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Bk 4: Section II, and Song II: The Bondage of Passion

In The Consolation of Philosophy

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (transl. James) and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius


Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been…

Sonnet 73 - read by HMG

In Sonnet 073

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William Shakespeare


To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of Sonnet 73. This was the weekly poetry project…

Prejudices of Philosophers

In Beyond Good and Evil

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Friedrich Nietzsche


First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important. In it, Nietzsche denounced what he cons…

Chapter 6

In Typhoon

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Joseph Conrad


Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…

SIX WAYS TO COOK CATFISH

In How to Cook Fish

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Olive Green and Myrtle Reed


Olive Green is the pseudonym for the prolific late 19th Century/early 20th Century author, Myrtle Reed. She wrote over thirty-three books an…

Chapter 07

In A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

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Jules Verne


Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre d…

029 - Vingt-neuvième nuit

In Les Mille et une nuits, tome 1

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Antoine Galland and Anonymoustranslated Byantoine Galland


Afin de ne plus être déçu par les femmes, le sultan Schahriar décide d'épouser une jeune fille chaque jour…

Part 2, Chapter 1

In White Fang

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Jack London


White Fang (1906) was written as a companion to Jack London's successful Call of the Wild (1903). It is the tale of a wild dog born in the …

Chapter 11

In Dracula

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Bram Stoker


The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity…

Aphorisms 1 - 21

In The Golden Sayings of Epictetus

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Epictetus


Aphorisms from the Stoic Greek.

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