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Isabella of Castile pt 6

In The Heroines of History

Read by Christine H.


John S. Jenkins


A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; …

Section 41: The Poor Widow and Grania Oï

In Legends of Saints and Sinners

Read by Lydia H


Douglas Hyde


"I have called the present volume "Legends of Saints and Sinners," which to a certain extent it is; but I mean it for a book …

How the Wind Fixed Matters by Anne Maxwell Miller

In The Mermaid's Message and Other Stories

Read by Carolyn H


Various


This is a collection of fairy tales and fables compiled in 1919. The stories contain original but old-fashioned tales which modern children …

Part III, Chapter Ten

In Madame Bovary

Read by Lori H


Gustave Flaubert, tr. Eleanor Marx-Aveling and Gustave Flaubert


Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her mea…

CINDERELLA

In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales (version 2)

Read by Joy H.


William Patten


Oh boy! Fairy Tales and Wonder Tales. This is exactly what you are thinking about but with a twist. Of course the well known tales from F…

The Blind Man at the Fair

In Short Poetry Collection 059

Read by Lori H


Joseph Campbell


LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 059: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

The Coronation of King Edward VII

In True Stories of Wonderful Deeds

Read by Carmen H


Anonymous


37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them a…

Part 2 of THE STORY OF EEAN THE FISHERMAN’S SON II. The Inaccessible Island

In The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter

Read by Amber H


Pádraic Colum


King Manus ruled over the Western Island, and he had a castle that was neither higher nor wider than any other King’s castle. But he had a s…

Chapter III. Habsburg and Valois (II.) by Stanley Leathes (part 1)

In The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 02, The Reformation

Read by H. Shah


Various


The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…

The Second Coming

In Short Poetry Collection 060

Read by Mindy H


William Butler Yeats


LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 060: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Chapter 15

In The Riddle of the Universe

Read by H. Hubbard


Ernst Haeckel


The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the natu…

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