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Spirits in Bondage

Read by Robert Garrison


C. S. Lewis


Spirits in Bondage is C.S. Lewis’s first book and the first of his works to be available in the public domain. It was released in 1919 unde…

The Hunting of the Snark

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Lewis Carroll


This is a whimsical poem that takes the reader on a sailing hunt for the mythical Snark. The Bellman, the Butcher, the Baker, the Beaver and…

Bible (ASV) 21: Ecclesiastes

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American Standard Version


Ecclesiastes (or The Preacher) is the twenty-first book of The Bible. The author of this book is unknown but is considered by many biblical …

Bible (ASV) 18: Job

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American Standard Version


The Book of Job (American Standard Version) is presented in forty-two chapters and is one of the Old Testament Wisdom Books. The narrative c…

Bible (ASV) 22: Song of Solomon

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American Standard Version


The Song of Songs is the twenty-second book of The Bible and was authored by Solomon. In some translations, this book is entitled The Song o…

The Lion And The Mouse

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 01 (Fables 1-25)

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Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

The Crab and His Mother

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)

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Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

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In The Owl and the Pussycat

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Edward Lear


LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first…

The Sierra Nevada

In The Mountains of California

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John Muir


John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and …

Chapter 3: The Problem of Evil

In Sadhana, the Realisation of Life

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Rabindranath Tagore


Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, philosopher, visual artist, playwright, composer, and novelist whose work reshaped Bengali literatur…

Version 15

In I Do Not Love Thee

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norton_c and Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton


LibriVox volunteers bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton’s I Do Not Love Thee, a weekly poetry project. (S…

Version 09

In O Captain! My Captain!

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Walt Whitman


In honor of President’s Day, LibriVox brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This classic poem was written…

Sonnet 130 - read by RG

In Sonnet 130

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William Shakespeare


LibriVox volunteers bring you seventeen different readings of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130. This sonnet offers a look into the Elizabethan ideal…

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In Mother Night

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James Weldon Johnson


LibriVox volunteers bring you fifteen different readings of Mother Night, by James Weldon Johnson. This weekly poetry project (for the week …

Chapter 10

In Death Be Not Proud

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John Donne


This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remembe…