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The Prince Alexis

In Peter the Great

Read by Anna Simon


Jacob Abbott


There are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally regarded by mankind, of Russia…

Apollo and Daphne--Pyramus and Thisbe--Cephalus and Procris

In Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

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Thomas Bulfinch


Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…

The Miser's Servant

In Folklore of the Santal Parganas, Vol. 1

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Cecil Henry Bompas and Unknowntranslated Bycecil Henry Bompas


This is an intriguing collection of folklore from the Santal Parganas, a district in India located about 150 miles from Calcutta. As its pre…

Hints towards an essay on conversation

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 001

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Jonathan Swift


A collection of ten short essays or other short nonfiction works in the public domain read by LibriVox volunteers.

103 - The Doctor. Chapter 43. Part 1.

In The Book of Household Management

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Isabella Beeton and Mrs. Isabella Beeton


"Mrs. Beeton's" is a guide to all aspects of running a household in Victorian Britain. Published in 1861, it was an immediate best…

The Woman at Seven Brothers by Wilbur Daniel Steele

In Famous Modern Ghost Stories

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Dorothy Scarborough, compiler, Wilbur Daniel Steele and Variousanddorothy Scarborough


An entertaining selection of "modern" ghost stories selected "to include specimens of a few of the distinctive types of moder…

10b - Mliss, ch. 3-4

In Selected Stories of Bret Harte

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Bret Harte


Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in Californi…

Part I, Chapter XI - Section 1

In Dead Souls

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, translated by D. J. Hogarth and Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …

The Years Roll By

In She

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H. Rider Haggard


At 5 years old Leo Vincey is left in the care of a Cambridge professor by the name of Horace Holly. His father leaves him a strange casket w…

Eerste hoofdstuk

In Max Havelaar

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Multatuli


“Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij” is in 1860 geschreven door Multatuli (pseudoniem van Eduard Dou…

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