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Chapters 1-7

In The Day Boy and the Night Girl

Read by Laurie Anne Walden


George MacDonald


A boy named Photogen, who has never seen the moon, meets a girl named Nycteris, who has never seen the sun. The two of them must escape from…

The Various Roman Yokes: Their Growth, Degeneration, and Final Elimination

In Comic History of England

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Bill Nye


Edgar Wilson “Bill” Nye (1850 – 1896) was a distinguished American journalist, who later became widely known as a humorist. Jim “jimmowatt” …

The Adventure of Black Peter, part 1 (p. 98)

In The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that…

18-1 - Tahiti and New Zealand

In The Voyage of the Beagle

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Charles Darwin


The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal…

The Third and Fourth Points

In Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke

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Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma and Antonio Colmenero De Ledesma


The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. "By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, e…

Chapter 5: Abraham, Part 11

In The Legends of the Jews, Volume 1

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Louis Ginzberg


Rabbi Louis Ginzberg was one of the outstanding Talmudists of the twentieth century. He was born on November 28, 1873, in Kovno, Lithuania; …

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective. They were origina…

Ch. 16 The Columbiad and Ch. 17 A Telegraphic Dispatch

In From the Earth to the Moon

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Jules Verne


From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is …

Chapter 9

In Persuasion

Read by Laurie Anne Walden


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 gr…

Preface

In The Burgess Bird Book for Children

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Thornton W. Burgess


The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Je…

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