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The Beaux Stratagem - George Farquhar
The Beaux Stratagem - George Farquhar
- Author: George Farquhar
- Genre: Plays / Comedy
Two gentlemen of broken fortune, disguised as master and servant, and thinking that a good dowry split both ways would solve their problems; some cludgy highwaymen and their confederates; foxy inn-keeper and saucy daughter; a country home with a...
The Willow Walk - Sinclair Lewis
The Willow Walk - Sinclair Lewis
- Author: Sinclair Lewis
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
As featured in The Best Short Stories of 1918, The Willow Walk is a trenchant tale of an elaborate heist by a dissolute man who gradually loses his mind in the process. The twist ending also should have won Lewis an O. Henry Award. - Summary by Matt...
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper - Sax Rohmer
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Cavanagh becomes involved in the adventurous search for a precious relic in the mysterious East. (Introduction by Laineyben)...
Bible (WEB) NT 09: Galatians - World English Bible
Bible (WEB) NT 09: Galatians - World English Bible
- Author: World English Bible
- Genre: Bibles
The Epistle to Galatians is a book of the New Testament. It is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. It is principally concerned with the controversy surrounding...
Ode to Autumn - John Keats
Ode to Autumn - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Ode to Autumn by John Keats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 11th, 2007....
Stories Worth Rereading - Various
Stories Worth Rereading - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Religion
A collection of short stories about many people. Some being tested, some being rewarded, all worth rereading! Many of them are the type to build character and inspire the readers to become men and women for God. They include various missionary, home...
The Fir-Tree Fairy Book - Clifton JOHNSON
The Fir-Tree Fairy Book - Clifton JOHNSON
- Author: Clifton JOHNSON
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
In this volume, Clifton Johnson has compiled his favourite fairy tales. We hear a lot of animals, because fairy tales with animals in them are Mr. Johnson's favourite stories, but we also hear of fairies, of wizards, and princesses. The stories are...
Quatrains of Omar Khayyám in English Prose - Omar Khayyám
Quatrains of Omar Khayyám in English Prose - Omar Khayyám
- Author: Omar Khayyám
- Genre: Literary Collections
Justin Huntly McCarthy (1859 - 1936) was an Irish scholar, author and nationalist politician. In 1889 his prose translations of 466 quatrains of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám was published by David Nutt. An abbreviated edition, containing a shorter...
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
The Life of Kit Carson - Edward S. ELLIS
- Author: Edward S. ELLIS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was associated or who closely studied his character. He was more than hunter, trapper, guide, Indian agent and...
Eugenics and Other Evils - G. K. Chesterton
Eugenics and Other Evils - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them "The persuasive...
The History of Mr. Polly - H. G. Wells
The History of Mr. Polly - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes everything. H.G. Wells’ early life as the son of a semi-insolvent shopkeeper and as a draper’s apprentice fueled...
The Hour of the Dragon - Robert E. Howard
The Hour of the Dragon - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard's suicide...
The Cruise of the Dazzler - Jack London
The Cruise of the Dazzler - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Young Joe Bronson, caught between poor grades and his father's threats of military school, runs away from home. He joins the crew of a sloop named the Dazzler, but quickly figures out his captain, Pete Le Maire (nicknamed "French Pete") frequently...
Christopher Quarles: College Professor and Master Detective - Percy James BREBNER
Christopher Quarles: College Professor and Master Detective - Percy James BREBNER
- Author: Percy James BREBNER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Christopher Quarles is a professor of philosophy and a private consulting detective. Quarles, along with his granddaughter Zena, assists Police Detective Murray Wigan in solving various crimes and mysteries in Victorian England. Whereas the police...
The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy
The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction
Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. A modern and honest novel of chance and choice, faith and infidelities, this dark...
Pollyanna (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna (version 3 Dramatic Reading) - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The story begins when Pollyanna arrives in Beldingsville to live with her Aunt Polly, a strict and dutiful middle aged woman. Pollyanna immediately begins to brighten up everyone's life by the "Glad Game." Trying to find something to be glad about...
Norway and the Union with Sweden - Fridtjof NANSEN
Norway and the Union with Sweden - Fridtjof NANSEN
- Author: Fridtjof NANSEN
- Genre: Political Science / Modern (19th C)
A History of the politics surrounding The Union of Norway with Sweden, from 1814-1905, from the Norwegian perspective - Summary by Ærik Bjørnsson...
The Old Manor House - Charlotte Turner Smith
The Old Manor House - Charlotte Turner Smith
- Author: Charlotte Turner Smith
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
The proud, cruel and arrogant Mrs. Rayland never married. Therefore, "Rayland Hall", the old Manor House of the title, had to pass to their heir, Somerive, whom they never treated kindly. According to the British laws at the time, the heir must be...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1 - Charles F. Horne
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1 - Charles F. Horne
- Author: Charles F. Horne
- Genre: History
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 1 of 22, covering from 5867 to 480 BC....
The Haunted Hotel, A Mystery of Modern Venice - Wilkie Collins
The Haunted Hotel, A Mystery of Modern Venice - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
A kind, good-hearted genteel young woman jilted, a suspicious death or two that only a few think could be murder, strange apparitions appearing in an hotel all combine to create a horrifying conundrum. Who was the culprit and will finding out...
The Consoling Thoughts of Saint Francis de Sales - Saint Francis de Sales
The Consoling Thoughts of Saint Francis de Sales - Saint Francis de Sales
- Author: Saint Francis de Sales
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Francis de Sales (1567-1622) was a French priest and later bishop of Geneva who was revered as a master of spiritual direction and fondly remembered for his keen insights into the personal spiritual struggles of men and women of all faiths. His...
Puck of Pook's Hill (version 2) - Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill (version 2) - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
'Puck of Pook's Hill' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy – since some of the stories told of the past...
Mansfield Park (version 2) - Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (version 2) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Miss Frances, the youngest Ward sister, "married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a lieutenant of marines, without education, fortune, or connexions, did it very thoroughly. She could hardly have made a more untoward...
Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous - John HABBERTON
Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous - John HABBERTON
- Author: John HABBERTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Short Stories / Published 1800 -1900
These 37 short stories were authored by John Habberton (1842–1921), an American writer. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and drama critic for the New York Herald, but he is best known for his stories about early California life, many of...
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (version 2) - Arnold Bennett
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (version 2) - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Business & Economics / Self-Help
Are you really 'living', or just existing? Do you want to improve yourself or just continue to muddle through? Do you use the time given you each day, or just throw most of it away? These questions Bennett asks each of us and for those who want to...
The Funeral: or Grief A-La-Mode - Richard STEELE
The Funeral: or Grief A-La-Mode - Richard STEELE
- Author: Richard STEELE
- Genre: Plays
The Funeral: or, Grief à-la-Mode, a Comedy, was written in the summer of 1701, and given to Christopher Rich, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in October. Soon afterwards it was acted, and it was published by Jacob Tonson between December 18 and...
Poems - Alice Meynell
Poems - Alice Meynell
- Author: Alice Meynell
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poems by Alice Meynell. - Summary by Carolin...
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2) - Abner DOUBLEDAY
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2) - Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Author: Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Abner Doubleday was a busy man. He rose to be a major general during the American Civil War, started the first cable car company in San Francisco, and is credited (though perhaps erroneously) with inventing the game of baseball.In 1861, he had the...
Among the Trees Again - Evaleen Stein
Among the Trees Again - Evaleen Stein
- Author: Evaleen Stein
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by Evaleen Stein. Special about this volume is, among other things, that many of the poems point to certain seasons and months. This volume thus refers to each part of the year. - Summary by Carolin...
On Loving God - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
On Loving God - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Author: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
- Genre: Christianity - Other
On Loving God is one of the best-known and most influential works of Medieval Christian mysticism. Written at the request of one of the cardinals of Rome, it describes the four “levels” of love for God, and puts Christian devotion in the context of...
Wandl the Invader (version 2) - Ray Cummings
Wandl the Invader (version 2) - Ray Cummings
- Author: Ray Cummings
- Genre: Science Fiction
There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet—a maverick! This...
Work without Hope - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Work without Hope - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Work without Hope, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in honor of Labor Day. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 3rd, 2006....
Henry VI, Part 1 - William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part 1 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays
Henry VI, Part 1 or The First Part of Henry the Sixth (often written as 1 Henry VI) is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1591, and set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. Whereas 2 Henry VI deals...
The Flood - Émile Zola
The Flood - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: Short Stories / Published 1900 onward
A well-to-do French farm family is destroyed by a flood. The story, thrilling to the very end, is told from the point of view of the family's 70-year-old patriarch. The story speaks of the helplessness of mankind in the face of the forces of nature....
Chamber Music - James JOYCE
Chamber Music - James JOYCE
- Author: James JOYCE
- Genre: Poetry
Chamber Music is a collection of poems by James Joyce, first published in May of 1907. The collection originally comprised thirty-four love poems, but two further poems were added before publication ("All day I hear the noise of waters" and "I hear...
Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection - Robert W. Service
Ottawa Folk Festival Robert Service Collection - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Poetry
On August 13-15, 2010, A hearty band of Librivox volunteers, led by Bob Ledrew and Sean McGaughey, recorded selections from the Spell of the Yukon by Robert Service with patrons, musicians and organizers of the festival. We chose Robert Service...
The Window on the Hill - Madison Cawein
The Window on the Hill - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Poetry / Romance / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Window on the Hill by Madison Julius Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 22, 2012. Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the fifth child of William and Christiana...
Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy
Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Romance / Published 1800 -1900
This novel is subtitled The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Quire is the group of musicians who accompany the hymns at the local church and we follow the fortunes of one member, Dick Dewy, who falls in love with the new...
Stories of Successful Marriages - Walter Besant
Stories of Successful Marriages - Walter Besant
- Author: Walter Besant
- Genre: Family Life
A collection of short stories by celebrated authors on the subject of successful marriages. Pieces originally appeared in other publications between 1858 and 1900 and were brought together by Walter Besant. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
With Fire and Sword - Henryk SIENKIEWICZ
With Fire and Sword - Henryk SIENKIEWICZ
- Author: Henryk SIENKIEWICZ
- Genre: Historical Fiction
In 1647, Poland is a land facing complete destruction with fire and sword. It may come from without, as the Tartar hordes swarm over the steppes, turning cities to ash and the Poles to slaves. It may come from within the country’s bounds, as the...
