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The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe

Edgar Allan Poe

Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

The Glugs of Gosh

Read by Chris Goringe

C. J. Dennis

First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

Version 4

In I Do Not Love Thee

Read by Chris Goringe

norton_c and Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton

LibriVox volunteers bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton’s I Do Not Love Thee, a weekly poetry project. (S…

Clever Elsie

In Grimms' Fairy Tales

Read by Chris Goringe

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…

Chapter 14

In The Mystery (LibriVox NaNoWriMo novel 2006)

Read by Chris Goringe

Written by Chris Goringe, recorded by Chris Goringe and Librivox Volunteers

The idea was to write a whole novel in the month of November, based on the guidelines of the National Novel Writing Month. The twist is that…

Book 35

In Leaves of Grass

Read by Chris Goringe

Walt Whitman

American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a t…

Chapters 1-3

In Pride and Prejudice

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Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It …

The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 02

In The War of the Worlds

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H. G. Wells

H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be…

Section 6

In An International Episode

Read by Chris Goringe

Henry James

Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, mis…

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In The Road

Read by Chris Goringe

sassoon_s and Siegfried Sassoon

LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Siegfried Sassoon's The Road, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)