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The Egregious English
Read by David Wales
T. W. H. Crosland
This 1903 book is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of English people and subjects. Within the humor (or humour), the listener may be surprised by s…
Winnowed Wisdom
Read by David Wales
Stephen Leacock
This 1926 volume comprises thirty-five essays by the masterful Canadian humorist. - Summary by david wales
Reminiscences and Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers - Banker, Poet and Patron of the …
Read by Barbara Baker
Samuel Rogers
Samuel Rogers was a renowned conversationalist who associated with the most distinguished persons of his time. This volume contains fascinat…
Short Poetry Collection 089
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Henry David Thoreau and Robert Frost
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of July 2010.
The Testaments of John Davidson
Read by kilpatrick83
John Davidson
The oft-maligned Testaments of John Davidson work as a sublime, psychopathic post-Nietzchean (Zarathustra was merely Davidson's springboard …
Jyl of Breyntfords Testament
Read by Grant Hurlock
Robert Copland
Introduction - This is a collection of ten comic pieces from the 16th century and earlier, as compiled and edited by Frederick Furnivall for…
Cecil's Own Book
Read by Phil Benson
Ann Hawkshaw
Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, t…
Modern Monologues
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Marjorie Benton Cooke
The monologue is a character study in little; the apotheosis of a chosen individuality. All the little studies in this book have stood the t…
Excerpts from ''A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clem…
Read by John Greenman
Merle Devore Johnson
As printed, this book contains an extensive listing of Mark Twain's work. Rather than repeating that listing, this recording simply reflects…
Coniston Tales
Read by Phil Benson
William Gershom Collingwood
A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. C…
Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor
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James Mcintyre
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for …
Little Homer's Slate
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Eugene Field
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Little Homer's Slate by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 6th, 2…
Maarten Chuzzlewit
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
De familie Chuzzlewit is op jacht naar de erfenis van de oude Maarten Chuzzlewit. De kleinzoon, Martin Chuzzlewit, heeft daarnaast ook zijn …
The Home of the Echoes
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Frank W. Boreham
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of edi…
Sonnets of a Budding Bard
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Nixon Waterman
This is a volume of 25 sonnets by American poet Nixon Waterman. The sonnets are written from the perspective of a school boy, and are very h…
Augustan Books of Modern Poetry: Robert Graves
Read by KevinS
Robert Graves
Poems from Robert Graves published by the Augustan Books of Poetry. - Summary by KevinS
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…
John Smith's Funny Adventures on a Crutch! or The Remarkable Peregrinations of …
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A. F. Hill
Follow a Very Funny Man make the best and the worst of his infirmity!! (Summary by Christine Rottger)The language and ideas in this book ref…
Selected Poems
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a pre-eminent poet of the Victorian period in the United Kingdom. This selection of poems includes some of he…
Fibber Mc Gee And Molly 44 02 15 Handwriting Analysis
Fibber receives the results of a handwriting analysis he sent for through the mail, that claims he has "the common touch" and shou…