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The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes - Various
The American Rivals of Sherlock Holmes - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Detective Fiction
To follow up on the heels of volumes 1 and 2 of "The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" released on Librivox, here is a collection of stories starring his contemporary American rivals. Brought together and re-published in a single volume by Hugh Greene in...
The Cheerful Smugglers - Ellis Parker BUTLER
The Cheerful Smugglers - Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Author: Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Saving for the baby's education: how can a young family be disciplined so as to regularly put money in the pig (bank)? Why, put a tariff on all items coming into the house, just like the U.S. Government does/did for items coming into the country!...
Through Russian Snows - G. A. Henty
Through Russian Snows - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the enormous loss of life entailed, appeal to the imagination in so great a degree as that of Napoleon against...
The Meadow Sprite, and Other Tales of Modern Germany - Richard von VOLKMANN
The Meadow Sprite, and Other Tales of Modern Germany - Richard von VOLKMANN
- Author: Richard von VOLKMANN
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Gertrude Schottenfels has collected and arranged eleven original tales from Germany in this volume. Ms Schottenfels alternates between stories written by Richard von Volkmann and Rudolf Baumbach, two authors active in the middle of the 19th century....
It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring - Robert Burns WILSON
It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring - Robert Burns WILSON
- Author: Robert Burns WILSON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring by Robert Burns Wilson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 10, 2019. ------ Robert Burns Wilson was an American painter and poet. Although his most...
Day And Night Stories - Algernon Blackwood
Day And Night Stories - Algernon Blackwood
- Author: Algernon Blackwood
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Fifteen short stories by Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (1869 – 1951), an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist and a broadcasting narrator. S....
There is a Tavern in the Town - James STEPHENS
There is a Tavern in the Town - James STEPHENS
- Author: James STEPHENS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The soul of Irish wit is captured in this unique tale of a barstool philosopher, the concluding story from 'Here Are Ladies' by James Stephens. (Introduction by iremonger)...
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07 - Various
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Anthologies
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 authors. This volume is sure to delight listeners. (Summary by Linette Geisel)...
Short Story Collection Vol. 073 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 073 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Saki, Katherine Mansfield, Jack London, Lord Dunsany and others to bring you tales of mystery, the thought-provoking, the...
The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca WEST
The Return of the Soldier - Rebecca WEST
- Author: Rebecca WEST
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance
In 1916 on an isolated country estate just outside London, Captain Chris Baldry, a shell-shocked captain suffering from amnesia, makes a bittersweet homecoming to the three women who have helped shape his life. Will the devoted wife he can no longer...
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics (based on phonetician Henry Sweet), who makes a bet with his friend Colonel Pickering that he...
Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state - George DAVIS
Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state - George DAVIS
- Author: George DAVIS
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; or a History of the River Thames in a Frozen State". The entire book was type-set and printed in Davis's printing...
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Turn of the Screw is a novella written by Henry James. It is a ghost story that was originally published in 1898. A nameless governess reports the events of two ghosts who stalk the young children she has charge over. Is she reliable, or an...
Told Under a White Oak Tree - William S. HART
Told Under a White Oak Tree - William S. HART
- Author: William S. HART
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
An inside look into the wild world of silent movie cowboy William S. Hart... as narrated by his horse! This is a fascinating (if fictionalized) behind-the-scenes look into the wild, action-packed world of a Hollywood cowboy and stuntman. TOLD UNDER...
If All These Young Men - Florence Roma Muir WILSON
If All These Young Men - Florence Roma Muir WILSON
- Author: Florence Roma Muir WILSON
- Genre: Literary Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Another remarkable World War I novel by Romer Wilson, "If All These Young Men" is a character study of a group of young 20-something friends in England dealing with the looming, grey presence of the War in their lives. The story begins on Good...
Concerning Christian Liberty - Martin Luther
Concerning Christian Liberty - Martin Luther
- Author: Martin Luther
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Early in the course of the Reformation (1520) Martin Luther penned a trilogy of foundational documents addressing the Church, the Nobility and the Christian life. This document concerning the Christian life expounds the famous paradox: "A Christian...
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, and finishes with a trip that proves life-changing. - Summary by Claudia Salto...
Bible (KJV) NT 08: 2 Corinthians - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 08: 2 Corinthians - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Bibles / King James Version
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, often referred to as Second Corinthians (and written as 2 Corinthians), is the eighth book of the New Testament. The letter, originally written in Koine Greek, is from Paul of Tarsus (and Timothy) to...
The Iliad of Homer - Homer
The Iliad of Homer - Homer
- Author: Homer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"The Iliad is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set in the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of Ilium, by a coalition of Greek States, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King...
Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas - Various
Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Music
Britten's operas are firmly established in the international repertoire: according to Operabase, they are performed worldwide more than those of any other composer born in the 20th century, and only Puccini and Richard Strauss come ahead of him if...
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable - Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers could enjoy plots that were considerably more interesting than, say, the McGuffey readers of the 1880's or the...
The Secret of Lonesome Cove - Samuel Hopkins ADAMS
The Secret of Lonesome Cove - Samuel Hopkins ADAMS
- Author: Samuel Hopkins ADAMS
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A body is found on the beach not far from a New England town one morning. Curiously, nobody recognizes the dead woman, and nobody in or near the town seems to be a suspect in a possible murder, therefore most of them assume that she simply washed...
Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks by Lording Barry - Lording BARRY
Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks by Lording Barry - Lording BARRY
- Author: Lording BARRY
- Genre: Comedy
Ram Alley, or Merry Tricks, is a bawdy comedy by Lording Barry, a contemporary of Shakespeare. The production bankrupted Barry, landed him in debtor's jail, and set him off on a life of piracy. The action of Ram Alley takes place in a disreputable...
Bible (DBY) NT 10: Ephesians - Darby Bible
Bible (DBY) NT 10: Ephesians - Darby Bible
- Author: Darby Bible
- Genre: Bibles
The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the Old Testament, included in later editions of the text, completed by Darby's students after his death. The...
Cabbages and Kings - O. Henry
Cabbages and Kings - O. Henry
- Author: O. Henry
- Genre: Short Stories
This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which were inspired by the author's six-month stay in Honduras in the late 1890s. "The incidents embracing as they...
The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope
The Way We Live Now - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Literary Fiction
The Way We Live Now is a scathing satirical novel published in London in 1875 by Anthony Trollope, after a popular serialization. It was regarded by many of Trollope's contemporaries as his finest work. One of his longest novels (it contains a...
The Village and The Library - George CRABBE
The Village and The Library - George CRABBE
- Author: George CRABBE
- Genre: Poetry
The Village is Crabbe’s corrective to the rosy-tinted view of English village and rural working class life. He was a stark realist, as a priest and surgeon having been privy to so much of actual, rather than ideal, life. The Library is his...
Stickeen - John Muir
Stickeen - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Animals
A great dog story, a well told tale--the naturalist and adventurer John Muir recounts how he and his companion, a dog named Stickeen, each, alone, confronted and conquered their fears of an icy Alaskan glacier in 1880. (Summary by Sue Anderson)...
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 2 - Pliny the Elder
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 2 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Science
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious...
The Long Ago - Jacob William WRIGHT
The Long Ago - Jacob William WRIGHT
- Author: Jacob William WRIGHT
- Genre: Memoirs
Short memory of boyhood by a little-known American poet based in Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great-great-grandmother, and her friend the minor...
The Story of a Loaf of Bread - Thomas Barlow WOOD
The Story of a Loaf of Bread - Thomas Barlow WOOD
- Author: Thomas Barlow WOOD
- Genre: Crafts & Hobbies / Cooking
According to the author in the preface, he has "ventured to write this little book with some diffidence, for it deals with farming, milling and baking, subjects on which everyone has his own opinion." The earlier chapters give a brief sketch of the...
The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume VI: Russia, Austria-Hungary, the Balkan States and Turkey - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction / War & Military
This is the sixth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a...
The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud - Frances Jenkins Olcott
The Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud - Frances Jenkins Olcott
- Author: Frances Jenkins Olcott
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Lots of stories and poems about elves, faeries and other wonderful wee folk. All read for you by LibriVox people who love them so what more could you ask for? If you want a break from the harsh 'real' world, come relax for awhile in fairyland where...
An Enemy of the People - Henrik Ibsen
An Enemy of the People - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Plays
A small coastal town in Norway is experiencing an economic boom from its newly found hot springs. When Dr. Thomas Stockmann finds that the waters are contaminated and dangerous, the people refuse to accept his statement, and Dr. Stockmann's friends...
Good Morning, Boys and Girls! - Rev. Thomas J. HOSTY
Good Morning, Boys and Girls! - Rev. Thomas J. HOSTY
- Author: Rev. Thomas J. HOSTY
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
Forty simple, delightful sermons for children. The stories cover a full school year, all Sundays and a few holydays in between. Under such engaging chapter titles, as Chasing Rainbows, Caterpillars, The Best Christmas Gift, and Breakfast of...
Don Juan, Canto 1 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan, Canto 1 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: Poetry
Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventually) seventeen Cantos composed during Byron's self-imposed exile from England appeared, anonymously, in July...
The Holy Land and Syria - Frank G. Carpenter
The Holy Land and Syria - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction
Join a journey through the Holy Land and Syria as it existed in the early 20th century. Visiting and learning of Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Palestine and other fascinating and sacred spots of this truly historic region. Summary by BettyB....
Wuthering Heights (version 3 dramatic reading) - Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights (version 3 dramatic reading) - Emily Brontë
- Author: Emily Brontë
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
The story centers on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them. There are differing opinions on whether...
The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
The Good Soldier - Ford Madox Ford
- Author: Ford Madox Ford
- Genre: General Fiction / War & Military Fiction
The Good Soldier (1915) "... is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples. The novel is told using a series of flashbacks in non-chronological order, a literary technique pioneered by...
