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A Strange Disappearance (Version 2)

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Anna Katharine Green


Housekeeper Mrs. Daniels brings to Detective Ebenezer Gryce and his assistant Q the case of a serving girl who has vanished from the househo…

The Inheritors (Version 2)

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Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford


An invading group from the Fourth Dimension takes over a corrupt Earth - Summary by Mark Leder

That Affair Next Door (Version 2)

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Anna Katharine Green


One evening, New York society doyenne looks out her window and sees a man and woman entering the mansion opposite hers. Ten minutes later, o…

Romance

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Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford


Second of three collaborations between Conrad and Ford. The hero and narrator, John Kemp, gets involved with smugglers, Caribbean pirates, …

Petticoat Government, Volume 1

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Frances Milton Trollope


The lives and intrigues of the Jenkyns family and their neighbors, in the cathedral town of Westhampton, 1825. - Summary by Mark Leder

Petticoat Government, Volume 2

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Frances Milton Trollope


The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder

Catherine: A Story

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William Makepeace Thackeray


The wild and raw adventures of Catherine Hayes, who was burned for murder at Tyburn in 1742 - Summary by Mark Leder

One Man's Initiation--1917

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John Dos Passos


In this semi-autobiographical work, his first novel, John Dos Passos describes the experiences of young Martin Howe as an ambulance driver, …

The Nature of a Crime

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Joseph Conrad


The first of three collaborations between Conrad and Ford. On the verge of being found out in a matter of breach of fiduciary trust and fina…

The Fifth Queen Crowned

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Ford Madox Ford


This is the final book of Ford's The Fifth Queen trilogy, a series of historical novels presenting a fictionalized version of the life of Ka…

The Fortune of the Rougons, Book One of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)

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Émile Zola


The first book in the 20-novel Rougon-Macquart Cycle. A monument of French naturalism. The sprawling tale of a family in Provence, during …

Petticoat Government, Volume 3

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Frances Milton Trollope


The adventures--in society, in love--of Judith Maitland conclude.

The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Émile Zola


Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…

The Fat and the Thin, Book Three of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Émile Zola


Florent, an escaped political prisoner, finds shelter with his half-brother Quenu, and his wife Lisa Quenu (a Macquart). They get him a job…

Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)

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George Eliot


The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder

The Pardoner's Tale

In The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

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Geoffrey Chaucer


Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or Italian), Chaucer's magnum opus is a collection o…

Astrophil and Stella, Sonnet 17

In LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection

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Sir Philip Sidney


"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Antwerp

In Short Poetry Collection 237

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Ford Madox Ford


This is a collection of 34 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2023.