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When William Came

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Saki

We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the 'What would have happened if Hitler had won the war' type and this is anothe…

George and Robert Stephenson

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

Lesson 36. Per. Kun. Sen.

In The Esperanto Teacher

Read by Andy

Helen Fryer

The international language Esperanto was first released to the world in 1887, when L. L. Zamenhof published his first book, "Dr. Espera…

Chapter 11

In Zadig or the Book of Fate

Read by Andy

Voltaire

Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…

Chapter 40

In Middlemarch

Read by Andy

George Eliot

The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Rosamon…

Bk 16: Ch 01-03

In The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Read by Andy

Henry Fielding

Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…

Echo

In Short Poetry Collection 059

Read by Andy

Christina Rossetti and Christina G. Rossetti

LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 059: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Book 07 - The Final Rescue - Chapter 01 - The Return to the Mill

In The Mill on the Floss

Read by Andy

George Eliot

The novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the river Floss near the village of St. Oggs, evi…

Winter: A Dirge - Read by PC

In Winter: A Dirge

Read by Andy

Robert Burns

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 different recordings of Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of…

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