Literature
Areopagitica
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor o…
The Lusiads
Read by Leni
Luís Vaz de Camões
The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tal…
Historische Übersichten
Read by redaer
Friedrich Schiller
Historische Übersichten by Friedrich von Schiller (1759 – 1805). Schiller, einer der Weimarer Klassiker, bekannt als Dichter und Dramat…
Three Classic Chinese Texts
Read by Jc Guan
Various
中國傳統書籍三本: 百家姓, 千字文, 三字經. This is a collection of three classic Chinese texts: the Hundred Surnames (百家姓), the Thousand Character Classic (千…
Den Obundna flickan
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Emilie Flygare-Carlén
Emilie Flygare-Carlén var under 1800-talet en av Sveriges mest populära och lästa författare.En Nyckfull kvinna, som g…
Maria Chapdelaine
Read by Jc Guan
Louis Hémon
Maria Chapdelaine raconte la vie difficile d'une famille paysanne au Québec, au début des années 1900.
Olive
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Inspired by Jane Eyre, Dinah Maria Craik's 1850 novel, Olive, was one of the first to feature a disabled central character. 'Slightly deform…
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
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Henry Fielding
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fiel…
To Autumn
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John Keats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010.To Au…
Scènes de la vie privée
Read by Bernard
Honoré de Balzac
Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…
Bacon
Read by Bill Boerst
Richard William Church
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…
In Kent with Charles Dickens
Read by Ruth Golding
Thomas Frost
By his own admission, Thomas Frost found it hard to make a living from his writing, and no doubt he used the name of Dickens in the title of…
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…
Monsieur Lecoq
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Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story :Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
Read by David Wales
John Donne
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lond…