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47 | Count of Monte Cristo | <i>The Count of Monte Cristo</i> (French: <i>Le Comte de Monte-Cristo</i>) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with <i>The Three Musketeers</i>, as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot ou... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1184 | English | 1844 | 128 | https://librivox.org/rss/47 | https://archive.org/compress/count_monte_cristo_0711_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/count_monte_cristo_0711_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Monte_Cristo | https://librivox.org/the-count-of-monte-cristo-by-alexandre-dumas/ | null | 178,995 | [] | [
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"dod": "1870"
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52 | Letters of Two Brides | Letters of Two Brides is an epistolary novel. The two brides are Louise de Chaulieu (Madame Gaston) and Renée de Maucombe (Madame l'Estorade). The women became friends during their education at a convent and upon leaving began a life-long correspondence. For a 17 year period, they exchange letters describing their live... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1941 | English | 1902 | 57 | https://librivox.org/rss/52 | https://archive.org/compress/letters_brides_0709_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/letters_brides_0709_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/letters-of-two-brides-by-honore-de-balzac/ | null | 32,960 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Honoré de",
"last_name": "Balzac",
"dob": "1799",
"dod": "1850"
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53 | Bleak House | Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. Dickens tel... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1023 | English | 1853 | 67 | https://librivox.org/rss/53 | https://archive.org/compress/bleak_house_cl_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/bleak_house_cl_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House | https://librivox.org/bleak-house-by-charles-dickens/ | null | 156,619 | [] | [
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"dob": "1812",
"dod": "1870"
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54 | Penguin Island | The novel (original French title -- L'Île des Pingouins) is a satire on human nature. The first publication was in 1908. These penguins are mistaken for humans by the 97-year-old priest, Father Mael, because of his bad eyesight. He baptizes them, and once baptized, they have no choice but to become human. They take on ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1930 | English | 1908 | 62 | https://librivox.org/rss/54 | https://archive.org/compress/penguin_island_ms_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/penguin_island_ms_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Island_(novel) | https://librivox.org/penguin-island-by-anatole-france/ | null | 32,671 | [] | [
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"last_name": "France",
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"dod": "1924"
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55 | This Side of Paradise | This Side of Paradise is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is a wealthy and attractive Princeton University student who dab... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/805 | English | 1920 | 22 | https://librivox.org/rss/55 | https://archive.org/compress/this_side_paradise_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/this_side_paradise_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Side_Of_Paradise | https://librivox.org/this-side-of-paradise-by-f-scott-fitzgerald | null | 32,184 | [] | [
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"dod": "1940"
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] | [] |
56 | Secret Garden | Mary Lennox is a spoiled, middle-class, self-centered child who has been recently orphaned. She is accepted into the quiet and remote country house of an uncle, who has almost completely withdrawn into himself after the death of his wife. Mary gradually becomes drawn into the hidden side of the house: why does she hear... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/113 | English | 1909 | 27 | https://librivox.org/rss/56 | https://archive.org/compress/secret_garden_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/secret_garden_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Garden | https://librivox.org/the-secret-garden-by-frances-hodgson-burnett/ | null | 32,905 | [] | [
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"dob": "1849",
"dod": "1924"
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57 | Twenty Years After | Let's continue the D'Artagnan Romances that we've already started with The Three Musketeers. | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1259 | English | 1856 | 90 | https://librivox.org/rss/57 | https://archive.org/compress/twentyyearsafter_0904_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/twentyyearsafter_0904_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Years_After | https://librivox.org/twenty-years-after-by-alexandre-dumas/ | null | 92,588 | [] | [
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"dod": "1870"
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59 | Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em>), his friend Jim, and their journe... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/76 | English | 1884 | 47 | https://librivox.org/rss/59 | https://archive.org/compress/huck_finn_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/huck_finn_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn | https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-by-mark-twain/ | null | 38,527 | [] | [
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"dod": "1910"
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64 | Heart of Darkness | Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and minds as a mysterious shadow, Heart of Darkness famously explores the rituals of civilisation and barbarism, and the frighteningly fine line between them.<br /><br />
We get the... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/219 | English | 1902 | 6 | https://librivox.org/rss/64 | https://archive.org/compress/heart_of_darkness/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/heart_of_darkness.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_darkness | https://librivox.org/heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad | null | 15,012 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Joseph",
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"dob": "1857",
"dod": "1924"
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65 | Odyssey | The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly dated to between 800 and 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, and concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus in his long journey back to his native la... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1727 | English | 1900 | 24 | https://librivox.org/rss/65 | https://archive.org/compress/odyssey_butler_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/odyssey_butler_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey | https://librivox.org/the-odyssey-by-homer/ | null | 40,705 | [] | [
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66 | Märchen (Index aller Märchen) | <p>Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts begannen die Brüder Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, traditionelle, bisher vor allem mündlich weitergegebene Erzählungen zusammenzutragen. Diese Sammlung ist als die Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm weltbekannt geworden und umfaßt so berühmte Geschichten wie Rapunzel, Hänsel und Gretel, Rumpelstilzchen... | https://gutenberg.spiegel.de/grimm/maerchen/0htmldir.htm | German | null | 0 | https://librivox.org/rss/66 | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms_Märchen | https://librivox.org/maerchen-by-grimm-index/ | null | 0 | [] | [
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67 | Divine Comedy | The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance. A cul... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1004 | English | 1321 | 19 | https://librivox.org/rss/67 | https://archive.org/compress/divine_comedy_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/divine_comedy_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy | https://librivox.org/the-divine-comedy-by-dante-alighieri/ | null | 44,605 | [] | [
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"dod": "1321"
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68 | Unbeaten Tracks in Japan | Isabella Lucy Bird was a 19th century English traveller, writer, and natural historian. She was a sickly child, however, while she was travelling she was almost always healthy. Her first trip, in 1854, took her to America, visiting relatives. Her first book, <i>The Englishwoman in America</i> was published anonymously ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2184 | English | 1878 | 58 | https://librivox.org/rss/68 | https://archive.org/compress/unbeaten_tracks_japan_ava_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/unbeaten_tracks_japan_ava_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbeaten_Tracks_in_Japan | https://librivox.org/unbeaten-tracks-in-japan-by-isabella-l-bird/ | null | 46,585 | [] | [
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"dod": "1904"
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71 | Canterville Ghost | The American Minister and his family have bought the English stately home Canterville Chase, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville - blood-stains, clanking chains and all. But these modern Americans will have no truck with ghostly goings-on, and set out to beat the spectre at his own game. (Summary by Dav... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14522 | English | 1906 | 7 | https://librivox.org/rss/71 | https://archive.org/compress/canterville_ghost_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/canterville_ghost_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Canterville_Ghost | https://librivox.org/the-canterville-ghost-by-oscar-wilde/ | null | 4,988 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Oscar",
"last_name": "Wilde",
"dob": "1854",
"dod": "1900"
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] | [] |
73 | Fábulas de Esopo, Vol. 1 | Las clásicas Fábulas de Esopo han sido traducidas a todos idiomas por cientos de años. Las fábulas, en forma de alegorias, nos dan consejos en una forma universal. El uso de animales y dioses antiguos hace que las lecciones sean imparcial. Cortitas y sabias, cada fábula nos entretiene y enriquese nuestras vidas. En est... | https://www.edyd.com/Fabulas/Esopo/Eindice.htm | Spanish | 1997 | 30 | https://librivox.org/rss/73 | https://archive.org/compress/fabulas_esopo_01_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/fabulas_esopo_01_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/las-fabulas-de-esopo-vol-01/ | null | 2,497 | [] | [
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"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Aesop",
"dob": "c. 620 BCE",
"dod": "564"
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74 | Mother Goose in Prose | Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of these nursery rhymes are complete tales in themselves. There are others which are mere suggestions, leaving the imagination to weave in the details of the story. Many of the rhym... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5312 | English | 1897 | 23 | https://librivox.org/rss/74 | https://archive.org/compress/mother_goose_prose_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/mother_goose_prose_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Goose_in_Prose | https://librivox.org/mother-goose-in-prose-by-l-frank-baum/ | null | 17,184 | [] | [
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"first_name": "L. Frank",
"last_name": "Baum",
"dob": "1856",
"dod": "1919"
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] | [] |
75 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe which treats slavery as a central theme. Stowe was a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist. The novel is believed to have had a... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/203 | English | 1852 | 45 | https://librivox.org/rss/75 | https://archive.org/compress/uncle_toms_cabin_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/uncle_toms_cabin_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin | https://librivox.org/uncle-toms-cabin-by-harriet-beecher-stowe/ | null | 65,193 | [] | [
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"last_name": "Stowe",
"dob": "1811",
"dod": "1896"
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76 | Truth About Jesus. Is He a Myth? | The following work offers in book form the series of studies on the question of the historicity of Jesus, presented from time to time before the Independent Religious Society in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1909. No effort has been made to change the manner of the spoken, into the more regular form of the written, word. (S... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6107 | English | 1909 | 18 | https://librivox.org/rss/76 | https://archive.org/compress/truth_about_jesus_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/truth_about_jesus_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/the-truth-about-jesus-is-he-a-myth-by-m-m-mangasarian/ | null | 20,415 | [] | [
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"first_name": " M. M.",
"last_name": "Mangasarian",
"dob": "1859",
"dod": "1943"
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] | [] | |
78 | Foolish Dictionary | "The Foolish Dictionary" was written by "Gideon Wurdz" (the pen name for Charles Wayland Towne) and was published in 1904. According to the beginning of the book, it is "An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use..." <br /><br />This a a short but... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1989 | English | 1904 | 18 | https://librivox.org/rss/78 | https://archive.org/compress/foolish_dictionary_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/foolish_dictionary_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/the-foolish-dictionary-by-gideon-wurdz/ | null | 6,327 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Charles Wayland",
"last_name": "Towne",
"dob": "1875",
"dod": "1965"
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] | [] | |
79 | Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood | George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and the Princess and the Goblin. However, during his life he was more famous for many more realistic novels. . . among them the somewhat autobiographical Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood.
<p>This story of a young moth... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9301 | English | 1871 | 36 | https://librivox.org/rss/79 | https://archive.org/compress/ranald_bannermans_boyhood_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/ranald_bannermans_boyhood_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranald_Bannerman's_Boyhood | https://librivox.org/ranald-bannermans-boyhood-by-george-macdonald/ | null | 25,488 | [] | [
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"dob": "1824",
"dod": "1905"
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80 | Fables de La Fontaine, livre 01 | Voici le premier des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et ont été enregistrées par des lecteurs de divers horizons.<br /><br />This is the first book from a collection of 12. The fables were written and first published in the 17th century. They portray humans' behaviour in the soc... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17941 | French | 1802 | 23 | https://librivox.org/rss/80 | https://archive.org/compress/fables_lafontaine_01_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/fables_lafontaine_01_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/fables_la_fontaine_01 | null | 2,625 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Jean de La",
"last_name": "Fontaine",
"dob": "1621",
"dod": "1695"
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81 | Dream Psychology | Not a few serious-minded students, [...], have been discouraged from attempting a study of Freud's dream psychology. The book in which he originally offered to the world his interpretation of dreams was as circumstantial as a legal record to be pondered over by scientists at their leisure, not to be assimilated in a fe... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15489 | English | 1920 | 10 | https://librivox.org/rss/81 | https://archive.org/compress/dream_psychology_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/dream_psychology_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/dream-psychology-by-sigmund-freud/ | null | 21,842 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Sigmund",
"last_name": "Freud",
"dob": "1856",
"dod": "1939"
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82 | Winnetou I | Der deutsche Vermessungsingenieur Old Shatterhand kommt betrügerischen Machenschaften bei der Verlegung einer neuen Eisenbahnlinie durch das Gebiet der Apachen auf die Spur. Nachdem er den Häuptlingssohn Winnetou vor dem Marterpfahl der feindlichen Kiowas gerettet hat, wird er von ihm in einem Kampf schwer verletzt und... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/may/winnet1/0inhalt.html | German | 1892 | 27 | https://librivox.org/rss/82 | https://archive.org/compress/winnetou1_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/winnetou1_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/winnetou-i-by-karl-may/ | null | 60,204 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Karl",
"last_name": "May",
"dob": "1842",
"dod": "1912"
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83 | Vindication of the Rights of Woman | Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, in which she argued that women are not naturally inferior to men, but only appeared to be because they lacked education. She suggested that both men and women should be treated as rational beings and imagined a social order founded on re... | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3420 | English | 1792 | 21 | https://librivox.org/rss/83 | https://archive.org/compress/vindication_woman_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/vindication_woman_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vindication_of_the_Rights_of_Woman | https://librivox.org/a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-by-mary-wollstonecraft/ | null | 35,176 | [] | [
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"last_name": "Wollstonecraft",
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"dod": "1797"
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84 | Getting of Wisdom | The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on Henry Handel Richardson's experiences of her own school, the Presbyterian Ladies College in central Melbourne. The story goes through her friends and enemies and all the life of a b... | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3728 | English | 1910 | 25 | https://librivox.org/rss/84 | https://archive.org/compress/getting_wisdom_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/getting_wisdom_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Getting_of_Wisdom | https://librivox.org/the-getting-of-wisdom-by-henry-handel-richardson/ | null | 28,057 | [] | [
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"first_name": " Henry Handel",
"last_name": "Richardson",
"dob": "1870",
"dod": "1946"
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] | [] |
85 | Consolation of Philosophy | Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West in medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great work that can be called Classica... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14328 | English | 1900 | 41 | https://librivox.org/rss/85 | https://archive.org/compress/the_consolation_of_philosophy_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/the_consolation_of_philosophy_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolation_of_Philosophy | https://librivox.org/the-consolation-of-philosophy-by-boethius/ | null | 18,784 | [] | [
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"dod": "525"
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86 | Emma | Sherry reads Jane Austen’s sparkling comedy of manners with wit and vivacity, and brings the characters to life. Mr. Woodhouse worries and frets, Miss Bates chatters on, and Emma blithely manipulates and misunderstands her friends and family until she finally learns her lesson! (Summary by Kara) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/158 | English | 1815 | 55 | https://librivox.org/rss/86 | https://archive.org/compress/emma_solo_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/emma_solo_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(novel) | https://librivox.org/emma-by-jane-austen-solo/ | null | 64,950 | [] | [
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"last_name": "Austen",
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"dod": "1817"
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88 | Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures | Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was the son of an actor manager. After some time in the Navy and as an apprentice printer he became a playwright and later a journalist. He was a contemporary and friend of Charles Dickens. As a journalist he worked for Punch magazine in which Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures were seria... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6054 | English | 1846 | 38 | https://librivox.org/rss/88 | https://archive.org/compress/mrs_caudles_curtain_lectures_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/mrs_caudles_curtain_lectures_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/mrs-caudles-curtain-lectures-by-douglas-william-jerrold/ | null | 15,706 | [] | [
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"last_name": "Jerrold",
"dob": "1803",
"dod": "1857"
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89 | Fábulas de Esopo, Vol. 2 | Las clásicas Fábulas de Esopo han sido traducidas a todos idiomas por cientos de años. Las fábulas, en forma de alegorias, nos dan consejos en una forma universal. El uso de animales y dioses antiguos hace que las lecciones sean imparcial. Cortitas y sabias, cada fábula nos entretiene y enriquese nuestras vidas. En est... | https://www.edyd.com/Fabulas/Esopo/Eindice.htm | Spanish | 1997 | 30 | https://librivox.org/rss/89 | https://archive.org/compress/fabulas_esopo_02_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/fabulas_esopo_02_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/fabulas-de-esopo-vol-02/ | null | 2,968 | [] | [
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90 | Importance of Being Earnest | The Importance of Being Earnest is a classic comedy of manners in which two flippant young men, in order to impress their respected beloveds, pretend that their names are “Ernest,” which both young ladies believe confers magical qualities on the possessor. It was first performed for the public on February 14, 1895 at t... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/844 | English | 1899 | 3 | https://librivox.org/rss/90 | https://archive.org/compress/being_earnest_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/being_earnest_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earnest | https://librivox.org/the-importance-of-being-earnest-by-oscar-wilde/ | null | 8,280 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Oscar",
"last_name": "Wilde",
"dob": "1854",
"dod": "1900"
}
] | [] |
93 | Story of a Stuffed Elephant | The Story of a Stuffed Elephant is... well, the story of a Stuffed Elephant and the little boy who owns him, and his sister, and all their adventures. A delightful children's book by the author of The Bobbsey Twins series. (Summary by Vlooi and Kara)
Laura Lee Hope is a pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate fo... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19425 | English | 1922 | 10 | https://librivox.org/rss/93 | https://archive.org/compress/stuffed_elephant_solo_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/stuffed_elephant_solo_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/the-story-of-a-stuffed-elephant-by-laura-lee-hope/ | null | 7,790 | [] | [
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"last_name": "Hope",
"dob": "",
"dod": ""
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] | [] | |
94 | Wind in the Willows | This much-loved story follows a group of animal friends in the English countryside as they pursue adventure … and as adventure pursues them! The chief characters - Mole, Rat, and Toad - generally lead upbeat and happy lives, but their tales are leavened with moments of terror, homesickness, awe, madcap antics, and derr... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/289 | English | 1908 | 12 | https://librivox.org/rss/94 | https://archive.org/compress/wind_in_the_willows_collab_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/wind_in_the_willows_collab_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_in_the_Willows | https://librivox.org/the-wind-in-the-willows-by-kenneth-grahame-2/ | null | 23,407 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Kenneth",
"last_name": "Grahame",
"dob": "1859",
"dod": "1932"
}
] | [] |
96 | Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales | The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age. (summary from book introduction)<br /><br />This collection consists of V... | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3152 | English | 1912 | 117 | https://librivox.org/rss/96 | https://archive.org/compress/junior_classics_vol1_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/junior_classics_vol1_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/the-junior-classics-vol-1-by-william-patten/ | null | 51,472 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "William Allan",
"last_name": "Neilson",
"dob": "1869",
"dod": "1946"
},
{
"first_name": "William",
"last_name": "Patten",
"dob": "1868",
"dod": "1936"
}
] | [] | |
97 | Lord Jim | A classic of early literary modernism, Lord Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who loses his honor in a display of cowardice at sea -- and of his expiation of that sin against his own "shadowy ideal of conduct" on the remote island of Patusan. The novel, written by Conrad for magazine seria... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5658 | English | 1900 | 30 | https://librivox.org/rss/97 | https://archive.org/compress/lord_jim_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/lord_jim_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Jim | https://librivox.org/lord-jim-by-joseph-conrad | null | 51,917 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Joseph",
"last_name": "Conrad",
"dob": "1857",
"dod": "1924"
}
] | [] |
99 | Villette | After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against an overwhelming sense of desolation. Meeting a charming doctor and a strict, peculiar schoolmaster changes her life forever-- and threatens to break her spirit. (summary by heather... | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9182 | English | 1853 | 42 | https://librivox.org/rss/99 | https://archive.org/compress/villette_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/villette_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villette_(novel) | https://librivox.org/villette-by-charlotte-bronte/ | null | 73,558 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Charlotte",
"last_name": "Brontë",
"dob": "1816",
"dod": "1855"
}
] | [] |
100 | Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket | The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is Edgar Allan Poe’s only complete novel, published in 1838.<br><br>The work relates the tale of the young Arthur Gordon Pym who stows away aboard a whaling ship called Grampus. Various adventures and mis-adventures befall Pym including shipwreck, mutiny and cannibalism. ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2149 | English | 1838 | 27 | https://librivox.org/rss/100 | https://archive.org/compress/narrative_gordon_pym_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/narrative_gordon_pym_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym_of_Nantucket | https://librivox.org/narrative-of-arthur-gordon-pym/ | null | 22,932 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Edgar Allan",
"last_name": "Poe",
"dob": "1809",
"dod": "1849"
}
] | [] |
104 | Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | Robin Hood is the archetypal English folk hero; a courteous, pious and swashbuckling outlaw of the mediæval era who, in modern versions of the legend, is famous for robbing the rich to feed the poor and fighting against injustice and tyranny. He operates with his "seven score" (140 strong) group of fellow outlawed yeom... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/964 | English | 1883 | 22 | https://librivox.org/rss/104 | https://archive.org/compress/merry_adventures_robin_hood_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/merry_adventures_robin_hood_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood | https://librivox.org/the-merry-adventures-of-robin-hood-by-howard-pyle/ | null | 39,649 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Howard",
"last_name": "Pyle",
"dob": "1853",
"dod": "1911"
}
] | [] |
105 | Wives and Daughters | If you like Jane Austen, you will probably like this book!<br /><br />Mrs. Gaskell, as she was often referred to, is considered one of the greatest British novelists of the Victorian era. She was one of the earliest novelists ever to use dialect in her works, finding often that no word but the vernacular would suffice ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4274 | English | 1866 | 61 | https://librivox.org/rss/105 | https://archive.org/compress/wives_daughters_0710_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/wives_daughters_0710_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wives_and_Daughters | https://librivox.org/wives-and-daughters-by-elizabeth-gaskell/ | null | 98,155 | [] | [
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"first_name": " Elizabeth Cleghorn",
"last_name": "Gaskell",
"dob": "1810",
"dod": "1865"
}
] | [] |
106 | Poems Every Child Should Know | This anthology of poetry, published in 1904, contains such favorites as The Raven, My Shadow, and The Village Blacksmith, as well as many lovely poems that may be unfamiliar. Most of the poems in this collection are short enough for children to memorize. | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16436 | English | 1904 | 81 | https://librivox.org/rss/106 | https://archive.org/compress/poems_every_child_should_know_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/poems_every_child_should_know_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/poems-every-child-should-know-edited-by-mary-e-burt/ | null | 29,267 | [] | [
{
"first_name": " Mary E.",
"last_name": "Burt",
"dob": "1850",
"dod": "1918"
},
{
"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Various",
"dob": "",
"dod": ""
}
] | [] | |
119 | Art of War | "The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The Art of War is one of the oldest and most famous stu... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17405 | English | 1910 | 7 | https://librivox.org/rss/119 | https://archive.org/compress/art_of_war_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/art_of_war_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/the-art-of-war-by-sun-tzu/ | null | 4,334 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Sun Tzu 孙武",
"dob": "554 BCE",
"dod": "496 BCE"
}
] | [] | |
120 | Three Musketeers | The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis -- inseparable friends who liv... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1257 | English | 1846 | 68 | https://librivox.org/rss/120 | https://archive.org/compress/three_musketeers_0712_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/three_musketeers_0712_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers | https://librivox.org/the-three-musketeers-by-alexandre-dumas/ | null | 89,386 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Alexandre",
"last_name": "Dumas",
"dob": "1802",
"dod": "1870"
}
] | [] |
121 | Fábulas de Esopo, Vol. 3 | Las clásicas Fábulas de Esopo han sido traducidas a todos idiomas por cientos de años. Las fábulas, en forma de alegorias, nos dan consejos en una forma universal. El uso de animales y dioses antiguos hace que las lecciones sean imparcial. Cortitas y sabias, cada fábula nos entretiene y enriquese nuestras vidas. En est... | https://www.edyd.com/Fabulas/Esopo/Eindice.htm | Spanish | 1997 | 30 | https://librivox.org/rss/121 | https://archive.org/compress/fabulas_esopo_03_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/fabulas_esopo_03_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/las-fabulas-de-esopo-vol-03/ | null | 2,056 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Aesop",
"dob": "c. 620 BCE",
"dod": "564"
}
] | [] | |
122 | Bible (LSG, 1910) NT 04: Évangile selon Jean | Ce quarante-troisième livre de la Bible, traduite par Louis Segond, au XIXe siècle et publiée au début du siècle suivant, nous est parvenu comme étant le témoignage du <em>disciple que Jésus aimait</em>.
<br><br>L'auteur a écrit ces choses « afin que vous croyiez que Jésus est le Christ, le Fils de Dieu, et qu'en cro... | https://abu.cnam.fr/cgi-bin/donner?LSG/lsg43jea | French | 1910 | 5 | https://librivox.org/rss/122 | https://archive.org/compress/jean_lsg_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/jean_lsg_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/evangile-selon-jean-lsg/ | null | 6,510 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Louis Segond Bible",
"dob": "1810",
"dod": "1855"
}
] | [] | |
123 | Amateur Cracksman | <i>"I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial billet, when excitement, romance, danger and a decent living were all going begging together?"- A. J. Raffles, The Ides of March.</i><br /><br />The Amateur Cracksman is the first collect... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/706 | English | 1899 | 8 | https://librivox.org/rss/123 | https://archive.org/compress/amateur_cracksman_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/amateur_cracksman_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J._Raffles | https://librivox.org/the-amateur-cracksman-by-ew-hornung/ | null | 19,524 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "E. W.",
"last_name": "Hornung",
"dob": "1866",
"dod": "1921"
}
] | [] |
124 | Girl of the Limberlost | A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel written by the American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was first published in August, 1909. The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp, during the early 20th century. (Summary from Wikipedia) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/125 | English | 1909 | 25 | https://librivox.org/rss/124 | https://archive.org/compress/girl_limberlost_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/girl_limberlost_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_of_the_Limberlost_(novel) | https://librivox.org/a-girl-of-the-limberlost-by-gene-stratton-porter/ | null | 41,109 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Gene",
"last_name": "Stratton-Porter",
"dob": "1863",
"dod": "1924"
}
] | [] |
126 | Rosary | "The Rosary" is a beautiful love story. Gareth Dalmain falls in love with the Honorable Jane Champion. She loves him back, but does not trust his love, as is known to be a great lover of beauty, and she - alas - is very plain. Just as she decides to trust him, she receives news that he has been blinded in a hunting acc... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3659 | English | 1909 | 38 | https://librivox.org/rss/126 | https://archive.org/compress/rosary_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/rosary_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rosary_(novel) | https://librivox.org/the-rosary-by-florence-louisa-barclay/ | null | 39,043 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Florence Louisa",
"last_name": "Barclay",
"dob": "1862",
"dod": "1921"
}
] | [] |
127 | Golden mean to 5000 digits | The golden section is a line segment sectioned into two according to the golden ratio. The total length a+b is to the longer segment a as a is to the shorter segment b. In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio between the sum of those quantities and the larger one is the same as ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/744 | English | 0 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/127 | https://archive.org/compress/golden_mean_to_5000_digits_0810_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/golden_mean_to_5000_digits_0810_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/golden-mean-to-5000-digits-by-jerry-bonnell-and-robert-nemiroff/ | null | 3,253 | [] | [
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"first_name": " Jerry",
"last_name": "Bonnell",
"dob": "",
"dod": ""
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{
"first_name": " Robert",
"last_name": "Nemiroff",
"dob": "",
"dod": ""
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128 | Queen Lucia | E. F. Benson was born at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father, who later went on to become the Archbishop of Canterbury, was the first Headmaster. He wrote 105 books in all.<br><br>Queen Lucia (first published in 1920) was the first of Benson’s ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels of which there were six. This first bo... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6840 | English | 1920 | 16 | https://librivox.org/rss/128 | https://archive.org/compress/queen_lucia_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/queen_lucia_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/queen-lucia-by-edward-frederic-benson/ | null | 31,506 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "E. F.",
"last_name": "Benson",
"dob": "1867",
"dod": "1940"
}
] | [] | |
131 | Histoires ou Contes du temps passé avec des moralités | Cette édition de 1742 nous rapporte les contes de ma mère l'Oye adaptés par Charles Perrault et agrémentés de moralités.
Pleines d'enseignements, ces histoires du temps passé, contées, en France, depuis le Moyen Âge, nous ferons encore rêver ou frissonner avec leurs jeunes filles et jeunes gens dans l'adversité, leurs ... | https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k101479h | French | 1742 | 11 | https://librivox.org/rss/131 | https://archive.org/compress/contes_temps_passe_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/contes_temps_passe_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/contes-du-temps-passe-avec-des-moralites-by-charles-perrault/ | null | 9,164 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Charles",
"last_name": "Perrault",
"dob": "1628",
"dod": "1703"
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] | [] | |
132 | Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2) | This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French acquiescence) of from 500 to 1,500 unarmed Anglo-American troops, who had honorably surrendered at Fort William Henry, plus some women and servants; the kidnapping of two sisters, d... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/940 | English | 1826 | 34 | https://librivox.org/rss/132 | https://archive.org/compress/lastofthemohicans_0809_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/lastofthemohicans_0809_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Mohicans | https://librivox.org/the-last-of-the-mohicans-by-james-fenimore-cooper/ | null | 55,457 | [] | [
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"first_name": "James Fenimore",
"last_name": "Cooper",
"dob": "1789",
"dod": "1851"
}
] | [] |
133 | Jane Eyre | <i>Jane Eyre</i> is not your typical romance. It is a story of a woman who struggles with a world in which she doesn't quite fit. Once finished with her schooling, and with no family that really cares of her she strikes out on her own as a governess. Jane Eyre searches for love, someone to care for her, and someone to ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1260 | English | 1847 | 39 | https://librivox.org/rss/133 | https://archive.org/compress/jane_eyre_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/jane_eyre_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Eyre | https://librivox.org/jane-eyre-by-charlotte-bront/ | null | 74,196 | [] | [
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"first_name": "Charlotte",
"last_name": "Brontë",
"dob": "1816",
"dod": "1855"
}
] | [] |
134 | Eclogues | This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely inspired not only by the Romans themselves, but by the Medieval Catholic church, The Eclogues is one of the most beloved collections of Latin short poetry. (Summary by Caeristhiona... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/230 | English | 0 | 10 | https://librivox.org/rss/134 | https://archive.org/compress/eclogues_0810_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/eclogues_0810_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclogues | https://librivox.org/the-eclogues-by-publius-vergilius-maro/ | null | 4,101 | [] | [
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"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Virgil",
"dob": "70 BCE",
"dod": "19 BCE"
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] | [] |
135 | Eclogae (dramatic reading) | This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely inspired not only by the Romans themselves, but by the Medieval Catholic church, The Eclogues is one of the most beloved collections of Latin short poetry. (Summary by Caeristhiona... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/229 | Latin | 0 | 12 | https://librivox.org/rss/135 | https://archive.org/compress/ecloga_0810_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/ecloga_0810_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/eclogae-by-publius-vergilius-maro/ | null | 5,390 | [] | [
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"first_name": "",
"last_name": "Virgil",
"dob": "70 BCE",
"dod": "19 BCE"
}
] | [] | |
136 | Around the World in Seventy-Two Days | This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, <em>Around the World in Eighty Days</em>. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (pen name “Nellie Bly”), reported her travels back to... | https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bly/world/world.html | English | 1890 | 18 | https://librivox.org/rss/136 | https://archive.org/compress/seventy_two_days_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/seventy_two_days_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Around_the_World_in_Seventy-Two_Days | https://librivox.org/around-the-world-in-seventy-two-days-by-nellie-bly/ | null | 21,931 | [] | [
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"first_name": " Nellie",
"last_name": "Bly",
"dob": "1864",
"dod": "1922"
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137 | My Man Jeeves | Bertram Wooster is an English gentleman living in New York, who seems to get himself into all sorts of jams. It’s up to his manservant Jeeves to come up with the plan to save the day from unpleasant houseguests, stingy uncles, broken hearts, and hard-partying aunts. (Summary by Mark Nelson) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8164 | English | 1919 | 8 | https://librivox.org/rss/137 | https://archive.org/compress/my_man_jeeves_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/my_man_jeeves_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Man_Jeeves | https://librivox.org/my-man-jeeves-by-p-g-wodehouse/ | null | 18,771 | [] | [
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"first_name": "P. G.",
"last_name": "Wodehouse",
"dob": "1881",
"dod": "1975"
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138 | Ballad of John Silver | LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of
<em>A Ballad of John Silver</em>, by John Masefield, to celebrate <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_like_a_pirate_day'>
International Talk Like a Pirate Day</a>. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 17th, 2006. | https://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterBallads | English | 1902 | 9 | https://librivox.org/rss/138 | https://archive.org/compress/ballad_john_silver_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/ballad_john_silver_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/a-ballad-of-john-silver-by-john-masefield/ | null | 1,182 | [] | [
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"dod": "1967"
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139 | Calendar of Sonnets | Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet for each month of the year, devoted simply and beautifully to the shifting wonder of nature through the seasons.
(Summary by Laura Fox) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9825 | English | 1886 | 12 | https://librivox.org/rss/139 | https://archive.org/compress/calendar_of_sonnets_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/calendar_of_sonnets_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/a-calendar-of-sonnets-by-helen-hunt-jackson/ | null | 921 | [] | [
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"dob": "1830",
"dod": "1885"
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140 | Christmas Carol | A classic tale of what comes to those whose hearts are hard. In a series of ghostly visits, Scrooge visits his happy past, sees the difficulties of the present, views a bleak future, and in the end amends his mean ways. (Summary written by Kristen McQuillin) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/46 | English | 1843 | 5 | https://librivox.org/rss/140 | https://archive.org/compress/A_Christmas_Carol/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/A_Christmas_Carol.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol | https://librivox.org/a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens/ | null | 11,669 | [] | [
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"last_name": "Dickens",
"dob": "1812",
"dod": "1870"
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141 | Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Come and hear the strange tale of The Boss Hank Morgan, a modern day (at the time of publication) Connecticut Yankee who inexplicably finds himself transported to the court of the legendary King Arthur (as the title of the book implies). Hank, or simply, The Boss, as he comes to be most frequently known, quickly uses h... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/86 | English | 1889 | 45 | https://librivox.org/rss/141 | https://archive.org/compress/connecticutyankee_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/connecticutyankee_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur's_Court | https://librivox.org/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-by-mark-twain/ | null | 49,355 | [] | [
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142 | American Indian Fairy Tales | With no written language, Native Americans living in the Lake Superior region passed their cultural identity down through the generations by way of stories. Far more than mere tales to amuse children, they passed along the collective wisdom of the tribes. In the 1830s, government Indian Agent and ethnologist Henry R Sc... | English | 1921 | 9 | https://librivox.org/rss/142 | https://archive.org/compress/american_indian_tales_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/american_indian_tales_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/american-indian-fairy-tales-by-william-trowbridge-larned/ | null | 10,148 | [] | [
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143 | International Episode | Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunication and cultural faux pas abound in this short but delightful novel.
(Summary written by Kristen McQuillin) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/210 | English | 1877 | 6 | https://librivox.org/rss/143 | https://archive.org/compress/international_episode/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/international_episode.zip | https://librivox.org/an-international-episode-by-henry-james/ | null | 10,856 | [] | [
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144 | Andersen's Fairy Tales | A collection of eighteen fairy tales - some popular, some lesser known - by famous Danish author H.C. Andersen.
(Summary by Gesine) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1597 | English | 1835 | 18 | https://librivox.org/rss/144 | https://archive.org/compress/andersens_fairytales_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/andersens_fairytales_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/andersens-fairy-tales-by-hc-andersen/ | null | 21,064 | [] | [
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145 | Anne of Avonlea | Following Anne of Green Gables, the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. Anne of Avonlea follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from Anne of Green Gables, as well new ones like Mr Harrison, Miss Lavendar L... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/47 | English | 1909 | 30 | https://librivox.org/rss/145 | https://archive.org/compress/anne_avonlea/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/anne_avonlea.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Avonlea | https://librivox.org/anne-of-avonlea-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ | null | 31,719 | [] | [
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146 | Anne of Green Gables | Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can’t help but love. Despite her “tragical” past, Anne’s optimism and imagination have helped her to always see the best in things. Anne’s life changes considerably when she is accide... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/45 | English | 1908 | 38 | https://librivox.org/rss/146 | https://archive.org/compress/anne_of_green_gables_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/anne_of_green_gables_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables | https://librivox.org/anne-of-green-gables-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ | null | 37,811 | [] | [
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147 | Art and Heart | This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 38 different recordings of Art and Heart, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This poem, originally suggested by Betsie Bush, was chosen for this special collection due to a general consensus t... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16776 | English | 1883 | 38 | https://librivox.org/rss/147 | https://archive.org/compress/art_and_heart_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/art_and_heart_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/art-and-heart-by-ella-wheeler-wilcox/ | null | 4,242 | [] | [
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148 | Auf der Galerie | In der Erzählung “Auf der Galerie” beschreibt Franz Kafka in zwei komplett gegensätzlichen Perspektiven die Darbietung einer Künstlerin in der Manege eines Zirkus und das Leiden des Galeriebesuchers durch diesen beiden Darbietungen. | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/kafka/erzaehlg/chap013.html | German | 1919 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/148 | https://archive.org/compress/kafka_galerie_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/kafka_galerie_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_der_Galerie | https://librivox.org/auf-der-galerie-by-franz-kafka/ | null | 181 | [] | [
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149 | Épigramme | LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of a poem in French: Épigramme, by François Maynard. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 9th, 2006.
(Summary by Annie Coleman) | https://www.bartleby.com/244/134.html | French | 1920 | 10 | https://librivox.org/rss/149 | https://archive.org/compress/epigramme_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/epigramme_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/epigramme-by-francois-maynard/ | null | 497 | [] | [
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150 | Barbara Frietchie | This was the weekly poem for Flag Day 2006. It tells the largely-apocryphal but nonetheless inspiring story of one old woman’s act of patriotism during a Confederate advance in the civil war. (summary by LauraFox) | https://www.bartleby.com/102/81.html | English | 1864 | 4 | https://librivox.org/rss/150 | https://archive.org/compress/barbara_frietchie_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/barbara_frietchie_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Frietchie | https://librivox.org/barbara-frietchie-by-john-greenleaf-whittier/ | null | 827 | [] | [
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151 | Beowulf | This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a mysterious young warrior who saves the Spear-Danes from the terrible monster Grendel and his venomous mother. Long a mainstay of English Literature 101 courses at universities around... | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/981 | English | 1909 | 8 | https://librivox.org/rss/151 | https://archive.org/compress/beowulf/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/beowulf.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf | https://librivox.org/beowulf/ | null | 10,359 | [] | [
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152 | Beyond Good and Evil | First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important. In it, Nietzsche denounced what he considered to be the moral vacuity of 19th century thinkers. He attacked philosophers for what he considered to be their lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of Christian ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4363 | English | 1885 | 10 | https://librivox.org/rss/152 | https://archive.org/compress/beyond_good_and_evil_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/beyond_good_and_evil_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Good_and_Evil | https://librivox.org/beyond-good-and-evil-by-friedrich-nietzsche/ | null | 28,930 | [] | [
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153 | Bible (Biblia Sacra Vulgata) 19: Psalmi XXII | Psalm 22 appears as Psalm 23 in modern English translations of the Bible. - Psalmi XXII Bibliae Sacrae Vulgatae, recitatus in lingua Latina. (Summary by Jim Cadwell) | https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&chapter=22&version=4 | Latin | 382 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/153 | https://archive.org/compress/psalmi_22_vulgata_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/psalmi_22_vulgata_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm | https://librivox.org/biblia-sacra-vulgata-psalmi-xxii/ | null | 81 | [] | [
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154 | Bildergeschichten | Wilhelm Busch war einer der bedeutendsten humoristischen Zeichner und Dichter Deutschlands. Er gilt wegen seiner satirischen Bildergeschichten (u.a. Max und Moritz) in Versen als einer der Urväter des Comics. Die Bilder zu diesem Buch sind im Online Text enthalten. (Zusammenfassung von Wikipedia) | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/autoren/namen/busch.html | German | 1904 | 51 | https://librivox.org/rss/154 | https://archive.org/compress/bildergeschichten_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/bildergeschichten_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/bildergeschichten-von-wilhelm-busch/ | null | 13,990 | [] | [
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155 | Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse) | Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir of a high-bred horse named Black Beauty, from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. A... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/271 | English | 1877 | 49 | https://librivox.org/rss/155 | https://archive.org/compress/blackbeauty_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/blackbeauty_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty | https://librivox.org/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell/ | null | 22,497 | [] | [
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156 | Bible (KJV) 17: Esther | Esther appears in the Bible as a woman of deep piety, faith, courage, patriotism, and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, docile and obedient to his counsels, and anxious to share the king’s favour with him for the good of the Jewish people. That she was raised up as an instrume... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8017 | English | 1611 | 3 | https://librivox.org/rss/156 | https://archive.org/compress/publicdomain/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/publicdomain.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Esther | https://librivox.org/book-of-esther-kjv/ | null | 1,955 | [] | [
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157 | Caedmon's Hymn | Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (657–681). Originally ignorant of the art of song, Cædmon learned to compose one night in the course of a dream. Cædmon’s only known surviving work is Cædmon’s Hymn, the nine-line alliterative vernacular praise poem in honour of the Ch... | https://kayray.org/caedmon.html | Old English | 680 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/157 | https://archive.org/compress/caedmon_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/caedmon_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cædmon's_Hymn | https://librivox.org/caedmons-hymn/ | null | 99 | [] | [
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158 | Call of the Wild | In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a trainer of sled dogs in Alaska. He adapts to the brutal conditions and is finally acquired by a loving man. When this new owner is killed, Buck follows the ‘call of the wild’ and ... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/215 | English | 1903 | 6 | https://librivox.org/rss/158 | https://archive.org/compress/call_of_the_wild/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/call_of_the_wild.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_the_Wild | https://librivox.org/call-of-the-wild-by-jack-london/ | null | 12,216 | [] | [
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159 | Cathay | The Cathay poems appeared in a slim volume in 1915. They are, in effect, Ezra Pound’s English translations/interpretations from notebooks written by the Japanese scholar Ernest Fenollosa. Pound, not knowing any Chinese or Japanese at all, promptly created a new and somewhat complex style of translation, as he had done ... | https://paintedricecakes.org/languagearts/poetry/cathay_pound.html | English | 1915 | 17 | https://librivox.org/rss/159 | https://archive.org/compress/cathay_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/cathay_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathay_(poetry_collection) | https://librivox.org/cathay-by-ezra-pound/ | null | 2,758 | [] | [
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160 | Chapters from my Autobiography | Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) began writing his autobiography long before the 1906 publications of these Chapters from my Autobiography. He originally planned to have his memoirs published only after his death but realized, once he’d passed his 70th year, that a lot of the material might be OK to publish before his depar... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19987 | English | 1906 | 25 | https://librivox.org/rss/160 | https://archive.org/compress/twain_autobiography_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/twain_autobiography_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain's_Autobiography | https://librivox.org/chapters-from-my-authobiography-by-mark-twain/ | null | 38,091 | [] | [
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161 | Vagabond Song | LibriVox volunteers bring you fifteen different recordings of A Vagabond Song, by Bliss Carman, to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 24th, 2006. | https://www.bartleby.com/267/149.html | English | 1901 | 15 | https://librivox.org/rss/161 | https://archive.org/compress/vagabond_song_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/vagabond_song_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/a-vagabond-song-by-bliss-carman/ | null | 851 | [] | [
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162 | Childhood | Childhood, published in 1852, is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, which also includes Boyhood, and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book gained immediate notice among Russian writers including Ivan Turgenev, and heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2142 | English | 1895 | 18 | https://librivox.org/rss/162 | https://archive.org/compress/childhood_english_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/childhood_english_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_(novel) | https://librivox.org/childhood-english-trans-by-leo-tolstoy-translated-by-c-j-hogarth/ | null | 14,796 | [] | [
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163 | Dear Enemy | <i>Dear Enemy</i> is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel <i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i>. The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in <i>Daddy-Long-Legs</i>. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new dir... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/238 | English | 1915 | 24 | https://librivox.org/rss/163 | https://archive.org/compress/dear_enemy_0710_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/dear_enemy_0710_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Enemy_(novel) | https://librivox.org/dear-enemy-by-jean-webster/ | null | 23,516 | [] | [
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164 | Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers | The compiler of [this book] having entered early in life upon a train of duties, was frequently embarrassed by her ignorance of domestic affairs. For, whilst receipt books for elegant preparations were often seen, those connected with the ordinary, but far more useful part of household duties, were not easily procured;... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9101 | English | 1866 | 20 | https://librivox.org/rss/164 | https://archive.org/compress/domestic_cookery_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/domestic_cookery_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/domestic-cookery-by-elizabeth-e-lea | null | 31,626 | [] | [
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"dob": "1793",
"dod": "1858"
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166 | Anne of the Island | This is the continuing story of Anne Shirley and the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series. In it Anne attends Redmond College where she is studying for her BA. She has many trials and tribulations along the way, including some romance. In Anne of the Island the reader is also introduced to many new characters,... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/51 | English | 1915 | 41 | https://librivox.org/rss/166 | https://archive.org/compress/anne_island/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/anne_island.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_the_Island | https://librivox.org/anne-of-the-island-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ | null | 28,287 | [] | [
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168 | Secret Chambers and Hiding Places | “Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages and chambers in continental Europe are mentioned, Jacobite hidey holes in Scotland, while the final chapter of the book covers Bonnie Prince Charlie’s wanderings around Scotland, a... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13918 | English | 1908 | 16 | https://librivox.org/rss/168 | https://archive.org/compress/secret_chambers_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/secret_chambers_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/secret-chambers-and-hiding-places-by-allan-fea | null | 13,398 | [] | [
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169 | Death Be Not Proud | This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remember military men and women who had lost their lives in war. Kings and presidents come and go and some of the reasons that wars have come about are now lost from memory or are obscure... | https://www.bartleby.com/101/202.html | English | 1633 | 11 | https://librivox.org/rss/169 | https://archive.org/compress/death_be_not_proud_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/death_be_not_proud_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Be_Not_Proud | https://librivox.org/death-be-not-proud-by-john-donne/ | null | 960 | [] | [
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170 | Declaration of Independence of the United States of America | <em>Declaration of Independence</em> is the document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. (Summary from wikipedia.org) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1 | English | 1776 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/170 | https://archive.org/compress/declaration_of_independence_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/declaration_of_independence_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_(United_States) | https://librivox.org/declaration-of-independence-by-the-united-states-of-america/ | null | 611 | [] | [
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171 | Declaration of Rights | On June 8, 1765 James Otis, supported by the Massachusetts Assembly sent a letter to each colony calling for a general meeting of delegates. The meeting was to be held in New York City in October. Representatives from nine colonies met in New York. Though New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia did not send... | https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sac65.htm | English | 1765 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/171 | https://archive.org/compress/stamp_act_congress_1765_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/stamp_act_congress_1765_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/declaration-of-rights-by-the-stamp-act-congress-of-1765/ | null | 254 | [] | [
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172 | Kleine Häwelmann | Das berühmte Märchen von Theodor Storm erzählt von einem kleinen Jungen, der Häwelmann hieß. Häwelmann schlief in einem Bett mit Rollen, “wenn er aber nicht müde war, so musste seine Mutter ihn darin in der Stube umherfahren”. - In der Nacht von der diese Geschichte handelt, schlief die Mutter aber so tief ein, daß sie... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/storm/haewelma/haewelma.html | German | 0 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/172 | https://archive.org/compress/haewelmann_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/haewelmann_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_kleine_Häwelmann | https://librivox.org/der-kleine-haewelmann-by-theodor-storm/ | null | 498 | [] | [
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173 | Schimmelreiter | In einer Nordseegemeinde taucht vor drohenden Sturmfluten und Deichbrüchen eine gespenstische Gestalt auf dem Deich auf. Der Geist reitet auf seinem Schimmel lautlos in die Fluten um dort unterzugehen. Das gesamte Dorf kennt dieses Zeichen seit über hundert Jahren. Der Erzähler aber nimmt die Gestalt während eines Stur... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/storm/schimmel/schimmel.html | German | 1888 | 7 | https://librivox.org/rss/173 | https://archive.org/compress/schimmelreiter_storm_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/schimmelreiter_storm_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schimmelreiter | https://librivox.org/der-schimmelreiter-by-theodor-storm/ | null | 15,443 | [] | [
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174 | Journey to the Interior of the Earth | Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the “center of the Earth”. They encounter many adventures, including p... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3748 | English | 1864 | 41 | https://librivox.org/rss/174 | https://archive.org/compress/journey_verne_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/journey_verne_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth | https://librivox.org/a-journey-to-the-interior-of-the-earth-by-jules-verne/ | null | 29,416 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Jules",
"last_name": "Verne",
"dob": "1828",
"dod": "1905"
}
] | [] |
175 | Little Princess | The novel tells of the troubles of a wealthy young girl, Sara Crewe, who is sent to an oppressive London boarding school during her father’s campaign in India. Thanks to Capt. Crewe’s money, Sara is treated as a little princess until, one day, word comes of her father’s tragic death. Miss Minchin, the school’s greedy h... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/146 | English | 1905 | 19 | https://librivox.org/rss/175 | https://archive.org/compress/littleprincess_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/littleprincess_librivox.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Princess | https://librivox.org/a-little-princess-by-frances-hodgson-burnett/ | null | 27,357 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Frances Hodgson",
"last_name": "Burnett",
"dob": "1849",
"dod": "1924"
}
] | [] |
176 | Struwwelpeter (version 2) | Der Struwwelpeter, zuerst erschienen als “Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder mit 15 schön kolorierten Tafeln für Kinder von 3-6 Jahren”, wurde 1845 von Heinrich Hoffmann als ein Kinderbuch für seine eigene Familie geschrieben. Es wurde als eine illustrierte Sammlung von Kindergeschichten sehr bekannt durch seine e... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/hoffmanh/struwwel/struww11.html | German | 1845 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/176 | https://archive.org/compress/struwwelpeter_de2_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/struwwelpeter_de2_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/der-struwwelpeter-by-heinrich-hofmann-german2/ | null | 887 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Heinrich",
"last_name": "Hoffmann",
"dob": "1809",
"dod": "1894"
}
] | [] | |
177 | Modest Proposal | Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich (Protestant) land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty in one blow. When the “Proposal” was publis... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1080 | English | 1729 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/177 | https://archive.org/compress/modestproposal/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/modestproposal.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_modest_proposal | https://librivox.org/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift/ | null | 1,635 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Jonathan",
"last_name": "Swift",
"dob": "1667",
"dod": "1745"
}
] | [] |
179 | Noiseless Patient Spider | LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Walt Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman) | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1322 | English | 1900 | 8 | https://librivox.org/rss/179 | https://archive.org/compress/patient_spider/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/patient_spider.zip | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Noiseless_Patient_Spider | https://librivox.org/a-noiseless-patient-spider-by-walt-whitman/ | null | 677 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Walt",
"last_name": "Whitman",
"dob": "1819",
"dod": "1892"
}
] | [] |
180 | Struwwelpeter | Der Struwwelpeter, zuerst erschienen als “Lustige Geschichten und drollige Bilder mit 15 schön kolorierten Tafeln für Kinder von 3-6 Jahren”, wurde 1845 von Heinrich Hoffmann als ein Kinderbuch für seine eigene Familie geschrieben. Es wurde als eine illustrierte Sammlung von Kindergeschichten sehr bekannt durch seine e... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/hoffmanh/struwwel/struww11.html | German | 1845 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/180 | https://archive.org/compress/struwwelpeter_de_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/struwwelpeter_de_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Struwwelpeter | https://librivox.org/der-struwwelpeter-von-heinrich-hoffman/ | null | 1,065 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Heinrich",
"last_name": "Hoffmann",
"dob": "1809",
"dod": "1894"
}
] | [] |
181 | Tolle Mensch | “Der tolle Mensch” ist der Aphorismus 125 aus dem dritten Buch der “Fröhlichen Wissenschaft” und befaßt sich mit dem Thema “Gott ist tot”. Der stilistisch dichte Aphorismus enthält Anspielungen an klassische Werke der Philosophie und Tragödie. Dieser Text lässt den Tod Gottes als bedrohliches Ereignis erscheinen. Dem S... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/nietzsch/wissensc/wissensc.html | German | 1887 | 1 | https://librivox.org/rss/181 | https://archive.org/compress/tolle_mensch_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/tolle_mensch_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_fröhliche_Wissenschaft | https://librivox.org/der-tolle-mensch-by-friedrich-nietzsche/ | null | 288 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Friedrich",
"last_name": "Nietzsche",
"dob": "1844",
"dod": "1900"
}
] | [] |
182 | Leiden des jungen Werther | <em>Die Leiden des jungen Werther</em> beschreibt die unglückliche Liebe eines jungen Mannes (Werther) zu einer verlobten, später verheirateten Frau. Der Roman ist aus einer radikal subjektiven Perspektive geschrieben: er besteht nur aus Briefen von Werther vor allem an einen Freund namens Wilhelm. Erst im letzten Teil... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2407 | German | 1774 | 11 | https://librivox.org/rss/182 | https://archive.org/compress/leiden_werther_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/leiden_werther_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Leiden_des_jungen_Werthers | https://librivox.org/die-leiden-des-jungen-werthers-by-johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/ | null | 17,816 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Johann Wolfgang von",
"last_name": "Goethe",
"dob": "1749",
"dod": "1832"
}
] | [] |
183 | Schwarze Galeere | Im Jahr 1599 sind die Niederlande von den Spaniern besetzt. Die Stadt Antwerpen ist bevölkert von italienischen Söldnern. Doch die Niederländer leisten Widerstand. Auf See ist der Wille der “Wassergeusen” ungebrochen und ihre Schlagkraft von den Besatzern gefürchtet. Am meisten graut ihnen jedoch vor dem Flaggschiff: D... | https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/raabe/galeere/liefk001.html | German | 1861 | 6 | https://librivox.org/rss/183 | https://archive.org/compress/schwarze_galeere_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/schwarze_galeere_librivox.zip | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_schwarze_Galeere | https://librivox.org/die-schwarze-galeere-von-wilhelm-raabe/ | null | 6,445 | [] | [
{
"first_name": " Wilhelm",
"last_name": "Raabe",
"dob": "1830",
"dod": "1910"
}
] | [] |
184 | History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05) | This chapter of Macaulay’s History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to suppress these. Argyle has been sheltering in Holland and returns to raise an army against James. Although brave and quick witted, he was no leader of men and the army became a confu... | https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1468 | English | 1848 | 21 | https://librivox.org/rss/184 | https://archive.org/compress/historyofengland05/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/historyofengland05.zip | https://librivox.org/history-of-england-volume-1-chapter-5/ | null | 16,954 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Thomas Babington",
"last_name": "Macaulay",
"dob": "1800",
"dod": "1859"
}
] | [] | |
186 | I Do Not Love Thee | LibriVox volunteers bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton’s <i>I Do Not Love Thee</i>, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman) | https://www.bartleby.com/101/692.html | English | 1919 | 20 | https://librivox.org/rss/186 | https://archive.org/compress/i_do_not_love_thee_norton_librivox/formats=64KBPS MP3&file=/i_do_not_love_thee_norton_librivox.zip | https://librivox.org/i-do-not-love-thee-by-caroline-norton/ | null | 2,181 | [] | [
{
"first_name": "Caroline Elizabeth Sarah",
"last_name": "Norton",
"dob": "1808",
"dod": "1877"
}
] | [] |
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