The World's Desire by H. Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925) and others.
H. Rider Haggard (most noteable for King Solomon's Mines) and Andrew Lang (most noteable for the raimbow collored fairy books) collaborate to lend their tallent to one of the most fasonating and well known stories of all times. Odysseus returns home from the war, but does not find the peace and quiet which he craves. His home is ravaged, and his wife Penelope is dead. He comunicates with an old flaim, the beautiful Helen of Troy, who sends him to his oltimate and defining last jurny. Read about his adventures, and what might have been, in this beautiful novels by two of Britten's best victorian novelests. ( Stav Nisser and Wikipedia. )
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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; Travel Fiction; Fantastic Fiction; Historical Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: Victorian novel, adventure novel, fantacy, mith
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Hello JohnC,
welcome to Librivox. I hope you will enjoy here. Sure, chapter 2 is all yours. In addition, could you submit a one-minute sampal recording just to make sure that your tecnical settings are all correct? Could you tell us if you have a URL which you would like us to link to your name? Have fun,
Stav.
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