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Breakdown and Bereavement, first published in 1920, is the story of a young Jewish immigrant in Palestine in the early 20th century. Like ma…

The Characters Of Theophrastus

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Theophrastus

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

The House of Hospitalities

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Thomas Hardy

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The House of Hospitalities by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 13…

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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:

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…

C. H. Spurgeon's Prayers

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Charles H. Spurgeon

The day on which a volume of C. H. Spurgeon's Pulpit Prayers appears is a day to be desired. Decidedly this selection of the great preacher'…

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He was devise…

Best Russian Short Stories

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Varioustranslated Bythomas Seltzer

In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th c…

Christmas With Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Selection Of Stories

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

This work is a selection of Christmas stories (or sometimes chapters) of Lucy Maud Montgomery from different sources and different times. Th…

Wounds In The Rain; War Stories

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Stephen Crane

Eleven stories of war by the author of The Red Badge of Courage. Stephen Crane was an American author. He is recognized by modern critics …

Agriculture for Beginners

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Charles William Burkett

A textbook used by many public schools in the early 20th century. The authors believe that "agriculture is eminently a teachable subjec…

Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

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Thomas De Quincey

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his…

Little Masterpieces of Autobiography: Actors

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George Iles

The playwright gives a play its plot, characters, dialog and form, but its sense of living reality is conveyed by the art of the actor. This…

The Training of Wild Animals

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Frank Charles Bostock

Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment …

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Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs th…

Marion, the Story of an Artist's Model

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Onoto Watanna

In this Asian/Canadian perspective on "foreignness," Marion (the protagonist) eventually leaves the cruelty of racial discriminati…

Song of the Shingle-Splitters

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Henry Kendall

LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Song of the Shingle-Splitters by Henry C. Kendall. This was the weekly poetry project for June…

The Lost Lagoon

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E. Pauline Johnson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of The Lost Lagoon by Emily Pauline Johnson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 8, 2022. …

The Incident Of The Russian Visitors

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Carter Mysteries: The Incident of the Russian Visitors By Jonathan Holloway The 20th Century has left the Carter warehouse crammed with hist…

Revelations of Divine Love

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Julian Of Norwich

Julian of Norwich (c. November 8, 1342 – c. 1416) is considered to be one of the greatest English mystics. Little is known of her life aside…

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