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Artur Azevedo foi um dramaturgo, poeta, contista e jornalista brasileiro.Amor por anexins é uma curta peça em um ato foi escrita em 1872, sendo o primeiro trabalho de Artur Azevedo deste gênero. Sua primeira peça teve grande êxito sendo representada mais de 1000 vezes ainda no século XIX. (Sumário escrito por Vicente) Recorded by Matt, Leni, & Vicente Costa Filho

Júlia Lopes de Almeida é uma das intelectuais mais importantes das letras brasileiras do final do século XIX, início do século XX. Sua obra mostra um Brasil que vai do tempo da escravidão a Getúlio Vargas. Única mulher no grupo de 40 fundadores da Academia Brasileira de Letras, e fora da entidade, por ser mulher. Em seu lugar assumiu a Cadeira 3 da ABL, seu marido, Filinto Lopes de Almeida, o “acadêmico consorte”. Escritora, jornalista, feminista, abolicionista ela foi a primeira “escritora profissional” do Brasil e a mulher com maior número de obras publicadas em sua época....

In July 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson left Scotland to meet his future wife in her native California. Leaving by ship from Glasgow, Scotland, he determined to travel in steerage class to see how the working classes fared. At the last minute he was convinced by friends to purchase a ticket one grade above the lowest price, for which he was later thankful after seeing the conditions in steerage, but he still lived among the 'lower' classes. His comments on the experience make interesting reading. His father however was so shocked at the thought of his son associating with people 'beneath him' ...

Nesta coleção, os voluntários do Librivox reuniram várias obras de autoras que escreveram em Língua Portuguesa. A literatura lusófona, do século XVII ao século XX, vem aqui representada por algumas de suas maiores escritoras. (Sumário por Leni)

A collection of 20 poems in Portuguese.

Colección de cuentos acerca de la Navidad y fiesta de Reyes de la gran Emilia Pardo Bazán, grabados por voluntarios de Librivox en el centenario de su muerte. - Summary by Epachuko

Coleccion de cuentos de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.La condenadaPrimavera tristeEl parásito del trenGolpe dobleEn el mar¡Hombre al agua!Un silbidoLobos de marUn funcionarioEl ogroLa barca abandonadaEl maniquíLa paella del «roder»En la boca del hornoEl milagro de San AntonioVenganza morunaLa pared

A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.

Conjunto de cuentos breves de la gran escritora e intelectual española: Doña Emilia Pardo Bazán, leídos por voluntarios de Librivox. Recopilación que supone una amplia e inteligente mirada al complejo mundo de desvaríos, promesas, esperanzas, placeres, traiciones, anhelos, certezas, desilusiones, pasiones, desencuentros, ideales, engaňos y divertimentos que venimos llamando... Amor. - Summary by Epachuko

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde, escritor, poeta y dramaturgo irlandés. Wilde está considerado como uno de los dramaturgos más destacados del Londres victoriano tardío; además, fue una celebridad de la época debido a su puntilloso y gran ingenio. - Summary by Phileas Fogg

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 27, 2022. ------Thomas Hardy OM was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. (Wikipedia)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of At A Lunar Eclipse by Thomas Hardy.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 27, 2019. ------While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as a ...

El ingeniero Banks, que ha inventado una máquina rodante de vapor con forma de elefante, invita a tres personas, el coronel Munro, el capitán Hood y el francés Maucler, a acompañarlo en un viaje por el norte de la India en su vehículo. Entre las muchas aventuras que corren juntos, el coronel Munro va descubriendo poco a poco sus planes para el viaje. - Summary by Tux

Love fairy tales? We all do, and here are some of our "Favorite Fairy Tales." Come join us to the land of China to hear the story of "Aladdin", hear about Jack and how he climbs to treasure in "Jack and the Beanstalk," come to the woods and eat a candy house in "Hansel and Gretel." And there are so many more to listen to! - Summary by T. CraftAdditional editing by afutterer

The quiet country life of the Caxton family is interrupted by a visit to London. There the son, Pisistratus, is offered the position of secretary to a leader in Parliament. That parliamentarian's wife was loved as a girl by both Pisistratus' father and uncle; but she had passed them both by to make a marriage better suited to an ambitious woman. By a freak of fate, Pisistratus now falls in love with her daughter Fannie. Meanwhile, Pisistratus' uncle is estranged from his own son. Between each person's pride, the rift doesn't seem possible to settle. Pisistratus does what he can to heal the ...

The stories in this collection come from the oral traditions of the people from Swaziland, Matabeleland (Ndebele people) and Zululand in South Africa. The authors, Mrs. E. J. Bourhill and Mrs. J. B. Drake, or more properly the collectors and editors of the stories assert that: "All the stories in this book are real Fairy Tales, just as much as Jack the Giant-killer or The Sleeping Beauty. By this I mean that they are traditional, handed down by word of mouth. Nobody knows how old they are, or who told them first." The stories are full of witches and magicians and monsters, as well as heroes ...

This book of favorite fairy tales was compiled and illustrated by Peter Newell. it includes Jack The Giant Killer; Cinderella; Sleeping Beauty; Little Red Riding Hood; Aladin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and Rose Red, The Wild Swans, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, and 4 others that are not so famous. The stories included were based upon the those that various famous men remembered as their favorites when children(Summary by Phil Chenevert)

A collection of short, sweet fairy tales from Brazil, including How the Tiger Got His Stripes, and Why The Bananas Belong to the Monkey. - Summary by Beth Thomas

This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science for children. In each chapter, the author uses a popular myth or fairy tale to lay the groundwork for an equally fascinating "fairy tale of science" full of interesting facts and real life examples. (Summary by J. M. Smallheer)

This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary by Elli)