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Palmetto Leaves - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Palmetto Leaves - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: Family Life / Biography & Autobiography
After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they lived during the winter months. Over the years they expanded their cottage to accommodate many guests (now a...
The Browns at Mt. Hermon - Pansy
The Browns at Mt. Hermon - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
When she mistakenly receives an offer of work addressed only to "Mary Brown," the lonely young heiress Mary Thornton Brown forms an audacious plan--to spend her summer not as a guest at a fashionable resort but as a hired girl in Mrs. Roberts'...
A Christmas Carol (Version 03) - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (Version 03) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / House & Home
Old miser Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a major transformation after being visited by his deceased colleague Jacob Marley, who warns him to change his ways and has three spirits visit him on the night of Christmas Eve. (Introduction by Jeff Robinson)...
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians - Fanny KELLY
Narrative of My Captivity Among the Sioux Indians - Fanny KELLY
- Author: Fanny KELLY
- Genre: True Crime / Memoirs
"Narrative of my captivity among the Sioux Indians: with a brief account of General Sully's Indian expedition in 1864, bearing upon events occurring in my captivity" "I was a member of a small company of emigrants, who were attacked by an...
To The Fringed Gentian - William Cullen Bryant
To The Fringed Gentian - William Cullen Bryant
- Author: William Cullen Bryant
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. He is also remembered as one of the principal authorities on homeopathy and as a hymnist for the Unitarian Church, both legacies of...
The Skylark of Space - E. E. Smith
The Skylark of Space - E. E. Smith
- Author: E. E. Smith
- Genre: Science Fiction
The novel begins with the accidental discovery, in a Government laboratory in Washington D. C., of a form of clean nuclear power. Our hero, Dr. Richard Seaton, uses this power to build first a flying belt and then an interstellar spaceship. He later...
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
"David Copperfield" or "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blunderstone Rookery" was first published in 1850. Like all except five of his works, it originally appeared in serial form....
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James JOYCE
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James JOYCE
- Author: James JOYCE
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
This is James Joyce's first novel, the semi-autobiographical story of a young Irish boy who struggles with family, country, and religion to become an artist and a man. (Summary by Peter Bobbe)...
Arizona Nights - Stewart Edward White
Arizona Nights - Stewart Edward White
- Author: Stewart Edward White
- Genre: Westerns / Single Author Collections
Arizona Nights is a collection of tales from the American West as told by those who took part in them. (Summary by Adam E. Maroney)...
A Preface to Politics - Walter LIPPMANN
A Preface to Politics - Walter LIPPMANN
- Author: Walter LIPPMANN
- Genre: Political Science
This is the first book in the bibliography of Walter Lippmann, written three years after emerging from Harvard where he studied under the pragmatists Santayana and James. Although the work is a century old, the reader of today may still find in it,...
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac - L. A. ABBOTT
Seven Wives and Seven Prisons; Or, Experiences in the Life of a Matrimonial Monomaniac - L. A. ABBOTT
- Author: L. A. ABBOTT
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This work the author claims is indeed a true story of how he happened to be married seven times to seven different women and the rollicking, hilarious events that led (or stumbled) to the marriages and the ah--disassembling/failing/failures of each...
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual - L. L. LANGSTROTH
Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual - L. L. LANGSTROTH
- Author: L. L. LANGSTROTH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving an even, approximately bee-sized space between the top of the frames holding the honeycomb and the flat...
Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success - James Allen
Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
This is one of the last books written by James Allen. Like all his works it is eminently practical. He never wrote theories, or for the sake of writing, or to add another to his many books; but he wrote when he had a message, and it became a message...
Bacteria in Daily Life - Grace Coleridge FRANKLAND
Bacteria in Daily Life - Grace Coleridge FRANKLAND
- Author: Grace Coleridge FRANKLAND
- Genre: Life Sciences
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progress in understanding and preventing diseases such as tuberculosis and diphtheria. The book also includes...
The Elements of Botany - Asa GRAY
The Elements of Botany - Asa GRAY
- Author: Asa GRAY
- Genre: Reference / Life Sciences
The book is intended to ground beginners in Structural Botany and the principles of vegetable life, mainly as concerns Flowering or Phanerogamous plants, with which botanical instruction should always begin; also to be a companion and interpreter to...
Oh! Where do the Fairies Hide Their Heads - Thomas Haynes BAYLY
Oh! Where do the Fairies Hide Their Heads - Thomas Haynes BAYLY
- Author: Thomas Haynes BAYLY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Librivox volunteers bring you 12 readings of Oh! Where Do the Fairies Hide Their heads by Thomas Haynes Bayly. Oh! Where do the fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized their...
Thoughts on Art and Life - Leonardo DA VINCI
Thoughts on Art and Life - Leonardo DA VINCI
- Author: Leonardo DA VINCI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Philosophy / Memoirs
This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einstein. - Summary by A. Gramour...
The Benefit of the Doubt - Arthur Wing Pinero
The Benefit of the Doubt - Arthur Wing Pinero
- Author: Arthur Wing Pinero
- Genre: Plays
The plot resolves around a young woman being cited in court as "The Other Woman" in a divorce case, and how her family reacts to it. Says her uncle: I shall go out; people shall see me walking boldly through the streets: Portland Place—Regent...
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln
Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: Literary Collections
A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)...
Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Poetry / Bibles / King James Version
The Book of Psalms, commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Taken together, its 150 poems "express virtually the full range of Israel's religious faith." They each have a poetic character with...
Woodstock, or, The Cavalier - Sir Walter Scott
Woodstock, or, The Cavalier - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This novel is set during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth. It is comprised of real events, along with fictional ones. If you are looking for an adventure novel with romance and mystery, please look no further. This is Scott at his finest....
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A controversial lecturer and famous orator of the mid 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of orthodox Christianity, tirelessly supported the arts, education, science, women’s rights, abolition, home, family,...
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 3 - Charles Darwin
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 3 - Charles Darwin
- Author: Charles Darwin
- Genre: Science
III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.Part 3 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work,...
Bible (ASV) NT 03: Luke - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 03: Luke - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The Gospel of Luke is a synoptic Gospel, and the third and longest of the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament. The text narrates the life of Jesus, with particular interest concerning his birth, ministry, death, and resurrection; and it ends...
Mother West Wind "When" Stories - Thornton W. Burgess
Mother West Wind "When" Stories - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Thorton Burgess gives us a collection of stories about the animals, explaining 'when' they got their peculiar traits. As usual the stories are short and delightfully written so as to be enjoyed by child or adult. Have you ever wondered when Mr....
The Girl on the Boat - P. G. Wodehouse
The Girl on the Boat - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Also published as "Three Men and a Maid". The maid of the title is red-haired, dog-loving Wilhelmina "Billie" Bennet, and the three men are Bream Mortimer, a long-time friend and admirer of Billie, Eustace Hignett, a lily-livered poet who is engaged...
The Princess Passes - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
The Princess Passes - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Author: Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Genre: Romance
An American heiress nicknamed the Manitou Princess (after her daddy's richest silver mine) is devastated to find that her fiancé only loves her money, so she does what anyone might do: she bolts for Europe, dons male attire and sets out on a walking...
The Last Rebel - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Last Rebel - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
Arthur West has been taken as a prisoner of war by Colonel Hetherhill of the Confederate States of America, and imprisoned at Fort Defiance, where an oddly small number of soldiers are stationed. More odd than the size of the fort's company,...
Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School (version 2) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s Boarding School (version 2) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Children's Fiction / School
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. (Summary by AngelFirePixie)...
The Rose Child - Johanna Spyri
The Rose Child - Johanna Spyri
- Author: Johanna Spyri
- Genre: Children's Fiction
The story of a little girl in the village of Wildbach, who loved the roses, and how spreading both her roses and her love touched the hearts of the villagers. (Summary by Daryl Wor)...
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Sherlock Holmes and Watson are awoken early by a distraught woman desperately seeking their aid. Something is terribly wrong and she fears for her life. Upon hearing her story, Sherlock agrees and springs into action to track down and deal with the...
The Deerslayer - The First Warpath - James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer - The First Warpath - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the Leatherstocking...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 008 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 008 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 008: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 4 - Dramatic Reading) - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 4 - Dramatic Reading) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A series of mysterious and increasingly alarming crimes are taking place across London. People are being injured, even murdered without mercy and without reason. And yet, the perpetrator cannot be found. The crimes happen overnight, but in the...
The Gospel In Brief - Leo Tolstoy
The Gospel In Brief - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Christianity - Other
In this book, Tolstoy seeks to condense the four Gospels of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, into one, by looking along the lines of the teachings of Jesus Christ found in each book. In doing so, he discovers that the Lord's Prayer...
Give All To Love - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give All To Love - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Give All To Love by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the fortnightly poetry project for May 17th, 2009....
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories - Arnold Bennett
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, mainly set in the 'Five Towns', Bennett's name for the pottery manufacturing towns of the English midlands (Summary by Andy Minter)....
The Log-Cabin Lady - Unknown
The Log-Cabin Lady - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
'The story of The Log-Cabin Lady is one of the annals of America. It is a moving record of the conquest of self-consciousness and fear through mastery of manners and customs. It has been written by one who has not sacrificed the strength and honesty...
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Philosophy
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s life for two years, two months, and two days around the shores of Walden Pond. Walden is neither a novel nor a...
The Semi-Detached House - Emily EDEN
The Semi-Detached House - Emily EDEN
- Author: Emily EDEN
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
If you're a Jane Austen fan, you'll enjoy Emily Eden's comic novels of manners, The Semi-Detached House (1859) and The Semi-Attached Couple (1860). At the opening of The Semi-Detached House, the beautiful (but rather petulant) Lady Blanche Chester,...
