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Chapter XV

In The Late Mattia Pascal

Read by Peter Tucker

Luigi Pirandello

Mattia Pascal grew up in a small Italian town not dissimilar to that of the author's upbringing. Pascal leads a somewhat feckless boyhood, a…

A Farewell to Arms

In Short Poetry Collection 147

Read by Peter Tucker

George Peele

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

Morning in the Bush

In Poems and Songs

Read by Peter Tucker

Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall was the first Australian poet to draw his inspiration from the life, scenery and traditions of the country. In the beginnings …

Dialogue between a Goblin and a Gnome

In Essays and Dialogues

Read by Peter Tucker

Giacomo Leopardi

"We would no more choose to feed the minds of our countrymen and women with the despairing utterances of the pessimist poet, than we wo…

To a Mountain

In Songs from the Mountains

Read by Peter Tucker

Henry Kendall

This is a volume of late poetry by Australian poet Henry Kendall, published in 1880. The poems in this volume are prime examples of the styl…

Introduction

In The Captives

Read by Peter Tucker

Hugh Walpole

A story of alienation from the society which holds one captive, told from the standpoint of a young woman whose life is suddenly disrupted, …

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