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Chapter XII, In which a Shooting Match is proposed

In The History of Pendennis

Read by Michelle Tan


William Makepeace Thackeray


In Pendennis, William Makepeace Thackeray skillfully shows the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis, a young gentleman trying to make his way i…

A Bad Night

In A Thief in the Night - Version 2

Read by Michelle Tan


E. W. Hornung


A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was …

Section XV - Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena

In Theory of Colours

Read by Michelle Tan


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

05 - PRINCE SNEEZE

In The Firelight Fairy Book

Read by Valerie Tan


Henry Beston


One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of win…

The Story of the Wind

In Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

Read by Michelle Tan


Hans Christian Andersen


A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…

Gandacelul

In Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection 001

Read by Veronica Tan


Emil Garleanu and Emil Gârleanu


In LibriVox’s Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favorite public-domain fairy tales. This is a collection of…

The Despairing Lover - Read by VT

In The Despairing Lover

Read by Valerie Tan


William Walsh


LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of The Despairing Lover by William Walsh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 11, …

Part II - Chapter XIX

In My Lady's Money

Read by Michelle Tan


Wilkie Collins


Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…

Chapter 20

In Howards End (version 3)

Read by Michelle Tan


E. M. Forster


Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era.…

A Meeting With Ellen

In The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

Read by Michelle Tan


E. Phillips Oppenheim


Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old ho…

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