Literature
Appeal
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Anne Brontë
LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of Appeal by Anne Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 5, 2012.Appeal ap…
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
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Henry Fielding
This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Canto IV
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is de…
Kriloff's Fables
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Ivan Krylov
Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from …
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
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John Donne
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English writer John Donne. It is a series of reflections that were written as …
The Dream
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John Donne
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011.John Donne…
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…
The Siege of Corinth
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
In this moving poem, Byron recounts the final, desperate resistance of the Venetians on the day the Ottoman army stormed Acrocorinth: reveal…
Two Sides To Every Question: From A South Australian Standpoint
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Maud Jean Franc
'Two Sides to Every Question’: From a South Australian Standpoint is a meditation on poverty, wealth, and social aspiration set in the free …
Vairagya Shatakam
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Bhartṛhari
Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the…
Bible (WNT) NT 07: 1 Corinthians
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Weymouth New Testament, Weymouth New Testamenttranslated Byrichard Francis Weymouth and Weymouth New Testamenttranslated By Richard Francis Weymouth
This is the Apostle Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth, Greece, a seaport filled with a diversity of not only people but religions…
Past Days
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Anne Brontë
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Past Days by Emily Brontë . This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 28th, 2010An…
The Sacred Fount
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Henry James
Published in 1901, The Sacred Fount delves into the interior observations and obsessions of one Englishman during a weekend gathering in the…
The Spirit of American Literature
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John Albert Macy
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE is a collection of essays reviewing contemporary authors on the literary scene at the turn of the century …
The River Duddon: A Series of Sonnets
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William Wordsworth
Located in a part of Cumbria that was once part of Lancashire, the River Duddon rises in the high fells of the Lake District and flows for 2…
An International Episode
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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…
Almayer's Folly
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Joseph Conrad
A European businessman and his Malayan wife have a daughter, Nina. A Malayan prince comes to do trade with the businessman and falls in love…
Paul and Virginia
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Jacques-Henri Bernardin De Saint-Pierre
Paul and Virginia was first published in 1787. The novel's title characters are very good friends since birth who fall in love, but sadly di…
Bible (YLT) 14: 2 Chronicles
Read by Mark Penfold
Young's Literal Translation, Young'S Literal Translation, Young'S Literal Translationtranslated Byrobert Young and Young'S Literal Translationtranslated By Robert Young
Rather than repeating the vast geneaology of King David found in the First Book of The Chronicles, the Second Book of The Chronicles recount…
Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher
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Walter Savage Landor
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher by Walter Savage Landor. This was the Weekly Poetry projec…