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In The Fortunes of Glencore

Read by Grumpy Old Squid

Charles James Lever

Viscount Glencore has retreated to live alone with his son in Glencore castle after his wife deserted him claiming she did not love him. He …

Chapter VI

In Edison's Conquest of Mars

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Garrett P. Serviss

Edison's Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss, is one of the many science fiction novels published in the nineteenth century. Although sc…

MY GREAT HOUR

In Dead Men Tell No Tales

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E.W. Hornung and E. W. Hornung

Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 – March 22, 1921) was an English author. Hornung was the third son of John Peter Hornung, a Hungarian, …

An Incident on Route 12

In Short Science Fiction Collection 003

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James H. Schmitz

Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…

Love-Songs of Childhood

Read by Squid Varilekova

Eugene Field

This book contains verse for young and old. It is full of fantastic stories, breathtaking images, and brilliant rhymes. Including classics f…

Infamy

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Squid Varilekova

Infamy is a difficult thing to live with. It removes privacy, infects every aspect of daily life, and even causes the people it encounters c…

The Blind Men and The Elephant

In Short Poetry Collection 248

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John Godfrey Saxe

This is a collection of 52 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during January 2024.

The Loves of Gompachi and Komurasaki, part 1

In Tales of Old Japan

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Lord Redesdale (Algernon Freeman-Mitford) and Lord Redesdale

Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains…

The Boxer Rebellion From the Standpoint of a Christian Chinese (1900)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 064

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Jee Gam

Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Eucken's "The Failure of Speculative Philosophy," is one of several essays de…