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A Fish Story

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Clara Doty Bates


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Fish Story by Clara Doty Bates.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 8, 2022. …

Lost Illusions: Two Poets

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


Two Poets (1837) is the first book in Balzac’s Lost Illusions trilogy, which is part of his sweeping set of novels collectively titled La Co…

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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada


Lectures of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the Bhagavad-gita, verse by verse. Visit: 

O Captain! My Captain!

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Walt Whitman


In honor of President’s Day, LibriVox brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This classic poem was written…

History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution: V…

Read by Maria Therese


Rev. James Maccaffrey


This first volume of a two volume set traces the trials and triumphs of the Catholic Church during the period before the reformation up to t…

Ball of Fat (Boule de suif) Version 2

Read by Bob Neufeld


Guy de Maupassant


Boule de Suif (1880) is a short story by the late-19th century French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is arguably his most famous short story, …

Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs

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Lafcadio Hearn


Kottō contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collect…

The Fatal Three

Read by Celine Major


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Written by one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century The Fatal Three although not as sensational as some of her other novels serv…

The Characters Of Theophrastus

Read by David Wales


Theophrastus


Theophrastus ( c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic School. He wrote on many to…

True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons

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Cleveland Moffett


In his true crime collection, True Detective Stories: From the Archives of the Pinkertons, Cleveland Moffett details some of the more fascin…

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frederick Thomas Jane


Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…

Cutlass and Cudgel

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George Manville Fenn


Based around the crew of cutter HMS White Hawk, this is a tale of smuggling in the early 19th century off the coast of Wessex. The midshipma…

The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 2

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Archibald Forbes


This Part 2 of "The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80" discusses the 1878-80 war, which was one of the major conflicts during the Gr…

Lancashire Characters and Places

Read by Phil Benson


Thomas Newbigging


An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…

Winter Evening

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Archibald Lampman


Archibald Lampman was a Canadian poet. "He has been described as 'the Canadian Keats;' and he is perhaps the most outstanding exponent …

Piloting Directions for the Gulf of Finland

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John William Norie


Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant v…

Essays in Idleness

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi


Agnes Repplier


Agnes Repplier was a popular and highly regarded essayist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who was also well known on the lecture ci…

The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume II

Read by Nicole Lee


François-René de Chateaubriand


Volume II of Chateaubriand's Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb, translated by Teixeira de Mattos. This volume covers the period from his return t…

Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

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Clement Clarke Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a weekly poetry project. (Summ…

The Story of the Trapper

Read by Ted Lienhart


Agnes C. Laut


Canadian outdoors-woman and popular author Agnes Laut vividly portrays the men who braved the western wildernesses of Canada and U.S. year-a…

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