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Senator North
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Gertrude Atherton
"When, Mr. President, a man, however eminent in other pursuits and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member o…
A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
Read by MelissaMarie
Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)
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Clement Clarke Moore
LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a weekly poetry project. (Summ…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
The Aspern Papers
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, bu…
Remarks
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Bill Nye
"The range of subjects treated in this book is wonderful, even to me. It is a library of universal knowledge, and the facts contained i…
Recompence
Read by Simon Evers
Robert Keable
The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…
An Amiable Charlatan
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones
Ferox Aeternum
1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones
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…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
Favourite Chapters Collection 001
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Friedrich Nietzsche
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
Joseph Andrews
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Henry Fielding
"Joseph Andrews ... was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the…
Mrs. Pretty and The Premier
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Arthur Adams
The Premier has decided that being married would be good for his image. He asks his stenographer for advice: (Premier) Good. Just jot me dow…
Cornelli
Read by Jael Baldwin
Johanna Spyri
Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of hi…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
A Visit From Saint Nicholas
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Clement Clarke Moore
LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. More commonly known today as 'Twas the N…