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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2) - George Berkeley
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Version 2) - George Berkeley
- Author: George Berkeley
- Genre: Early Modern
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (commonly called Treatise when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work, in English, by Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. This book largely seeks to refute the claims made by...
Letters of Travel - Rudyard Kipling
Letters of Travel - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction
Three books of travel writing (between them covering the USA, Canada, Japan and Egypt) by the Nobel Prize winning author of the Just So Stories and the Jungle Book. Rudyard Kipling (an Englishman born and raised in India) offers an interesting...
Life of Charles Dickens - Sir Frank T. Marzials
Life of Charles Dickens - Sir Frank T. Marzials
- Author: Sir Frank T. Marzials
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Early biography of Charles Dickens published just 17 years after Dickens' death. Summary by Colleen McMahon...
Stories of King Arthur's Knights Told to the Children - Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
Stories of King Arthur's Knights Told to the Children - Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
- Author: Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A collection of Arthurian tales retold for children. (Summary by Joy Chan)...
Bible (KJV) 17: Esther - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 17: Esther - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
Esther appears in the Bible as a woman of deep piety, faith, courage, patriotism, and caution, combined with resolution; a dutiful daughter to her adopted father, docile and obedient to his counsels, and anxious to share the king’s favour with him...
Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4) - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 4) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
Shakespeare's sequence of 154 sonnets deals with such themes as love, time, death, immortality, lust, and sex. The poems follow but also depart from the Petrarchan tradition of sonnets written by a frustrated male lover to an unattainable idealized...
Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent - Henry Beston
Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent - Henry Beston
- Author: Henry Beston
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
“These tales are memories of several months spent as a special correspondent attached to the forces of the American Navy on foreign service…. [I have] been content to chronicle the interesting incidents of the daily life as well as the achievements...
Love Among the Chickens - P. G. Wodehouse
Love Among the Chickens - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Jeremy Garnet, a second-rate novelist, gets talked into joining his old pal Stanley Featheringstonehaugh Ukridge in an insane plan to start a chicken ranch. Garnet should bail out on his crazy friend, but he falls in love with one of Ukridge's...
Three Thousand Dollars - Anna Katharine Green
Three Thousand Dollars - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
This short story by Anna Katharine Green revolves around a plot to steal some goods secured safely within an impenetrable vault within the confines of Mr. Stoughton's business concern. Nobody seems to have any clue as to how the vault can be...
Mother Goose in Prose - L. Frank Baum
Mother Goose in Prose - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Whether Mother Goose was a real person or a myth, the songs that are attributed to her name are what we remember from our childhood. Some of these nursery rhymes are complete tales in themselves. There are others which are mere suggestions, leaving...
Graustark - George Barr McCutcheon
Graustark - George Barr McCutcheon
- Author: George Barr McCutcheon
- Genre: Detective Fiction / Romance
The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions...
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
“THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe.” After the death of his wife, Robinson Crusoe is overcome by the old...
Bible (ASV) NT 16: 2 Timothy - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 16: 2 Timothy - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The Second Epistle to Timothy is one of the three Pastoral Epistles, written by Paul, and is part of the canonical New Testament. It may have been written sometime in 67 A.D. during Paul's second Roman imprisonment. In his letter, the writer urges...
The Hill of Dreams - Arthur Machen
The Hill of Dreams - Arthur Machen
- Author: Arthur Machen
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The novel recounts the life of a young man, Lucian Taylor, focusing on his dreamy childhood in rural Wales, in a town based on Caerleon. The Hill of Dreams of the title is an old Roman fort where Lucian has strange sensual visions, including ones of...
The Bet and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The Bet and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Thirteen short stories by the master. Summary by david wales...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 6) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 6) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantasy 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 falling through a rabbit hole into a...
George Bernard Shaw - G. K. Chesterton
George Bernard Shaw - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good-will towards and respect for each other. However, in his writing, Chesterton expressed himself very plainly...
Life in the Iron Mills - Rebecca Harding Davis
Life in the Iron Mills - Rebecca Harding Davis
- Author: Rebecca Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction
This 1861 novella was the first published work by Rebecca Harding Davis: writer, social reformer, and pioneer of literary realism. It tells the story of Hugh Wolfe, a Welsh laborer in an iron mill who is also a talented sculptor, and of Deborah, the...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
Misrepresentative Men - Harry Graham
Misrepresentative Men - Harry Graham
- Author: Harry Graham
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by Harry Graham. Graham was known for his satirical poetry, and this volume is a great example of his art. In this volume, Graham charicatures several famous historical or legendary personages, and allows himself some...
PD Goth - Various
PD Goth - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of spooky stories culled from etexts found on Project Gutenberg (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Oomphel in the Sky - H. Beam Piper
Oomphel in the Sky - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: General Fiction / Science Fiction
Natives of the distant planet of Kwannon believe that their world is about to end, and in preparing for the apocalypse, may be unnecessarily bringing about their own demise. The planetary government can’t overcome its own bureaucracy to help them,...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 007 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 007 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy, science...
Economics - Aristotle
Economics - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Business & Economics / Ancient
Economics (Greek: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΙΚΑ; Latin: Oeconomica) may not have been written by Aristotle. The author provides examples of methods used by the state to raise money including debt, currency devaluation, commodity controls, tariffs, sales tax, fines,...
The Autobiography of a Slander - Edna Lyall
The Autobiography of a Slander - Edna Lyall
- Author: Edna Lyall
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories / *Non-fiction
The Autobiography of a Slander exposes the consequences of reckless words or, even worse, intentionally disparaging words. In this moral tale, told from the point of view of "the slander", Edna Lyall (pseudonym used by Ada Ellen Bayley) reveals her...
Brood of the Witch Queen - Sax Rohmer
Brood of the Witch Queen - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A swan suffers a mysterious death, its neck wrung by apparent supernatural forces. A young woman dies alone in a hospital room, apparently strangled by mysterious means. Sir Michael Ferrara is found strangled in his bedroom with no one else there....
Crime and Punishment (version 2) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment (version 2) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: Literary Fiction
"Crime and Punishment" is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "The Russian Messenger" in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the...
Adventures of a Brownie as Told to my Child - Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Adventures of a Brownie as Told to my Child - Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
- Author: Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Adventures of a Brownie follows the life of a brownie who lives in a family's coal cellar and the adventures he gets into with the members of the household. Written by Ancilla...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 006 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 006: a collection of 11 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Castle Richmond - Anthony Trollope
Castle Richmond - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fitzgerald and his cousin Owen Fitzgerald. Clara – whose previously ‘great’ family is almost bankrupt – is...
The Gold Bag - Carolyn Wells
The Gold Bag - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
The case involves a millionaire murdered in his study, suspicious servants, a beautiful niece, a private secretary and a will. enamored. A Holmes like detective is brought in to solve the mystery. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)...
Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother (Dramatic reading) - Hesba Stretton
Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother (Dramatic reading) - Hesba Stretton
- Author: Hesba Stretton
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Religion
Jessica is a little girl who used to be an actress till she grew too big. Now she lives on the streets, mostly starving until she meets Mr. Dan'el. Mr. Dan'el gives Jessica his cast-off crusts and warmed-over coffee. Jessica follows Mr. Dan'el to a...
A Picture Book Of Merry Tales - Anonymous
A Picture Book Of Merry Tales - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Forty European folk tales. Caveats: 1. Some of these stories are not suitable for young children. 2. In two stories (10 and 25) appear the nineteenth century’s almost-reflexive Jew-stereotype and anti-Semitism. - Summary by david wales...
The Time is Not Yet Ripe - Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson
The Time is Not Yet Ripe - Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson
- Author: Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson
- Genre: Drama
Thomas Louis Buvelot Esson (1878 - 1943) was an Australian poet, journalist and playwright. He was born in Edinburgh but moved to Melbourne, Australia when he was three. He attended the University of Melbourne and began working as a journalist and...
Treatise on Light - Christiaan Huygens
Treatise on Light - Christiaan Huygens
- Author: Christiaan Huygens
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book explains how light travels (i.e., that it has a certain velocity), and what happens when it hits a surface...
Mount Royal Volume II - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mount Royal Volume II - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with emphasis on romance. - summary by Celine Major...
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Daniel - Douay-Rheims Version
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Daniel - Douay-Rheims Version
- Author: Douay-Rheims Version
- Genre: Douay-Rheims Version
The Additions to Daniel comprise three chapters not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel. The text of these chapters is found in the Greek Septuagint and in the earlier Old Greek translation. They are accepted as canonical and translated as...
Song of the Soldiers' Wives - Thomas Hardy
Song of the Soldiers' Wives - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Thomas Hardy is regarded as one of the best English novelists. His novels are heartbreaking, unconventional, sad and lyrical. He also wrote many poems. This is one of the best. This is the weekly poem for the week starting at 5 August 2012. (Summary...
The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena - C. W. Leadbeater
The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena - C. W. Leadbeater
- Author: C. W. Leadbeater
- Genre: Philosophy
As sceptics dismissed other-worldly phenomena as the stuff of legend, trickery or delusion, nineteenth-century 'occult science' set out to explain them scientifically. Here, C. W. Leadbeater maps out the scenery and inhabitants of the astral plane,...
The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook - Laura Lee Hope
The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Family
The Bobbseys are home from their adventure on the houseboat and now they're off to visit their cousins at Meadow Brook Farm. But they haven't even arrived before they encounter a runaway boy, a runaway dog, and a runaway ram! Meadow Brook proves...
