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The Valley of Fear (Version 2)

Read by Alisson Veldhuis

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

John Douglas has been murdered at Birlstone manner, but Sherlock Holmes' main concern is the missing dumbell in the murder room. This fourth…

The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)

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Thomas Hardy

In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 2)

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Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, "A Pure Woman," is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by h…

The Last Day of a Condemned

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Victor Hugo

A man who has been condemned to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not bet…

The Highwayman

In Short Poetry Collection 096

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Alfred Noyes (1880-1958) and Alfred Noyes

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.

00 - Dedication

In Diary of an Old Soul

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George MacDonald

George MacDonald, a Scottish pastor, wrote these short poems, one for each day of the year, to help him with the severer misfortune he was e…

The Lay of Gugemar

In French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France

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Marie de France. [Translated by Eugene Mason] and Marie De France

The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess the…

01 - Volume I Chapter 1

In The Mysterious Island (version 2)

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Jules Verne

The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, dur…