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Book 23

In The Odyssey

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Homer, transl. Samuel Butler and Homer


The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly…

Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XI - Canto XV

In The Divine Comedy

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Dante Alighieri, transl. Longfellow and Dante Alighieri


The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 an…

El águila y la flecha

In Las Fábulas de Esopo, Vol. 1

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Aesop


Las clásicas Fábulas de Esopo han sido traducidas a todos idiomas por cientos de años. Las fábulas, en forma de …

A Few Mythological and Classical Names

In The Foolish Dictionary

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Gideon Wurdz and Charles Wayland Towne


"The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 190…

Simple Remedies

In Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Elizabeth E. Lea


The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic aff…

Chapter 07

In Beowulf

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Tr. Francis Barton Gummere, Unknowntranslated Byfrancis Barton Gummere and Translated Byfrancis Barton Gummere


This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a my…

The Impecunious Grasshopper and the Frugal Ant

In Fables for the Frivolous

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Guy Wetmore Carryl


One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writing…

Introduction

In Main Street

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Sinclair Lewis


Carol Milford is a liberal, free-spirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of Minneapolis. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is…

Ozymandias of Egypt

In Short Poetry Collection 004

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Percy Bysshe Shelley


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 004: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

01 – Chapters 1 through 6

In Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


James Baldwin and Daniel Defoe


Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the…

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