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The Altar of the Dead

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Henry James

A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, …

The Children of Israel

In On the Shores of the Great Sea

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

M.B. Synge and M. B. Synge

Book I of the "Story of the World" series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham…

When You Are Old - Read by DK

In When You Are Old

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

W. B. Yeats and William Butler Yeats

LibriVox volunteers bring you 29 recordings of When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 3rd,…

The Oblong Box

In Short Story Collection Vol. 041

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Benjamin Disraeli and Edgar Allan Poe

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 041: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

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In The Kreutzer Sonata

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Leo Tolstoy

Publication of The Kreutzer Sonata in 1889 was a significant intellectual event worldwide. Censored in Russia, it set off an explosive debat…

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In Ivan the Fool

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Leo Tolstoy

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, si…

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In The Coxon Fund

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Henry James

This novella explores the relationship between Frank Saltram, a charismatic speaker who is also a freeloader; Ruth Anvoy, a young American w…