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June 15, 2010August 7, 2012

Jack and Jill by Louisa May Alcott

Summary: Jack and Jill went up a hill
To coast with fun and laughter.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after. – Louisa May Alcott

When Jack and Jill tumble off of their sled on the first good snow of the season, their injuries cause them to be bedridden for many months putting an end to their fun and frolics. Their parents and friends fill their long days with the joys of a theatrical production, their own personal mail system and many other imaginative events to make their convalescence time fly by. Both Jack and Jill learn how to become better friend’s to each other and their other school mates through their many trials. This is sure to become a family favorite! Summary by Mary Anderson for Librivox

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Total running time: 9 hours, 40 minutes

Chapter 01-The Catastrophe

Chapter 02-Two Penitents

Chapter 03-Ward Number One

Chapter 04-Ward Number Two

Chapter 05-Secrets

Chapter 06-Surprises

Chapter 07-Jill’s Mission

Chapter 08-Merry and Molly

Chapter 09-The Debating Club

Chapter 10-The Dramatic Club

Chapter 11-Down Brakes

Chapter 12-The Twenty-second of February

Chapter 13-Jack Has a Mystery

Chapter 14-And Jill Finds It Out

Chapter 15-Saint Lucy

Chapter 16-Up at Merry’s

Chapter 17-Down at Molly’s

Chapter 18-May Baskets

Chapter 19-Good Templars

Chapter 20-A Sweet Memory

Chapter 21-Pebbly Beach

Chapter 22-A Happy Day

Chapter 23-Cattle

Chapter 24-Down the River

June 12, 2010June 15, 2011

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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June 11, 2010May 18, 2010

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

First edition cover of The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells, 1897, public domain

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

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Invisible Man – Chapters 13-14

Invisible Man – Chapters 15-17

Invisible Man – Chapters 18-19

Invisible Man – Chapter 20

Invisible Man – Chapters 21-22

Invisible Man – Chapter 23

Invisible Man – Chapters 24-26

Invisible Man – Chapters 27-28 – 00:36:03

June 10, 2010July 1, 2011

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Summary: King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare’s tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the British throne, to divide his kingdom among his three daughters in proportion to their professed love of him. His plan misfires when Cordelia, his youngest and favourite daughter, refuses to flatter her father; she is disinherited and banished. (Summary by David Barnes for Librivox)

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Total running time: 3 hours, 23 minutes

June 8, 2010May 17, 2010

The Enchanted Castle by Edith Nesbit

Summary: Three children, forced to remain at school during the holidays, go in search of adventure. What they find is a magic castle straight out of a fairy tale, complete with an enchanted princess at the center of a maze. Or is it? The castle turns out to be just a country estate, and the princess is only the housekeeper’s niece, playing at dressing up. But the magic ring she shows them proves — to her surprise and horror — to really be magic. Soon they are caught in an adventure where statues come alive, lost lovers are reunited, and wishes can be granted — but always for a price. (Summary by Peter Eastman for Librivox)

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Total running time: 7 hours, 15 minutes

June 4, 2010May 31, 2011

Hannibal by Jacob Abbott

Hannibal crosses the alps, public domain image, author unknown

Summary: There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it was in their characters or their doings which has given them so widely-extended a fame. Consequently, great historical names alone are selected; and it has been the writer’s aim to present the prominent and leading traits in their characters, and all the important events in their lives, in a bold and free manner, and yet in the plain and simple language which is so obviously required in works which aim at permanent and practical usefulness. This volume is dedicated to Hannibal. (Summary from the preface of the book)

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Running time: 6 hours, 12 minutes

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Hannibal Portrait of Hannibal Barca, original source Hundred Greatest Men, New York, 1885, public domain image

01 – The First Punic War

02 – Hannibal at Saguntum

03 – Opening of the Second Punic War

04 – The Passage of the Rhone

05 – Hannibal Crosses the Alps, pt.1

06 – Hannibal Crosses the Alps, Part 2

Hannibal, Italy in Sight by Alfred Rethel

07 – Hannibal in the North of Italy

08 – The Apennines

09 – The Dictator Fabius

Battle of Cannae, follower of the Luçon Master, First Master of the Grande Bible Historiale Compl‚t‚e of Jean, Duc de Berry (Paris, BNF, fr. 159) or Ravenelle Master (illuminators), public domain

10 – The Battle Of Cannae

11 – Scipio

12 – Hannibal a Fugitive and an Exile

13 – The Destruction of Carthage

June 3, 2010May 17, 2010

The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Total running time: 14 hours, 44 minutes

# 01 – How the Black Sheep Came Forth from the Fold

# 02 – How Alleyne Edricson Came Out into the World

# 03 – How Hordle John Cozened the Fuller of Lymington

# 04 – How the Bailiff of Southampton Slew the Two Masterless Men

# 05 – How a Strange Company Gathered at the ‘Pied Merlin’

# 06 – How Samkin Aylward Wagered His Feather-bed

# 07 – How the Three Comrades Journeyed through the Woodlands

# 08 – The Three Friends

# 09 – How Strange Things Befell in Minstead Wood

# 10 – How Hordle John Found a Man Whom He Might Follow

# 11 – How a Young Shepherd Had a Perilous Flock

# 12 – How Alleyne Learned More than He Could Teach

# 13 – How the White Company Set Forth to the Wars

# 14 – How Sir Nigel Sought for a Wayside Venture

# 15 – How the Yellow Cog Sailed Forth from Lepe

# 16 – How the Yellow Cog Fought the Two Rover Galleys

# 17 – How the Yellow Cog Crossed the Bar of Gironde

# 18 – How Sir Nigel Loring Put a Patch Upon His Eye

# 19 – How There Was Stir at the Abbey of St. Andrew’s

# 20 – How Alleyne Won His Place in an Honorable Guild

# 21 – How Agostino Pisano Risked His Head

# 22 – How the Bowmen Held Wassail at the ‘Rose de Guienne’

# 23 – How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux

# 24 – How a Champion Came Forth from the East

# 25 – How Sir Nigel Wrote to Twynham Castle

# 26 – How the Three Comrades Gained a Mighty Treasure

# 27 – How Roger Club-foot was Passed into Paradise

# 28 – How the Comrades Came Over the Marches of France

# 29 – How the Blessed Hour of Sight Came to the Lady Tiphaine

# 30 – How the Brushwood Men Came to the Chateau of Villefranche

# 31 – How Five Men Held the Keep of Villefranche

# 32 – How the Company Took Counsel Round the Fallen Tree

# 33 – How the Army Made the Passage of Roncesvalles

# 34 – How the Company Made Sport in the Vale of Pampeluna

# 35 – How Sir Nigel Hawked at an Eagle

# 36 – How Sir Nigel Took the Patch from His Eye

# 37 – How the White Company Came to be Disbanded

# 38 – Of the Home-coming to Hampshire

June 2, 2010June 2, 2010

The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

Summary: An adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by Napoleon, and the book has remained very popular with Scottish children, but is equally enjoyable for adults. (Summary by Wikipedia, revised by Kikisaulite for Librivox)

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Total running time: 29 hours, 52 minutes

Chapter 5 Lanark Castle

Chapter 6 Cartlane Craigs

Chapter 7 Bothwell Castle

Chapter 8 Bothwell Chapel

Chapter 9 Bothwell Dungeon

Chapter 10 St. Filian’s

Chapter 11 The Chapter House

Chapter 12 Drumshargard

Chapter 13 Banks of the Clyde

Chapter 14 The Pentland Hills

Chapter 15 The Hut

Chapter 16 The Glen of Stones

Chapter 17 The Hermit’s Cell

Chapter 18 Cartlane Craigs, and Glenfinlass

Chapter 19 Craignacoheilg

Chapter 20 The Cliffs of Loch Lubnaig

Chapter 21 Loch Lomond

Chapter 22 Dumbarton Rock

Chapter 23 The Fortress

Chapter 24 The Great Tower

Chapter 25 The Citadel

Chapter 26 Renfrewshire

Chapter 27 The Fifth of Clyde

Chapter 28 Isle of Bute

Chapter 29 The Barns of Ayr

Chapter 30 The Barns of Ayr

Chapter 31 Berwick and the Tweed

Chapter 32 Stirling

Chapter 33 Cambus-Kenneth

Chapter 34 Stirling Castle

Chapter 35 Stirling Citadel

Chapter 36 The Carse of Stirling

Chapter 37 Snawdoun Palace

Chapter 38 The Bower, or Ladies’ Apartments

Chapter 39 Stirling Castle and Council Hall

Chapter 40 The Governor’s Apartments

Chapter 41 The State Prison

Chapter 42 Chapel in Snawdoun

Chapter 43 The Carse of Stirling

Chapter 44 The Cheviots

Chapter 45 Lochmaben Castle

Chapter 46 Lammington

Chapter 47 Lammington

Chapter 48 Loch Awe

Chapter 49 Stanmore

Chapter 50 Stirling

Chapter 51 Stirling and Snawdoun

Chapter 52 Banks of the Forth

Chapter 53 Falkirk

Chapter 54 Carron Banks

Chapter 55 Church of Falkirk

Chapter 56 The Monastery

Chapter 57 Durham

Chapter 58 The Bishops’ Palace

Chapter 59 The Round Tower

Chapter 60 Gallic Seas

Chapter 61 Normandy

Chapter 62 The Widow’s Cell

Chapter 63 Chateau Galliard

Chapter 64 Forest of Vincennes

Chapter 65 Paris

Chapter 66 The Louvre

Chapter 67 Scotland

Chapter 68 Roslyn

Chapter 69 Roslyn Castle

Chapter 70 Berwick

Chapter 71 The Camp

Chapter 72 Stirling Castle

Chapter 73 Ballochgeich

Chapter 74 Arthur’s Seat

Chapter 75 Dalkeith

Chapter 76 Hawthorndean

Chapter 77 Wallace’s Tent

Chapter 78 Banks of the Eske

Chapter 79 Lumloch

Chapter 80 Huntingtower

Chapter 81 The Thames

Chapter 82 The Tower of London

Chapter 83 The State Dungeon

Chapter 84 Tower Hill

Chapter 85 The Warden’s Apartments

Chapter 86 Highgate

Chapter 87 Scotland–Dumfries

Chapter 88 Stirling

Chapter 89 Bannockburn

Chapter 90 Appendix

June 1, 2010August 7, 2012

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)

# 00 – Prologue

# 1-01 – The Cobblers Son

# 1-02 – Hear of the Great Naturalist

# 1-03 – The Doctor’s Home

# 1-04 – The Wiff Waff

# 1-05 – Polynesia

# 1-06 – The Wounded Squirrel

# 1-07 – Shellfish Talk

# 1-08 – Are You A Good Noticer

# 1-09 – The Garden Dreams

# 1-10 – The Private Zoo

# 1-11 – My Schoolmaster, Polynesia

# 1-12 – My Great Idea

# 1-13 – A Traveler Arrives

# 1-14 – Chee-Chee’s Voyage

# 1-15 – I Become A Doctor’s Assistant

# 2-01 – The Crew of The Curlew

# 2-02 – Luke the Hermit

# 2-03 – Jip and the Secret

# 2-04 – Bob

# 2-05 – Mendoza

# 2-06 – The Judge’s Dog

# 2-07 – The End of the Mystery

# 2-08 – Three Cheers

# 2-09 – The Purple Bird-of-Paradise

# 2-10 – Long Arrow, The Son of Golden Arrow

# 2-11 – Blind Travel

# 2-12 – Destiny and Destination

# 3-01 – The Third Man

# 3-02 – Good-Bye!

# 3-03 – Our Troubles Begin

# 3-04 – Our Troubles Continue

# 3-05 – Polynesia Has a Plan

# 3-06 – The Bed-maker of Monteverde

# 3-07 – The Doctor’s Wager

# 3-08 – The Great Bullfight

# 3-09 – We Depart In A Hurry

# 4-01 – Shellfish Languages Again

# 4-02 – The Fidgit’s Story

# 4-07 – Hawk’s-Head Mountain

# 5-01 – A Great Moment

# 5-02 – The Men of The Moving Land

# 5-03 – Fire

# 5-04 – What Makes an Island Float

# 5-05 – War!

# 5-06 – General Polynesia

# 5-07 – The Peace Of The Parrots

# 5-08 – The Hanging Rock

# 5-09 – The Election

# 5-10 – The Coronation of King Jong

# 6-01 – New Popsipetel Jong

# 6-02 – Thoughts of Home

# 6-03 – The Red Man’s Science

# 6-04 – The Sea Serpent

# 6-05 – The Shellfish Riddle Solved At Last

# 6-06 – The Last Cabinet Meeting

# 6-07 – The Doctor’s Decision

May 27, 2010July 23, 2010

The Birth Mark by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Summary from Wikimedia: The Birth Mark is a romantic short story which examines obsession with human perfection.

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May 27, 2010July 23, 2010

Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant

Summary: The title is from the Greek thanatos (“death”) and the suffix -opsis (literally, “sight”); it has often been translated as “Meditation upon Death”.

Due to the unusual quality of the verse and Bryant’s age when the poem was first published in 1817 by the North American Review, Richard Henry Dana, Sr., then associate editor at the Review, initially doubted its authenticity, saying to another editor, “No one, on this side of the Atlantic, is capable of writing such verses.”

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May 26, 2010July 5, 2016

The Iliad by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler

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Total running time: 14 hours, 30 minutes

# 01 – The Quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon

# 02 – Agammemnon’s Dream

# 03 – Paris Challenges Menelaus

# 04 – A Quarrel in Olympus

# 05 – The exploits of Diomed

# 06 – Hector and Andromache

# 07 – Hector and Ajax Fight

# 08 – The Victory of the Trojans

# 09 – The Embassy to Achilles

# 10 – Ulysses and Diomed go out as Spies

# 11 – Agamemnon’s Day of Glory

# 12 – The Trojans Break the Wall

# 13 – Neptune helps the Achaeans

# 14 – Agamemnon Proposes that the Achaeans Should Sail Home

# 15 – Apollo Heals Hector

# 16 – Patroclus fights in the armor of Achilles

# 17 – The Light around the Body of Patroclus

# 18 – The Shield of Achilles

# 19 – Achilles Goes Out to Fight

# 20 – Achilles fights Aeneas

# 21 – Achilles Drives the Trojans Back

# 22 – The death of Hector

# 23 – The Funeral Games of Patroclus

# 24 – Priam Ransoms Hector’s Body

May 6, 2010May 29, 2010

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

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May 6, 2010May 29, 2010

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Summary: Silas Marner (originally published in 1861): Betrayed by a beloved friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit, awkward Silas Marner is expelled from his beloved religious community — the only community he has ever known. He exiles himself in the remote village of Raveloe. Friendless and without family, set apart from the villagers by their superstition and fear of him, he plies his weaving trade day after day, storing up gold which becomes his idol. When his gold is stolen, he is rescued from despair by the arrival on his lonely hearth of a beautiful little girl, whom he adopts, and through whom he and the other people of the village learn that loving relationships are more fulfilling than material wealth. (Summary by rachelellen for Librivox)

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Total running time: 6 hours, 47 minutes

May 5, 2010May 31, 2010

selected short stories and poems

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin

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The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte

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Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Mr. Flood’s Party by Edwin Arlington Robinson

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Lucinda Matlock by Edgar Lee Masters

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May 5, 2010May 27, 2011

Walter de la Mare, selected poems

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The Listeners

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Age

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Miss T, from Peacock Pie

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Silver

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May 5, 2010May 24, 2010

William Cowper, selected poems

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The Nightingale and the Glow-worm

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Care for the Lowest

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Light Shining Out of Darkness

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May 5, 2010July 23, 2010

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

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Total running time: 11 hours, 40 minutes

Summary: A poor, disgruntled, drunken young man sells his wife and child to the highest bidder. When he awakens, sober, the next day he regrets his rash act and vows to give up drink and find his family and bring them home. Eventually he is forced to give up the search and move on with his life. He does this quite successfully until, nearly 20 years later, his past comes back to haunt him. (Summary by DebraLynn for Librivox)