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August 31, 2009May 20, 2011

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Summary: War and Peace is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy’s two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world’s greatest novels.

War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined with the equally large topics of youth, age and marriage. While today it is considered a novel, it broke so many novelistic conventions of its day that many critics of Tolstoy’s time did not consider it as such. Tolstoy himself considered Anna Karenina (1878) to be his first attempt at a novel in the European sense. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Book 1
Running time: 5 hours, 32 minutes

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Book 2

Running time: 4 hours, 32 minutes

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Book 3

Running time: 5 hours, 3 minutes

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Book 4

Running time: 3 hours, 2 minutes

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Book 5

Running time: 3 hours, 53 minutes

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Book 6

Running time: 4 hours, 2 minutes

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Book 7

Running time: 2 hours, 38 minutes

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Book 8

Running time: 3 hours, 57 minutes

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Book 9

Running time: 4 hours, 19 minutes

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Book 10

Running time: 7 hours, 30 minutes

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Book 11

Running time: 6 hours, 10 minutes

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Book 12

Running time: 2 hours, 42 minutes

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Book 13

Running time: 2 hours, 15 minutes

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Book 14

Running time: 2 hours, 9 minutes

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Book 15 This book has not been recorded yet, but it is in production. We will post the links here when it is finished. In the meantime, you can listen to the unedited recording of this book here, by clicking on the word Listen beside each chapter.

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August 28, 2009May 20, 2011

A Visit from Saint Nicholas

More commonly known today as ‘Twas the Night before Christmas, this poem by Clement C. Moore has become a holiday classic.

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August 25, 2009May 20, 2011

The Sayings of Confucius

Summary: Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples comprise the crux of Confucianism. (Summary by Andrea L for Librivox)

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Total running time: 3 hrs. 12 min.

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August 23, 2009January 12, 2011

By Pond and River by Arabella Buckley

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Running time: 48 minutes

Preface

A Frog’s Life

The Dragon Fly and His Companions

Down Below

The Stickleback’s Nest

The Kingfisher

The Water-Rat, or Water-Vole

The Water-Hen and the Coot

Peggy’s Water Plants

August 17, 2009April 16, 2015

Rare video of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan

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August 13, 2009August 13, 2013

The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis

Summary: The Imitation of Christ is widely considered one of the greatest manuals of devotion in Christianity. The life of Christ is presented as the highest study possible to a mortal. The book gives counsel to read the scriptures, statements about the uses of adversity, advice for submission to authority, warnings against temptation and how to resist it, reflections about death and the judgment, and admonitions to flee the vanities of the world.?(Summary drawn from Wikipedia).

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Total running time: 8 hours, 43 minutes

Book 1: chapters 1-10

Book 1: chapters 11-20

Book 1: chapters 21-25

Book 2: chapters 1-10

Book 2: chapters 11-12

Book 3: chapters 1-10

Book 3: chapters 11-20

Book 3: chapters 21-30

Book 3: chapters 31-40

Book 3: chapters 41-50

Book 4: chapters 1-10

Book 4: chapters 11-18

August 10, 2009May 31, 2011

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

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Running time: 7 hours, 36 minutes

August 9, 2009June 11, 2011

Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley

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This book runs 7 hours and 22 minutes.

August 2, 2009December 24, 2010

Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki

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This book runs 7 hours, 36 minutes.

Preface

My Lord Bag of Rice

The Tongue-Cut Sparrow

The Story of Urashima Taro, The Fisher Lad

The Farmer and the Badger

The Shinansha, or the South Pointing Carriage

The Adventures of Kintaro, The Golden Boy

The Story of Princess Hase

The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die

The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child

The Mirror of Maysuyama

The Goblin of Adachigahara

The Sagacious Monkey and the Boar

The Happy Hunter and the Skillful Fisher

The Story of the Old Man who made Withered Trees to Flower

The Jelly Fish and the Monkey

The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab

The White Hare and the Crocodiles

The Story of Prince Yamato Take

Mornotaro, or The Story of the Son of a Peach

The Ogre of Rashornon

How an Old Man Lost His Wen

The Stones of Five Colors and The Empress Jokwa

August 1, 2009July 7, 2016

Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch

Odysseus sees Polyphemus by Joseph Mallord William Turner; This work of art and the reproductions thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by the Yorck project. The compilation copyright is held by the Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft MbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation license. — Odysseus sees Polyphemus by Joseph Mallord William Turner

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Running time: 14 hours, 54 minutes
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Orpheus Lamenting Eurydice, by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot

Summary from Librivox: Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes: The Age of Fable, The Age of Chivalry, and Legends of Charlemagne. This is a recording of the tenth edition of the first volume, The Age of Fable. It contains many Greek and Roman myths, including simplified versions of The Iliad and The Odyssey, as well as a selection of Norse and eastern myths. Thomas Bulfinch’s goal was to make the ancient myths accessible to a wide audience, and so it is suitable for children. (Summary by Kathleen Gatliffe for Librivox)

This book is often used as a high school text. Although the Wikimedia summary says it is appropriate for children, you might consider one of our other mythology titles to be more interesting for younger children.

Stories of Gods and Heroes

The Age of Fable: Publishers and Authors Prefaces

The Age of Fable: Chapter 1, Introduction

Chapter 2, Prometheus and Pandora

Chapter 3, Apollo and Daphne–Pyramus and Thisbe–Cephalus and Procris

Chapter 4, Juno and her Rivals, Io and Callisto–Diana and Actaeon–Latona and the Rustics

Chapter 5, Phaeton

Chapter 6, Midas–Baucis and Philemon

Chapter 7, Proserpine–Glaucus and Scylla

Chapter 8, Pygmalion–Dryope–Venus and Adonis–Apollo and Hyacinthus

Chapter 9, Ceyx and Halcyone

Chapter 10, Vertumnus and Pomon–Iphis and Anaxarete

Chapter 11, Cupid and Psyche

Chapter 12, Cadmus–The Mermidons

Chapter 13, Nisus and Scylla–Echo and Narcissus–Clytie–Hero and Leander

Chapter 14, Minerva and Arachne–Niobe

Chapter 15, Graeae and Gorgons–Perseus and Medusa–Atlas–Andromeda

Chapter 16, Monsters and Giants–Sphinx–Pegasus and Chimaera–Centaurs–Griffin–Pygmies

Chapter 17, The Golden Fleece–Medea

Chapter 18, Meleager and Atalanta

Chapter 19, Hercules–Hebe and Ganymede

Chapter 20, Theseus and Daedalus–Castor and Pollux–Festivals and Games

Chapter 21, Bacchus and Ariadne

Chapter 22, The Rural Deities–The Dryads and Erisichthon–Rhoecus–Water Deities–Camenae–Winds

Chapter 23, Achelous and Hercules–Admetus and Alcestis–Antigone–Penelope

Chapter 24, Orpheus and Eurydice–Aristaeus–Amphion–Linus–Thamyris–Marsyas–Melampus–Musaeus

Chapter 25, Arion–Ibycus–Simonides–Sappho

Chapter 26, Endymion–Orion–Aurora and Tithonus–Acis and Galatea

Chapter 27, The Trojan War

Chapter 28, The Fall of Troy–Return of the Greeks–Orestesa nd Electra

Chapter 29, Adventures of Ulysses–The Lotus-eaters–The Cyclopes–Circe–Sirens–Scylla and Charybdis–Calypso

Chapter 30, The Phaeacians–Fate of the Suitors

Chapter 31, Adventures of Aeneas–The Harpies–Dido–Palinurus

Chapter 32, The Infernal Regions–The Sibyl

Chapter 33, Aeneas in Italy–Camilla–Evander–Nisus and Euryalus–Mezentius–Turnus

Chapter 34, Pythagoras–Egyptian Deities–Oracles

Chapter 35, Origin of Mythology–Statues of Gods and Goddesses–Poets of Mythology

Chapter 36, Monsters (modern)–The Phoenix–Basilisk–Unicorn–Salamander

Chapter 37, Eastern Mythology–Zoroaster–Hindu Mythology–Castes–Buddha–The Grand Lama–Prester John

Chapter 38, Northern Mythology–Valhalla–The Valkyrior

Chapter 39, Thor’s Visit to Jotunheim

Chapter 40, The Death of Baldur–The Elves–Runic Letters–Skalds–Iceland–Teutonic Mythology–The Nibelunger Lied–Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring

Chapter 41, The Druids–Iona

August 1, 2009May 31, 2011

When Knights Were Bold by Eva March Tappan

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Total running time: This book is 6 hours and 38 minutes long.

Preface

Page, Squire, and Knight

The Knight’s Arms and Armor

Jousts and Tournaments

How to Capture a Castle

Daily Life in a Castle

Life on a Manor

Pilgrimages and Crusades

Military Orders, Monks, and Monasteries

Hermits, Friars, and Missionaries

Life in Town

Merchant Gilds and Craft Gilds

How Goods Were Sold

Schools and Literature

Science and Medicine

Architecture and the Arts

August 1, 2009April 27, 2011

Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank Stockton

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Running time: 7 hours, 15 minutes

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This book runs 7 hours, 24 minutes.

Chapter 1: The Bold Buccaneers

Chapter 2: Some Masters in Piracy

Chapter 3: Pupils in Piracy

Chapter 4: Peter the Great

Chapter 5: The Story of a Pearl Pirate

Chapter 6: The Surprising Adventure of Bartholemy Portuguez

Chapter 7: The Pirate Who Could Not Swim

Chapter 8: How Bartholemy Rested Himself

Chapter 9: A Pirate Author

Chapter 10: The Story of Roc, the Brazilian

Chapter 11: A Buccaneer Boom

Chapter 12: L’olonnois the Cruel

Chapter 13: The Resurrected Pirate

Chapter 14: Villany on a Grand Scale

Chapter 15: A Just Reward

Chapter 16: A Pirate Potentate

Chapter 17: How Morgan Was Helped by some Religious People

Chapter 18: A Piratical Aftermath

Chapter 19: A Tight Place for Morgan

Chapter 20: The Story of a High-Minded Pirate

Chapter 21: Exit Buccaneer; Enter Pirate

Chapter 22: The Great Blackbeard

Chapter 23: True-Hearted Sailor

Chapter 24: A Greenhorn Under the Black Flag

Chapter 25: Bonnet Again to the Front

Chapter 26: The Battle of the Sand Bars

Chapter 27: A Six Weeks’ Pirate

Chapter 28: The Story of Two Women Pirates

Chapter 29: A Pirate from Boyhood

Chapter 30: A Pirate of the Gulf

Chapter 31: The Pirate of the Buried Treasure

Chapter 32: The Real Captain Kidd

August 1, 2009December 28, 2010

Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Chivalry by Thomas Bulfinch

The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur; The Mabinogeon, and The Hero Myths of the English Race

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This book is 10 hours and 33 minutes long.

This text is frequently used for high school students. For grammar students, I suggest one of the other King Arthur resources on My Audio School, which are better suited to that age group.

Summary from Wikipedia

Thomas Bulfinch (July 15, 1796 – May 27, 1867) explains the his work is an attempt tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amusement. We have endeavored to tell them correctly, according to the ancient authorities, so that when the reader finds them referred to he may not be at a loss to recognize the reference. Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to impart a knowledge of an important branch of education.

The Bulfinch version of myth, presents the myths in their literary versions, without unnecessary violence, psychology or ethnographic information. The Bulfinch myths are an indispensable guide to the cultural values of the American 19th century.

The narrator of the Preface has a heavy accent, but the other chapters are read clearly.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction

Chapter 2: The Mythical History of England

Chapter 3: Merlin

Chapter 4: Arthur

Chapter 5: Arthur (continued)

Chapter 6: Sir Gawain

Chapter 7: Caradoc Briefbras

The narrator mistakenly says that he is reading “chapter 18”, but later corrects himself and does, indeed, read “chapter 8”.

Chapter 8: Launcelot

Chapter 9: The Adventure of the Cart

Chapter 10: The Lady of Shalott

Chapter 11: Queen Guenever’s Peril

Chapter 12: Tristram and Isoude

Chapter 13: Tristram and Isoude (continued)

Chapter 14: Sir Tristram’s Battle with Sir Launcelot

Chapter 15: The Round Table

Chapter 16: Sir Palamedes

Chapter 17: Sir Tristram

Chapter 18: Perceval

Chapter 19: The Sangreal, or Holy Graal

Chapter 20: The Sangreal (continued)

Chapter 21: The Sangreal (continued)

Chapter 22: Sir Agrivain’s Treason

Chapter 23: Morte d’Arthur

The Mabinogeon

Introductory Notes, chapter 1: The Britons

Chapter 2, The Lady of the Fountain

Chapter 3, The Lady of the Fountain (continued)

Chapter 4, The Lady of the Fountain (continued)

Chapter 5, Geraint, Son of Erbin

Chapter 6, Geraint, Son of Erbin (continued)

Chapter 7, Geraint, Son of Erbin (continued)

Chapter 8, Pwyll, Prince of Dyved

Chapter 9, Branwen, the Daughter of Llyr

Chapter 10, Manawyddan

Chapter 11, Kilwich and Olwen

Chapter 12, Kilwich and Olwen (continued)

Chapter 13, Taliesin

Chapter 14, Hero Myths of the British Race

August 1, 2009December 29, 2010

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

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Running time: 23 hours, 22 minutes

Book One

Book Two

Book Three

Book Four

Book Five

Book Six

Book Seven

Book Eight

August 1, 2009December 31, 2010

Peeps at Many Lands: Egypt by R. Talbot Kelly

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Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes

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This book is read by Sibella Denton and lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes.

August 1, 2009August 7, 2012

The Wind in the Willows

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This recording is by Mark Smith, and lasts 6 hours, 48 minutes.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Toad’s Adventures

Wayfarers All

The Further Adventures of Toad

Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears

The Return of Ulysses

July 12, 2009April 27, 2011

Myths and Legends of All Nations by Logan Marshall

The Last sleep of Arthur in Avalon, Burne-Jones

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Odysseus in the cave of Polyphemus by Jordaens

Preface

The Friend of Prometheus

The Labors of Hercules

Deucalion and Pyrrha

Theseus and the Centaur

Niobe

The Gorgon’s Head

The Golden Fleece–Part 1

The Golden Fleece–Part 2

cyclops Polyphemus

The Cyclops

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Antigone, a Faithful Daughter and Sister

Oedipus and Antigone by Antoni Brodowski

The Story of Iphigenia

The Sack of Troy

Beowulf and GrendelThe Good King Arthur: Narrative and the Coming of Arthur

The Good King Arthur: The Passing of Arthur

King Arthur Edward_Burne-Jones.The_last_sleep_of_Arthur

The Great Knight Siegfried

Lohengrin and Elsa the Beautiful

Detail from a portrait of Wilhelm Herold as Lohengrin

Frithioth the Bold

Wayland the Smith

Twardowski the Polish Faust

Ilia Muromec

El Cid

Kralowitz Marko of Servia

The Decision of Libuscha

Count Roland of France

The Cid

July 12, 2009December 28, 2010

Abraham Lincoln Radio Theater

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Henry Fonda stars in Young Mr. Lincoln: Great Scenes from Great Plays

Abe Lincoln the Prairie Years

Abraham Lincoln the War Years

Abraham Lincoln Cavalcade of America 1860

Abraham Lincoln Election Song 1860 Lincoln and Liberty

Abraham Lincoln Election Song 1864 Rally ’round the Cause

Mister President Abe Lincoln in the Telegraph Office

You Are There: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

You Are There! The Capture of John Wilkes Booth

July 12, 2009June 3, 2012

Franklin Delano Roosevelt biography

FDR in 1933, photo by Elias Goldensky

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Biography in Sound from Old Time Radio Programs

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July 12, 2009November 27, 2018

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