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    07/07/2024
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    LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection

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    “LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to life…” Hugh McGuire, LibriVox’s founder, August 9, 2005 In celebration of LibriVox’s sixteenth anniversary, here is collection of short works of various kinds and from varied authors which include in their title the words ‘sixteen’ or ‘sixteenth’ or the number ’16.’ Each piece is selected and read by a LibriVox volunteer.     [chương_files]  

    04/07/2024
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    Bab Ballads

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    The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique “topsy-turvy” style, where the humour was derived by setting up a ridiculous premise and working out its logical consequences, however absurd. The Ballads also reveal Gilbert’s cynical and satirical approach to humour. They became famous on their own, as well as being a source for plot elements, characters and songs that Gilbert would recycle in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. The Bab Ballads take their name from Gilbert’s childhood nickname, and he later began to sign his illustrations “Bab”. (summary from Wikipedia) e-text with illustrations     [chương_files]  

    24/06/2024
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    World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine

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    This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world’s history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part II include India, Siam, Afghanistan, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine. – Summary by Sonia Cast list for Sakoontala, or the lost ring: King: Tomas Peter First Attendant: Eva Davis Second Attendant: TJ Burns Child: lorda Sakoontala: Monika M.C. Matali: DrPGould Kasyapa: ToddHW Aditi: Sandra Schmit Pupil: Nemo Narrator: Sonia     [chương_files]  

    23/06/2024
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    Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

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    This is a compilation of the poems in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. As noted in the title, the poems are transformed into song, with sheet music included in the book. Music is by Lucy E. Broadwood. In addition to the text and sheet music, a digital version of the music in “midi” format is available from the Gutenberg site for the book. For the LibriVox recording, the poems are read. – Summary by Evan Smith     [chương_files]  

    23/06/2024
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    World’s Story Volume I: China, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific

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    This is the first volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world’s history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part I include China, Korea, Japan and the Islands of the Pacific. – Summary by Sonia Cast list for The Sorrows of Han: Emperor: Nemo Lady/Princess: Eva Davis Attendant: ToddHW Envoy: SaraHale President of the Council: Tomas Peter Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Ribs and Skin: Rector: Nemo Curate: Eva Davis First Parishioner: Tomas Peter Second Parishioner: ToddHW Third Parishioner: SaraHale Narrator: Sonia     [chương_files]  

    22/06/2024
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    Through the Looking-Glass (Version 6)

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    Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is an 1871 novel by Lewis Carroll and the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Alice again enters a fantastical world, this time by climbing through a mirror into the world that she can see beyond it. There she finds that, just like a reflection, everything is reversed, including logic. Alice becomes a player in a game of chess and works her way up to becoming a queen. On her way across the board she meets Tweedledum and Tweedledee, recites the classic poems, “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter”, amongst many more. She also demonstrates her ability at mathematics to her new found friends, the red and white queens. The mirror that Alice ventured through is still on display in Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Do not let your children too close!!! Warning!! Do not listen to this audio recording without looking at these classic images by ‘John Tenniel’; they will put everything into reverse perspective. Download them here: https://www.alice-in-wonderland.net/resources/pictures/through-the-looking-glass/ (Summary by Craig Franklin)     [chương_files]  

    03/06/2024
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    Essay on Criticism

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    An Essay on Criticism was the first major poem written by the English writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). However, despite the title, the poem is not as much an original analysis as it is a compilation of Pope’s various literary opinions. A reading of the poem makes it clear that he is addressing not so much the ingenuous reader as the intending writer. It is written in a type of rhyming verse called heroic couplets. (Summary from Wikipedia)     [chương_files]  

    31/05/2024
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    Local Color Collection Vol. 001

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    In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)     [chương_files]  

    29/05/2024
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    Selection of Australian Poetry and Prose

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    A collection of Australian writing from the public domain.     [chương_files]  

    13/05/2024
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    Corsario

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    El corsario es, ante todo, un poema autobiográfico que narra las aventuras de un tal Conrado, un corsario rechazado por la sociedad -no así por las mujeres- debido a su comportamiento escandaloso. Byron fue uno de los poetas que gozó en vida de más popularidad. Su existencia se enlazó con la historia política europea de un cuarto de siglo, y llegó a eclipsar en su patria y en su época la gloria de otros poetas. Byron fue un genial poeta romántico, que con sus obras y aun con su misma vida legendaria y anómala, era el prototipo del poeta romántico, hasta el extremo de asumir en él toda la escuela romántica que se designó con el nombre de byronismo. – Summary by Phileas Fogg     [chương_files]