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The Three Sisters - May Sinclair
The Three Sisters - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Fascinated as she was by the lives of the Brontë siblings, May Sinclair loosely based her subtly sensual, quietly insurrectionary 1914 novel The Three Sisters on the Haworth moor milieu of the three literary Brontë sisters. Alice, Gwenda, and Mary...
Confessions, volumes 1 and 2 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Confessions, volumes 1 and 2 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Genre: Psychology / Memoirs
“Thus I have acted; these were my thoughts; such was I.” Rousseau’s lengthy and sometimes anguished dossier on the Self is one of the most remarkable and courageous works of introspection ever undertaken. Some readers may be repelled by his tendency...
The Bells - Edgar Allan Poe
The Bells - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox readers bring you 18 recordings of "The Bells." This was the Fortnightly Poetry selection for January 30 to February 13, 2011. "The Bells" is a heavily onomatopoeic poem by Edgar Allan Poe which was not published until after his death in...
The Ships that Won't Go Down - Henry Lawson
The Ships that Won't Go Down - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia's "greatest short story writer"....
The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (Abridged) - Charles H. Spurgeon
The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (Abridged) - Charles H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Charles Spurgeon was a British Particular Baptist preacher who remains highly influential among Christians of different denominations, among whom he is still known as the "Prince of Preachers". In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10,000,000...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain - Charles W. Colby
Chronicles of Canada Volume 03 - Founder of New France: A Chronicle of Champlain - Charles W. Colby
- Author: Charles W. Colby
- Genre: Early Modern
For Canada, Champlain is not alone a heroic explorer of the seventeenth century, but the founder of Quebec; and it is a rich part of our heritage that he founded New France in the spirit of unselfishness, of loyalty, and of faith....
Bible (WEB) NT 04: John - World English Bible
Bible (WEB) NT 04: John - World English Bible
- Author: World English Bible
- Genre: Bibles
The book of John stands out among the Biblical writings about Jesus as an eloquent depiction of his deity, composed in detailed and elegant prose. It's believed to have been written by the apostle John near the end of the first century A.D.The World...
Bible (ERV) NT 01: Matthew - ENGLISH REVISED VERSION
Bible (ERV) NT 01: Matthew - ENGLISH REVISED VERSION
- Author: ENGLISH REVISED VERSION
- Genre: Bibles
The Gospel According to Matthew is one of the four canonical gospels, one of the three synoptic gospels, and the first book of the New Testament. The narrative tells how the Messiah, Jesus, rejected by Israel, finally sends the disciples to preach...
Taittriyaka Upanishad - Unknown
Taittriyaka Upanishad - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Ancient
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad" means "to sit." Thus, Upanishad is to sit down near the teacher to discuss, learn, practice, and experience. There are some 200 or more Upanishads. Some are...
A Christmas Miscellany - Various
A Christmas Miscellany - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction / Single author
A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales...
Metamorphoses - Publius
Metamorphoses - Publius
- Author: Publius
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry
The Metamorphoses of Ovid is probably one of the best known, certainly one of the most influential works of the Ancient world. It consists of a narrative poem in fifteen books that describes the creation and history of the world through mythological...
The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival (Dramatic Reading) - Kate PERCIVAL
The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival (Dramatic Reading) - Kate PERCIVAL
- Author: Kate PERCIVAL
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Erotica
This surprisingly explicit sample of Victorian erotica follows the sexual awakening and subsequent adventures of its author, Kate Percival, the "belle of the Delaware." Content warning: this one is definitely NC-17 rated. (Summary by wildemoose)...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe - William Wood
Chronicles of Canada Volume 11 - The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe - William Wood
- Author: William Wood
- Genre: War & Military
Any life of Wolfe can be artificially simplified by treating his purely military work as something complete in itself and not as a part of a greater whole. But, since such treatment gives a totally false idea of his achievement, this little sketch,...
With Sack and Stock in Alaska - George BROKE
With Sack and Stock in Alaska - George BROKE
- Author: George BROKE
- Genre: Modern (19th C) / Exploration
In 1888, George Broke with Harold Topham and William Williams, made the first exploration of the Alaskan Mt. St. Elias range, including the crossing of the great Malaspina Glacier and an attempt on the S.E. face of Mt. St. Elias itself. The journey...
Suppressed Poems - Friedrich Schiller
Suppressed Poems - Friedrich Schiller
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems by German classical poet Friedrich Schiller. These poems have all been suppressed in the past for different reasons. Some of these reasons are evident, others less so. All of the poems are very interesting to read and...
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12 - Roald AMUNDSEN
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1910-12 - Roald AMUNDSEN
- Author: Roald AMUNDSEN
- Genre: Exploration
In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally different primary task (Amundsen did no surveying on his route south and is known to have taken only two...
Short Poetry Collection 087 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 087 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of March 2010....
Local Color Collection Vol. 001 - Various
Local Color Collection Vol. 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)...
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses) - Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
Dangerous Connections (Les liaisons dangereuses) - Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
- Author: Pierre Choderlos de LACLOS
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction
A translation of 'Les Liaisons dangereuses' alternative title 'Dangerous Liasons'Everyone probably has Glenn Close and John Malkovich in mind, but for those who have not seen the movie, this epistolary fiction describes how a young girl, Cécile de...
Liber Amoris - William Hazlitt
Liber Amoris - William Hazlitt
- Author: William Hazlitt
- Genre: Poetry / Romance
Liber Amoris is unlike anything Hazlitt wrote and probably like nothing you've come across before. On the face of it it tells the story of Hazlitt's infatuation with his landlords daughter. Hazlitt was middle aged and she young and pretty, a bit of...
Hallowe'en at Merryvale - Alice Hale BURNETT
Hallowe'en at Merryvale - Alice Hale BURNETT
- Author: Alice Hale BURNETT
- Genre: Action & Adventure
"For many days the boys had been looking forward to the party to be held at Toad Brown's house, but the evening finally arrived and a number of new games were played, although a few things happened which were not on the program." - Summary by Alice...
Letters from Egypt - Lucie DUFF-GORDON
Letters from Egypt - Lucie DUFF-GORDON
- Author: Lucie DUFF-GORDON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
As a girl, Lady Duff-Gordon was noted both for her beauty and intelligence. As an author, she is most famous for this collection of letters from Egypt. Lady Duff-Gordon had tuberculosis, and went to Egypt for her health. This collection of her...
Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing - Arnold Bennett
Self and Self-management: Essays about Existing - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Satire / Essays & Short Works / Philosophy
Bennett's essays always provide food for thought and bring a wry smile to the lips. Human nature, it appears, changes little over the ages, and Bennett, as always, stands the test of time, though in the case of some of the essays in this eclectic...
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01 - Anonymous
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 01 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The main frame story concerns a king and his new bride. The king, Shahryar, upon discovering his ex-wife's infidelity executes her and then declares all women to be unfaithful. He begins to marry a succession of virgins only to execute each one the...
How It Flies or, Conquest of the Air - Richard FERRIS
How It Flies or, Conquest of the Air - Richard FERRIS
- Author: Richard FERRIS
- Genre: Transportation
In these pages, by means of simple language and suitable pictures, the author has told the story of the Ships of the Air. He has explained the laws of their flight; sketched their development to the present day; shown how to build the flying machine...
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Dramatic Reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life / Family
When a neighbor brings word that Grandma is sick, Mr. and Mrs. Bassett hurry off to tend to her, leaving their seven children to prepare for Thanksgiving on their own. The story of the adventures of Eph, Tilly, Prue, Seth, Sol, Roxy, and Rhody...
Pippa Passes - Robert Browning
Pippa Passes - Robert Browning
- Author: Robert Browning
- Genre: Plays / Poetry
Pippa Passes was a dramatic piece, as much play as poetry, by Robert Browning published in 1841 as the first volume of his Bells and Pomegranates series.The author described the work as the first of a series of dramatic pieces. His original idea was...
The Fables of La Fontaine - Jean de La FONTAINE
The Fables of La Fontaine - Jean de La FONTAINE
- Author: Jean de La FONTAINE
- Genre: Poetry
Jean de la Fontaine's fables were very well-known all over Europe during his life, and are now slowly being rediscovered. This edition contains 240 fables or fairy tales and a biography of Jean de la Fontaine and Aesop, containing the most...
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 - Undefined
Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Political Science
"Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature". Founded in early 1906 and initially edited by Emma Goldman, an activist in the United States, it published...
Nevi'im (JPSA) 06: Joshua - Jewish Publication Society of America
Nevi'im (JPSA) 06: Joshua - Jewish Publication Society of America
- Author: Jewish Publication Society of America
- Genre: Bibles
The Book of Joshua (Yehoshua) is the first of the former prophets and the beginning of Nevi’im. The book of Joshua retells the conquest of Canaan and the division of the land among the Twelve Tribes. The conclusion includes Joshua’s address to the...
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2) - Mark Twain
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson (Version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Detective Fiction
It was published in 1893–1894 by Century Magazine in seven installments, and is a detective story with some racial themes. The plot of this novel is a detective story, in which a series of identities — the judge's murderer, Tom, Chambers — must be...
A Child's Garden of Verses (version 2) - Robert Louis Stevenson
A Child's Garden of Verses (version 2) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry
A Child's Garden of Verses is a collection of poems for children by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The collection first appeared in 1885 under the title Penny Whistles, but has been reprinted many times, often in illustrated versions....
The Just And The Unjust - Vaughan KESTER
The Just And The Unjust - Vaughan KESTER
- Author: Vaughan KESTER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Framed for a murder he did not commit, John North must rely on his friends to help clear him of the charge. But, are they really his friends? Many have dirty little secrets they wish to keep private, even at the expense of John North’s life....
Mary's Grammar: Interspersed with Stories and Intended for the Use of Children - Jane MARCET
Mary's Grammar: Interspersed with Stories and Intended for the Use of Children - Jane MARCET
- Author: Jane MARCET
- Genre: School
Mary's teacher has taxed her with the task of learning that most onerous of all parts of the English language: Grammar. Through stories and practical exercises, Mary's mother shows her that it's really not as hard as she thinks. Join us on this...
Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro - Daniel Wallace CULP
Twentieth Century Negro Literature or A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro - Daniel Wallace CULP
- Author: Daniel Wallace CULP
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The object of this book is... (1) To enlighten the uninformed white people on the intellectual ability of the Negro. (2) To give to those, who are interested in the Negro race, a better idea of the extent to which he contributed to the promotion of...
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 1 - Hans GROSS
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 1 - Hans GROSS
- Author: Hans GROSS
- Genre: Psychology / Science
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on criminal investigation. This treatise covers everything from the qualities of a good investigating officer...
Bible (ASV) 36: Zephaniah - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) 36: Zephaniah - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The superscription of the Book of Zephaniah attributes its authorship to “Zephaniah son of Cushi son of Gedaliah son of Amariah son of Hezekiah, in the days of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah” (1:1, NRSV). All that is known of Zephaniah comes from...
Marion de Lorme - Victor HUGO
Marion de Lorme - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Tragedy
Marion de Lorme is a play about a famous French courtesan with the same name, known for her relationships with the important men of her time. ( Kristingj) Cast list: Marion de Lorme: Kristin Gjerløw Didier: KHand Louis XIII: Ted Delorme Marquis de...
The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
The Railway Children - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Edith Nesbit’s classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with their mother, where they come to know and love the ways of the railways. (Summary by Karen Savage)...
The Figure in the Carpet - Henry James
The Figure in the Carpet - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction
The story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admirs the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows him that he – and all other critics – have in fact missed the great point of Verreker's work, and the critic...
