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Book 5 – 07

In The Return of the Native

Read by Graham Williams


Thomas Hardy


Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Vic…

Vanity Fair - Chapter 53 - A Rescue And A Catastrophe

In Favourite Chapters Collection 002

Read by Graham Williams


William Makepeace Thackeray


A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…

Oh Captain! My Captain!

In Short Poetry Collection 082

Read by Melinda Williams


Walt Whitman


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of August 2009.

Business – Read by CAW

In Business

Read by Christopher Williams


Ambrose Bierce


LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Business by Ambrose Bierce. This was the weekly poetry project for August 2nd, 2009.

Section 4

In Write it Right

Read by Paul Williams


Ambrose Bierce


Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives - entertaining, though…

Biographical Sketch & Lincoln-Douglas Debate Opening Speech

In Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln

Read by Matt Williams


Abraham Lincoln


A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)

Chapter IV Special Articles - Part Three

In The American Postal Service, Second Edition

Read by Matt Williams


Louis Melius


The history of the postal service in the United States goes back to the colonial period, but was established more formally with the issuing …

Benedetto da Maiano

In Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 3

Read by Lee Williams


Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

Version 5

In Early Spring

Read by Graham Williams


Fay Inchfawn


The Vernal Equinox signals the time when the winter’s cold mantle begins to succumb to the warming influences of the oncoming spring. Fay In…

Introduction

In Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience

Read by Joel Williams


Ike Matthews


No big city without rats, particularly back in Ike Matthews' time. The professional rat catcher explains to us in this little volume the bes…

Version 5

In To His Coy Mistress

Read by Graham Williams


Andrew Marvell


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches …

Chapter 04

In Death Be Not Proud

Read by Graham Williams


John Donne


This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remembe…

Version 14

In Art and Heart

Read by Graham Williams


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 3…

bk1_01 - The Legende of the Knight of Redcrosse - Canto 01

In The Faerie Queene Book 1

Read by Graham Williams


Edmund Spenser


"The First Book of the Faerie Queene Contayning The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse or Holinesse".The Faerie Queene was ne…

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