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The Acharnians (Billson Translation): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Acharnians (Billson Translation) by Aristophanes: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 4 original MP3 tracks, 1:35:52 running time and a link to listen.

Achilleid: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Achilleid by Publius Papinius Statius: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 3 original MP3 tracks, 1:25:27 running time and a link to listen.

A Christmas Carol - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Christmas Carol - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings by Charles Dickens: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 4 original MP3 tracks, 1:37:27 running time and a link to listen.

A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Close Encounter: The Marine Landing On Tinian by Richard Harwood: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 1:43:15 running time and a link to listen.

A Confession (Version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Confession (Version 2) by Leo Tolstoy: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 16 original MP3 tracks, 2:07:50 running time and a link to listen.

Vibe (character): History and Key Facts

Vibe (Francisco Paco "Cisco" Ramon) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

Vartan (comics): History and Key Facts

Vartan is an Italian comic book created and drawn by Sandro Angiolini, and published in 200 issues between October 1969 and May 1977 by Furio Viano.

Nordic noir: History and Key Facts

Nordic noir, also known as Scandinavian noir, is a genre of crime fiction usually written from a police point of view and set in Scandinavia or the Nordic countries.

Wonder Wart-Hog: History and Key Facts

Wonder Wart-Hog (the "Hog of Steel") is an underground comic book character, a porcine parody of Superman, created by American cartoonist Gilbert Shelton and first published in 1962.

Novel of manners: History and Key Facts

The novel of manners is a work of fiction that re-creates a social world, conveying with detailed observation the complex of customs, values, and mores of a stratified society.

Parallel novel: History and Key Facts

A parallel novel is an in-universe (but often non-canonical) pastiche (or sometimes sequel) piece of literature written within, derived from, or taking place during the framework of another work

Zippy the Pinhead: History and Key Facts

Zippy the Pinhead is the fictional protagonist of Zippy, an American comic strip created by Bill Griffith.

Zenith (comics): History and Key Facts

Zenith is a British superhero comic strip which appeared in the magazine 2000 AD.

Paranormal romance: History and Key Facts

Paranormal romance is a subgenre of both romantic fiction and speculative fiction.

Pasquinade: History and Key Facts

A pasquinade or pasquil is a form of satire, usually an anonymous brief lampoon in verse or prose, and can also be seen as a form of literary caricature.

Pastoral science fiction: History and Key Facts

Pastoral science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction which uses bucolic, rural settings, like other forms of pastoral literature.

Pastoralia (genre): History and Key Facts

Pastoralia is a genre of written practical and theoretical aids aimed at pastors, parish priests and curates that proliferated in Western Europe in the later Middle Ages.

Picaresque novel: History and Key Facts

The picaresque novel is a genre of prose fiction that depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.

Political fiction: History and Key Facts

Political fiction employs narrative to comment on political events, systems and theories.

Plantation tradition: History and Key Facts

Plantation tradition is a genre of literature based in the Southern United States that is heavily nostalgic for antebellum times.

Portal fantasy: History and Key Facts

Portal fantasy, also called portal-quest fantasy, gateway fantasy or crossworld fantasy, is a subgenre of speculative fiction, particularly fantasy fiction and science fiction, that hinges upon t

Popular novel in France: History and Key Facts

The popular novel—or popular literature, also known as paraliterature—refers to literary productions that reach a wide readership, which developed during the 19th century primarily due to the dec

The Reef: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Reef: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The House of Mirth: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The House of Mirth: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Lost Continent: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Lost Continent: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Laddie: A True Blue Story: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Laddie: A True Blue Story: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Remember the Alamo: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Remember the Alamo: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes): Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Certain Hour (Dizain des Poëtes): author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Wind in the Willows: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Wind in the Willows: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Golden Age: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Golden Age: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Paul Prescott's Charge: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Paul Prescott's Charge: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Cash Boy: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Cash Boy: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Flirt: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Flirt: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Market-Place: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

The Market-Place: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Tales from Two Hemispheres: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition

Tales from Two Hemispheres: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

The Ballad of Reading Gaol: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

The Ballad of Reading Gaol: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.

Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses: Poetry Guide and Free Edition

Rio Grande's Last Race, and Other Verses: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.