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The Picture of Dorian Gray

Read by John Gonzalez


Oscar Wilde


Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basi…

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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Oscar Wilde


Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross inde…

A Modest Proposal

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Jonathan Swift


Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatt…

CHAPTER V - THE PICTURE OF CROWD SPLENDOR

In The Art of the Moving Picture

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Vachel Lindsay


"This 1922 book by poet and sometime cultural critic Vachel Lindsay might have been the first to treat the then-new medium of moving pi…

A Retrospect

In David Copperfield

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Charles Dickens


"David Copperfield" or "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blun…

The Apology - Read by JAG

In The Apology

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Ralph Waldo Emerson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 different recordings of The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week…

Good Hours - Read by JAG

In Good Hours

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Robert Frost


LibriVox volunteers bring you 41 different recordings of Good Hours by Robert Frost. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Sept…

Version 16

In Art and Heart

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 3…