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	Astrophil and Stella - Sir Philip Sidney LibriVox recording of Astrophil and Stella, by Sir Philip Sidney. Read by Elizabeth Klett. Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astrophil (whose name means "star-lover") for his beloved Stella (whose name means "star"). It is likely that Sidney based his poems on his own unrequited passion for a married woman... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: poetry; sonnet; Astrophil; Stella; Sidney Downloads: 2,015 Average rating: (1 review)
	Crome Yellow - Aldous Huxley Librivox's public domain recording of Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley. Crome Yellow, published in 1921 was Aldous Huxley's first novel. In it he satirizes the fads and fashions of the time. It is the witty story of a house party at "Crome" where there is a gathering of bright young things. We hear some of the history of the house from Henry Wimbush, its owner and self appointed historian; Apocylapse is prophesied, virginity is lost, and inspirational aphorisms are gained in a trance... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature Downloads: 29,980 Average rating: (1 review)
	Howards End - E.M. Forster This is a LibriVox recording of Howards End by E. M. Forster. Read by Elizabeth Klett. The book is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of the Edwardian middle class: the Wilcoxes, who are rich capitalists with a fortune made in the Colonies; the half-German Schlegel siblings (Margaret, Tibby, and Helen), who represent the intellectual bourgeoisie and have a lot in common with the real-life Bloomsbury Group; ... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: audiobook; literature Downloads: 54,098 Average rating: (1 review)
	Pamphilia to Amphilanthus - Lady Mary Wroth LibriVox recording of Pamphilia to Amphilanthus by Lady Mary. Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is the first sonnet sequence written by an Englishwoman. Published in 1621, the poems invert the usual format of sonnet sequences by making the speaker a woman (Pamphilia, whose name means "all-loving") and the beloved a man (Amphilanthus, whose name means "lover of two."). It is possible that Wroth based the story on her own fraught relationship with her cousin, William Herbert... Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text Keywords: pamphilia; amphilanthus; fiction; wroth; librivox; poems Downloads: 1,166 Average rating: (1 review)