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I'm choosing to rebroadcast excellent renditions of public domain books, and casual reads as well. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

Frugal Quail


    • Mar 5, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Ultimate Christmas Medley...

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2021 290:53


    Music tracks from Librivox (Christmas Carol Collections) - all in the public domain. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (1862 - 1910)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 13:22


    Read by Betsie Bush in 2005 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    'Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas) by Clement Clarke Moore (1779 - 1863)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 4:09


    Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg in 2005 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 188:42


    Read by Kara Shallenberg in 2012 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Nutcracker and Mouse King by E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776 - 1822)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 140:46


    Read by Aida Boumaza in 2020 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Dhammapada by Gautama Buddha (5th ~ 4th century BC)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 142:57


    Read by Jothi Tharavant in 2015 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support Translated by F. Max Müller (1823 - 1900) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Bleak House by Charles DICKENS (1812 - 1870)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 2365:05


    Read by Mil Nicholson in 2012 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 660:34


    Read by Karen Savage in 2011 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Time Machine by H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 219:46


    Read by Mark Nelson in 2011 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 548:37


    Read by Kara Shallenberg in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss (1743 - 1818)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 768:22


    Read by Mark F. Smith in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support Note: Author: Johann David Wyss Editor: Johann Rudolf Wyss Illustrator: Johann Emmanuel Wyss --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Magna Carta initially drafted by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1150 – 1228)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 28:35


    Read by Jim Mowatt in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Who put the "lit" in literature?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 28:37


    Synopsis for season 2 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (1868 - 1927)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 519:21


    Read by Ralph Snelson in 2010 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Five Children and It by E. Nesbit (1858 - 1924)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 377:40


    Read by Jenny Lundak in 2012 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 1949:20


    Read by Tadhg in 2011 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    A Book of Nonsense by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 27:40


    Read by Phil Chenevert in 2011 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Book of Hallowe'en by Ruth Edna Kelley (1893 - 1982)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2020 165:10


    Read by Sibella Denton in 2009 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support Note: Published due to Samhain and Halloween connection --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 621:32


    Read by Roger Melin in 2009 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2020 294:12


    Read by Alex Foster in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (1883 - 1924)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 154:26


    Read by David Barnes in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 371:39


    Read by John Gonzalez in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft (1890 - 1937)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 115:29


    Read by Mark Nelson in 2015 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2020 169:56


    Read by Kristin Hughes in 2009 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (1797–1851)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 480:36


    Read by Cori Samuel in 2011 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Dracula by Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2020 958:55


    Read by Kara Shallenberg in 2016 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa (~ 2nd century BC)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 196:01


    Read by Jothi Tharavant in 2015 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Iliad by Homer (8th ~ 7th century BC)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 940:31


    Read by StephenC in 2010 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 1086:57


    Read by John Greenman in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy (1865 - 1947)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2020 469:22


    Read by Karen Savage in 2007 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Moby Dick, or the Whale by Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 1478:11


    Read by Stewart Wills in 2007 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The True History by Lucian of Samosata (125 - 180)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 88:06


    Read by Ralph Snelson in 2008 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support Note: This is a subsection of a larger audio collection titled "Trips to the Moon". This selection was chosen because it piqued my interest as "the first sci-fi".  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 429:23


    Read by Elizabeth Klett in 2008 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    What's with all the books?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020 40:01


    Me rambling while I explain the podcast episode choices. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 601:12


    Read by John Greenman in 2009 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2020 406:22


    Read by John Greenman in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 353:05


    Read by Laurie Anne Walden in 2007 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 1045:13


    Read by Mil Nicholson in 2017 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 517:54


    Read by Karen Savage in 2007 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875 - 1950)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2020 446:14


    Read by Mark Nelson in 2008 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 1116:39


    Read by Elizabeth Klett in 2008 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi (1826 - 1890)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2020 281:40


    Read by Mark F. Smith in 2012 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 182:03


    Read by Becky Miller in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    King Solomon's Mines by Sir H. Rider Haggard (1856 – 1925)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 591:21


    Read by John Nicholson in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 83:17


    Read by Chip in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2020 1212:33


    Read by Mil Nicholson in 2016 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Art of War by Sun Tzu (~ 5th century BC)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 72:17


    Read by Moira Fogarty in 2006 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Odyssey by Homer (8th ~ 7th century BC)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 661:50


    Read by Mark Nelson in 2019 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2020 3257:12


    Read by David Clarke in 2013 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2020 452:42


    Read by Adrian Praetzellis in 2007 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 674:47


    Read by Mark F. Smith in 2010 and released to the public domain by Librivox. I am rebroadcasting excellent performances to aid in their spread. Please support Librivox and the Internet Archive at their respective websites. Support link for me: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frugal-quail/support

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