Nature Fiction

Coffee Break Collection 008 - Animals

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Henry David Thoreau


This is the eighth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in len…

Kashtanka

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Anton Chekhov


"Kashtanka," a shaggy-dog story penned by Anton Chekhov in seven parts and first published in 1887, relates the experiences of its…

The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (Dramatic Reading)

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Thornton W. Burgess


Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined …

The Diary of a Goose Girl

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Kate Douglas Wiggin


The "Goose Girl" is a young and somewhat independent lady who, in fleeing from her lover with whom there had been a "little t…

Buff: A Collie and Other Dog-Stories

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Albert Payson Terhune


Buff: A Collie and Other Dog-Stories is one of many popular books written by Albert Payson Terhune that have delighted dog lovers for decade…

Myths And Legends Of The Great Plains (version 2)

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Katharine Berry Judson


Here, amidst the vast sweep of the plains which stretch away to the horizon on every side, boundless, limitless, endless, lived the plains I…

The Stoneground Ghost Tales

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Edmund Gill Swain


The Stoneground Ghost Tales is a collection of nine short stories set in and around a church and parish on the edge of England's fen country…

Rulaman

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Christoph David Friedrich Weinland


Seine Bekanntheit verdankt Naturwissenschaftler David Friedrich Weinland seinem Jugendroman 'Rulaman', der das Leben in der 'Steinzeit' und …

Driven Back To Eden

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Edward P. Roe


Frustrated with life in the tenements generally and the negative influences on his children specifically, a father decides to move his famil…

The Garden of Love

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William Blake


William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figur…

Around The Campfire

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


Action and adventure short stories of men and animals in the wild. - Summary by David Wales

The Gorilla Hunters

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R. M. Ballantyne


Ralph Rover is happily at home from his adventure on The Coral Island and wondering if he should settle down when he receives a visit from a…

Lords of the Housetops: Thirteen Cat Tales

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Variousandcarl Van Vechten


The Lords of the Housetops reveals the cat through the creative lenses of 13 authors. Consequently, this carefully chosen collection of stor…

Recueil de contes populaires slaves

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Louis Léger


Un des premiers académiciens français des langues et civilisations slaves, Louis Léger (1843-1923) a recueilli dans ce …

Myths and Legends of the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes

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Katharine Berry Judson


It is a loss to American literature that so much of the legendary history of these Indian tribes has gone, beyond hope of recovery. Exquisit…

South American Jungle Tales

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Horacio Quiroga


The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga came into contact …

I Am A Cat (excerpt)

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Sōseki Natsume


These are the first two chapters of Natsume Sōseki's masterpiece, "I Am A Cat" (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru). It is recognized as a lan…

Jim The Story Of A Backwoods Police Dog (And Other Stories)

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Sir Charles G. D. Roberts


Deputy Sheriff Tug Blackstock wanted a dog to help with his work. As for Jim, at first glance he might almost have been taken for a slim, y…

Hope

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Emily Dickinson


LibriVox readers bring you 16 versions of Hope, by Emily Dickinson. This was the weekly poetry selection for the week of November 18, 2013.

The Power of the Dog

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Rudyard Kipling


Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 19…

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