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Optimism, An Essay

Read by Michele Fry


Helen Keller


Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, …

The Leopard's Spots

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Thomas Dixon, Jr.


The first in a trilogy of the Reconstruction era - The Leopard's Spots (1902), The Clansman (1905), and The Traitor (1907), parts of this no…

The Traitor

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Thomas Dixon, Jr.


Dixon lived through Reconstruction, and believed it ranked with the French Revolution in brutality and criminal acts. The Traitor (1907), th…

Demian, The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth

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Hermann Hesse


Somewhat autobiographical, this "coming of age" novel unfolds an introspective boy's formative years in pre-World War 1 Germany, f…

Capital and Interest

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Frédéric Bastiat


Frédéric Bastiat was an early 19th century French economist/statesman whose common sense essays tried to battle the rise of so…

Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Compiled from her Letters and Journals

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Charles Edward Stowe


Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896), of Cincinnati, was the most famous female American author of her age, and is said to h…

Deirdre

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James Stephens


Beautiful, playful young Deirdre, caught in the crosshairs of Ireland's wily, chauvinistic King Conachur, who desires to marry her after his…

I. Chapters 1-6

In Mongan's Frenzy

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James Stephens


James Stephens is famous for his retellings of Irish myths and fairy tales. This tale is about 1.5 hours in length, full of magical lore and…

The Cobbler Astrologer by Charles John Tibbitts

In Short Story Collection Vol. 074

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Charles John Tibbits


A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Arthur Conan D…

Preface to "The Working Life of Women in the 17th Century"

In LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection

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Alice Clark


"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…

Section 45: Proclamations

In A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant

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James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant


The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…

Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 089

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Booker T. Washington


"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete …

Seth Miles and the Sacred Fire

In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series

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Cornelia A. P. Comer


This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern sho…

Introduction

In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (Version 3)

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Jules Verne


Originally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged …

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