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Lucretia Borgia

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Ferdinand Gregorovius


According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day. Lucretia Borgia is the most unfortunate woman in modern history. Is this beca…

Tragedy

In Greek Literature

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Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard


"The Greeks were the most intellectual people of the old world. … The study of Greek literature is therefore a proper element in a libe…

Chapter IX. Of Puss in Proverbs, in the Dark Ages, and in the Company of Wicked…

In The Book of Cats

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Charles Henry Ross


One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: t…

Regret

In Love Stories Volume 4

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Guy de Maupassant


Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, offered by Librivox volunteers, covering all kinds of experiences involving romance or oth…

Chapter 17

In My Actor-Husband

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Anonymous


In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and stri…

The First Printer

In Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

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James Baldwin


Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythol…

The Apartment House - Read by EM

In The Apartment House

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Joyce Kilmer


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Apartment House by Alfred Joyce Kilmer.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 3, 2…

Book V, Chapters 33 to 42

In The History of Rome, volume 1

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Titus Livius


The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…

The Portable Vacuum Cleaner

In Cheating the Junk-Pile — The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments

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Ethel Rose Peyser


This book of advice about the purchase and care of household appliances is intended to cheat the junk-pile by inspiring the buyer to get the…

Empress Josephine, Part 2

In Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women

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Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings m…

Louisa May Alcott and Raymond MacDonald Alden

In The Latch Key of My Bookhouse

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Olive Beaupre Miller


This is the final book in a six volume set of the "My Bookhouse" books. This final title in the series leaves off the format of th…