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Queen Elizabeth - Mandell Creighton
Queen Elizabeth - Mandell Creighton
- Author: Mandell Creighton
- Genre: War & Military
"The Princess Elizabeth of England was born at Greenwich, between three and four of the afternoon of September 7, 1533. Her birth was a matter of small rejoicing to her parents, who were sorely disappointed that their first-born was not a boy." So...
The World As Will and Idea, Vol. 1 of 3 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
The World As Will and Idea, Vol. 1 of 3 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: Philosophy / Modern
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiably seeks to be satisfied. Each human Subject observes the Objects around her from the perspective of that...
A Study In Scarlet (Version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Study In Scarlet (Version 4) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was...
My Very First Little German Book - Anonymous
My Very First Little German Book - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: School
An adorable picture book with 29 little lessons in German. Learn many simple phrases, such as "How big the sea is!" and "Have you ever been to the farm?" The English parts of the book are read by Kara, and the German parts by Elli. You can read long...
The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory - Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This novel set in the time of WWI, is the 8th in a series of 10. The lives and adventures of these heroic young women change rapidly as they follow the American Army of Occupation out of Luxembourg and into the city of Coblenz after the defeat of...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appearance in a riot of slapstick absurdity when viewed from so far away. Although, at the time of the ‘Bloody...
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 001 - Various
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life with different reader voices for each character in our popular Dramatic Reading style. This volume includes...
The Dark House - George Manville Fenn
The Dark House - George Manville Fenn
- Author: George Manville Fenn
- Genre: Detective Fiction
An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most of the people at the reading of the will did not know the deceased in person, but had received kindnesses from...
Short Story Collection Vol. 066 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 066 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Another great collection of short stories in English, selected and read by Librivox readers....
One-Act Play Collection 011 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 011 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
Here are 10 one act plays offered by various groups of Librivox readers. From Ancient India to the Far Future, from the palaces of royalty to the servants hall, from comedy to tragedy, from deeply philosophical to farcically entertaining. Enjoy!...
The Eagle's Shadow - James Branch CABELL
The Eagle's Shadow - James Branch CABELL
- Author: James Branch CABELL
- Genre: Romance
A romantic comedy in which love is complicated by a large inheritance. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler...
The New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House - William Hurrell MALLOCK
The New Republic; or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House - William Hurrell MALLOCK
- Author: William Hurrell MALLOCK
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Satire
A group of upper class men and women gather together in an English country house to discuss their ideas for a utopia (their "New Republic"). The novel is a satire mocking most of the important figures at Oxford University at the time of publication,...
Kayray's Storytime - Various
Kayray's Storytime - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
A collection of my favorite short children's stories and rhymes. Each book can be found online at http://gutenberg.org if you wish to look at the wonderful pictures while you listen! ( Summary by Kara )...
The Age of the Motored Things - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The Age of the Motored Things - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Age of the Motored Things by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for October 6, 2013. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of...
Toilers of the Sea - Victor HUGO
Toilers of the Sea - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / Romance
This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that Nature puts in his path (Summary by Alisson Veldhuis)...
Short Story Collection Vol. 037 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 037 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 037: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by LibriVox members....
The Je Ne Scai Quoi - William WHITEHEAD
The Je Ne Scai Quoi - William WHITEHEAD
- Author: William WHITEHEAD
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of The Je Ne Scai Quoi by William Whitehead. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 30th, 2008....
The Traveller-heart - Vachel Lindsay
The Traveller-heart - Vachel Lindsay
- Author: Vachel Lindsay
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Traveller-heart by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry project for February 22nd, 2009....
Umbrellas and Their History - William SANGSTER
Umbrellas and Their History - William SANGSTER
- Author: William SANGSTER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
A whimsically serious look at the umbrella and society. (summary by Clarica)...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 022 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 022 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 022: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Maine Woods - Henry David Thoreau
The Maine Woods - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: *Non-fiction
On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to Bangor, Maine, from where he would venture with his Penobscot guide Joe Polis deep into the backwoods of...
Short Poetry Collection 127 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 127 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 21 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2013....
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor HUGO
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Literary Fiction
One of the great literary tragedies of all time, The Hunchback of Notre Dame features some of the most well-known characters in all of fiction - Quasimodo, the hideously deformed bellringer of Notre-Dame de Paris, his master the evil priest Claude...
Biographia Literaria - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Biographia Literaria - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark discursive style, providing a living glimpse of the great talker, the man who could hold his contemporaries...
The Princess Aline - Richard Harding Davis
The Princess Aline - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Morton Carlton, an easy-going, rich young artist, has never taken the concepts of love and marriage all that seriously -- until by accident a copy of an English illustrated paper falls into his hands, which contains a photograph of the young...
The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 - Elizabeth F. ELLET
The Women of the American Revolution Volume 1 - Elizabeth F. ELLET
- Author: Elizabeth F. ELLET
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Excerpt from Preface: Their patriotic sacrifices were made with an enthusiasm that showed the earnest spirit ready on every occasion to appear in generous acts. Some gave their own property, and went from house to house to solicit contributions for...
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 - Various
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman’s poems, written shortly after the death, express his intense grief. Here are prose pieces...
The Old Old Fairy Tales - Laura VALENTINE
The Old Old Fairy Tales - Laura VALENTINE
- Author: Laura VALENTINE
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"Once upon a time a king had an extreme passion for silkworms..." So begins one story in this unusual collection. Here you may also find a farm girl cursed by becoming a queen, a prince blessed with having his every wish denied, a princess turned...
Treasure Island (Version 4) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (Version 4) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
This is the extraordinary tale of a boy, Jim Hawkins, who comes into possession of Captain Flint's treasure map, after a buccaneer takes a room at his inn and later dies. The map spreads its ill luck to all who know of it.A local squire outfits a...
The Stillwater Tragedy - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The Stillwater Tragedy - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, novelist and editor. Of his many books of poetry and fiction, he may be best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, The Story of a Bad Boy and his collection of short stories, Majorie Daw and Other...
Short Poetry Collection 157 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 157 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 23 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2016....
Living With Our Children: A Book of Little Essays for Mothers - Clara Dillingham Pierson
Living With Our Children: A Book of Little Essays for Mothers - Clara Dillingham Pierson
- Author: Clara Dillingham Pierson
- Genre: Family Life
This book is a collection of small essays to help parents better understand their children and offer help to parents in the task of raising them. To quote from the preface, “It is hoped that the very simplicity and homeliness of method of this book...
Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers - Charles E. JEFFERSON
Quiet Hints to Growing Preachers - Charles E. JEFFERSON
- Author: Charles E. JEFFERSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion / Self-Help
Charles Edward Jefferson was pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York for 33 years. In Quiet Hints, published in 1901, he provided guidance to young preachers on what we would today call ministerial deportment, an old-fashioned word...
The Ivory Child - H. Rider Haggard
The Ivory Child - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Allan Quatermain's first adventure with Lord Ragnall. (Introduction by laineyben)...
Coffee Break Collection 18 - Pirates - Various
Coffee Break Collection 18 - Pirates - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
This is the eighteenth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this...
Essays on Political Economy - Frédéric BASTIAT
Essays on Political Economy - Frédéric BASTIAT
- Author: Frédéric BASTIAT
- Genre: Political Science
Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this definition, Bastiat concluded that the law cannot defend life, liberty and property if it promotes socialist...
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume II - Albert Bigelow Paine
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume II - Albert Bigelow Paine
- Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Humor / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) was an American author and biographer best known for his work with Mark Twain. This recording of Paine's exhaustive...
Tante - Anne Douglas SEDGWICK
Tante - Anne Douglas SEDGWICK
- Author: Anne Douglas SEDGWICK
- Genre: Family Life
It is a common trend, up until this very day, to reveal the difficult side of being a great artist. Madame Okraska is no different. Great artists are, sometimes, very complicated. Sometimes the price of success is too high, for them and for those...
After Dark - Wilkie Collins
After Dark - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: General Fiction
William Kerby is in danger of losing his sight, which would hit him especially hard as he is a painter. Only rest can preserve it, but a man must eat, and so he and his wife Leah look for other ways to generate a small income. Having travelled a...
The Wonder Clock - Howard Pyle
The Wonder Clock - Howard Pyle
- Author: Howard Pyle
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"Four and twenty marvellous tales, one for each hour of the day," retold in a novel and entertaining manner by a master of the form. While drawing on German, English, and Scandinavian folk literature for many of his characters and plots, Pyle...
