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A Bad Night

In A Thief in the Night - Version 2

Read by Michelle Tan

E. W. Hornung

A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was …

Section XV - Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena

In Theory of Colours

Read by Michelle Tan

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

Of certain Passages upon the Moor

In Micah Clarke

Read by Michelle Tan

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This book tells the story of Micah Clarke's adventures. As a boy he follows his rather romantic notions of what it means to be a soldier and…

The Story of the Wind

In Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

Read by Michelle Tan

Hans Christian Andersen

A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…

Burton Declines

In The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old ho…

05 - PRINCE SNEEZE

In The Firelight Fairy Book

Read by Valerie Tan

Henry Beston

One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of win…

News from Mannheim

In The New Magdalen

Read by Michelle Tan

Wilkie Collins

Mercy Merrick is living a difficult life on the streets, but when she meets the young and charismatic clergyman Julian Gray, she desires to …

Chapter 20

In Howards End (version 3)

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E. M. Forster

Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era.…

The Despairing Lover - Read by VT

In The Despairing Lover

Read by Valerie Tan

William Walsh

LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of The Despairing Lover by William Walsh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 11, …

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