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Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans Vol. 4

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus


Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral …

Mice & Other Poems

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Gerald Bullett


Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote bot…

Vol. 3 - Chapter 3

In Helen

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Maria Edgeworth


Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…

How the Old Horse Won the Bet

In Long Poems Collection 008

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.


LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 008: a collection of 14 public-domain poems longer than 10 minutes in length.

Henry Purcell

In Short Poetry Collection 151

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Gerard Manley Hopkins


This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2015.

Part 1, Chapter 6 - Retribution

In Men, Women and Guns

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


H. C. McNeile and Sapper


World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…

VI Men Kissing Each Other

In The Art of Kissing

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Will Rossiter


The Art of Kissing is both a history of and a manual for the probably most widely practised enjoyment on the planet. (Summary by Availle)

Fascination

In Short Poetry Collection 153

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


John B. Tabb


This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2016.

THE BACKGROUND

In The Chronicles of Clovis

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Saki


This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…

Messmates

In Short Poetry Collection 157

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Sir Henry Newbolt


This is a collection of 23 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2016.

The Song of Courtesy

In Short Poetry Collection 152

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


George Meredith


This is a collection of 26 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2016.

Layden Once More

In The Laughing Cavalier; Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Baroness Emma Orczy


The enigmatic smile of The Laughing Cavalier of Franz Hals' famous painting invites you to wonder just what mischievousness hides behind tha…

The Haunted Palace

In The Bells and Other Poems

Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)


Edgar Allan Poe


This is a collection of the most famous poems by Edgar Allan Poe. It includes all of his most famous poems, such as the Bells and Annabel Le…