C. J. Dennis

Australian Miscellany


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A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readin…

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke


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The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine edi…

Short Poetry Collection 170


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This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2017. It includes a longer poem, Parliament of the Birds by Farid ud-D…

Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme


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Jim, an axe-man for a sawmill, who is a hard-knuckled, two-fisted fighting man when he has to be, but is shy around women, longs to find a w…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 020


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LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 020: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

The Glugs of Gosh


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First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

Short Poetry Collection 141


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

Bill & Doreen's Courtship (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")


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"The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke" is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in …

Digger Smith


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“Digger Smith” is a series of narrative poems about an Australian soldier coming home in the closing months of the Great War minus a leg and…

Short Poetry Collection 140


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This is a collection of 32 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2015.

Children's Short Works, Vol. 022


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LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 022: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Bill & Doreen's Married Life


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"Bill & Doreen's Married Life (Selections from "Doreen")" is the sequel to "Bill & Doreen's Courtship"…

Short Poetry Collection 088


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April, May, and June 2010.

Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")


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"Bill & Doreen Get Hitched" is the sequel to "Bill & Doreen's Courtship". "The Songs of a Sentimental Blok…

Short Poetry Collection 143


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This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015.

Short Poetry Collection 080


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of June 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 079


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of May 2009.

The Australaise


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of The Austra--laise by C.J.Dennis. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 13, 2013.…

Short Poetry Collection 142


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This is a collection of 23 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2015.Two poems of medium length in this collection:#04 "Copernic…

Short Poetry Collection 184


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This is a collection of 38 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2018.

Short Poetry Collection 161


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This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2016.

Short Poetry Collection 207


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This is a collection of 70 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2020.

A Ruined Reversolet


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Ruined Reversolet by C. J. Dennis. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 28, 2012.…

The Publisher


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Publisher by C.J. Dennis. This was the weekly poetry project for June 28th, 2009.