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The Snipe
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Guy de Maupassant
In Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franc…
Chapter 2 Along Came a Snipe
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John Rae
In New Adventures of Alice (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book,…
For a Cynic
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
03 - Chapters V & VI
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Christoph von Schmid and Christoph Von Schmid
In The Basket of Flowers
James is the king's gardener and he deeply enjoys caring for and cultivating flowers. He teaches his daughter Mary many principles of godlin…
Young Paul's Conscience
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
In Sidney Martin's Christmas (and Other Stories)
Sixty-two short pieces, many/most of them originally published in The Pansy, a magazine for children. The topics are many and varied, but mo…
The Star and the Lily
Read by Krista Zaleski
Unknown
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 049
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 049: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Christian and Jew
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Christina Rossetti
In Goblin Market and Other Poems
Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a …
Talk
Read by Marty Kris
John Paul
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 autho…
Section 02 – Introduction to the Acts of Paul
Read by JoeD
Bernhard Pick
In The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas
The full title of this book, published in 1909, is The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. As early as the second centu…
Paul's Education
Read by Hamlet
Charles Dickens
In Dombey and Son (version 3)
To Paul Dombey, the business is everything, and he must have a son who will learn the business and eventually inherit it. Will his newborn, …
Talk
Read by Carolyn Frances
John Paul
In Short Poetry Collection 050
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 050: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
TOBERMORY
Read by SamW
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Ch.5 Giving
Read by Michele Fry
Kahlil Gibran
In The Prophet (version 2)
The Prophet is an inspirational book of 28 lyrical prose essays on life, love, children, religion, work, and more, - written in English by t…
My Testament
Read by KevinS
Taras Shevchenko
In The Kobzar of the Ukraine
In these poems speaks the struggling soul of a downtrodden people. To our western folk, reared in happier surroundings there is a bitter tan…
11 - The Downfall of George Snipe
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Christopher Morley
In Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Section 5
Read by cyndajm
James H. Schmitz
In Gone Fishing
Science Fiction short story centers on themes of intelligence, ethics and the consequences of scientific discoveries that impact world popul…
Chapter XXIV - In the Shadow of St. Paul's
Read by Julia Niedermaier
Wilkie Collins
In The Two Destinies
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…
Section 3
Read by cyndajm
James H. Schmitz
In Novice
Telzey Amberdon, a 15-year-old law student with exceptional intellect and mental abilities navigates challenges involving her pet Tick-Tock …
The Star
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Paul Bewsher
In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator
Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…