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The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe

Edgar Allan Poe

Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

The Glugs of Gosh

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C. J. Dennis

First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

Clever Elsie

In Grimms' Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of f…

Chapter 14

In The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006)

Read by Chris Goringe

Written by Chris Goringe, recorded by Chris Goringe and Librivox Volunteers

The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month. The twist is that…

Version 2

In Danse Russe

Read by Chris Goringe

William Carlos Williams

Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work…

Version 3

In Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

Read by Chris Goringe

moore_c and 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…

The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 13

In The War of the Worlds

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H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be…

Chapters 10-12

In Psmith in the City

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P. G. Wodehouse

Mike’s dream of studying and playing cricket at Cambridge are thwarted as his father runs into financial difficulties. Instead, Mike takes o…

Part 4 Ch. 1 Shellfish Languages Again

In The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

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Hugh Lofting

Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in fa…