the Pocket Diary Found in the Snow

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Grace Isabel Colbron and Auguste Groner


The account of some adventures in the professional experience of a member of the Imperial Austrian Police. (from the text)

Children's Short Works, Vol. 027

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 027: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

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