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This is not eligible, I'm sorry: We've already picked this back in April 2014.
I'm sure you can come up with something else!
I'm sure you can come up with something else!
Cheers, Ava.
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Ha ok. I cant bring you a different drama, im usually staying away from those
Ill compensate with poetry later
Ill compensate with poetry later
Carolin
I found you some spring related things. I didnt have anything unambiguously spring-y but these have something to do with spring i think
https://librivox.org/the-gardener-by-rabindranath-tagore/
https://librivox.org/katydids-poems-by-kate-slaughter-mckinney/
https://librivox.org/hofgedachten-by-jacob-cats/
https://librivox.org/easter-carols-by-louisa-parsons-stone-hopkins/
https://librivox.org/aprils-lady-a-novel-by-mrs-hungerford/
https://librivox.org/an-easter-lily-by-amanda-minnie-douglas/
https://librivox.org/the-gardener-by-rabindranath-tagore/
https://librivox.org/katydids-poems-by-kate-slaughter-mckinney/
https://librivox.org/hofgedachten-by-jacob-cats/
https://librivox.org/easter-carols-by-louisa-parsons-stone-hopkins/
https://librivox.org/aprils-lady-a-novel-by-mrs-hungerford/
https://librivox.org/an-easter-lily-by-amanda-minnie-douglas/
Carolin
How about: Elizabeth and her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim. Failing that, there's The Enchanted April by the same author.
Claudia
So much to do, so little time...
So much to do, so little time...
The staff has picked for April - thanks for your suggestions. Please have a look at this page for the current list. You can also check out our wiki page for a plain vanilla list that contains all the staff picks for this year.
The theme for next month will be
Movements
Seeing the #metoo movement, the American kids against guns, the push for Catalonian independence, Black Lives Matter, and many more, I thought we could have a month focusing on movements, revolutions, and other fights for freedom.
I am happy about all suggestions concerning revolutions/all sorts of rights movements/women's lib/sexual freedom/independence...
Especially welcome are suggestions of plays and poetry.
Thanks for your help!
The theme for next month will be
Movements
Seeing the #metoo movement, the American kids against guns, the push for Catalonian independence, Black Lives Matter, and many more, I thought we could have a month focusing on movements, revolutions, and other fights for freedom.
I am happy about all suggestions concerning revolutions/all sorts of rights movements/women's lib/sexual freedom/independence...
Especially welcome are suggestions of plays and poetry.
Thanks for your help!
Cheers, Ava.
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Ava,
I'm not sure if this revolution is on too small a scale, but "The 12 pound look" in the fifth one-act play collection https://librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-005-by-various/ shows a lovely marital rebellion. (Don't use this as a summary, as it's a spoiler:) a rather dull, bullying husband encounters his previous wife, who escaped from him and is making a living as a typist. His current rather nervous and down-trodden wife encounters her and, in the last lines of the play, has started to think about escaping, herself.
If you use it, I'd summarise it something like: in this gentle comedy, a self-centred, bullying husband discovers a strong streak of rebellion in his wife.
Peter
I'm not sure if this revolution is on too small a scale, but "The 12 pound look" in the fifth one-act play collection https://librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-005-by-various/ shows a lovely marital rebellion. (Don't use this as a summary, as it's a spoiler:) a rather dull, bullying husband encounters his previous wife, who escaped from him and is making a living as a typist. His current rather nervous and down-trodden wife encounters her and, in the last lines of the play, has started to think about escaping, herself.
If you use it, I'd summarise it something like: in this gentle comedy, a self-centred, bullying husband discovers a strong streak of rebellion in his wife.
Peter
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I don't recall if this one has been used before, but Jailed for Freedom comes to mind
https://librivox.org/jailed-for-freedom-by-doris-stevens/
https://librivox.org/jailed-for-freedom-by-doris-stevens/
Jo
Easter, 1916:
https://librivox.org/easter-1916-by-william-butler-yeats/
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
Best,
Barbara
https://librivox.org/easter-1916-by-william-butler-yeats/
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.
Best,
Barbara
Andy Minter's reading of "The Song of the Shirt":
http://ia801409.us.archive.org/28/items/long_poems_003_librivox/song_of_the_shirt_hood_ajm_64kb.mp3
Wikipedia: [Thomas Hood's "The Song of the Shirt"] was published anonymously in the Christmas edition of Punch in 1843 and quickly became a phenomenon, centering people’s attention not only on Mrs. Biddell's case, but on the conditions of workers in general. Though Hood was not politically radical, his work, like that of Charles Dickens, contributed to the general awareness of the condition of the working class which fed the popularity of trade unionism and the push for stricter labour laws.
Best,
Barbara
http://ia801409.us.archive.org/28/items/long_poems_003_librivox/song_of_the_shirt_hood_ajm_64kb.mp3
Wikipedia: [Thomas Hood's "The Song of the Shirt"] was published anonymously in the Christmas edition of Punch in 1843 and quickly became a phenomenon, centering people’s attention not only on Mrs. Biddell's case, but on the conditions of workers in general. Though Hood was not politically radical, his work, like that of Charles Dickens, contributed to the general awareness of the condition of the working class which fed the popularity of trade unionism and the push for stricter labour laws.
Best,
Barbara
Thank you very much!
Cheers, Ava.
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The staff has picked for May - there were so many books, especially non-fiction that I had a hard time to choose! We'll have to do this some time again!
Please have a look at this page for the current list. You can also check out our wiki page for a plain vanilla list that contains all the staff picks for this year.
The theme for next month will be
Travel!
I am happy about all suggestions concerning traveling / city trips / flights / vacations / space or time travel / your favourite destinations...
Especially welcome are suggestions of plays and poetry.
Thanks for your help!
Please have a look at this page for the current list. You can also check out our wiki page for a plain vanilla list that contains all the staff picks for this year.
The theme for next month will be
Travel!
I am happy about all suggestions concerning traveling / city trips / flights / vacations / space or time travel / your favourite destinations...
Especially welcome are suggestions of plays and poetry.
Thanks for your help!
Cheers, Ava.
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Some poetry
https://librivox.org/poems-on-travel-by-various/
https://librivox.org/song-surf-by-cale-young-rice/
https://librivox.org/many-gods-by-cale-young-rice/
https://librivox.org/songs-of-the-sea-and-lays-of-the-land-by-charles-godfrey-leland/
https://librivox.org/philosophies-by-ronald-ross/
http://librivox.org/some-poems-of-roger-casement-by-roger-casement/
https://librivox.org/poems-on-travel-by-various/
https://librivox.org/song-surf-by-cale-young-rice/
https://librivox.org/many-gods-by-cale-young-rice/
https://librivox.org/songs-of-the-sea-and-lays-of-the-land-by-charles-godfrey-leland/
https://librivox.org/philosophies-by-ronald-ross/
http://librivox.org/some-poems-of-roger-casement-by-roger-casement/
Carolin
Sounds like a great list, thanks Carolin!
Cheers, Ava.
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A catalog search on "Around the World" ( https://librivox.org/search?q=around%20the%20world&search_form=advanced ) shows
* 5 versions of Around the World in Eighty days, including version 5 as a Dramatic Reading: https://librivox.org/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-version-5-dramatic-reading-by-jules-verne/
* Nellie Bly's similar trip but done in 72 days: https://librivox.org/around-the-world-in-seventy-two-days-by-nellie-bly/ pursued by rival Elizabeth Bisland https://librivox.org/in-seven-stages-a-flying-trip-around-the-world-by-elizabeth-bisland/
* The two volume "Around the World on a Bicycle" set: https://librivox.org/around-the-world-on-a-bicycle-vol-1-by-thomas-stevens/ and https://librivox.org/around-the-world-on-a-bicycle-vol-2-by-thomas-stevens/
* Cruising: https://librivox.org/a-cruising-voyage-around-the-world-by-woodes-rogers/ and https://librivox.org/sailing-alone-around-the-world-by-joshua-slocum/
* and flying fiction: https://librivox.org/dave-dashaway-around-the-world-by-roy-rockwood/
Thanks, Todd
* 5 versions of Around the World in Eighty days, including version 5 as a Dramatic Reading: https://librivox.org/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-version-5-dramatic-reading-by-jules-verne/
* Nellie Bly's similar trip but done in 72 days: https://librivox.org/around-the-world-in-seventy-two-days-by-nellie-bly/ pursued by rival Elizabeth Bisland https://librivox.org/in-seven-stages-a-flying-trip-around-the-world-by-elizabeth-bisland/
* The two volume "Around the World on a Bicycle" set: https://librivox.org/around-the-world-on-a-bicycle-vol-1-by-thomas-stevens/ and https://librivox.org/around-the-world-on-a-bicycle-vol-2-by-thomas-stevens/
* Cruising: https://librivox.org/a-cruising-voyage-around-the-world-by-woodes-rogers/ and https://librivox.org/sailing-alone-around-the-world-by-joshua-slocum/
* and flying fiction: https://librivox.org/dave-dashaway-around-the-world-by-roy-rockwood/
Thanks, Todd