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Part 00 – Publisher’s Foreword & Preface
The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
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Chapter 01
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
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00 – Introduction
Part 1
02 – Part 1, Chapter 2
03 – Part 1, Chapter 3
Part 2
09 – Part 2, Chapter 1
10 – Part 2, Chapter 2
Part 3
Part 4
28 – Part 4, Chapter 1
The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Samuel Butler
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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
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Running time: 10 hours, 53 minutes
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
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The Rhetoric by Aristotle
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Total running time: 58 min.
01 – Book I Part 1 (Chapters 1-5)
02 – Book I Part 2 (Chapters 6-10
03 – Book I Part 3 (Chapters 11-16)
04 – Book II Part 1 (Chapters 1-9)
05 – Book II Part 2 (Chapters 10-21)
06 – Book II Part 3 (Chapters 22-28)
07 – Book III Part 1 (Chapters 1-10
Poetics by Aristotle
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Total running time: 2 hrs. 24 min.
Robert Burns, selected poems
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Comin’ Thro’ the Rye, read in Scots
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Robert Bruce’s address to his army
To a Mouse; To a Mountain Daisy
Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp,
And surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pu’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wandered mony a weary fit
Sin’ auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
We twa hae paidled i’ the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin’ auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere,
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right guid-willie waught
For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
O my luve’s like a red, red rose.
That’s newly sprung in June;
O my luve’s like a melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a’the seas gang dry.
Till a’ the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my Dear,
While the sands o’life shall run.
And fare thee weel my only Luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile!
Winter: A Dirge by Robert Burns
The wintry west extends his blast,
And hail and rain does blaw;
Or the stormy north sends driving forth
The blinding sleet and snaw:
While, tumbling brown, the burn comes down,
And roars frae bank to brae;
And bird and beast in covert rest,
And pass the heartless day.
The sweeping blast, the sky o’ercast,
The joyless winter day
Let others fear, to me more dear
Than all the pride of May:
The tempest’s howl, it soothes my soul,
My griefs it seems to join;
The leafless trees my fancy please,
Their fate resembles mine!
Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty scheme
These woes of mine fulfil,
Here firm I rest; they must be best,
Because they are Thy will!
Then all I want O do Thou grant
This one request of mine!
Since to enjoy Thou dost deny,
Assist me to resign.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Summary: William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock’s daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio’s friend Lorenzo. In its focus on love and marriage, the play shares certain concerns with Shakespeare’s other comedies. Yet its depiction of the tensions between Jews and Christians in early modern Venice – and its highly dramatic trial scene in Act 4 – create darker currents in the play. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett for Librivox)
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Total running time: 2 hours, 27 minutes
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare
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Total running time: 1 hour, 56 minutes
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Emily Dickinson, selected poetry
Moby Dick, or The Whale by Herman Melville
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Running time: 24 hours, 38 minutes
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Chapter 000–Etymology and Extracts
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
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Les Miserables, Volume 1, Fantine, Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.
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Running Time for Volume One: 13 hours, 46 minutes
Les Miserables, Volume 2, Cosette, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.
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Total running time of Volume 2: 12 hours, 55 minutes
Les Miserables, Volume 3, Marius, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.
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Total running time of Volume 3: 10 hours, 52 minutes
Les Miserables, Volume 4, Saint-Denis, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood
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Total running time of Volume 4: 15 hours, 35 minutes
Les Miserables, Volume 5, Jean Valjean, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood
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Total running time of this volume: 13 hours, 15 minutes
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Summary: Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most basic tenets of the Protestant faith. His work, which was dictated from memory and transcribed by his daughter, remains as one of the most powerful English poems. (Summary by Caeristhiona for Librivox)
This is a recording of the text of Milton’s first edition of 1667, which had ten books, unlike the second edition (1674) which was redivided into twelve books in the manner of Virgil’s Aeneid.
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Total running time: 9 hours, 42 minutes
Paradise Lost: 01 – Book One, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 02 – Book One, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 03 – Book Two, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 04 – Book Two, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 05 – Book Three, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 06 – Book Three, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 07 – Book Four, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 08 – Book Four, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 09 – Book Five, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 10 – Book Five, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 11 – Book Six, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 12 – Book Six, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 13 – Book Seven, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 14 – Book Seven, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 15 – Book Eight, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 16 – Book Eight, Part 2
Paradise Lost: 17 – Book Nine, Part 1
Paradise Lost: 18 – Book Nine, Part 2
Paradise Regained by John Milton
Summary: Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes. Based on the Gospel of Luke?s version of the Temptation of Christ, Paradise Regained is more thoughtful in writing style, and thrives upon the imagery of Jesus? perfection in contrast to the shame of Satan. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
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Summary: The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? – Written by Rowen for Librivox.
Emma by Jane Austen
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