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In The Aeneid of Virgil (Version 2)

Read by George Allen


Virgil


The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy,…

Chapter 11: The Semi-Socratics | Part 1: The Cynics

In A Critical History of Greek Philosophy

Read by George Nissan


Walter Terence Stace


This book contains the substance, and for the most part the words, of a course of public lectures delivered during the first three months of…

Tamerlane

In The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Read by George Allen


Edgar Allan Poe


In placing before the public this collection of Edgar Poe's poetical works, it is requisite to point out in what respects it differs from, a…

Wingfold and Barbara

In There and Back

Read by George Emerson


George MacDonald


An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …

A Ship and a Man to The Man and the Bird

In Fantastic Fables

Read by George Banfield


Ambrose Bierce


A collection of 245 short funny fables - Summary by Inkell

Germanicus at Thebes

In Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Khedivé

Read by George Banfield


Foster Barham Zincke


Those particulars of the History of Egypt, and of its present condition, in which it differs from other countries, are factors of the idea t…

Introduction.

In Gulliver's Travels (Version 2)

Read by George Banfield


Jonathan Swift


Join Gulliver in this classic story as he voyages all over the place. - Summary by Victoria Bell

Improvement by means of the Stud-book

In The Percheron horse

Read by George Banfield


Charles Du Hays


The little volume which is now presented to the notice of the lovers of the horse in America is a translation of the work of a distinguished…

from the ancient Roman Aeneid: "The Wanderings of Aeneas" retold by H. L. Havell

In Tales of 1927: A Selection of Folktales, Fables, and Legends from Books Publish…

Read by George Banfield


Herbert Lord Havell


This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published (or re-published) in 1927, covering…

Vespucci's Works

In The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci

Read by George Banfield


Amerigo Vespucci


Amerigo Vespucci was, arguably, the first person to explore North and South America from Cape Hatteras to Uruguay or Argentina, 35° nort…

House-Boat "Arcadia"

In My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

Read by George Banfield


J. M. Barrie


J. M. Barrie, the author best known for Peter Pan, pens witty anecdotes of smoking, having quit the habit. He relates various humorous accou…

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