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Chapter 13
Read by Peter Tucker
Ivan Turgenev
In Virgin Soil Volume 1
Turgenev's last and longest novel presents the story of a group of young people in late nineteenth century Russia, who because of disillusio…
Second Part
Read by Peter Tucker
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
In Discourse on Metaphysics
This is a relatively short treatise by the highly influential and admired philosopher and polymath Leibniz. It presents his views on metaphy…
A Midnight Adventure
Read by Peter Tucker
Théophile Gautier
In Captain Fracasse
The story, set in the 17th Century during the reign of Louis XIII in France, concerns the progress of an impoverished nobleman as he venture…
Peter the Great
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
Canto V
Read by Peter Tucker
Sir Walter Scott
In The Lay of the Last Minstrel
An aging minstrel seeks who hospitality at Newark Castle and in recompense tells a tale of a sixteenth-century Border feud. In the poem, Lad…
An Essay upon Satire
Read by Peter Tucker
John Dryden
In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1
The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…
His Phoenix
Read by Peter Tucker
William Butler Yeats
In The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)
A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…
The Childhood and Youth of Peter
Read by Lizzie Driver
Jacob Abbott
In Peter the Great
There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…
Peter Pan
Read by Mike Pelton
J. M. Barrie
In The Little White Bird
"A children's book, sharp social commentary and sad psychological thriller about a man's search for a sense of belonging. All in one am…
The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (Dramatic Reading)
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Thornton W. Burgess
Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Gr…
Chapter IX: Problems
Read by Ben Tucker
Margery Williams
In The Thing in the Woods
Dr. Haverill is asked to fill in as local physician for the skittish Dr. Lennox in a small Pennsylvania town. The locals seem to be a supers…
Section 10 – Introduction to the Acts of Peter
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…
God
Read by Peter Tucker
Alfred North Whitehead
In Science and the Modern World
It is fortunate that in the twentieth century, science and philosophy are beginning to be united in the same person as they were in the seve…
Peter Pan (Version 5)
Read by Phil Chenevert
J. M. Barrie
This delightful book about the Darling children and a boy named Peter, is what started it all. The writing of J.M. Barrie is whimsical and f…
The Well
Read by Ben Tucker
W. W. Jacobs
In The Lady of the Barge
Another collection of short stories, a mixture of the humorous and the horrifying all with unexpected twists - Summary by Inkell
Book Third
Read by Peter Tucker
William Wordsworth
In The Prelude, Version 2
Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…
Yellow
Read by Ben Tucker
G. Ranger Wormser
In The Scarecrow and Other Stories
G. Ranger Wormser was a forgotten master of horror fiction, specializing in a kind of creeping dread and subtle psychological horror that wo…
Granny Fox Catches Peter Rabbit
Read by Jude Somers
Thornton W. Burgess
In The Adventures of Prickly Porky (Version 2)
There's a mystery that's scaring folks on the hill where Prickly Porky the Porcupine lives. What could this strange creature be without head…
01 - Chapters 1 & 2
Read by Tom Weiss
Gilbert Parker
In The Right of Way
Charley Steele is a successful and brilliant Canadian lawyer. He has a nagging wife, Kathleen, and a lazy brother-in-law, Billy. In spite of…
At the Post
Read by Ben Tucker
H. L. Gold
In Short Science Fiction Collection 105
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…