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![Librivox: Fables for the Frivolous by Carryl, Guy Wetmore show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/734/small/audiobook-fables-for-the-frivolous-by-carryl-guy-wetmore.jpg)
Librivox: Fables for the Frivolous by Carryl, Guy WetmoreJoin Now to Follow
One of the earliest works by the American parodist, Guy Wetmore Carryl, these fables are adapted from Jean de La Fontaine’s original writings. The fables are written in verse, and are light-hearted re-tellings of fables from two centuries before, each ending with a moral and a pun. Among the more celebrated of the fables are The Persevering Tortoise and the Pretentious Hare, The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull, and The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven. (Summary written by Chriss)
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Librivox: Euthyphro by PlatoJoin Now to Follow
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the will of the gods. Socrates, desiring instruction in these matters, converses with Euthyphro, but as usual, the man who professes to know nothing fares better than the man who claims to be an expert. One of Plato’s well-known Socratic Dialogues, Euthyphro probes the nature of piety, and notably poses the so-called Euthyphro Dilemma: Do the gods love a thing because it is holy, or is a thing holy because it is loved by the gods? (Summary by LauraFox)
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![Librivox: Spy, The by Cooper, James Fenimore show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/736/small/audiobook-spy-the-by-cooper-james-fenimore.jpg)
Librivox: Spy, The by Cooper, James FenimoreJoin Now to Follow
James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, The Spy (1821), is based on Sir Walter Scott's Waverly series, and tells an adventure tale about the American Revolution. The protagonist is Harvey Birch, a supposed loyalist who actually is a spy for George Washington, disguised as 'Mr Harper.' The book brought Cooper fame and wealth, and is regarded as the first great success in American fiction. (Summary by Gord MacKenzie)
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![Librivox: Princess of Mars, A by Burroughs, Edgar Rice show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/737/small/audiobook-princess-of-mars-a-by-burroughs-edgar-rice.jpg)
Librivox: Princess of Mars, A by Burroughs, Edgar RiceJoin Now to Follow
Part One of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars-Series. Easy, swank, pulp read about an omnipotent gentleman teleported to Mars, finding an outlandish society of ape-, tree- and lizardmen, red-, white-, yellowmen, brains on legs, strange bastions and curious apparatuses, where the strongest survives and women are needy beauties to be saved. How can something be so platitudinous and at the same time so imaginative and enthralling? Boys’ book for sure. (Summary by Stephan)
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![Librivox: Childhood by Tolstoy, Leo show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/738/small/audiobook-childhood-by-tolstoy-leo.jpg)
Librivox: Childhood by Tolstoy, LeoJoin Now to Follow
Childhood, published in 1852, is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, which also includes Boyhood, and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book gained immediate notice among Russian writers including Ivan Turgenev, and heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters. Childhood is an expressionist exploration of the internal life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and was a new form in Russian writing, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator. Childhood is Tolstoy’s first published work. Translated into English by C. J. Hogarth. (Summary by Hugh)
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![Librivox: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by Wordsworth, William show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/739/small/audiobook-i-wandered-lonely-as-a-cloud-by-wordsworth-william.jpg)
Librivox: I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by Wordsworth, WilliamJoin Now to Follow
This was the weekly poetry project for 14 May 2006. Spring’s flowers come and go all too quickly, but Wordsworth’s classic poem reminds us that their blessings last.
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![Librivox: Prince and the Pauper, The by Twain, Mark show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/740/small/audiobook-prince-and-the-pauper-the-by-twain-mark.jpg)
Librivox: Prince and the Pauper, The by Twain, MarkJoin Now to Follow
The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court, London, and Prince Edward son of Henry VIII of England. Due to a series of circumstances, the boys accidentally replace each other, and much of the humor in the book originates in the two boys' inability to function in the world that is so familiar to the other (although Tom soon displays considerable wisdom in his decisions). In many ways, the book is a social satire, particularly compelling in its condemnation of the inequality that existed between the classes in Tudor England. In that sense, Twain abandoned the wry Midwestern style for which he was best known and adopts a style reminiscent of Charles Dickens. (Summary from Wikipedia.org)
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![Librivox: Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/741/small/audiobook-andersen-s-fairy-tales-by-andersen-hans-christian.jpg)
Librivox: Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans ChristianJoin Now to Follow
A collection of eighteen fairy tales - some popular, some lesser known - by famous Danish author H.C. Andersen. (Summary by Gesine)
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Librivox: Adventures of Pinocchio, The by Collodi, CarloJoin Now to Follow
The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was published in serial form between 1881 and 1883, and then completed as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and his poor father, a woodcarver named Geppetto. It is considered a classic of children’s literature and has spawned many derivative works of art, such as Disney’s classic 1940 animated movie of the same name, and commonplace ideas, such as a liar’s long nose. (Summary from Wikipedia)
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![Librivox: Country of the Pointed Firs by Jewett, Sarah Orne show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/022/744/small/audiobook-country-of-the-pointed-firs-by-jewett-sarah-orne.jpg)
Librivox: Country of the Pointed Firs by Jewett, Sarah OrneJoin Now to Follow
The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achievement.” Despite James’s diminutives, the novel remains a classic. Because it is loosely structured, many critics view the book not as a novel, but a series of sketches; however, its structure is unified through both setting and theme. Jewett herself felt that her strengths as a writer lay not in plot development or dramatic tension, but in character development. Indeed, she determined early in her career to preserve a disappearing way of life, and her novel can be read as a study of the effects of isolation and hardship on the inhabitants who lived in the decaying fishing villages along the Maine coast. (summary from Gutenberg e-text)
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