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History and Fiction

Read by Roy Schreiber

Roy Schreiber

Why don't writers who fictionalize history just write fiction? Why did Shakespeare call his character Richard III or King John? Why not ca…

Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora

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George Hamilton

George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty …

The Sincere Huron (L'Ingénu)

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Voltaire

L'Ingénu is a satirical novella by the French writer Voltaire, published in 1767. It tells the story of a Huron Indian transported to…

Extracts from 'The New and Complete Newgate Calendar', Vol. 1

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William Jackson

Volume One of the New and Complete Newgate Calendar, covering the years 1700 through 1723, relates stories of British trials, the persons ac…

The Cripple

In Short Story Collection Vol. 037

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Guy de Maupassant

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 037: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by LibriVox members.

The Baroness

In Short Story Collection Vol. 036

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Guy de Maupassant

A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by a group of LibriVox members.The story of The Lamplighter (…