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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
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The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller which premiered in 1953. It famously used the Salem Witch Trials to offer a commentary on McCarthyite America. This production stars Stacy Keach, Richard Dreyfuss, Ed Begley, Jr., Joe Spano, and Michael York, among others. You can stream the audio here.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Penrod by Booth Tarkington
Total running time: 6 hours, 4 minutes
05 – The Pageant of the Table Round
22 – Coloured Troops in Action
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
Summary: This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chesterton’s fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to be intuitive rather than deductive. Although clearly devout, he always emphasizes rationality: despite his religiousness and his belief in God and miracles, he manages to see the perfectly ordinary, natural explanation of the problem. He is a devout, educated and “civilized” clergyman, who is totally familiar with contemporary and secular thought and behavior. His character was thought to be based on Father John O’Connor (1870 – 1952), a parish priest in Bradford, Yorkshire. (Summary by Martin for Librivox)
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
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Total running time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
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The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
Summary: The Innocence of Father Brown (1911) is the first of five collections of mystery stories by G. K. Chesterton starring an unimposing but surprisingly capable Roman Catholic priest. Father Brown’s ability to uncover the truth behind the mystery continually surpasses that of the “experts” around him, who are fooled into underestimation by the priest’s unimpressive outward appearance and, often, by their own prejudices about Christianity. Combining captivating stories and insightful commentary, The Innocence of Father Brown is a delightful read. (Summary by Brian Roberg for Librivox)
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Total running time: 10 hours, 24 minutes
# 06 – The Honour of Israel Gow
# 08 – The Sins of Prince Saradine
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Summary: Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. The story tells of Elizabeth Ann, a 9-year-old orphan who goes from a sheltered existence with her father’s aunt Harriet and cousin Frances in the city, to living on a Vermont farm with her mother’s family, the Putneys, whose child-rearing practices had always seemed suspect to Harriet and her daughter. In her new rural life, Elizabeth Ann comes to be nicknamed “Betsy,” and to find that many activities that Frances had always thought too demanding for a little girl are considered, by the Putney family, ordinary expectations for a child: walking to school alone, cooking, and having household duties to perform.
The child thrives in her new environment, learning to make butter, boil maple syrup, and tend the animals. When Frances announces she is to be married and has come to “save” Elizabeth Ann from the dreaded Putney cousins, she is amazed to discover that the little girl is quite content to stay. The story ends after Frances has returned home, with Betsy, her aunt Abigail, uncle Henry, and cousin Ann sitting quietly and happily around the fireplace enjoying the knowledge they will now be a family for good. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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Total running time: 4 hours, 36 minutes
06 – If You Don’t Like Conversation in a Book Skip this Chapter!
07 – Elizabeth Ann Fails in an Examination
08 – Betsy Starts a Sewing Society
Holidays at Roselands by Martha Finley
Summary: This is the second book of the much loved Elsie Dinsmore series and starts where the first book left off. Elsie is still recuperating from her weakness, with her kind and indulgent father by her side.
The story revolves around how a strong bond of love and understanding takes root between the father and daughter, as they holiday at Roselands, and visit exciting places, with some of our favorite friends from the first book, Mr. Travilla, Adelaide, Chloe, Lora and the others. (Summary by Neeru Iyer for Librivox)
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Total running time: 8 hours, 53 minutes
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The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
Summary: The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story of a scientist who discovers the secret of invisibility and uses it on himself. The story begins as the Invisible Man, with a bandaged face and a heavy coat and gloves, takes a train to lodge in a country inn whilst he tries to discover the antidote and make himself visible again. The book inspired several films and is notable for its vivid descriptions of the invisible man–no mean feat, given that you can’t see him! (Summary from Librivox)
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Running time: 4 hours, 55 minutes
Invisible Man – Chapters 01-02
Invisible Man – Chapters 03-04
Invisible Man – Chapters 05-07
Invisible Man – Chapters 08-10
Invisible Man – Chapters 11-12
Invisible Man – Chapters 13-14
Invisible Man – Chapters 15-17
Invisible Man – Chapters 18-19
Invisible Man – Chapters 21-22
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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Total running time: 7 hours, 43 minutes
If you enjoy The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, you’ll also like The Story of Doctor Dolittle!
Summary: Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world. (summary from Wikipedia)
# 1-02 – Hear of the Great Naturalist
# 1-08 – Are You A Good Noticer
# 1-11 – My Schoolmaster, Polynesia
# 1-15 – I Become A Doctor’s Assistant
# 2-01 – The Crew of The Curlew
# 2-07 – The End of the Mystery
# 2-09 – The Purple Bird-of-Paradise
# 2-10 – Long Arrow, The Son of Golden Arrow
# 2-12 – Destiny and Destination
# 3-04 – Our Troubles Continue
# 3-06 – The Bed-maker of Monteverde
# 4-01 – Shellfish Languages Again
# 5-02 – The Men of The Moving Land
# 5-04 – What Makes an Island Float
# 5-07 – The Peace Of The Parrots
# 5-10 – The Coronation of King Jong
# 6-03 – The Red Man’s Science
# 6-05 – The Shellfish Riddle Solved At Last
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Summary: 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 serialization during an intense and chaotic ten months in 1899 and 1900, has, in the words of Thomas C. Moser, “the rare distinction of being a masterpiece in two separate genres. It is at once an exotic adventure story of the Eastern seas in the popular tradition of Kipling and Stevenson and a complexly wrought ‘art novel’ in the tradition of Flaubert and James. (Summary by Stewart Wills for Librivox)
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Total running time: 14 hours, 25 minutes
selected short stories and poems
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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Book summary from Librivox: In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting’s Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up treating people after Polynesia, his parrot, teaches him animal languages. His fame in the animal kingdom spreads throughout the world and soon he sets off to cure a monkey epidemic in Africa, finding all sorts of exciting adventures on the way.
This recording is of the original edition, which is in the public domain. Later editions, which are still under copyright, changed some language and plot elements that are considered racially derogatory.
(Summary adapted from wikipedia.org by Annie Coleman)
Author’s Note and Dedication ; Introduction – 00:08:55
The First Chapter – Puddleby – 00:06:10
The Second Chapter – Animal Language – 00:13:08
The Third Chapter – More Money Troubles – 00:07:28
The Fourth Chapter – A Message From Africa – 00:06:19
The Fifth Chapter – The Great Journey – 00:06:24
The Sixth Chapter – Polynesia and the King – 00:06:07
The Seventh Chapter – The Bridge of Apes – 00:11:04
The Eighth Chapter – The Leader of the Lions – 00:07:07
The Ninth Chapter – The Monkeys’ Council – 00:06:20
The Tenth Chapter – The Rarest Animal of All – 00:09:13
The Eleventh Chapter – The Black Prince – 00:10:33
The Twelfth Chapter – Medicine and Magic – 00:15:07
The Thirteenth Chapter – Red Sails and Blue Wings – 00:07:27
The Fourteenth Chapter – The Rats’ Warning – 00:08:21
The Fifteenth Chapter – The Barbary Dragon – 00:10:37
The Sixteenth Chapter – Too-Too the Listener – 00:07:58
The Seventeenth Chapter – The Ocean Gossips – 00:07:28
The Eighteenth Chapter – Smells – 00:12:19
The Nineteenth Chapter – The Rock – 00:08:29
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service by James Driscoll
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Running time: 3 hours 41 minutes.
The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service is a boys adventure story set in WWI. Three College Chums join the military and face the perils of spies, submarines and enemy soldiers in the trenches of embattled Europe. An engaging story set in a period where good guys wore white hats, bad guys wore black hats and every chapter ends with a cliffhanger so you have to come back for more! (Summary by Tom Clifton on Librivox)
02 Into the Service– A Spy 00:14:05
04 Farewell, United States 00:10:31
05 The Fight in the Wireless Room 00:13:12
06 The Mystery of the Iron Cross 00:10:22
08 The Death of the Spy 00:12:04
09 The Periscope at Dawn 00:08:49
11 Tapping the Enemy’s Wire 00:12:43
12 The SOS With Pistol Shots 00:09:16
14 Desperate Measures 00:11:08
15 The Surprise Attack– Promotion 00:12:09
17 The Lieutenant’s Invention 00:09:09
18 Slim Goodwin A Prisoner 00:10:50
19 Turning the Tables 00:10:01
The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico
The Snow Goose is a short story set during World War 2. A portion of the story takes place during the British retreat from Dunkirk.
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William Butler Yeats, selected poetry
The Lake Isle of Innisfree e-text
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Aedh Wishes for the Coths of Heaven
Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven e-text
A Prayer for My Daughter e-text
A Cradle Song
THE angels are stooping
Above your bed;
They weary of trooping
With the whimpering dead.
God’s laughing in Heaven
To see you so good;
The Sailing Seven
Are gay with His mood.
I sigh that kiss you,
For I must own
That I shall miss you
When you have grown.