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030 - Part I, Book the Third, Chapter II - The Effect of Snow

In The Man Who Laughs

Read by Ted Garvin

Victor Hugo

The Man Who Laughs is a novel by Victor Hugo, originally published in April 1869 under the French title L'Homme qui rit. Also published unde…

05 - The Utility of Religion, Part 01

In Three Essays on Religion

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John Stuart Mill

The Three Essays on Religion were written at different times during Mill's life, and only published after his death. The first two, 'Nature'…

16 - Book 1, Chapters 41 - 42

In Amadis of Gaul

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Vasco de Lobeira and Vasco De Lobeira

Amadis of Gaul (Amadís de Gaula, in Spanish) was not the first, but certainly one of the best known knight-errantry tales of the 16th…

02 - OF SORROW

In Essays book 1

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Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

15 - A Mission to Ireland

In In Freedom's Cause

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G. A. Henty

Another stirring tale from the master of historical fiction set in the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace and their struggle for Scotl…

The Lay of Graelent

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…

12 - Book 7, Chapters 14-23: The theory of generation; some account of the teet…

In The Natural History Volume 2

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Pliny the Elder

Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …