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The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4)

Read by Veronica Maresh Mead

H. G. Wells

The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomer…

Chapter IX The Elixir of Life

In The Dream Doctor

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Arthur B. Reeve

The Dream Doctor is a compilation of detective stories featuring Professor Craig Kennedy, a Sherlock-like character who uses his scientific …

Indeed Indeed I Cannot Tell

In Short Poetry Collection 218

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Henry David Thoreau

This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2021.

Possession -- Vampirism

In Modern Magic

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Maximilian Schele De Vere

M. (Maxamilian) Schele de Vere was born in Sweden in 1820 and studied language in Germany before eventually becoming a professor of modern l…

Browne's Folly

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …

A Little Journey

In Short Science Fiction Collection 081

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Ray Bradbury

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…

How It Happened

In Short Story Collection Vol. 099

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Ernest Hemingw…

The Vacant Lot

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 055

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Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

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

Pleasures

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086

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Aldous Huxley

"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…

Cleopatra VI—continued

In Predecessors of Cleopatra

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Leigh North

This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …