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Book IV: A quarrel in Olympus

In The Iliad

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Homer, trans. Butler and Homer


The Iliad, together with the Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The poem is commonly dated t…

Book 07

In The Odyssey

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Homer, transl. Samuel Butler and Homer


The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly…

Chapter 07

In The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006)

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Written by Hugh McGuire, recorded by Hugh McGuire and Librivox Volunteers


The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month. The twist is that…

Ch. 17-18

In The Prince

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Niccolò Machiavelli


ll Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (…

Book 2

In Leaves of Grass

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Walt Whitman


American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a t…

THE VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH, PART I

In Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

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Thomas de Quincey and 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…

Struggle for Existence

In The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

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Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. and Charles Darwin


Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species (publ. 1859) is a pivotal work in scientific literature and arguably the pivotal work in evolutionary…

Nisus and Scylla--Echo and Narcissus--Clytie--Hero and Leander

In Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

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Thomas Bulfinch


Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…

Version 1

In The Voice of the Ancient Bard

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William Blake


LibriVox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (…

Version 4

In Sonnet 023

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shakespeare and William Shakespeare


LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23, a weekly poetry project.(Summary by Annie Coleman…

09 -Chapter XIX, Section 09

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 19)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 19 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

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