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The Life of Harriot Stuart by Charlotte LENNOX read by Various Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book
The Life of Harriot Stuart by Charlotte LENNOX (1730 - 1804)
Genre(s): Published before 1800
Read by: Luke Castle, Shelly Pinnock in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Introduction
00:03:17 - 02 - Volume One Part 1
00:24:59 - 03 - Volume One Part 2
00:46:48 - 04 - Volume One Part 3
01:10:08 - 05 - Volume One Part 4
01:34:57 - 06 - Volume One Part 5
02:14:39 - 07 - Volume One Part 6
02:54:39 - 08 - Volume One Part 7
03:12:17 - 09 - Volume One Part 8
03:34:26 - 10 - Volume One Part 9
04:10:52 - 11 - Volume One Part 10
04:54:02 - 12 - Volume One Part 11
05:31:04 - 13 - Volume Two Part 1
05:49:47 - 14 - Volume Two Part 2
06:11:29 - 15 - Volume Two Part 3
06:38:57 - 16 - Volume Two Part 4
The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself presents a complex and problematic view of self-creation in the eighteenth century. Within the novel, there is a constantly reoccurring theme of self-invention through fiction, which is echoed by the author's own use of the novel to shape her identity.Published in December of 1750, Harriot Stuart gained critical praise as a successor of Richardson's Clarissa and by 1752, Charlotte Lennox had become a protégé of Johnson. Lennox's second novel reflects the influences of men like Richardson and Johnson. Their individual styles and commitments to moral and social education are evident in the arguments and plot of The Female Quixote.Despite these associations with the didactic tradition, Harriot Stuart's resemblance to it is only superficial. Although Harriot makes gestures toward repentance and acknowledgment of her faults, the work of the novel is not to redeem Harriot's coquetry through marriage, but rather allow her to control her own identity through the manipulation of language as both coquette and narrator.As coquette, Harriot Stuart uses the language of courtship to manipulate the perceptions of her male admirers. The object of the male gaze, traditionally considered a passive role, is a site of empowerment for the coquette as she exploits it to create and re-create herself in society's eyes. As narrator, Harriot uses the telling of her courtship as a vehicle of self-invention. In controlling the telling of her own history, she in effect reconstructs her identity.Lennox, who arrived at London in 1742 with no recorded past, also engages in this self-narration as author. The history that Lennox claims for herself parallels that of Harriot Stuart, whose fictional autobiography was accepted, with Lennox's implicit consent, as the author's own.The implications of Lennox's choice of an American autobiography raise two questions. First, what exactly was American-ness in 1750 and what did it represent to Lennox specifically. Second, how did this American quality manifest itself within Harriot Stuart as both fiction and autobiography.The particularly ambiguous relationship between author, narrator, and heroine in The Life of Harriot Stuart complicates the reader's interpretation of Harriot's character and lifestyle. Along with the implications of Harriot's invention of her identity as coquette and historian, are those of Lennox's own self-invention as author through genre, gender, and geography.
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Genre(s): Published before 1800
Read by: Luke Castle, Shelly Pinnock in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Introduction
00:03:17 - 02 - Volume One Part 1
00:24:59 - 03 - Volume One Part 2
00:46:48 - 04 - Volume One Part 3
01:10:08 - 05 - Volume One Part 4
01:34:57 - 06 - Volume One Part 5
02:14:39 - 07 - Volume One Part 6
02:54:39 - 08 - Volume One Part 7
03:12:17 - 09 - Volume One Part 8
03:34:26 - 10 - Volume One Part 9
04:10:52 - 11 - Volume One Part 10
04:54:02 - 12 - Volume One Part 11
05:31:04 - 13 - Volume Two Part 1
05:49:47 - 14 - Volume Two Part 2
06:11:29 - 15 - Volume Two Part 3
06:38:57 - 16 - Volume Two Part 4
The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself presents a complex and problematic view of self-creation in the eighteenth century. Within the novel, there is a constantly reoccurring theme of self-invention through fiction, which is echoed by the author's own use of the novel to shape her identity.Published in December of 1750, Harriot Stuart gained critical praise as a successor of Richardson's Clarissa and by 1752, Charlotte Lennox had become a protégé of Johnson. Lennox's second novel reflects the influences of men like Richardson and Johnson. Their individual styles and commitments to moral and social education are evident in the arguments and plot of The Female Quixote.Despite these associations with the didactic tradition, Harriot Stuart's resemblance to it is only superficial. Although Harriot makes gestures toward repentance and acknowledgment of her faults, the work of the novel is not to redeem Harriot's coquetry through marriage, but rather allow her to control her own identity through the manipulation of language as both coquette and narrator.As coquette, Harriot Stuart uses the language of courtship to manipulate the perceptions of her male admirers. The object of the male gaze, traditionally considered a passive role, is a site of empowerment for the coquette as she exploits it to create and re-create herself in society's eyes. As narrator, Harriot uses the telling of her courtship as a vehicle of self-invention. In controlling the telling of her own history, she in effect reconstructs her identity.Lennox, who arrived at London in 1742 with no recorded past, also engages in this self-narration as author. The history that Lennox claims for herself parallels that of Harriot Stuart, whose fictional autobiography was accepted, with Lennox's implicit consent, as the author's own.The implications of Lennox's choice of an American autobiography raise two questions. First, what exactly was American-ness in 1750 and what did it represent to Lennox specifically. Second, how did this American quality manifest itself within Harriot Stuart as both fiction and autobiography.The particularly ambiguous relationship between author, narrator, and heroine in The Life of Harriot Stuart complicates the reader's interpretation of Harriot's character and lifestyle. Along with the implications of Harriot's invention of her identity as coquette and historian, are those of Lennox's own self-invention as author through genre, gender, and geography.
More information: https://librivox.org/the-life-of-harriot-stuart-by-charlotte-lennox/
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The Ghosts' High Noon by W. S. GILBERT (1836 - 1911)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Read by: Amaria Orden, Andrea Boltz, CalmDragon, David Lawrence, Ezwa, Garth Burton, Algy Pug, John Fricker, J. O. Brickley, Jason Bortles, Kim Stich, Lee Ann Howlett, Leonard Wilson, John W. Michaels, Maria Grazia Tundo, Rhonda Federman, Ruth Golding, Roseanne Schmidt, ravenotation in English
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00:00:00 - 01 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by AO
00:01:44 - 02 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read By ASB
00:03:20 - 03 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by CD
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00:16:05 - 10 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by JTB
00:17:29 - 11 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by KTS
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00:22:10 - 14 - The Ghost's High Noon - Read by MDV
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00:25:29 - 16 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by REF
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00:28:56 - 18 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by RLS
00:30:17 - 19 - The Ghosts' High Noon - Read by RN
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Ghosts' High Noon by W. S. Gilbert. This was the Weekly Poetry HALLOWE'EN project for October 24th, 2010.
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The Fisherman and his Soul by Oscar WILDE (1854 - 1900)
Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales
Read by: Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Fisherman and his Soul (Part 1)
00:41:13 - 02 - The Fisherman and his Soul (Part 2)
'The Fisherman and his Soul' is a fairy tale first published in November of 1891 in Wilde's 'A House of Pomegranates'. It tells of a fisherman who nets and falls in love with a mermaid. But to be with her he must shed his soul, which goes off to have adventures of its own. Will forbidden love endure? -- This reader has also recorded the three other tales in 'A House of Pomegranates' which can be found in the LibriVox Short Story Collections, volumes 37, 38, and 39. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)
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Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 10) by John HAY (1835 - 1905) and John George NICOLAY (1832 - 1901)
Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography
Read by: RussellEric, Jim Locke, Owen Cook, MaryAnn, Warren Kati, Ciufi Galeazzi, John in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Franklin and Nashville
00:52:17 - 02 - The Albemarle
01:17:26 - 03 - Fort Fisher and Wilmington
01:49:06 - 04 - The Thirteenth Amendment
02:24:13 - 05 - Blair's Mexican Project
03:03:31 - 06 - The Hampton Roads Conference
03:31:04 - 07 - The Second Inaugural
04:01:26 - 08 - Five Forks
04:40:02 - 09 - Appomattox
05:13:57 - 10 - The Fall of the Rebel Capital
05:36:46 - 11 - Lincoln in Richmond
06:01:49 - 12 - Johnston's Surrender
06:43:34 - 13 - The Capture of Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 10 chronicles Lincoln's life in early 1865, including his assassination and the events following. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
More information: https://librivox.org/abraham-lincoln-a-history-volume-10-by-john-hay/
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Unspoken Sermons by George MACDONALD (1824 - 1905)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Religion
Read by: David Baldwin, Martin GeesonDavid Baldwin in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 17 - 17 - Man's Difficulty Concerning Prayer
00:33:03 - 18 - 18 - The Last Farthing
01:03:30 - 19 - 19 - Abba, Father
01:40:45 - 20 - 20 - Life
02:17:12 - 21 - 21 - The Fear of God
02:43:25 - 22 - 22 - The Voice of Job
03:54:58 - 23 - 23 - Self Denial
04:37:23 - 24 - 24 - The Truth in Jesus
05:32:28 - 25 - 25 - The Creation In Christ
06:10:29 - 26 - 26 - The Knowing of the Son
06:36:22 - 27 - 27 - The Mirrors of the Lord
06:57:52 - 28 - 28 - The Truth
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. In his day he was considered one of the great Victorian authors on par with Dickens, Thackeray, Kipling and the like. His reputation as an author, however, has not fared as well largely because of the ubiquitous and fervent presence of religion throughout his works.MacDonald's theology, though sprinkled liberally throughout his fairly substantial number of books, is perhaps nowhere more palpable than in Unspoken Sermons. These sermons, though by no means amongst the most popular of MacDonald's work, have had theological impact from their first appearance. That influence is probably most notable in C.S. Lewis who called MacDonald 'my master' and of Unspoken Sermons said, 'My own debt to this book is almost as great as one man can owe to another.'More recent influence can be seen in Michael Phillips' 2005 edited edition of some of Macdonald's sermons in which he states:'MacDonald saw things differently. Doctrinal formula was nothing to him. His unique perspective takes some getting used to. I find that many passages require two or three readings. But I also find spiritual gold awaiting me, sometimes buried deep but always ready to shine out brilliantly from the page when suddenly I see it. Theologically, too, as imaginatively, I have discovered many doors of delight opening before me into new worlds of wonder about God and his work.' (Summary by David Baldwin)
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Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024 by VARIOUS ( - )
Genre(s): Essays & Short Works
Read by: Bob Neufeld, Availle, Delmar H Dolbier, Bellona Times, progressingamerica, Sue Anderson, Garth Burton in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Bee
00:09:30 - 02 - Climatic Changes in the Southern Hemisphere, Scientific American Suppl. No. 819, Sept. 12, 1891
00:19:17 - 03 - Crito
00:55:02 - 04 - The Death of Jean
01:26:48 - 05 - From Moultrie to Sumter
01:50:38 - 06 - Geraniums
02:01:37 - 07 - Helping Fingers from 'The Children's Six Minutes'
02:04:27 - 08 - How I Came To Play Rip Van Winkle
02:18:02 - 09 - A Model of Christian Charity
02:59:44 - 10 - On the Decay of the Art of Lying
03:16:28 - 11 - Proclamation 3395: Red Cross Month
03:19:32 - 12 - Sergeant York, excerpt from 'Official History of 82nd Division American Expeditionary Forces 1917-1919
03:25:18 - 13 - Taming the Bicycle
03:48:11 - 14 - Uncle Sam's Camel Corps
04:13:32 - 15 - Walking and Cycling, from 'Afoot in England'
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass gardening, military history, humor, climate change, travel and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)
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Principles of Economics, Book 2: Some Fundamental Notions by Alfred MARSHALL (1842 - 1924)
Genre(s): Business & Economics
Read by: Carl Manchester, Carmina Sansone, Sibella Denton, Mark Nelson in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Introductory
00:12:54 - 02 - Wealth
00:28:32 - 03 - Production, Consumption, Labour, Necessaries
00:52:08 - 04 - Income, Capital
Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the Principles of Economics in 1881 and he spent much of the next decade at work on the treatise. His plan for the work gradually extended to a two-volume compilation on the whole of economic thought; the first volume was published in 1890 to worldwide acclaim that established him as one of the leading economists of his time. It brought the ideas of supply and demand, of marginal utility and of the costs of production into a coherent whole, and became the dominant economic textbook in England for a long period. The second volume, which was to address foreign trade, money, trade fluctuations, taxation, and collectivism, was never published at all. (Wikipedia)The recording is based on the eighth edition, published in 1920.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan DOYLE (1859 - 1930)
Genre(s): Detective Fiction
Read by: Sibella Denton, Zachary Brewster-Geisz, Reynard T. Fox, Vivian Bush, Laurie Anne Walden, Gesine, Kristine Mackin, TinyPines, Kristin Hughes, Sarah Jennings, Ken TheriotLisa Theriot in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Adventure of the Empty House, part 1
00:25:56 - 02 - The Adventure of the Empty House, part 2
00:49:17 - 03 - The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, part 1 (p. 17)
01:12:59 - 04 - The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, part 2
01:41:00 - 05 - The Adventure of the Dancing Men, part 1 (p. 36)
02:09:02 - 06 - The Adventure of the Dancing Men, part 2
02:41:06 - 07 - The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, part 1 (p. 56)
03:04:28 - 08 - The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, part 2
03:30:41 - 09 - The Adventure of the Priory School, part 1 (p. 71)
04:04:14 - 10 - The Adventure of the Priory School, part 2
04:34:49 - 11 - The Adventure of Black Peter, part 1 (p. 98)
04:57:32 - 12 - The Adventure of Black Peter, part 2
05:23:10 - 13 - The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, part 1 (p. 115)
05:47:51 - 14 - The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, part 2
06:06:50 - 15 - The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, part 1 (p. 128)
06:24:57 - 16 - The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, part 2
06:53:45 - 17 - The Adventure of the Three Students, part 1 (p. 144)
07:12:34 - 18 - The Adventure of the Three Students, part 2
07:29:20 - 19 - The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, part 1 (p. 160)
07:51:07 - 20 - The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, part 2
08:23:53 - 21 - The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter, part 1 (p. 177)
08:43:10 - 22 - The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter, part 2
09:06:31 - 23 - The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, part 1 (p. 196)
09:35:29 - 24 - The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, part 2
Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that he is alive after all! In this collection, first published in 1905, the great detective causes Watson to faint (The Empty House), demonstrates that cryptography is elementary (The Dancing Men), and gets engaged (Charles Augustus Milverton). Join in the fun as Holmes deduces his way through these thirteen adventures. (summary by Laurie Anne Walden)
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Handbook of Home Rule: Being Articles on the Irish Question by Various
Genre(s): Political Science, Early Modern, Modern (19th C)
Read by: James Tute, Ciufi Galeazzi, Steve Lamont, MajorHistory, KevinS, Kathleen Moore in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Preface by Earl Spencer, K.G.
00:24:10 - 02 - American Home Rule by E. L. Godkin, pt 1
00:47:15 - 03 - American Home Rule by E. L. Godkin, pt 2
01:10:45 - 04 - How We Became Home Rulers by James Bryce, M.P., pt 1
01:32:34 - 05 - How We Became Home Rulers by James Bryce, M.P., pt 2
01:52:15 - 06 - How We Became Home Rulers by James Bryce, M.P., pt 3
02:20:31 - 07 - Home Rule and Imperial Unity by Lord Thring, pt 1
02:44:55 - 08 - Home Rule and Imperial Unity by Lord Thring, pt 2
03:09:16 - 09 - The Irish Government Bill and the Irish Land Bill by Lord Thring, pt 1
03:37:07 - 10 - The Irish Government Bill and the Irish Land Bill by Lord Thring, pt 2
04:09:59 - 11 - The ''Unionist'' Position by Canon MacColl, pt 1
04:35:53 - 12 - The ''Unionist'' Position by Canon MacColl, pt 2
05:03:47 - 13 - A Lawyer's Objections to Home Rule by E. L. Godkin, pt 1
05:35:31 - 14 - A Lawyer's Objections to Home Rule by E. L. Godkin, pt 2
06:07:20 - 15 - The ''Unionist'' Case for Home Rule by R. Barry O'Brien, pt 1
06:29:12 - 16 - The ''Unionist'' Case for Home Rule by R. Barry O'Brien, pt 2
The issue of Irish home rule was the dominant political question of British and Irish politics in the late 1800s to early 1900s. Published in 1887, this work contains articles in favour of the measure. (Irish home rule was finally approved in 1914 but implementation was suspended until after WWI.)'The object of the writers has been to treat the difficult questions connected with the Government of Ireland in a dispassionate spirit; and the volume is offered to the public in the hope that it may, at a time of warm controversy over passing events, help to lead thoughtful men back to the consideration of the principles which underlie those questions, and which it seeks to elucidate by calm discussion and by references to history.' (Summary by TriciaG & from Editor's Note)
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The Gold Hunters by James Oliver CURWOOD (1878 - 1927)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Read by: Roger Melin in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Pursuit of the Hudson Bay Mail
00:17:26 - 02 - Minnetaki in the Hands of the Outlaws
00:32:39 - 03 - On the Trail of the Woongas
00:54:40 - 04 - Rod Follows the Man-Footed Bear
01:14:46 - 05 - Rod's Fight For Life
01:30:52 - 06 - The Shadow of Death
01:46:28 - 07 - On the Trail of Gold
02:03:10 - 08 - The Yellow Bullet
02:33:44 - 09 - Up the Ombabika
02:57:17 - 10 - The Mysterious Shot
03:22:06 - 11 - The Cry in the Chasm
03:43:56 - 12 - Wabi Makes a Strange Discovery
04:16:00 - 13 - The Third Waterfall
04:39:04 - 14 - The Paper in the Old Tin Box
05:02:13 - 15 - The Treasure in the Pool
05:37:19 - 16 - John Ball and the Mystery of the Gold
05:57:18 - 17 - In a Subterranean World
06:23:46 - 18 - John Ball's Story
In The Gold Hunters we find 3 men in search of a treasure of gold hidden away in the upper reaches of the Canadian wilderness. One, a young white man, another his half breed friend, and the third the wise old Indian sage who communes with the wilderness as only his people have done through the generations. The 3 men know the gold is there, they had found the map which is leading them to it. Yet it seems that the map is leading them to places that don't exist, and each day finds a new adventure and new dangers which they must overcome if they are to achieve their reward. (Introduction by Roger Melin)
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