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Chapter 5: Political Influences

In The Road

Read by Sarah Rothwell


Hilaire Belloc


"We are arrived at a chief turning-point in the history of the English highway. New instruments of locomotion, a greater volume of traf…

Ch. XVII - Beaumarchais and the Brigands of the Leichtenholtz

In Figaro: The Life of Beaumarchais

Read by Sarah Rothwell


John Rivers


Beaumarchais – Watchmaker, music teacher, politician, opportunist, publisher, secret agent for Louis XVI, yet fomenter of revolution in both…

The Snail and the Rose-Tree

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 025

Read by Sarah Brown


Leo Tolstoy and Hans Christian Andersen


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 025: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Preface; To the Teacher

In Agriculture for Beginners

Read by Sarah Jennings


Charles William Burkett


A textbook used by many public schools in the early 20th century. The authors believe that "agriculture is eminently a teachable subjec…

The Fir and the Bramble

In Fables of Aesop and Others

Read by Sarah Brown


Aesop


The origins of these fables are perhaps lost in obscurity, but they are so closely identified with the Greek writer Aesop, that we may regar…

The Arrow and the Song

In Short Poetry Collection 208

Read by Sarah Jabir


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


This is a collection of 67 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2020.

Little Homer's Slate - Red by SLB

In Little Homer's Slate

Read by Sarah LuAnn


Eugene Field


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Little Homer's Slate by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 6th, 2…

Judy's Visit

In The Vicar's Daughter

Read by Sarah B


George MacDonald


This is the third book of the 'Marshmallow' trilogy. It is a fictional autobiography written by Ethelwyn Percivale, or 'Wynnie'. Her father …

Summer Rain (Poem)

In Home Geography for Primary Grades

Read by Sarah Jennings


C. C. Long


Lessons and exercises for young children, exploring map and compass, mountains and rivers, trees and flowers, wind and rain, and more. (Summ…

Chapter VI Part One May

In Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amate…

Read by Sarah Nuxoll


Gertrude Jekyll


Wood and Garden reads like a walk through the garden with renowned garden designer Gertrude Jekyll as she discusses her plant choices and pl…

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