![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Paddeltje, de scheepsjongen van Michiel de Ruijter - Johan Been
LibriVox opname van "Paddeltje, de scheepsjongen van Michiel de Ruijter", van Johan Been. Gelezen door Anna Simon. De avonturen van Klaas Ariensze, bijgenaamd Paddeltje, scheepsjongen van Michiel de Ruijter. Na een eerste tocht als scheepsjongen moet Paddeltje van zijn schipper op een speciale manier het recht verdienen om opnieuw mee te mogen op diens koopvaardijschip. Later wordt hij in Noord-Afrika ontvoerd door een bende zeerovers, onder leiding van de beruchte zeeroverkapitein Il Tigretto...
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Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; fictie; jeugdliteratuur; zeerovers; Michiel de Ruijter; scheepsjongen; Il Tigretto
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| Pajama Party Radio - Show 16 - Stinky & Susie
Open Mike night at Pajama Party Radio. The best poem EVAR, by Max Grade 3. National Zoo tour, ugly-ass animals, the truth about turtles, "Whats the scoop with hippo poop?"
Source: http://pajamapartyradio.blogspot.com
Keywords: Podcast
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| Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded - Samuel Richardson
LibriVox recording of Pamela, by Samuel Richardson. "Now first published in order to cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes.A Narrative which has its Foundation in Truth and Nature; and at the same time that it agreeably entertains, by a Variety of curious and affecting Incidents, is intirely divested of all those Images, which, in too many Pieces calculated for Amusement only, tend to inflame the Minds they should instruct."(From the frontspiece ...
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Keywords: LibriVox; audiobook; fiction; letters
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| 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...
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Keywords: pamphilia; amphilanthus; fiction; wroth; librivox; poems
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| Panel called Voice and Character July 1, 2003 - Ducornet, Rikki; Ellsworth, Michelle; Field, Thalia; Fleisher, Kass; Pate, Alexs
Rikki Ducornet chairs a panel on Voice and Chararcter delivered July 1st, 2003, at Naropa University. Panelists include, Kass Fleisher on the political structures of the sentence and creating a paralell structures in prose to overcome the traditional structures of prose; Michelle Ellsworth discusses the voice as character in performance; Alexs Pate discusses how in his work he seeks to appropriate the traditional structers of prose to create a new space; and Thalia Field discusses the uses of vo...
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| Panel discussing personal identity vs. narrative identity June 2004 - Brown, Rebecca; Delany, Samuel R.; Evenson, Brian; Kapil Rider, Bhanu
A Panel recorded June 22, 2004 during the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University, on Narrative and Identity, Brian Evenson, Chair. Panelists are Samuel R. "Chip" Delaney, Rebecca Brown, and Bhanu Kapil. Topics cover personal identity vs. narrative identity, writing from the other, experimental narrative and experimental identity, structure and identity, code and catagory in identity, stable and unstable identities and narrative...
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| Panel discussion on visual arts and perfection, July, 2001. - Aebi, Irene; Elmslie, Kenward; Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Lacy, Steve; Owen, Maureen; Patton, Julie; Regan, Max; Taylor, Steven; To
Panel discussion on the visual arts and perfection including the vision between amateurs and professionals, poetry and prose happening anywhere, black prayer meetings and improvising with words, and keeping the world safe for poetry.
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| Panel discussion, "Translation: I is an Other" - Hejinian, Lyn; Hollo, Anselm; Schelling, Andrew
Panel on translation, with Andrew Schelling, Anselm Hollo, Lynn Hejinian, and Benjamin Friedlander. Topics discussed include the relationship to translation of identity, trade, imperialism and colonialism. Keywords: translation, protest poetry, society and literature
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| Panel on counter-poetics and opposition, July, 1992. - Baraka, Amiri; Ginsberg, Allen; Kyger, Joanne; Waldman, Anne; Wilson, Peter Lamborn
First half of a panel on counter-poetics and opposition with Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Amiri Baraka, Allen Ginsberg, and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Waldman begins by reading an excerpt from Columbus's journal describing how easy it will be to exploit the people of the Americas. She proposes a program for incorporating political activism into poetics. The panelists make individual statements about counter-poetics and move to more open discussion...
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| Panel on counter-poetics and opposition, July, 1992. - Baraka, Amiri; Ginsberg, Allen; Waldman, Anne
Second half of a panel on counter-poetics and opposition with Anne Waldman, Joanne Kyger, Amiri Baraka, Allen Ginsberg, and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Waldman begins by reading an excerpt from Columbus's journal describing how easy it will be to exploit the people of the Americas. She proposes a program for incorporating political activism into poetics. The panelists make individual statements about counter-poetics and move to more open discussion...
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| Panel on poetry and ethics part 1 June 2004 - Henderson, David; Mullen, Harryette; Waldman, Anne; Zamora, Daisy
The opening panel of the Summer Writing Program at Naropa University recorded June 7, 2004. The topic of the panel is Po/Ethics, poetry and ethics. This panel is chaired by Anne Waldman who gives opening remarks on paying attention in our times. The panel features, Jack Collom on Ethics as a practice contrary to nature and the contrast of ethics and morality; Harryette Mullen on the negotiation between the stuggel to be a good human being versus the struggle to be a good artist and the curage to...
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| Panel on poetry and ethics part 2 June 2004 - Collom, Jack; Henderson, David; Waldman, Anne; Zamora, Daisy
Continued from 04P015 this panel of PoEthics, recorded June 7, 2004 during the Summer Writing Program at Naropa, is mostly a question and answer period. Topics covered include, Poets Against the War, poetry in capitolism, the state of American values, and motivation to keep writing. This is part 2 of 2.
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| Panel on the problems of prose translation, June, 2001. - Delany, Samuel R.; Yamashita, Karen Tei; Zivancevic, Nina
First half of a panel focusing on problems associated with the translation of prose, both within one's own language and from or to other languages. Samuel R. Delany says translation is always a matter of paraphrase and of negotiating language and communication. Nina Zivancevic discusses the impossibility of translating some words and therefore, some literature. Karen Tei Yamashita discusses the diaspora of language and memory...
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| Panel on the problems of prose translation, June, 2001. - Delany, Samuel R.; Yamashita, Karen Tei; Zivancevic, Nina
Second half of a panel focusing on problems associated with the translation of prose, both within one's own language and from or to other languages. Samuel R. Delany says translation is always a matter of paraphrase and of negotiating language and communication. Nina Zivancevic discusses the impossibility of translating some words and therefore, some literature. Karen Tei Yamashita discusses the diaspora of language and memory...
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| Panel with Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Renee Gladman, Laird Hunt and Bhanu Kapil Rider. - Gladman, Renee; Hawkins, Bobbie Louise; Hunt, Laird; Kapil Rider, Bhanu
A panel with Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Bhanu Kapil Rider, Renee Gladman, Laird Hunt, and members of the audience in a wide ranging discussion of writing fiction across cultures, personally and within narratives; how that fiction can be received; objectivity; and our currently multimedia-ed, overpopulated world.
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| Pantheisticon - John Toland
LibriVox recording of Pantheisticon, by John Toland. (Translator unknown). Read by Alessandro Gagliardi, Ruth Golding, Leni and Anna Simon. Pantheisticon: or, the Form Of Celebrating the Socratic-Society. Divided into Three Parts. Which Contain, I. The Morals and Axioms of the Pantheists; or the Brotherhood. II. Their Deity and Philosophy. III. Their Liberty, and a Law, neither deceiving, nor to be deceived...
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| Panther On The Beach
William F. DeVault reads his villanelle "Panther on the Beach" from his book "The Compleat Panther Cycles".
Keywords: villanelle; poetry; porms; the romantic poet of the internet; william f. devault; love poems; the compleat panther cycles
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| Paon se lahoo ko dho dalo, Faiz Ahmed Faiz - Falstaff
Keywords: Poetry Urdu Faiz, Faiz Ahmed
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| Paradise Lost - John Milton
Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most basic tenets of the Protestant faith. His work, which was dictated from memory and transcribed by his daughter, remains as one of the most powerful English poems. (Summary by Caeristhiona) This is a recording of the text of Milton's first edition of 1667, which had te...
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| Paradise Regained - John Milton
LibriVox recording of Paradise Regained, by John Milton. Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes. Based on the Gospel of Luke's version of the Temptation of Christ, Paradise Regained is more thoughtful in writing style, and thrives upon the imagery of Jesus' perfection in contrast to the shame of Satan...
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| Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, vol 1,translated by Bernadotte Perrin. - Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
LibriVox recording of Plutarch's "Parallel Lives of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, translated by Bernadotte Perrin, and read by LibriVox volunteers. Parallel Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives...
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Keywords: LibriVox; Audio Books; biography; history; ancient history; Greece; Rome; Greek history; Roman history; Plutarch
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| Parayanavaggo, the Way to the Beyond - Anandajoti Bhikkhu
A reading of Parayanavaggo, the Way to the Beyond by the translator, Anandajoti Bhikkhu. This is considered one of the earliest works in the Pali Canon. A brahminical teacher hears that a Buddha has arisen in the world and sends his 16 students to meet him. They travel 1,800 km across India, ask the Buddha some questions pertaining to the spiritual life and attain Awakening. For the text and translation in pdf format of this important work, please see here; for the translation alone see here.
Keywords: Buddhism, Sutta, Sutra, Dhamma, Dharma
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| Parnassus on Wheels - Christopher Morley
Librivox recording of Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley. Read by Dawn Larsen. Parnassus on Wheels is about a fictional traveling book-selling business. The original owner of the business, Roger Mifflin, sells it to 39-year-old Helen McGill, who is tired of taking care of her ailing older brother, Andrew. (summary from wikipedia) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.
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Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; fiction; book-seller; books
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| Parody on "The Golden Days of good Queen Bess" - [Sir] John Carr
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Parody on "The Golden Days of good Queen Bess" by [Sir] John Carr. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 15th, 2009. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
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Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; poetry; satire; humor |
| Part 5 of October, Louise Gluck - Falstaff
Averno
Keywords: Poetry English Gluck, Louise
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| Part 6 of October, Louise Gluck - Falstaff
Averno
Keywords: Poetry English Gluck, Louise
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| Parting - Charlotte Bronte
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Parting by Charlotte Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 25th, 2009. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
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Keywords: librivox; audiobook; poem; poetry; farewell |
| Parting, Emily Dickinson - Falstaff
Keywords: Poetry English Dickinson, Emily
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| Pastoral Care (The Book of Pastoral Rule) - St. Gregory the Great
This is _the_ medieval management book, written by the pope who set up the Catholic Church to survive the Dark Ages. It was written for bishops and read by huge numbers of European lay leaders as well as church ones. This is the book that King Alfred so wanted to spread around that he had it translated into English. This is a book that still has important lessons today. The first part considers what sort of person you ought to have in charge and what sort not, as well as good and bad reasons for...
Source: Trans. by Barmby, from Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. XII
Keywords: Audiobook - Nonfiction; religion; leadership
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| Patricia Brent, spinster - Herbert Jenkins
LibriVox recording of "Patricia Brent, spinster", by Herbert Jenkins. Read by Anna Simon. A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because she "never has a nice young man to take her out". In a thoughtless moment of anger she announces that the following night she will be dining out with her fiance. When she arrives at the restaurant the next day, she finds some of the fellow-boarders there to watch her, so...
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Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; fiction; romantic comedy; WWI
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| Paul the Dauntless - Basil Joseph Mathews
LibriVox recording of Paul the Dauntless, by Basil Joseph Mathews. Read by David Leeson. “We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring explorer of the Unseen; there is some steep hill-climbing, some scrambling over boulders, long flat tramps over the plain, and dangerous sea-journeys for anyone who will attempt really to follow the life of this man whose eager brain was ever ‘Voyaging on strange seas of...
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Keywords: librivox; audiobook; religion; Paul; Saint Paul; Apostle
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| Peace On Earth, Good-Will To Dogs - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Librivox recording of Peace On Earth, Good-Will To Dogs by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott Read by Allyson Hester. If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one! And if you don't like dogs I don't know just what to advise you to do! For I warn you perfectly frankly that I am distinctly pro-dog and distinctly pro-Christmas, and would like to bring to this little story whatever whiff of fir-balsam I can cajole from the make-believe forest in my typewriter, and every glitter of tinsel, smudge o...
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Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; Christmas; dogs; children
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| Pearl, Pearl Poet, (Cotton Nero A.x) - Hatshepsut
Keywords: Poetry English, Middle English, Pearl Poet
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| Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt - James Baikie
Written primarily for children, James Baikie's 'peep' at ancient Egypt is a really well done, historical account of the ways of that fascinating land so many years ago. It has stood well the test of time, being both well researched and well written. It's a fun book for everyone, and families especially will enjoy listening together. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org
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Keywords: librivox; peeps; baikie; egypt; ancient egypt; history; children history; travel; pharaoh; pyramids; nile; ancient history
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| Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt - R. Talbot Kelly
Librivox recording of Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt by R. Talbot Kelly, in the public domain. Read by Sibella Denton. A short travelogue of Egypt, this book was written as part of an early 20th century series of travelogues on exotic destinations. (Summary by Sibella Denton) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.
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| Pellucidar - Edgar Rice Burroughs
LibriVox recording of Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Read by Ralph Snelson. Pellucidar is a fictional "Hollow Earth" milieu invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories. The stories initially involve the adventures of mining heir David Innes and his inventor friend Abner Perry after they use an "iron mole" to burrow 500 miles into the earth's crust. This is the second book in the series...
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Keywords: librivox; adventure; action; science-fiction; burroughs; hollow earth literature
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| Penguin Island - Anatole France
LibriVox recording of Penguin Island, by Anatole France. Read by Michael Sirois. This novel (original French title -- L'Île des Pingouins) is a satire on human nature. The first publication was in 1908. These penguins are mistaken for humans by the 97-year-old priest, Father Mael, because of his bad eyesight. He baptizes them, and once baptized, they have no choice but to become human. They take on human traits (build civilizations, go to war, etc.)...
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Keywords: LibriVox; literature; audiobook; satire; france; penguins
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| Penrod - Booth Tarkington
LibriVox recording of Penrod by Booth Tarkington. Read by Jonathan Burchard Join Penrod Schofield and his wistful dog Duke, in a hilarious romp through turn of the century Indianapolis, chronicling his life, loves, and mostly the trouble he gets into. (Summary by Jonathan) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
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Keywords: fiction; children; humor; penrod; tarkington; audio book; librivox
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| Penrod and Sam - Booth Tarkington
LibriVox recording of Penrod and Sam by Booth Tarkington. Read by Jonathan Burchard. Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of his life, Marjorie Jones. (Summary by Jonathan) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
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Keywords: penrod; tarkington; fiction; humor; audio books; librivox
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| Pensees - Blaise Pascal, translated by W. F. Trotter.
LibriVox recording of Pensees by Blaise Pascal, translated by W. F. Trotter, read by dexter, proofed by HeartofTexas, and produced by Karen Merline. Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section (Thought #72), Sainte-Beuve praised it as the finest pages in the French language. Will Durant, in his 11-volume, comprehensive The Story of Civilization series, hailed it as "the most eloquent book in French prose." ...
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Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; religion; spirituality
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| Performance July 1984 - Baraka, Amiri; Ginsberg, Allen; Orlovsky, Peter; Ortiz, Simon
Simon Ortiz reads from Fight Back and from Sand Creek. Peter Orlifsky plays a song on banjo, then monologues seeming improved. Diane Di Prima is wished a happy 50th birthday. Allen Ginsberg sings a few songs which are sound like earlier versions than found on Holy Soul Jelly Roll box set, and reads White Shroud. Amiri Baraka delivers a good performance with poems centered around African American history (wise) and Jazz.
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| Perpetual Peace: A Philosophic Essay - Immanuel Kant
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| Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation - Shaykh Hasan
LibriVox recording of Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation, by Shaykh Hasan. Read by Nicholas J. Bridgewater. “This volume is primarily intended to supply a working and practical knowledge of the Persian language, for the benefit of those who have not the time or the inclination to master the grammar, and yet require to use the spoken tongue for purposes of business or pleasure...
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Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; languages; Persian; instruction |
| Personal Collection of Short Tales compiled by Carmie - Various
LibriVox recording of four short tales compiled by Carmie. Read by Carmie. This is a selection of the fairy tales (in English) written by Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm in the early 19th Century. These stories are fantastical and although aimed squarely at the flexible mind of a child which can assimilate much stranger concepts than an adult they are quite dark and occasionally brutal...
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Keywords: fairy tale; short tale; tale; grimm
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| Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria - William Westgarth
Son of John Westgarth, surveyor-general of customs for Scotland, was born at Edinburgh, in June 1815. He was educated at the high schools at Leith and Edinburgh, and at Dr Bruce's school at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He then entered the office of G. Young and Company of Leith, who were engaged in the Australian trade, and realizing the possibilities of the new land, decided to emigrate to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne, then a town of three or four thousand inhabitants, in December 1840...
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Keywords: history; librivox; melbourne; victoria; westgarth; memoirs
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| Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2 - Mark Twain
LibriVox recording of Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Volumes 1 & 2, by Mark Twain. Read by John Greenman. Mark Twain's work on Joan of Arc is titled in full "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte". De Conte is identified as Joan's page and secretary. For those who've always wanted to "get behind" the Joan of Arc story and to better understand just what happened, Twain's narrative makes the story personal and very accessible...
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Keywords: Historical fiction; history; Samuel Clemens; literature; Librivox; audiobook
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| Persuasion - Jane Austen
Anne Elliott, Jane Austen’s only aging heroine, has devoted her life to caring for her financially irresponsible family. Just when she is growing content with her uneventful lifestyle, a long-lost flame re-enters the picture — now as the beau of her significantly younger cousin. Anne is now faced with a choice: will she watch Captain Wentworth settle into life with another woman, or will she strive to win back his love and escape her family? (Summary by Kirsten Ferreri)
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Keywords: jane austen; anne elliott; romance; regency
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| Persuasion - Jane Austen
LibriVox recording of Persuasion by Jane Austen. Recording by Karen Savage. Several years before the events of the novel, Anne Elliott fell in love with a young and handsome but poor naval officer. She was persuaded by her friends and family to refuse him when he asked her to marry him. Now, eight and a half years later, she meets him again...
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| Persuasion - Jane Austen
LibriVox recording of Persuasion, by Jane Austen. Read by Moira Fogarty. "All the privilege I claim for my own sex ... is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone." In persuasion, her last novel, Austen explores the theme of postponed but enduring love, delayed by class boundaries and excessive pride. Anne Elliot, the story's aged (27 year old) heroine, suffers from a decision that was forced upon her several years ago—to break off a relationship with Capn...
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Keywords: librivox; free; public; domain; pd; jane; austen; persuasion; novel; romance; classic; literature
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| Persuasion - Jane Austen
LibriVox recording of Persuasion by Jane Austen. Read by Elizabeth Klett. Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied with Anne's choice, feeling he was not distinguished enough for their family, and her older friend and mentor, Lady Russell, acting in place of Anne's deceased mother, persuaded her to break off the match...
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Keywords: librivox; audiobook; austen; persuasion; romance; regency
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