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Best Way to Read a Book
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Edgar A. Guest
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Best Way to Read a Book by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…
A Short History of England
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of men and their interac…
Robert Browning (Version 2)
Read by Owlivia
G. K. Chesterton
This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…
Skiddoo!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh
John Henry is quite a character! King of the "Beloved of the Short Arm Jab". John Henry has his own unique perspective on the even…
The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes (Version 2)
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Leroy F. Jackson
PETER PATTER told them to me,All the little rimes,Whispered them among the bushesHalf a hundred times.Peter lives upon a mountainPretty near…
Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…
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John Kendrick Bangs
Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051
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Various
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
04 Maigret In Society
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4: Maigret in Society First broadcast: Sat 11th Sep 1976, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Translated by Robe…
The Dawn of a To-morrow
Read by Linda Andrus
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city.He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day…
Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey
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Thomas De Quincey
The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
In Time of Pestilence, 1593
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Thomas Nashe
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of In Time of Pestilence, 1593 by Thomas Nashe. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 1s…
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Version 2)
Read by Peter Dann
Henry Fielding
"I do not pretend to say the young man is without faults; but they are all the faults of wildness and of youth; faults which he may, na…
Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin
Read by Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill
Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill
University of Oxford Podcasts
John Gutenberg, First Master Printer: His Acts and Most Remarkable Discourses a…
Read by Claudia Salto
Franz Von Dingelstedt
This is a brief sketch of the last years of the life of Johannes (John) Gutenberg, the man who invented the movable letter press. We join hi…
The History Of Sir Richard Calmady
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Lucas Malet
Lucas Malet is the pen name of Mary Kingsley, daughter of Charles Kingsley. She became a hugely successful Victorian novelist, rivalling Rud…
Love and Mr Lewisham
Read by Anthony Ogus
H. G. Wells
The teaching profession, science and politics in late 19th century England. H. G. Wells’ humorous early novel, drawing on his own life, show…