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Mashi and Other Stories - Rabindranath Tagore
Mashi and Other Stories - Rabindranath Tagore
- Author: Rabindranath Tagore
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
A 1918 collection of short stories, by the popular Bengali writer.(Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz - Anonymous
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Philosophy
The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz was edited in 1616 in Strasbourg (annexed by France in 1681). It is the third of the original manifestos of the mysterious "Fraternity of the Rose Cross" (Rosicrucians). NOTE: It was translated into...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged, version 2) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged, version 2) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a...
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Romance
Lucy Maud Montgomery (L.M. Montgomery) was a prolific Canadian writer of books and short stories for children and adults during the first half of the twentieth century. Her writings, frequently set in Prince Edward Island where she was born and grew...
The Secret Sharer - Joseph Conrad
The Secret Sharer - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leggatt in his quarters. What is he thinking? Conrad will tell us. - The Secret Sharer was first published in...
Dubliners (Version 2) - James JOYCE
Dubliners (Version 2) - James JOYCE
- Author: James JOYCE
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire / Short Stories
Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The stories were written when Irish...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 08 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 08 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: General Fiction / Plays / Poetry
LibriVox readers present the eighth collection of monologues from Shakespeareβs plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 β April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote in...
Gargoyles - Ben HECHT
Gargoyles - Ben HECHT
- Author: Ben HECHT
- Genre: General Fiction
The author, Ben Hecht, was a prolific writer as well as a renowned screenwriter, producer, and director of films. His screenwriting skills include some of the most popular films of Hollywood's golden era, including "Gone With the Wind", "Wuthering...
Armageddon- 2419 A.D. - Philip Francis NOWLAN
Armageddon- 2419 A.D. - Philip Francis NOWLAN
- Author: Philip Francis NOWLAN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Elsewhere I have set down, for whatever interest they have in this, the 25th Century, my personal recollections of the 20th Century. Now it occurs to me that my memoirs of the 25th Century may have an equal interest 500 years from nowβparticularly...
A Pair of Blue Eyes - Thomas Hardy
A Pair of Blue Eyes - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen Smith is a socially inferior but ambitious young man who adores her and with whom she shares a country...
Zanoni - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
Zanoni - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Author: Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pisani, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a misunderstood Italian violinist....
Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys - Horatio Alger, Jr.
Rough and Ready OR Life Among the New York Newsboys - Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Join Rough and Ready for his adventure on the streets of New York City. Working as a newsboy, Rough and Ready tries to support himself and his sister on his meager earnings. Unfortunately, their stepfather is seeking to kidnap little Rose, getting...
They Call Me Carpenter - Upton Sinclair
They Call Me Carpenter - Upton Sinclair
- Author: Upton Sinclair
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
The story takes place in the fictional city of Western City circa 1920. It begins with a man named Billy who is attacked by a mob of ex-servicemen outside a theater after watching a German film. Billy stumbles into a church to escape the mob and is...
Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel - Guy de Maupassant
Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel - Guy de Maupassant
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- Genre: General Fiction
βHe had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to it.β Though firmly set in 1880s Paris, Maupassant's gripping story of an amoral journalist on the make could,...
Peggy Raymond's Way (or Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace) - Harriet Lummis SMITH
Peggy Raymond's Way (or Blossom Time At Friendly Terrace) - Harriet Lummis SMITH
- Author: Harriet Lummis SMITH
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Family
In this fifth and (as far as is known) final volume of Peggy Raymond and her Friendly Terrace entourage, we find the Girls winding down from the Great War, and pursuing more domestic and mischievous pursuits. Finishing up college and preparing for...
The Precipice - Ivan Goncharov
The Precipice - Ivan Goncharov
- Author: Ivan Goncharov
- Genre: General Fiction
The Precipice is a story of the romantic rivalry among three men, condemning nihilism as subverting the religious and moral values of Russia. It was originally published in 1869 in Vestnik Evropy. Later critics came to see it as the final part of a...
Vixen - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Vixen - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, are childhood sweethearts. However, Rorie's family wants him to marry elsewhere. You may think it is the old...
Gunman's Reckoning - Max Brand
Gunman's Reckoning - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
A typical early 20th century western. It's a tale of a tough guy who gets involved with an evil man with an angel daughter for whom the tough guy falls. His efforts to recover hers and her father's gold mine claims is the story. Not a lot of shoot...
The Ultimate Weapon - John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
The Ultimate Weapon - John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
- Author: John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
The star Mira was unpredictably variable. Sometimes it was blazing, brilliant and hot. Other times it was oddly dim, cool, shedding little warmth on its many planets. Gresth Gkae, leader of the Mirans, was seeking a better star, one to which his...
Abandoned - Jules Verne
Abandoned - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a wounded animal--one which must have been fired within the previous three months. The men propose to build a...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 10 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Poetry
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the tenth volume, 62 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
Sense and Sensibility (version 3) - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (version 3) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel, focuses on the lives and loves of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The sensible Elinor and the sensitive Marianne both fall for men whose affections are otherwise engaged. The...
Pride and Prejudice (version 3) - Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (version 3) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austenβs novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - βIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a...
More William (version 2) - Richmal Crompton
More William (version 2) - Richmal Crompton
- Author: Richmal Crompton
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just William. The book was first published in 1922, (Summary by Wikipedia)...
Anna of the Five Towns - Arnold Bennett
Anna of the Five Towns - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance / Satire
The plot centers on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire, England. Her activities are strictly controlled by the Methodist church. Having escaped her father by...
Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn - Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Twain published in 1894. It features Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a parody of Jules Verne-esque adventure stories. In the story, Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where...
Celibates - George Moore
Celibates - George Moore
- Author: George Moore
- Genre: General Fiction
The author is considered the first great Irish writer of realist fiction and is said to have been an inspiration for James Joyce. Celibates is a novel of three characters: Mildred Lawson, John Norton and Agnes Lahens.They have nothing in common...
A Study In Scarlet (Version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study In Scarlet (Version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was...
Short Story Collection Vol. 037 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 037 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
LibriVoxβs Short Story Collection 037: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by LibriVox members....
The Princess Aline - Richard Harding Davis
The Princess Aline - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Morton Carlton, an easy-going, rich young artist, has never taken the concepts of love and marriage all that seriously -- until by accident a copy of an English illustrated paper falls into his hands, which contains a photograph of the young...
After Dark - Wilkie Collins
After Dark - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: General Fiction
William Kerby is in danger of losing his sight, which would hit him especially hard as he is a painter. Only rest can preserve it, but a man must eat, and so he and his wife Leah look for other ways to generate a small income. Having travelled a...
King of the Khyber Rifles - Talbot MUNDY
King of the Khyber Rifles - Talbot MUNDY
- Author: Talbot MUNDY
- Genre: General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
Athelstan King is a British Secret Agent stationed in India at the beginning of WWI. He is attached to the Khyber Rifles regiment as a cover, but his real job is to prevent a holy war. "To stop a holy war single-handed would be rather like stopping...
Gentle Julia - Booth Tarkington
Gentle Julia - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Penrod for girls in the form of Florence, the bratty younger cousin of luminous Julia Atwater, enlivens this romantic comedy set in Tarkington's Indiana of the early 20th Century. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Fortunate Foundlings - Eliza Haywood
The Fortunate Foundlings - Eliza Haywood
- Author: Eliza Haywood
- Genre: General Fiction / Published before 1800
A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and Louisa are twins, abandoned in infancy and adopted by a wealthy bachelor. For various reasons both leave his...
Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is beautiful, clever and rich. Two men instantly fall in love with her. But when they discover that she have...
Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance....As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners...
A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells
A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern...
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Herman Melville
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. Published on April 1, 1857 (presumably the exact day of the novel's setting), The Confidence-Man was Melville's tenth major...
Phantasmagoria and other poems - Lewis Carroll
Phantasmagoria and other poems - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
This is a collection of numerous lesser known poems by Lewis Carroll, with a tendency towards entertaining nonsense verses and unusual approaches to subject matter. Some of the poems are rather meta or introspective in content. Overall, this is a...
The Outlaw of Torn - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Outlaw of Torn - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
The story is set in 13th century England and concerns the fictitious outlaw Norman of Torn, who purportedly harried the country during the power struggle between King Henry III and Simon de Montfort. Norman is the supposed son of the Frenchman de...