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A Word Is Dead

by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 different recordings of A Word Is Dead, by Emily Dickinson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 6th, 2008.

• Bartleby e-text
• Wikipedia - Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
• LibriVox’s A Word Is Dead Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (4.2 MB)
• RSS feed · Subscribe in iTunes · Chapter-a-day

Total running time: 0:08:31

mp3 and ogg files

• Version 1 - 00:00:23
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  Read by: the quiet fox
• Version 2 - 00:00:28
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  Read by: CalmDragon
• Version 3 - 00:00:23
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  Read by: Caitlin Teresa
• Version 4 - 00:00:28
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  Read by: Sean McGaughey
• Version 5 - 00:00:32
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  Read by: Ernst Pattynama
• Version 6 - 00:00:21
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  Read by: Esther
• Version 7 - 00:00:24
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  Read by: Ezwa
• Version 8 - 00:00:24
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  Read by: Jane Greensmith
• Version 9 - 00:00:27
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  Read by: Jacyntha
• Version 10 - 00:00:28
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  Read by: Joe Pilsbury
• Version 11 - 00:00:26
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  Read by: Jennifer Stearns
• Version 12 - 00:00:32
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  Read by: Lee Ann Howlett
• Version 13 - 00:00:18
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  Read by: Laurie Anne Walden
• Version 14 - 00:00:28
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  Read by: Leon Mire
• Version 15 - 00:00:25
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  Read by: SopranoHarmony
• Version 16 - 00:00:20
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  Read by: Megan Kunkel
• Version 17 - 00:00:25
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  Read by: Ruth Golding
• Version 18 - 00:00:23
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  Read by: Rachel Lintern
• Version 19 - 00:00:26
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  Read by: Sally Ann Cook
• Version 20 - 00:00:30
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  Read by: Sergio Baldelli

Cataloged on July 14, 2008