LibriVox recording of Winkie, the Wily Woodchuck: Her Many Adventures by Richard Barnum. Read in English by Nan Dodge; Shriya; SpeakeasyBea; mleigh; AndreasDanko; Paul Harvey; Lily; David Lawrence Winkie is a girl woodchuck that is always up for any adventure. And she and her sister Blinky have a lot of them as they scurry through the forest with their friends looking for things to eat and to have fun with. Winkie is not called the wily woodchuck for no reason; she manages to evade trouble most...
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LibriVox recording of De Geschiedenis van Woutertje Pieterse by Multatuli. Gelezen door: Carola Janssen Het verhaal gaat over een dromerige en poëtische Amsterdamse jongen, Wouter Pieterse, die opgroeit in een kleinburgerlijk milieu in de Franse tijd. De kleinburgerlijkheid van zijn omgeving en nieuwsgierigheid van Wouter komen vaak met elkaar in botsing, en vormen het hoofdthema van het boek. (Samenvatting geschreven door Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text,...
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LibriVox recording of The Man of Genius by Cesare Lombroso. Read in English by Leon Harvey Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated with degenerative symptoms, or may even be a version of insanity, and presented his findings as a fascinating and controversial theory that the creative and imaginative celebrities throughout history have also displayed what he termed as "atavistic" symptoms,...
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LibriVox recording of Leaves of Grass (version 2) by Walt Whitman. Read in English by Foon. In honour of Walt Whitman's 200th birthday (31 May 2019) we bring you a solo recording of his seminal work Leaves of Grass. Originally published in 1855, the work started as a collection of 12 unnamed poems. However, Whitman spent most of his life writing and re-writing Leaves of Grass, resulting in many different editions published throughout his life. The final collection, which is recorded here, is a...
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LibriVox recording of La Bible (Fillion) 18: Livre de Job (Chapitres sélectionnés) by Louis-Claude Fillion Bible. (Translated by Louis-Claude Fillion.) Read in French by pejuga. Job, pieux et riche personnage du pays de Hus, jusqu'alors comblé de toutes les consolations humaines, est accablé soudain des maux les plus affreux qu'on puisse endurer ici-bas, Dieu le permettant pour l'éprouver. Il supporte d'abord son infortune avec une admirable patience, jusqu'à ce qu'une visite de ses...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of On the Sight of a Skull by Mary Mollineux. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 29, 2015. Read in English by Annalyn; Aaron Walsh; Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Elise C. Boucher; Garth Burton; Greg Giordano; J. McDougall; Lee Ann Howlett and Larry Wilson. This poem is taken from A Book of Women’s Verse published in 1921. ( David Lawrence) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or...
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LibriVox recording of A Story of the Days to Come by H. G. Wells. Read in English by Dennis Blake; Lucretia B.; A. J. Carroll; Mike Pelton Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do woman with many connections, but Denton is only a middle-class worker. Elizabeth's father strongly disapproves of the match, and orders a hypnotist to hypnotize his daughter into thinking that she is in love with another....
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LibriVox recording of The Story of a Soul (Version 2) by Saint Therese of Lisieux. (Translated by Thomas N. Taylor.) Read in English by Susan Morin She is also known as St.Thérèse of Child Jesus. She was born at Alençon, France, 2 January 1873; died at Lisieux 30 September 1897. When she was fifteen she applied for permission to enter the Carmelite Convent, and being refused by the superior, went to Rome with her father, as eager to give her to God as she was to give herself, to seek the...
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LibriVox recording of A Son At The Front by Edith Wharton. Read in English by Librivox Volunteers. This is an overlooked novel by the author of House Of Mirth, Age Of Innocence, and more. She already became the first woman to win the Pulitzer prize for literature before this novel was written. Edith Wharton is known for her combination of social observations, criticism, and compassion. This WWI novel is told from the point of view of parents, forced to live their own lives when their son is at...
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LibriVox recording of St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton. Read in English by Phil Chenevert For Chesterton, Francis of Assisi is a great paradoxical figure, a man who loved women but vowed himself to chastity; an artist who loved the pleasures of the natural world as few have loved them, but vowed himself to the most austere poverty, stripping himself naked in the public square so all could see that he had renounced his worldly goods; a clown who stood on his head in order to see the...
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LibriVox recording of Strange Roads & With the Gods in Spring by Arthur Machen; Vincent Starrett. The centerpieces of this collection are two essays by Arthur Machen, Strange Roads and With the Gods in Spring. Both use images of journeys through the countryside to evoke a sense of place and an innate spiritualism found in nature. In addition to these two essays, taken from a stand-alone chapbook publication are two thematically similar poems by Machen that evoke folk legends of his native...
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LibriVox recording of Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859 by Hans Christian Andersen. Read in English by Katia Bodiou; Greg Giordano; Anastasiia Solokha; Kristin Gjerløw; Jennifer Dorr; Erin Lottes; caromopfen; Slawek; Anna Simon; Claire Schreuder; KHand; Larry Wilson; Michelle Tan; HannahBanana; Zachary Brewster-Geisz; KathleenLarberg A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy...
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LibriVox recording of Six Stories by George MacDonald. Read in English by Bruce Pirie; Larry Wilson; Alisson Veldhuis; Matt Braymiller Six short stories from the master of fantasy! George MacDonald was an influence on many famous fantasy writers, including C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. This fantasy story collection includes The Cruel Painter (a vampire story), The Castle, The Wow O'Riven (a love story), The Broken Swords (a tale of war and redemption), The Gray Wolf (a...
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LibriVox recording of The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany. Read in English by Michele Fry This is a 1924 fantasy novel by Anglo-Irish writer Lord Dunsany, which became public domain in January 2020. It is widely recognized as one of the most acclaimed works in all of fantasy literature. Highly influential upon the fantasy genre as a whole, the novel was particularly formative in the subgenres of "fairytale fantasy" and "high fantasy". And yet, it deals always with...
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LibriVox recording of The Magic Mimics in Oz by Jack Snow. Read in English by Phil Chenevert The land of OZ is the happiest fairyland anywhere, but there are evil creatures whose only ambition is to destroy that happiness. Lurking inside Mount Illuso, just south of the Deadly Desert, live the Magic Mimics, a race devoted to causing the maximum chaos and unhappiness everywhere, but mainly in the land of OZ. Until now they have been kept at bay by a spell, but when Princess Ozma leaves OZ for 3...
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LibriVox recording of The Man Who Found Out (A Nightmare) by Algernon Blackwood. Read in English by Phil Chenevert A researcher goes on an expedition to find "The Tablets of the Gods" which have plagued his dreams since his boyhood. He finds them, and the horrible truth of humanity's true purpose in the universe. This story, "The Man Who Found Out" is an example to me of pure cosmic horror in that the horror comes totally from knowledge which is (in-story) so terrible that...
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LibriVox recording of The Tale of Miss Kitty Cat by Arthur Scott Bailey. Read in English by James R. Hedrick;; Winnifred Assmann; Eric Bowser; yourbookvoice; mleigh; gnels17; Joann Seah; TR Love; MIss Kitty Cat lives on a farm with the human family that she has adopted. Little Johnny Green is her favorite even though sometimes he plays trickson Miss Kitty. The many other animals, from the dog to the little mice all have adventures with with her but she always finds time to do what a cat...
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LibriVox recording of The Tale of Timothy Turtle (Version 2) by Arthur Scott Bailey. Read in English by DerekP; Kurt; Kurt; Kurt; Kurt; DerekP; DerekP; DerekP; DerekP; mleigh; mleigh; mleigh; SilentKnight; SilentKnight; yourbookvoice; yourbookvoice; Ellen Adams; MichelleF; Mary Balmer; MichelleF; Nan Dodge; Nan Dodge; Nan Dodge For a fellow that can only waddle slowly and spends a lot of time sleeping on the bottom of the pond, Timothy Turtle has a surprising number of adventures. This is...
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LibriVox recording of The Chronicles of America Volume 04 - Crusaders of New France by William Bennett Munro. Read in English by Jim Locke The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New World. This book focuses on the role that France played in America's journey to becoming a world power. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if...
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LibriVox recording of The Defence of the Bride and Other Poems by Anna Katharine Green. Read in English by Domenica Campbell; Ezwa; Crln Yldz Ksr; KHand; SionedV; Larry Wilson; reba; Newgatenovelist Anna Katharine Green is now best-known for her popular mystery and detective stories, but she also wrote some excellent poetry. - Summary by Carolin For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the...
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LibriVox recording of The Side of the Angels by Basil King. Read in English by Simon Evers The book is set in New England in the early 20th century in an old established community where times are rapidly changing but nonetheless the rules of a hierarchical society still hold good. Thor, a rich doctor from an old family, in trying to help Rosie, the poor woman he truly loves, offers her money so that his brother Claude can marry her and have the things they will need in life. Things unravel in...
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LibriVox recording of The Tale of Grunty Pig by Arthur Scott Bailey. Read in English by Shasta Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Grunty Pig is one of 16 stories of his Slumber-Town Tales series. - Summary by Larry Wilson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the...
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LibriVox recording of The Young Carthaginian by G. A. Henty. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Stephen Gibbons; Ravi Shankar; Lynne Thompson; Ralph Crown; Brett G. Hirsch; Arnie Horton; deongines; Edward Kirkby; Paige G; Brett W. Downey Typically, Henty's heroes are boys of pluck in troubled times, and this is no different. Detailed research is embellished with a vivid imagination, especially in this novel set in the Punic wars, about which knowledge is limited: "...certainly we had but a...
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LibriVox recording of The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan by Edwin P. Norwood. Read in English by Amelia Brennan; Wayne Cooke; Julian Pratley; Valentina Vocelli; mleigh; Sahil Dalal; Shasta; Lily; AmieT22; Owlivia; Tatiana Chichilla; danbrz; Paul Harvey Diggeldy Dan (rhymes with Wiggildy Wan) is a most ingenious fellow who lives in a circus called Spangleland. He looks like a clown because he perhaps is a clown but a very special clown who invites the Pretty Lady with the Blue Blue Eyes (a very...
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LibriVox recording of The Brown Brethren by Patrick MacGill. Read in English by KevinS The Brown Brethren tells the story of friends and comrades who fought together during World War I on the Western Front. The principal characters belong to the London Irish Rifles, a volunteer regiment whose 1st Battalion was mobilized immediately with the outbreak of the war. The 1st Battalion, to which this story's characters belong, especially distinguished itself at the Battle of Loos in 1915. This book...
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LibriVox recording of The Business of Being a Woman by Ida M. Tarbell. Read in English by MaryAnnS; Lydia Bateman; Jacquelyn Bengfort; CCGraham; Lynne Thompson; Michele Fry; Kathleen Moore; Mary Ann Weathers "The object of this little volume is to call attention to a certain distrust, which the author feels in the modern woman, of the significance and dignity of the work laid upon her by Nature and by society. Its ideas are the result of a long, if somewhat desultory, observation of the...
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LibriVox recording of The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde. Read in English by Phil Chenevert A collection of five stories by Oscar Wilde, all incorporating his inimitable style and wit. Sometimes sweet and uplifting, sometimes caustic and pointed, they all are well worth listening to. The Happy Prince is a beautiful tale about a statue of a prince, but one who can now see his city and kingdom and the sadness of his people. With the help of a little swallow he does what he can to...
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LibriVox recording of Terror Out of Space (Version 2) by Leigh Douglass Brackett. Read in English by Phil Chenevert "An eerie story of a silver land beneath the black Venusian seas. A grim tale of brooding terror whirling out of space to drive men mad, of a menace without name or form, and of the man, Lundy, who fought the horror, his eyes blinded by his will. For to see the terror was to become its slave—a mindless automaton whose only wish was to see behind the shadowed mysterious...
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LibriVox recording of The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain. Read in English by Phil Chenevert Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. The freshness, wonder and excitement of exploring a new world permeates Eve's thoughts as she takes great joy in her very existence and loves everything about it. To me this is obviously a posthumous love-letter to Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, or Livy,...
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LibriVox recording of The Double: A Petersburg Poem by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. (Translated by Constance Garnett.) Read in English by Greg Giordano and sid. This is the story of a mild-mannered civil servant, Mr. Golyadkin, who begins to see his "doppelganger" appearing in his life (at work, in society, etc). This "double" has all the qualities that the protagonist lacks. His "double" bullies and persecutes him, slowly taking his place in the world. As the story...
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LibriVox recording of The Texan Star by Joseph A. Altsheler. Read in English by Edmonds. This is the first story in the Texan series by Joseph Altsheler. The Texan Star outlines the great Texan struggle for freedom, following the adventures of the main character, Ned Fulton. (Summary by Edmonds) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free...
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LibriVox recording of Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Hauff. (Translated by Carolyn Norris Horwitz.) Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist, perhaps best known for his fairy tales ( Märchen ). Some of his stories, such as the Caliph Stork found in this volume, are popular in German-speaking countries to this day. In this book of fairy tales, we find the tale of the beautiful Swanhilde and various other stand-alone fairy tales, as well...
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LibriVox recording of Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan. Read in English by Helen Taylor A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady called Sally Nightingale feels responsible, and brings him home to her mother. But in a strange twist of fate it transpires that her mother is the man's ex wife, whom he divorced twenty years earlier in unhappy circumstances. The old attraction is there, but what...
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LibriVox recording of Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) by William Blake. Read in English by Foon. "Innocence" and "Experience" are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of "Paradise" and "Fall". Blake categorizes our modes of perception that became standard in Romanticism: childhood is a state of innocence rather than original sin, but not immune to the fallen world (experience). The first part of this...
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LibriVox recording of Short Story Collection 089 by Various. Read in English by ChadH94; Dale Grothmann; Daniel Davison; Owee; Garfield Dsouza; Piotr Nater Our 89th Short Story Collection is of exceptionally high quality. In addition to perennial favorites, such as Kate Chopin and Mark Twain, our Librivox readers have delved into the more esoteric, with a translation of a Polish tale, a story by Rabindranath Tagore and Charles Henkle. For further information, including links to online text,...
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LibriVox recording of Short Story Collection Vol 084 by Various. Read in English by Lynne T; Peter Thomlinson; Dale Grothmann; April6090; Tomewing; KevinS; Grace Buchanan; Kelly S. Taylor; Scott Danneker; ChadH94; Neslihan Stamboli And so we present the 84th Librivox Short Story Collection! Each tale is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. Once again, we have a wide variety of stories, from the amusing to the perplexing. Zane Grey, Maxim Gorky and H.G. Wells are among the authors selected...
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LibriVox recording of Short Story Collection Vol 074 by Various. Read in English by Matt Bounds; Ron Altman; Tony Scheinman; Lynne T; LikeManyWaters; Michele Fry; Peter Thomlinson; Dale Grothmann; Utek; Mari Patterson A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Dunsany, Ambrose Bierce and Edgar Allen Poe and others to bring you tales of mystery, the thought-provoking, the mystical and the...
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LibriVox recording of Short Story Collection 088 by Various. Read in English by Dale Grothmann; Daniel Davison; weezer; Laurell Farris; Peter Thomlinson; Wayne Cooke; Kelly S. Taylor; Owee Once more, we bring you a stellar collection of short stories, selected and read by Librivox readers. Joining regular favorites, such as Kate Chopin and Charles Dickens, we bring you Alexander Pushkin, Henry Iliowizi and Thomas Bailey Aldrich, among others. For further information, including links to online...
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LibriVox recording of Short Story Collection 082 by Various. Read in English by Craig Campbell; ChadH94; Peter Thomlinson; Colleen McMahon; Anita Sloma-Martinez; Lynne T; Wayne Cooke; Rusteinberg; KevinS A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, tales of dark times of war and conflict and more upbeat selections from Jane Austen and L.M. Montgomery round out this, the 82nd edition of the...
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LibriVox recording of Trains at Work by Mary Elting Folsom and David Lyle Millard Read in English by Larry Wilson; John; DrPGould; Kathleen Moore; BettyB This is a wonderful children's book about trains, specifically those exciting steam engines that covered our country in the early 1900's. It describes what it was like to ride in them, work in them, repair them, fix the tracks, repair 'hot boxes' and lots of other interesting things about those glorious days when America traveled by train. So...
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LibriVox recording of With Two Spoons For Two Spoons by Eugene Field. Read in English by AnnaMarie Tokas; Ann Boulais; Bruce Kachuk; Doug Fajardo; fshort; Greg Giordano; Lee Ann Howlett; MaryAnn; Maria Kasper Librivox volunteers bring you nine readings of With Two Spoons For Two Spoons, by Eugene Field. This was the weekly poem for the week of December 7, 2014. Summary by Ann Boulais For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other...
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LibriVox recording of The Thirty-Nine Steps (Version 2) by John Buchan. Read in English by Tom Haire. Richard Hannay thirsts for adventure. Down and out in early retirement in South London, Hannay bores of the easy life. When Franklin Scudder reveals a secret ploy to set all of Europe to arms, Hannay finds his cure. With experience, intelligence, and a good deal of luck, Richard Hannay peels the layers one step at a time. (Summary by Tom Haire) For further information, including links to online...
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LibriVox recording of שני ימים ולילה אחד בבית מלון אורחים (Two Days and One Night in a Hotel) by יהודה לייב גורדון Judah Leib Gordon Read in Hebrew by Omri Lernau Judah Leib Gordon was born to well-to-do Jewish parents who owned a hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania. He took a leading part in the modern revival of the Hebrew language and culture. His satires did much to rouse the Russian Jews to a new sense of the reality of life, and Gordon was the apostle...
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LibriVox recording of Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie. Read in English by Phil Chenevert The eternal boy leads us on adventures. more later. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (152MB)
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LibriVox recording of Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV by Frantz Funck-Brentano. (Translated by George Maidment.) Read in English by Jane Bennett The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators with more questions than answers among speculation and innuendo. Funck-Brentano was a scholar, librarian and expert on the political climate of eighteenth century France. Backing up his work...
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LibriVox recording of Poems of Purpose by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Read in English by Ken Masters; Ian King; Rosslyn Carlyle; Carol; MaryAnn; Julia Niedermaier; Shakira Searle; Soumen Barua; Rani K. This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, published in 1919. - Summary by Carolin For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books...
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LibriVox recording of Gretchen by Mary Jane Holmes. Read in English by Celine Major Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that Gretchen accompanied him on the boat and train back he then expects her to arrive at any moment. Meanwhile a child is found at the side of a woman frozen to death in the Tramp House nearby. Arthur's brother Frank believes he knows the child's identity but keeps it a secret...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Where the Pelican Builds by Mary Hannay Foott. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 1, 2014. Read in English by Angela J Brett; Assaf Koss; Arup Sen; David Lawrence; Ernst Pattynama; Ezwa; fshort; Glenn O'Brien; Jason Mills; Jeanie; Jannie Meisberger; Julia Niedermaier; Leonard Wilson; Malcolm Fisher; SkyAlbatross; Tom R Wilson and Teresa Bauman. Mary Hannay Foott was an Australian poet and editor who is best remembered for this...
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