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Cousin Henry

Read by Jean Bascom


Anthony Trollope


Indefer Jones struggles to name an heir to his estate. Will he choose his favorite niece, Isabel, or a male heir? The story turns on the tro…

Pirates and Piracy

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 022

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Oscar Herrmann


A collection of nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen …

05 - Godfrey and Letty

In Mary Marston

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George MacDonald


Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…

Selected poems, from Arabic Literature

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02

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Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

02- Lesson 2

In The Elements of Entomology

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William Ruschenberger


The Elements of Entomology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is…

13 - Chapter 11: The Golden Age of Babylonia

In Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

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Donald Alexander Mackenzie


Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 – March 2, 1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in t…

The Flatting-Mill - Read by JB

In The Flatting-Mill

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William Cowper


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Flatting-Mill by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 1, 2011.…

The Wood of the Dead

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 014

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Algernon Blackwood


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

Ch 13 INTENTIONS

In A Fair Barbarian

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Frances Hodgson Burnett


The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her…

30 - The Light Princess Part 3 (George MacDonald)

In Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know

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Hamilton Wright Mabie


This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary …

07 - Rural Life in England

In The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

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Washington Irving


Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book fa…

49 - Showing What Happened Off Heligoland

In The Claverings

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Anthony Trollope


"I consider the story as a whole to he good, though I am not aware that the public ever corroborated that verdict." - the author T…