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The Angels of Mons - Arthur Machen
The Angels of Mons - Arthur Machen
- Author: Arthur Machen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Angels of Mons is a popular legend about a group of angels who supposedly protected members of the British army in the Battle of Mons at the outset of World War I. The story is fictitious, developed through a combination of a patriotic short...
The Jungle Book (Version 3) - Rudyard Kipling
The Jungle Book (Version 3) - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Animals & Nature
A story of a boy who raised by Indian wolves becomes lord of the jungle. (Summary by Jessie Yun)...
Essays, First Series - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, First Series - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
“We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related, the eternal ONE. And this deep power in which we...
His Dog - Albert Payson Terhune
His Dog - Albert Payson Terhune
- Author: Albert Payson Terhune
- Genre: General Fiction
Albert Payson Terhune, perhaps best known for his book Lad, a Dog (later turned into a popular movie), was also a breeder of collies and a journalist. Some of his collie lines survive to this day. His Dog is a story about Link Ferris who finds an...
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Volume 1 - John Calvin
Commentary on the Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Volume 1 - John Calvin
- Author: John Calvin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. Calvin's writing and preachings provided the seeds for the branch of theology that bears his name. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from...
The Hour of the Dragon (version 2) - Robert E. Howard
The Hour of the Dragon (version 2) - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
This is absolutely the best Conan novel ever written in my opinion. It follows Conan when at the peak of his power as king of Aquilonia, he is overthrown by dark, evil magic from Stygia and turned into a hunted refugee. A 3,000 year old magician...
We of the Never-Never - Jeannie GUNN
We of the Never-Never - Jeannie GUNN
- Author: Jeannie GUNN
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
We of the Never Never is the second book written by Jeannie Gunn under the name of “Mrs Aeneas Gunn”. It is considered by many as a classic of Australian writing. The book was published as a novel but draws on the author’s own experience in settling...
The Dixie Book of Days - Page ANDREWS
The Dixie Book of Days - Page ANDREWS
- Author: Page ANDREWS
- Genre: General Fiction / Poetry / *Non-fiction
The author used a yearly calendar to focus on pieces written by Southern authors. Many of these writers are little known, having created for their own enjoyment or peace of mind, not necessarily for publication. (Summary by Bill Boerst)...
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (version 3) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Thuvia, Maid of Mars (version 3) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
The fourth book of the Barsoom series, Thuvia, Maid of Mars takes up the story of Thuvia, now Princess of Ptarth, and Carthoris, son of John Carter and Dejah Thoris. Thuvia is betrothed to Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol in an arranged marriage. She...
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Original 1848 Edition) - Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Original 1848 Edition) - Anne Brontë
- Author: Anne Brontë
- Genre: Literary Fiction
When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her...
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1) - Various
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a range of poems dealing with the natural world, covering subjects such as nature's influence on the...
The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine - William CARLETON
The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine - William CARLETON
- Author: William CARLETON
- Genre: Historical Fiction
A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it. (Summary by JCarson)...
Venus in Furs - Leopold von SACHER-MASOCH
Venus in Furs - Leopold von SACHER-MASOCH
- Author: Leopold von SACHER-MASOCH
- Genre: Erotica
The framing story concerns a man who dreams of speaking to Venus about love while she wears furs. The unnamed narrator tells his dreams to a friend, Severin, who tells him how to break him of his fascination with cruel women by reading a manuscript,...
The Scarecrow of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Scarecrow of Oz is the ninth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum. Published on July 16, 1915, it was Baum's personal favorite of the Oz books and tells of Cap'n Bill and Trot journeying to Oz and, with the help of the Scarecrow,...
A Christmas Carmen - John Greenleaf Whittier
A Christmas Carmen - John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, Whittier was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. - Summary by Wikipedia...
The Life Story of a Black Bear - Harry Perry ROBINSON
The Life Story of a Black Bear - Harry Perry ROBINSON
- Author: Harry Perry ROBINSON
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is the life story of a Black Bear in the western US, as told by the bear himself. He tells of the days when humans began to invade the territory where they and their ancestors had been kings for many eons. - Summary by philip chenevert...
Angels of the Battlefield - George BARTON
Angels of the Battlefield - George BARTON
- Author: George BARTON
- Genre: War & Military / Christianity - Other
"Angels of the Battlefield: A History of the Labors of the Catholic Sisterhoods in the Late Civil War" chronicles the compassionate services of these dedicated women during the bitter and bloody U.S. Civil War. These accounts also offer some...
Homeward Songs by the Way - George William RUSSELL
Homeward Songs by the Way - George William RUSSELL
- Author: George William RUSSELL
- Genre: Single author
George William Russell -- better known by his pen name "A.E." -- was an Irish writer, poet and mystic, a lifelong friend of William Butler Yeats, and an original member of Ireland's Theosophical Society. In a letter to a friend, penned several years...
At the Club - Richard HOVEY
At the Club - Richard HOVEY
- Author: Richard HOVEY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of At the Club by Richard Hovey. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 3, 2013. Richard Hovey was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1885, he is known in part for penning the...
A Great Man: a Frolic - Arnold Bennett
A Great Man: a Frolic - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Subtitled 'A Frolic', this light-hearted book follows the fortunes of Henry Shakespeare Knight who, rather to his own surprise, writes a best-selling novel. (Summary by Simon Evers)...
Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea - Laura E. Howe Richards
Florence Nightingale the Angel of the Crimea - Laura E. Howe Richards
- Author: Laura E. Howe Richards
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
One evening, some time after the great Crimean War of 1854-55, a company of military and naval officers met at dinner in London. They were talking over the war, as soldiers and sailors love to do, and somebody said: "Who, of all the workers in the...
Our Friend The Charlatan - George Gissing
Our Friend The Charlatan - George Gissing
- Author: George Gissing
- Genre: Romance
Dice Lashmore will do everything he can in in his quest to become rich. The key is, of course, finding a rich wife. This book describes his numerous courtships of women. It also describes the moral decline of a man who has only one goal, and how...
Travels by the Fireside - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Travels by the Fireside - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Travels by the Fireside by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 6, 2012. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. He predominantly wrote lyric...
The Game and the Candle - Eleanor M. INGRAM
The Game and the Candle - Eleanor M. INGRAM
- Author: Eleanor M. INGRAM
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Romance
Faced with inherited debts, an estate to maintain, and no money to pay for either, brothers John and Robert Allard have a difficult decision to make. How much of their integrity are they willing to compromise in order to save their aunt and cousin...
Nibelungenlied - Anonymous
Nibelungenlied - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Sagas
The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife Kriemhild's revenge. The...
This Giddy Globe - Oliver Herford
This Giddy Globe - Oliver Herford
- Author: Oliver Herford
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Is there a genre called FUN? Yes, and this is it! Insanely humorous geography that will have you rolling on the floor laughing with your sides hurting. (Summary by Neeru Iyer)...
Thinking as a Science - Henry HAZLITT
Thinking as a Science - Henry HAZLITT
- Author: Henry HAZLITT
- Genre: Psychology
Written in a conversational style that will appeal to the younger person as well as seasoned professional, "Thinking as a Science" is timeless classic. Through eleven chapters, the last being a descriptive, annotated bibliography, Henry Hazlitt...
Life (Raleigh Version) - Sir Walter RALEIGH
Life (Raleigh Version) - Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Author: Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Life by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 25th, 2010....
Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare - William Shakespeare
Favourite Scenes From Shakespeare - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays
In 2012, the World Shakespeare Festival surveyed Britons as to their favourite plays by Shakespeare. This collection consists of 21 scenes from the most popular plays written by arguably the greatest writer in the English language, possibly any...
The Ranchman - Charles Alden Seltzer
The Ranchman - Charles Alden Seltzer
- Author: Charles Alden Seltzer
- Genre: General Fiction / Westerns
A fast-paced old time western. Squint Taylor, a rancher and long time resident of Dawes, is challenged by a crooked newcomer for the position of mayor. Through unscrupulous dealings carried on by a crooked Carrington, Squint lis cheated out of...
Coffee Break Collection 014 - New Beginnings - Various
Coffee Break Collection 014 - New Beginnings - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
This is the fourteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only...
Not That It Matters - A. A. MILNE
Not That It Matters - A. A. MILNE
- Author: A. A. MILNE
- Genre: Short Stories
More of the witty, wry, and deliciously wicked essays and articles written by Milne. Most people know him as the creator of Winnie The Pooh, but he worked for many years as editor of Punch Magazine and these are some of his best. Not That It Matters...
The Sunlit Hours - Emile VERHAEREN
The Sunlit Hours - Emile VERHAEREN
- Author: Emile VERHAEREN
- Genre: Poetry
The Sunlit Hours [Les Heures Claires] is a volume of very personal poetry by Belgian poet Émile Verhaeren. The poetry in this volume is dedicated to his wife, celebrating their relationship with beautiful poetry of love. - Summary by Carolin...
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV - François-René de Chateaubriand
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume IV - François-René de Chateaubriand
- Author: François-René de Chateaubriand
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Memoirs
After the extinction of Napoleon's comet on St Helena, Chateaubriand covers the Bourbon Restoration in this volume, meeting a dazzling array of literary and political figures, as his diplomatic career advances. - Summary by Nicole Lee...
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1 - Thomas Peckett PREST
Varney, the Vampyre Vol. 1 - Thomas Peckett PREST
- Author: Thomas Peckett PREST
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
This is volume 1 of 3. Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to vampire stories such as Dracula, which it heavily influenced. Flora Bannersworth is...
The Blind Brother - Homer Greene
The Blind Brother - Homer Greene
- Author: Homer Greene
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This is the first book written by Homer Greene, whose primary occupation was lawyer. It tells of 14-year-old Tom Taylor, and his 12-year-old blind brother Bennie, who work in the Pennsylvania coal mines in the late 1800s, earning money for an...
The Sayings of Lao Tzu - Lao TZU
The Sayings of Lao Tzu - Lao TZU
- Author: Lao TZU
- Genre: Ancient
Lao-Tzu, also known as Laozi was a Chinese philosopher believed to have lived in the 6th century BCE and is credited with writing the Tao-Te-Ching which centers around the idea that the way of virtue lies in simplicity and a recognition of a...
The Kingdom of Love - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Kingdom of Love - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, named after the poem 'the Kingdom of Love'. - Summary by Carolin...
Rebel Verses - Bernard GILBERT
Rebel Verses - Bernard GILBERT
- Author: Bernard GILBERT
- Genre: Poetry
Mr. Bernard Gilbert is one of the discoveries of the War. For years, it seems, he has been writing poetry, but it is only recently that an inapprehensive country has awakened to the fact. Now he is taking his rightful place among our foremost...
Omnilingual - H. Beam Piper
Omnilingual - H. Beam Piper
- Author: H. Beam Piper
- Genre: Science Fiction
An expedition to Mars discovers the remains of an advanced civilization, which died out many thousands of years ago. They recovered books and documents left behind, and are puzzled by their contents. Would the team find their “Rosetta Stone” that...
