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Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas

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William James Mcglothlin



LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas by Anomymous.This was the Fortnightly Poetry proje…

A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa

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Frederick Cornell



A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)

The Man of Feeling

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Henry Mackenzie



A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…

The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle

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Émile Zola



The placid Provencal lives of Francois Mouret and his wife Marthe are irreparably impacted by the arrival of a suspicious cleric, Abbe Fauja…

The Story of Gisli the Outlaw

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Unknowntranslated Bysir George Webbe Dasent and Unknowntranslated By Sir George Webbe Dasent



The Story of Gisli the Outlaw is a translation of the medieval Icelandic Gísla saga súrssonar, the tale of a family feud and o…

Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

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Multatuli



Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…

Nicholas Nickelby Band 4

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Charles Dickens



Der junge Nikolas Nickleby muss sich Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in England durch den Verlust seines Vaters plötzlich in einer gefä…

Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon

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Dhan Gopal Mukerji



First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…

Krysař

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Viktor Dyk



Krátká novela českého spisovatele Viktora Dyka, jejímž námětem je staroněmecká saská pověst…

Cuentos populares en Chile

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Ramón Laval



“Cuentos Populares en Chile” (1923) es un texto fundamental en el ámbito de las tradiciones orales en Chile. Su autor, Ramón A…

Het Leven van Hillegonda Buisman - deel 2

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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.



Een levensbeschrijving van de ideale Hollandse vrouw uit het midden van de 17de eeuw. Deel 2: In dit deel maakt Hillegonda aanstalten om te …

El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha

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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra



La gran novela de D. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra se ha leído, estudiado, analizado, representado, comentado a lo largo y ancho de to…

David Copperfield, Band 01 (Version 2)

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Charles Dickens



David Copperfield von Charles Dickens ist ein viktorianischer Bildungsroman, der die Lebensgeschichte des Protagonisten David Copperfield er…

The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World

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Ella Young



This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smi…

In Old Narragansett

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Alice Morse Earle



"Some of these stories of old Narragansett are familiar fireside tales to those who have lived in that picturesque land; some are but v…

His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Book Six of Rougon-Macquart Cycle

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Émile Zola



Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …

Winnebago Stories

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Oliver Lamere



Winnebago Stories is a collection of traditional tales from the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe, offering insight into the rich oral traditions o…

Blessings for Chanukah

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Jessie E. Sampter



LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Blessings for Chanukah by Jessie E. Sampter.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 9…

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