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James Sallis Eye Of The Cricket



James Sallis' intriguing novel. Set in late nineties New Orleans. "The storm came in over the lake, bowing the shaggy heads of young tr…

The Wreck of the Hesperus

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you ten recordings of "The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Fortnightly Poem for Aug…

Poems on Slavery

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


This is a short volume of abolitionist poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1842. As Wikipedia notes, Longfellow himself…

J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time

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William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean

Excerpts from ''A Bibliography of the Work of Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clem…

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Merle Devore Johnson


As printed, this book contains an extensive listing of Mark Twain's work. Rather than repeating that listing, this recording simply reflects…

Lost Leaders

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Andrew Lang


Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…

The Good Dog Book

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John Hay Beith, John Brown, Barry Cornwall, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, Henry Herbert Knibbs, John Muir, Ouida, William Robert Spencer, Eva March Tappan and J. T. Trowbridge


A collection of adult stories and poems - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Most of these selections contain v…

The Life of Washington, Volume 5

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John James Marshall


Volume five of John Marshall's biography follows Washington through his second term ending in the election of John Adams and Washington's re…

The Egregious English

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T. W. H. Crosland


This 1903 book is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of English people and subjects. Within the humor (or humour), the listener may be surprised by s…

Four Hundred Years of Freethought, Part 1

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Samuel Porter Putnam


This is Samuel Putnam's tour of European literature which began to appear once the globe was circumnavigated and the printing press made boo…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102

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Various


"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…

A Book of Scoundrels

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Charles Whibley


An ironic history of British criminals, mostly pre-Victorian pickpockets, highwaymen and thieves. Here we meet Moll Cutpurse the Queen of th…

The Soft Side

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Henry James


Lauded author Henry James, best known for his seminal and highly influential novella The Turn of the Screw and his highly literate trans-con…

Heroines of Fiction

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William Dean Howells


This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…

The Ivory Tower

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Henry James


An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…

Snow-Flakes

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 20…

The Man of Feeling

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Henry Mackenzie


A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…

Nature

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of Nature, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 20th, 2021.…

Sonnets

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T. W. H. Crosland


This inspiring collection of sonnets from British author T.W.H. Crosland displays the creativity, keen powers of observation and the unsurpa…

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