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Chapter 09

In War and Peace, Book 01: 1805

Read by Richard Grove

Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

Chapter 6

In Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One’s Reason and of Seeking Truth

Read by Richard Grove

Rene Descartes and René Descartes

The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation “cogito ergo sum”, “I think, therefore I am.” …. It is a method …

ON THE KNOCKING AT THE GATE IN MACBETH

In Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

Read by Richard Grove

Thomas de Quincey and 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…

CHAPTER 46

In The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

Read by Richard Wallis

Charles Dickens

The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…

Chapter 1.XXI.—The study of Gargantua, according to the discipline of his schoo…

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I

Read by Richard Wallis

Francois Rabelais and François Rabelais

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

Marooned Under The Sea by Paul Ernst, Part 3

In Astounding Stories 09, September 1930

Read by Richard Ellwood

Paul Ernst and Miles J. Breuer

This is a collection of short science fiction stories by various writers, circa 1930. Writers include Paul Ernst, Miles Breuer, Ray Cumming…

In France and Ireland: The World and the Other World

In William Penn

Read by Richard Vogel

George Hodges

Biography of William Penn - Summary by Richard Vogel

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