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In Liian Paha Sappi

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Aaro Hellaakoski

The poem Liian Paha Sappi by Aaro Hellaakoski, which tells the tale of a child struggling to keep his temper: A TEMPER TOO BADHow it burns m…

The Charge of the Light Brigade

In Short Poetry Collection 012

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 012: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

INTRODUCTION

In The Island of Doctor Moreau

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H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature…

Madame Imbert's Safe

In The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar

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Maurice Leblanc

A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin wh…

The Gun Club

In From the Earth to the Moon

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Jules Verne

From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is …

The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours

In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Jules Verne

Captain Nemo, The Nautilus, and the mysterious depths of the ocean. Unforgettable. Come join an adventure that will roam among coral and pea…

Letter C

In The Foolish Dictionary

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Gideon Wurdz and Charles Wayland Towne

"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 190…

Bk1: Song I: Boethius' Complaint, and section I

In The Consolation of Philosophy

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (transl. James) and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been…

The Minister in a Maze

In The Scarlet Letter

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town …