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Philosophy and Fun of Algebra

Read by Patricia Oakley


Mary Everest Boole


Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…

Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School

Read by Patricia Oakley


Frances Hodgson Burnett


The story told in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, A Little Princess, was first written as a serialized novella, Sara Crewe, or What…

Concerning the Pretty Lady

In Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others

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Helen M. Winslow


"I have known, and loved, and studied many cats, but my knowledge of her (Pretty Lady, a cat) alone would convince me that cats love pe…

Chapter 10

In War and Peace, Book 01: 1805

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Leo Tolstoy


War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

Drinking Alone by Moonlight

In Drinking Alone by Moonlight

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Li Bai and Bai Li 李白


LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 different recordings of Drinking Alone by Moonlight by Li Bai in Mandarin, Cantonese and English. This was …

All Sorts and Conditions of Men

In Anne of Avonlea

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L.M. Montgomery and Lucy Maud Montgomery


Following Anne of Green Gables, the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. Anne of Avonlea follows Anne from the age of…

The Old Singers

In The Country of the Pointed Firs

Read by Patricia Oakley


Sarah Orne Jewett


The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…

Chapter 02

In Northanger Abbey

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Jane Austen


Northanger Abbey is a hilarious parody of 18th century gothic novels. The heroine, 17-year old Catherine, has been reading far too many “hor…

Version 13

In If

Read by Patricia Oakley


Rudyard Kipling


LibriVox’s weekly poetry project for the week of January 29, 2006: This popular piece was voted Britain’s favourite poem in a BBC opinion po…

Version 32

In Art and Heart

Read by Patricia Oakley


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 3…

Miscellaneous

In Good Things to Eat As Suggested By Rufus

Read by Patricia Oakley


Rufus Estes


Rufus Estes was born a slave in 1857 in Tennessee, and experienced first hand the turmoil of the Civil War. He began working in a Nashville …

Chapter 32

In Sense and Sensibility

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Jane Austen


The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gi…