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LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of I Saw the Moon Rise Clear by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 6, 2015. Read in English by Algy Pug; Bruce Kachuk; Brian Lornie; Brian Darby; millianna; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; Garth Burton; Greg Giordano; Ian King; JudyDerby; Jude; J. McDougall; Lee Ann Howlett; Leonard Wilson and Maria Kasper. Thomas Moore was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of "The...
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LibriVox recording of The Mysterious Rider by Zane Grey. Read in English by Mary Bard This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil, between duty and love, between selfishness and self-sacrifice. The ‘mysterious rider’ of the title arrives at White Slides ranch, and his coming will have major consequences for many of those living there, not least for Columbine who is promised to a man she cannot...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Petition to Time by Barry Cornwall. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 24, 2016. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk; Christine Lehman; David Lawrence; Garth Burton; Ian King; Jamila Phillips; Lee Ann Howlett; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper; Matthew Datcher and Tomas Peter. Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall) was an English poet. Rather unknown outside Britain in his times and largely considered to be imitator of greater...
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LibriVox recording of A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse. Read in English by Mark Nelson A wealthy, love-sick bachelor, crooks, and card-sharps ensconced in an English castle make for a classic Wodehousian comedy of star-crossed lovers, imposters and stolen jewels. It all gets a bit thick, what? - Summary by Mark Nelson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Comfort in the Night by Jean Ingelow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 17, 2016. Read in English by ashleighjane; Bruce Kachuk; Bernard Manatu; Brian Darby; David Lawrence; Garth Burton; Lee Ann Howlett; Larry Wilson; Leonard Wilson; Maria Kasper; Matthew Datcher; NoelBadrian and Tomas Peter. Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist. ( Wikipedia) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds,...
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Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His fatherâs business partner had looked after him in the years since his fatherâs death. But Hugh Worthingtonâs motives were not altruistic â he had a secret to hide and a scheme to bring to fruition that would make him millions at Claytonâs expense. Claytonâs roommate, Arthur Ferris, had his own schemes, including stealing the affections of Worthingtonâs daughter away from Clayton. Clayton worked for a pittance in New York, where he was...
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Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His fatherâs business partner had looked after him in the years since his fatherâs death. But Hugh Worthingtonâs motives were not altruistic â he had a secret to hide and a scheme to bring to fruition that would make him millions at Claytonâs expense. Claytonâs roommate, Arthur Ferris, had his own schemes, including stealing the affections of Worthingtonâs daughter away from Clayton. Clayton worked for a pittance in New York, where he was...
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LibriVox recording of Peace on Earth, Good Will to Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott. Read in English by Phil Chenevert If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one! And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do! For I warn you perfectly frankly that I am distinctly pro-dog and distinctly pro-Christmas, and would like to bring to this little story whatever whiff of fir-balsam I can cajole from the make-believe forest in my typewriter, and every glitter of...
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LibriVox recording of Mont Oriol or A Romance of Auvergne by Guy de Maupassant. Read in English by Lisa Reichert; Lynne Thompson; Bill Boerst; Lilith Branda; Anna Simon Young bride Christiane arrives in Auvergne to "take the waters" with her husband, described as "a sickly flower, or a sucking pig with its hair shaved off." But rather than the relaxing family vacation she expects, she finds herself the center of a conspiracy between her father, the Marquis, and the...
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LibriVox recording of More Jataka Tales by Ellen C. Babbitt. Read in English by Anastasiia Solokha; Huda; Jill Engle; KathleenLarberg; Kimberly Krause; rookieblue; Roshna Omer; Susan Morin The continued success of the "Jataka Tales," as retold and published ten years ago, has led to this second and companion volume. Who that has read or told stories to children has not been lured on by the subtle flattery of their cry for "more"? The Jataka tales, regarded as historic in the...
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LibriVox recording of Memoirs of Napoleon, Vol. 1 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne. Read in English by Anna Simon; bala; Tom Geller; Christine Lamberton; TinaNygard2; Katia Bodiou The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the Military College of Brienne to another college in Paris in 1784. Napoleon has a stern or disdainful personality. He looks down on the French, who have taken over Corsica....
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LibriVox recording of Multilingual Short Works Collection 030 - Poetry & Prose by Various. Read in Multilingual by Melina Hristova; Melina Hristova; Verla Viera; Christiane Jehanne; Christiane Jehanne; Christiane Jehanne; Christiane Jehanne; Christiane Jehanne; czandra; lorda; Nathan Lewin; Piotr Nater; Mayah; Livia F.; Maria Agustina Von; Mireia Castillón; Mireia Castillón; Maria Agustina Von; Maria Agustina Von; Hanna Ponomarenko This is our 30th collection of short pieces, poetry or...
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LibriVox recording of One of My Sons by Anna Katharine Green. Read by Laura Victoria A young girl frantically summons a gentleman walking by on the street to come in and help her grandfather. Arthur Outhwaite answers her cry for help only to find himself as the last person to see her grandfather alive and left with the admonishment from the dying man to deliver a letter to someone, and to that person only. Unfortunately, he dies before he can inform Outhwaite who that particular person is....
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LibriVox recording of The Yarn of Old Harbour Town by William Clark Russell. Read in English by Librivox volunteers This novel opens in 1805, during the Napoleonic Wars between England and France. A retired sailor, Captain Acton, reminisces about his time at sea now he lives on shore and wonders about a ship seen burning at sea the previous night. But there is one more voyage for the Captain, this time taking his daughter Lucy. As all sailors know, a woman on board brings bad luck. For further...
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LibriVox recording of La mandragola by Niccolò Machiavelli. Read in Italian by Francesco Carzedda; Pier; Emanuela; Kazbek; Lorenzo; Claudia Graziano; Thiago; Giovanni; Francesca Roma; Marzia Marianera; Renzo Clerico; Raffaella Liuzzo Callimaco è innamorato di donna Lucrezia che però è una donna onesta sposata a Messer Nicia. Come fare per conquistarla?.... - Summary by Pier Dramatis Personae: Prima Ninfa: FrancescaRoma Seconda Ninfa: Emanuela Primo Pastore: Pier Secondo Pastore: Kazbek...
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LibriVox recording of Master of Life and Death by Robert Silverberg. Read in English by Dale Grothmann When Roy Walton becomes the new director of the UN division of population control, after the director is assassinated, he becomes the most hated man in the world. Being Director involved him in not only population control, but a terra-forming project on Venus, and negotiations with aliens. Not only that, but some people were trying to kill him. To stay alive, he had to become The Master of...
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LibriVox recording of Michael Strogoff (Dramatic Reading) by Jules Verne. Read in English translation, translator unknown. At a fete in the New Palace, the court seems to be in perfect order. Only two people know the truth: the telegraph wire beyond Tomsk, connecting Western Russia with Siberia, has been cut! The Czar and General Kissoff can tell that it is the work of traitorous Ivan Ogareff, who is inciting an insurrection in Siberia. If the Grand Duke, governing Siberia from Irkutsk, does...
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LibriVox recording of Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo. Read in French by Jc Guan; Gilles G. Le Blanc Dès 1828 Hugo avait conçu Note Dame de Paris et se rend plusieurs fois à la cathédrale. Il ressuscite le Paris d'autrefois avec sa cathédrale. Notre-Dame de Paris retrace la destinée tragique au Moyen Âge d'une jeune bohémienne, Esméralda, victime du désir qu'elle inspire à trois hommes. Convoitée par l'archidiacre Frollo, elle est enlevée sur son ordre par le sonneur de cloches...
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LibriVox recording of The Tale of Old Mr. Crow by Arthur Scott Bailey. Read in English by Lynda Marie Neilson Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Old Mr. Crow is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series. - Summary by Larry Wilson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available),...
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LibriVox recording of My Travels, A Family Story by Maria Hackett. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. This is not a family history. Family histories are invariably dull and of interest to only a few who have a belief in, and are proud of, their pedigree. It is the story of the mother of a family who led a very eventful life and traveled many thousands of miles, at a time when to meet with a traveled person was exceedingly rare. (From Introduction) For further information, including links...
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LibriVox recording of Native Races and the War by Josephine Butler. Read in English by SallyMc; Bill Mosley Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, international organisations including the International Abolitionist Federation were set up to campaign against state regulation of prostitution and the trafficking in women and children. This book reflects her abhorrence of slavery in all its forms...
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LibriVox recording of Queen Of The Martian Catacombs by Leigh Douglass Brackett. Read in English by Phil Chenevert This is the very first story with the Conan like barbarian hero, Eric John Stark tales. This is not the fantastical Mars of Burroughs, nor the hard science of a Bradbury with ray guns, but there are ancient alien civilizations all over the place reacting to the influx of humans. With title like this, how can it not be a fabulous tale, eh? First published in Planet Stories 1949....
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LibriVox recording of Porgy by DuBose Heyward. Read in English by Denise Ray Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (107MB)
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LibriVox recording of Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell (version 2) by Anne Brontë; Charlotte Brontë; Emily Brontë. Read in English by Libby Gohn; Elizabeth Klett; Drew Johnson The Bronte sisters, most famous for their novels, began their career with a slim volume of poetry, published under pseudonyms. It only sold two volumes, but inspired much interest in the identities of the unknown poets. This is a recording of the more successful 1850 edition, which includes additional poems by...
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LibriVox recording of Poetic Duets by Various. Read in English by Algy Pug and Newgatenovelist. This selection of poems has many favourites from authors such as Edward Lear and Robert Browning, as well as less well known authors. We hope you enjoy the poems. Please note that sections 3 and 11 had two sources for the text of the poems; they are http://www.bartleby.com/337/202.html and http://www.bartleby.com/101/76.html. (Summery by Newgatenovelist) For further information, including links to...
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LibriVox recording of Planet of the Damned by Harry Harrison. Read in English by Phil Chenevert Dis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once—but they were something else now. The Magter had only one desire—Kill! Kill everything, themselves, their planet , the universe if they could—Brion Brandd was sent in at the eleventh hour. His mission was to save Dis, but it looked as though he was going to preside over...
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LibriVox recording of The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 12. December 1897 by National Geographic Society. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol VIII, the December Number. It includes the following articles: A Special Announcement, by F. H. Newell, Secretary The Washington Aqueduct and Cabin John Bridge, by D. D. Gaillard Gardiner Greene Hubbard, by John Hyde Pollution of the Potomac River, by F. H. Newell The Delta of the...
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LibriVox recording of The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament. Translated by Abner Kneeland. Read in English by Mark Penfold. This New Testament was translated from the Greek by a Christian Universalist evangelist who later fell out of the faith. He was the last person jailed for the charge of blasphemy in the United States, and had many radical views that forced him to question his further involvement in the American Universalist movement. (Introduction by...
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LibriVox recording of 3 Science Fiction Stories by Frank Herbert by Frank Herbert. Read in English by Phil Chenevert As the title indicates, here are three SF stories by Frank Herbert, Missing LInk, originaly purlished in Astounding SF, 1959; Operation Haystack, also published in Astounding SF 1959; and Old Rambling House, published in Galaxy SF 1958. - Summary by Phil chenevert For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if...
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LibriVox recording of 5 SF stories by Mack Reynolds by Mack Reynolds. Read in English by Phil Chenevert Five Science Fiction stories from the strange mind of Mack Reynolds. Always innovative and interesting, these were published in the early science fiction and fantasy magazines of the 1940's and 50's. - Summary by phil chenevert For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog...
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LibriVox recording of 3 Weird SF Stories by Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber. Read in English by Phil Chenevert These are three of the strangest stories I could find by the very talented Fritz Leiber. And by strange I mean odd, weird, kinda creepy and yet wonderful. Not your normal Science Fiction here but then Leiber had an amazing imagination and these certainly made me stretch mine. - Summary by phil chenevert For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS...
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LibriVox recording of LibriVox 12th Anniversary Collection. Read in English, Italian, and Romanian by volunteer readers. "LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to life..." Hugh McGuire, LibriVox's founder, August 9, 2005 This year is the 12th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" who make up the worldwide LibriVox...
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LibriVox opname van Een Strijd om de Schatten van Alva of de Watergeuzen in 1572 van H. Bertrand. Gelezen door Bart de Leeuw. Louise Zaalberg schreef onder het pseudoniem H. Bertrand dit boek naar een Engelstalige roman. Guy Chester is een Engelse avonturier die zijn koningin, maar ook de watergeuzen volledig is toegedaan. Hij strijdt met alle middelen tegen de Spaanse onderdrukkers en hun onderkoning, de hertog van Alva. En dan komt Chester op het spoor van twee schatten van Alva: zijn...
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LibriVox recording of Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman by Burt L. Standish. Read in English by KevinS Gilbert Patten, writing under the pen name of Burt L. Standish, wrote innumerable novels that were very popular in their time. His Frank Merriwell stories were later adapted for radio and these, too, were very popular. Frank is the All-American boy---scholar, athlete, gentleman---and always displays quick thinking and fairness in all that he does. - Summary by KevinS For...
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LibriVox recording of Frank Merriwell’s Trust (Dramatic Reading) by Burt L. Standish. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Frank Merriwell is from Yale he excelled at football, baseball, basketball, crew and track at Yale while solving mysteries and righting wrongs the stories show how he handles a number of challenges that come his way. (Michele Eaton) Cast List: Frank Merriwell: Adrian Stephens Narrator: Michele Eaton Bullet headed man, Crowd, McGilvay, Franks second: John Payton Tom...
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LibriVox recording of Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea by Laura E. Richards. Read in English by Denise Nordell; KHand; Mike Pelton; Sarah Holtz; Ben Lindsey-Clark; Steve C; Christine Lamberton; chocmuse; Savannah One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the Crimea, will be...
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LibriVox recording of Das Lob der Narrheit by Desiderius Erasmus. (Translated by Unknown.) Read in German by Julia Niedermaier Hinter dem tollen Wirrwarr menschlichen Treibens, hinter den Mängeln, Schwächen, Fehlern und Untugenden sieht Erasmus die Thorheit als etwas nur Allzumenschliches an. Sie ist ihm dasjenige geistige Element, das dem Erdendasein überhaupt erst Reiz und Wert verleiht. Das Horazische Dulce est desipere in loco ist hier zu einem Prinzip der Weltanschauung erhoben und wird...
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LibriVox recording of The Lost Island of Atlantis by Edward Taylor Fletcher. Read in English by Rapunzelina In this paper, read before the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, Fletcher demonstrates methodically what he perceives as evidence for the existence of the island of Atlantis. He begins by documenting the historical instances Atlantis is referred to in ancient texts, even if only as a myth (Part 1), continues on to analyze linguistic elements that might indicate an Atlantean origin...
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LibriVox recording of Little Jack Rabbit and Danny Fox by David Cory. Read in English by Larry Wilson; Ellies; Kathleen Moore; Dustin Thomas; Sunbeard; Elissa Graeser David Cory is the author of over 50 children's book including the Little Jack Rabbit series and the Puss-in-Boots series. This is the second of the Little Jack Rabbit books. - Summary by Larry Wilson For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available),...
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LibriVox recording of Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, and Others by Jeannette Augustus Marks; Julia Moody. Read in English by Linette Geisel; Kathrine Engan; Alpreup; sashelliott; Christi Lupher; Le; Michele Fry; Brett Phillips These short stories about crickets, ants, bees, beetles and other little busybodies are intended by the two authors to show their children the wonderland of insectcs if we just take the time to look closely. "We hope that you will realize that...
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LibriVox recording of Little Women (version 4) by Louisa May Alcott. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Little Women is the classic story of the March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls–Practical, yet fashion conscious, Meg, who longs for the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious, book worm, Jo, who wants to become a writer and wishes she were born a boy. Shy and quiet, home loving, Beth, who loves to play the piano and play with her kitties. Finally,...
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LibriVox recording of Linda Tressel by Anthony Trollope. Read in English by Simon Evers Linda Tressel lives a lonely life with her domineering aunt, Madame Staubach, in a large house in Nuremberg. Madame Staubach takes in the odious and much older Peter Steinmarc as a lodger and plans that Linda should marry him – entirely against Linda’s will. Meanwhile Linda falls in love with Ludovic Valcalm, a disreputable young man. The book follows Linda’s fortunes. - Summary by Simon Evers For...
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LibriVox recording of The Malay Archipelago, Vol. 2 by Alfred Russel Wallace. Read in English by nlonghu; deongines A fascinating and classic Victorian ethnology of SE Asia, first published in 1869. The author was co-discoverer of evolution, together with Darwin. (Summary by Nicholas Longhurst) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free...
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LibriVox recording of The Carved Lions by Mary Louisa Molesworth. Read in English by ilianthe; Taylavoce; MaryAnne When two life sized carved lions from the east are given as a gift to an English household, the children of the house are enchanted, especially when the lions come to life and help take care of them. This is a delightful book for young girls but retains some adult appeal. The author Mrs Molesworth has been called "the Jane Austen of the nursery. (Summary by Ilianthe) For...
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LibriVox recording of Afternoon Songs by Julia Caroline Dorr. Read in English by Domenica Campbell; Sarah Sellari; Jael Baldwin; GregShinn; SkyAlbatross; Rachel; Ezwa; Larry Wilson; Michele Fry; Lana Maes; dane hendren; Newgatenovelist; Diana Schmidt This is a volume of poems by Julia Caroline Dorr, part 5 of her collected poems. - Summary by Carolin For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the...
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LibriVox recording of The Adventures of Prickly Porky by Thornton W. Burgess. Read in English by Diana Majlinger; Greg Giordano; Kamna; Lynne Thompson; Larry Wilson; Jude Somers; kalpnaa. A stranger from the North Woods has just arrived in the Green Forest causing a great stir among the woodland creatures who live there. They quickly discover that this odd fellow with the barbed spikes in his fur is the loyal and brave Prickly Porky the Porcupine. Not long after Prickly Porky arrives, a bit of...
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LibriVox recording of Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6 by Samuel Richardson. Read in English by Tony Addison; TriciaG; Timothy Ferguson; Michele Eaton; Kathleen Moore; Apneia; John Burlinson; Kristin Gjerløw; Joseph Tabler; Beth Thomas; Newgatenovelist It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece. This is Volume six out of a series of nine Volumes. Letter 6...
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