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The First American Chess Congress

In The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion

Read by Jacob Paul Starr

Frederick Milnes Edge

Paul Morphy, born in New Orleans in 1837, was considered the greatest chess player of his era. He was a child prodigy who learned playing ch…

29 - At the Gates of Gomez

In Insurgent Mexico

Read by Jacob Paul Starr

John Reed

In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pa…

The Hungry Death, Chapter 1

In The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly and Other Stories

Read by Jacob Paul Starr

Rosa Mulholland

This is a collection of 10 original ghost stories by Rosa Mulholland, published in 1880. Some only one section long; others spread out over …

The Pride of the Woosters is Wounded

In The Inimitable Jeeves

Read by Jacob Paul Starr

P. G. Wodehouse

When either Bertie Wooster or his friends found themselves in the soup or in dangerous proximity to the tureen, the instinct of one and all …

05 - Some Strange Phenomena

In The Underground City or the Child of the Cavern

Read by Jacob Alden Miller

Jules Verne

Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiv…

015 - Lembranças saudosas, se cuidais

In Sonetos - Poemas Filosoficos

Read by M.

Luís Vaz de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões é frequentemente considerado como o maior poeta de língua portuguesa e dos maiores da Humanid…

053 - Se tanta pena tenho merecida

In Sonetos - Poemas de Amor

Read by M.

Luis Vaz de Camoes and Luís Vaz de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões (c. 1524 — 10 de Junho de 1580) é frequentemente considerado como o maior poeta de língua por…

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