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Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12

Various

Read by Colleen McMahon, ToddHW, Owlivia, Rita Boutros, Larry Wilson, WendyKatzHiller, Sky Asimaru, czandra, Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025), TR Love, Availle, Bill Mosley and Chris Pyle · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Excerpt from Rameau's Nephew by Denis Diderot (39:47)
Selected works by Franz von Dingelstedt (17:05)
Selected excerpts by Diogenes Laertius (31:04)
Selected excerpts by Isaac D'Israeli (26:36)
Selected poems by Sydney Dobell (16:11)
Selected works by Austin Dobson (32:55)
The Race, from Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge (33:44)
Selected poems by John Donne (21:58)
Feodor Mikhailovitch Dostoévsky by Isabel Hapgood (27:14)
Letter from Varvara Dobrosyeloff to Makar Dyevushkin from Poor People by Dostoevsky (25:23)
Letter from Makar Dyevushkin to Varvara Alexievna Dobrosyeloff from Poor People by Dostoevsky (14:19)
The Bible Reading, from Crime and Punishment, by Dostoevsky (19:05)
Selected excerpts by Edward Dowden (31:20)
Selected works, by A. Conan Doyle, part 1 (28:42)
Selected works, by A. Conan Doyle, part 2 (22:55)
Selected works by Holger Drachmann (29:26)
Selected poems by Joseph Rodman Drake (26:27)
Selected excerpts by John William Draper (39:52)
Selected poems by Michael Drayton (16:50)
Selected excerpts by Gustave Droz (32:37)
Selected excerpts from Tropical Africa by Henry Drummond (45:26)
Selected excerpts by William Drummond of Hawthornden (19:22)
John Dryden by Thomas R. Lounsbury (37:54)
Selected poems by John Dryden (33:59)
Street Scene during the Commune from The Convulsions of Paris, by Maxime Du Camp (17:00)
Alexandre Dumas Senior by Andrew Lang (38:23)
The Cure for the Dormice that Eat Peaches from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas Senior (19:44)
The Shoulder of Athos, the Belt of Porthos, and the Handkerchief of Aramis from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Senior (16:16)
Defense of the Bastion St.-Gervais from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Senior (12:35)
Consultation of the Musketeers from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas Senior (18:17)
The Man in the Iron Mask from The Viscount of Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas Senior (9:32)
A Trick is Played on Henry III. by Aid of Chicot from The Lady of Monsoreau by Alexandre Dumas Senior (8:27)
Alexandre Dumas Junior by Francisque Sarcey (24:45)
Selected excerpts by Alexandre Dumas Junior, part 1 (26:32)
Selected excerpts by Alexandre Dumas Junior, part 2 (25:13)
Selected excerpts by Alexandre Dumas Junior, part 3 (25:27)
Selected excerpts from Trilby by George Du Maurier (35:13)
Selected excerpts from Peter Ibbetson and The Martian, by George Du Maurier (35:21)
Selected poems by William Dunbar (15:22)
Selected excerpts from The History of Rome by Jean Victor Duruy (15:15)