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Chapter 05

In The Adventures of Pinocchio

Read by Marlo Dianne


C. Collodi and Carlo Collodi


The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was…

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In The Owl and the Pussycat

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Edward Lear


LibriVox's weekly poetry project for the week of January 22, 2006: The Owl and the Pussycat is a famous nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first…

The Lamp

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 03 (Fables 51-75)

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Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Bk 1, Inferno: Canto XXXI - Canto XXXIV

In The Divine Comedy

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Dante Alighieri, transl. Longfellow and Dante Alighieri


The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 an…

Preface

In The Return of the Native

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Thomas Hardy


Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Vic…

Recurrence

In Short Poetry Collection 231

Read by Dianne Erdmann


Dorothy Parker


This is a collection of 38 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2022.

Lily and The Lion

In Grimms' Fairy Tales

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Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


A classic collection of oral German folklore, brought together for posterity by the scholarly brothers Grimm in the 1800s, this epitome of f…

The Cremation of Sam McGee

In Short Poetry Collection 006

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Robert Service and Robert W. Service


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 006: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Snow-White and Rose-Red

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 051

Read by Dianne Erdmann


Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 051: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Chapter 10 - Pioneer Labor Legislation in Illinois

In Twenty Years at Hull House

Read by Dianne Lanning


Jane Addams


Jane Addams was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker…

The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 052

Read by Dianne Erdmann


Beatrix Potter


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 052: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

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In The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay

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William McGonagall and William Topaz Mcgonagall


LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay, by William McGonagall, to celebrate April Fo…

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In If

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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…

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