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The Metamorphosis (version 2)

Read by David Richardson


Franz Kafka


"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 and one of his best known works. The story begins with a …

Home Sweet Home - Read by DR

In Home Sweet Home

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John Howard Payne


Originally from the Opera 'Clari, Maid of Milan,' 'Home! Sweet Home!' is John Howard Payne's most famous work. Written in 1823 it has been w…

05 - The Cry Baby

In Slovenly Betsy

Read by David Richardson


Heinrich Hoffmann


Hienrich Hoffmann was a German psychiatrist and doctor. He had written poetry and sketches for his son, and was persuaded to have a collecti…

Speech: The Royal Academy Dinner, May 2 1870

In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2

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Charles Dickens


This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…

The Little Star - Read by DR

In The Little Star

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Unknown


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Little Star, author unknown, which parodies the previous week's children's favourite The …

Horse of the Invisible, The

In The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1

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William Hope Hodgson


The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes was a British TV series from the early 70s that dramatized stories written contemporaneously with the Sherlock…

Song - Read by DR

In Song (Seward version)

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Anna Seward


LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of Song by Anna Seward. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 1, 2012.Anna Seward was an …

The Star - Read by DR

In The Star

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Jane Taylor


To take you back to your childhood, LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 recordings of The Star by Jane Taylor. This was the Weekly Poetry proje…

Filboid Studge, The Story of a Mouse That Helped

In Coffee Break Collection 006 - Food and Drink

Read by David Richardson


Saki


This is the sixth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…

00 - Preface

In Poems

Read by David Richardson


Wilfred Owen


A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…

Mr. Tilly's Seance

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 013

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E.F. Benson and E. F. Benson


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up y…