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The Hope of the Gospel

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George MacDonald


Perhaps most well-known for his fairy tales and fantasy stories such as The Golden Key and Phantastes, or for his poetry, George MacDonald w…

A Short and Easy Method of Prayer

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Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon


Originally published in 1685, Madame Guyon’s A Short and Easy Method of Prayer is considered a classic of Christian mysticism, influencing g…

St. George and St. Michael, Volume 1

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George MacDonald


’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides …

Pearl (Jewett translation)

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The Gawain Poet and The Gawain Poettranslated Bysophie Jewett


Written in the 14th century by the Gawain poet, 'Pearl' is an elegiac poem reflecting on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl …

The Gentle Art of Faking

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Riccardo Nobili


IIn analysing the Faker one must dissociate him from the common forger; his semi-artistic vocation places him quite apart from the ordinary …

Revelations of a Spirit Medium

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A. Medium


Written anonymously by "a working 'medium' for the past twenty years", this little book was an inspiration for a young Harry Houdi…

Rhymes for the Nursery

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Ann Taylor


This early 19th-century children's poetry collection by Jane and Ann Taylor is little-known today, but contains the original version of Twin…

The Pianoforte Sonata

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John South Shedlock


John S. Shedlock covers the history of what might now be called the keyboard sonata, from Kuhnau's Sonata in B flat from 1695, believed at t…

An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae

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Edward Jenner


This collection of three publications details Edward Jenner's investigations into the connection between smallpox and coxpox, and the creati…

The Mesmeric Guide, for Family Use

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S. D. Saunders


Aimed at "those who judge of a Science by its practical utility and think that one minute spent in applying it to the benefit of mankin…

Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten)

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Oskar Pfungst


Oskar Pfungst book is a detailed piece of investigative journalism looking into Clever Hans, an Orlov Trotter horse that was claimed to have…

Tincture, An Apocalyptic Proposition

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Matthew D. Jordan


Rhamuel and the last of his family, Abranyah, travel their barren world, shack to shack, selling tinctures to keep a full belly and evading …

Tincture, And The Devil Pulls Six-Guns

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Matthew D. Jordan


After the events in the Shimmer Town, Abranyah and her family are left with more responsibility than she believes they can handle - both in …

In Praise of Solid People

In Short Poetry Collection 063

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C. S. Lewis


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 063: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Christ Triumphant

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009

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Charles H. Spurgeon


A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collecti…

Bk 03, ch. 09: A Merry End to Mirth

In Les Misérables, Volume 1

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Victor Hugo


This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

Book 10, chapters 01-10

In Confessions (Outler translation)

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St. Augustine of Hippo and Saint Augustine of Hippo


Confessions (Latin: Confessiones) is the name of an autobiographical work, consisting of 13 books, by St. Augustine of Hippo, written betwee…

The New Hypocrite

In What's Wrong With the World

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GK Chesterton and G. K. Chesterton


Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) has been called the “prince of paradox.” Time magazine observed of his writing style: “Whenever possibl…

Jesu, Dulcedo Cordium (translated by Ray Palmer)

In Hymns of the Christian Church

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St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux


A collection of classic Christian hymns spanning the centuries. Some LibriVox volunteers read the hymns; others sung them. (Summary by Leon…