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THE VISION OF SUDDEN DEATH, PART I

In Miscellaneous Essays of Thomas de Quincey

Read by Hugh McGuire

Thomas de Quincey and Thomas De Quincey

The Hunter Thompson of the 19th Century, de Quincey is best known for his Confessions of an English Opium Eater (an activity shared with his…

Chapter 07

In A Journey to the Interior of the Earth

Read by Hugh McGuire

Jules Verne

Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre d…

Chapters I-VII

In The Worshipper of the Image

Read by Holly McGuire

Richard le Gallienne and Richard Le Gallienne

"The Worshipper of the Image," by Richard Le Galliene first published in 1900. The protagonist Antony, a poet buys a death mask i…

Chapter 15

In The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006)

Read by Hugh McGuire

Written by Hugh, recorded by Hugh 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…

Ch. 17-18

In The Prince

Read by Hugh McGuire

Niccolò Machiavelli

ll Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (…

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

In The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

Read by Hugh McGuire

Beatrix Potter

Born in Victorian London on July 28th, 1866, Beatrix Potter created some of the best-loved children’s stories of all time. Starting with Pet…

Of A Particular Providence and of a Future State

In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Read by Hugh McGuire

David Hume

The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sough…

Version 4

In Sonnet 023

Read by Hugh McGuire

shakespeare and William Shakespeare

LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 23, a weekly poetry project.(Summary by Annie Coleman…

Book 17

In Leaves of Grass

Read by Hugh McGuire

Walt Whitman

American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a t…

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