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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2)

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Frederick Douglass


Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who…

Nature (version 2)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson


First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking…

Chapter 21

In A Book About Myself

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Theodore Dreiser


A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon and William Wilberforce

In The Spirit of the Age; Or, Contemporary Portraits

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William Hazlitt


William Hazlitt was a keen observer of his time and the people populating the literary landscape. He presents short monographs on such illus…

Book X - On the Road, Chapters 3,4

In The Rise of David Levinsky

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Abraham Cahan


Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to lif…

Yourself

In Short Poetry Collection 145

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Jones Very


This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2015.

Poem by the Bridge at Ten-Shin

In LibriVox 10th Anniversary Collection

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Ezra Pound


This year is the 10th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox and to celebrate, readers have found and recorded 100 items with a connection to t…

Sailfish - The Atlantic Brother to the Pacific Swordfish

In Short Works on Sports Collection 01

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Zane Grey


A miscellany of poetry and short works of fact and fiction on the topic of sports from North America, Great Britain and Australasia. The col…

Reflections on our Dislike of Things as they Are

In The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy

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John Galsworthy


This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, a…

Song of the Broad-Axe, 4th stanza - Read by JZ

In Song of the Broad-Axe - stanza 4

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Walt Whitman


This Weekly Poem is an excerpt from Song of the Broad-axe (4th Stanza) by Walt Whitman, who was an American poet, essayist and journalist. …

The Character of a Liar

In Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson


This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The …