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    Dibdin's Ghost
    Dibdin's Ghost
    Dibdin's Ghost
    Audiobook33 minutes

    Dibdin's Ghost

    Written by Eugene Field

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    About this audiobook

    LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Dibdin’s Ghost by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 30, 2012.

    This Fortnightly Poem is taken from An American Anthology, 1787–1900, edited by Edmund Clarence Stedman,(1833–1908). (Summary by David Lawrence)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    Dibdin's Ghost
    Author

    Eugene Field

    Eugene Field (1850-1895) was a noted author best known for his fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Many of his children's poems were illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. Also an American journalist and humorous essay writer, Field was lost to the world at the young age of 45 when he died of a heart attack.

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