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The World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume IV: Greece and Rome - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Poetry / War & Military Fiction
This is the fourth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 022 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 022 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of nineteen 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....
Falcons of Narabedla - Marion Zimmer Bradley
Falcons of Narabedla - Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Somewhere on the Time Ellipse, Mike Kenscott became Adric of the Scarlet Tower, and the only way to return to his own identity was to find the Keep of the Dreamer, and loose the terrible Falcons of Narabedla. A classic novella by master science...
Saunterings In And About London - Max SCHLESINGER
Saunterings In And About London - Max SCHLESINGER
- Author: Max SCHLESINGER
- Genre: Travel & Geography
A witty 1853 travelogue by a cultured German for his countrymen. “…for I did not write for an English public, nor did I ever pretend to popularity in England. The “SAUNTERINGS” were intended for the profit and amusement of my German countrymen; and...
Minstrel Weather - Marian STORM
Minstrel Weather - Marian STORM
- Author: Marian STORM
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Nature
A series of poetically written meditations on the seasons and other nature subjects. Or “ …Minstrel Weather, a series of open-air vignettes which circle the zodiac with the attentive eye of a naturalist and the enchanted ardor of a poet.” - Summary...
Martin Schüler - Florence Roma Muir WILSON
Martin Schüler - Florence Roma Muir WILSON
- Author: Florence Roma Muir WILSON
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Romer Wilson's first novel is a study in the life of Genius, a theme that would preoccupy her throughout her life. The eponymous Martin Schüler is a young German composer of genius in the years leading up to the Great War. His great passion is to...
The Invisible Man (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Terrifically popular science fiction novel by renowned writer HG Wells, about a scientist discovering how to achieve invisibility. But, in his case, being out of sight evidently does NOT mean out of mind. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
Australian Miscellany - Various
Australian Miscellany - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / History
A collection in celebration of 2012 Year of Reading Australia. Readers chose fiction, non fiction and poetry - we only asked that the readings should have some sort of Australian hook. So they can be by an Australian author, or about Australia, or...
Parva Naturalia - Aristotle
Parva Naturalia - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Philosophy / Ancient
I - On Sensation and the Sensible II - On Memory and Recollection III - On Sleeping and Waking IV - On Dreams V - On Prophecy in Sleep VI - On Longevity and Shortness of Life VII - On Youth and Old Age, Life and Death VIII - On Respiration ( Summary...
Tithonus - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Tithonus - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets."Tithonus" doesn't mean a whole lot without the knowledge that the...
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce - William MOUNTFORT
The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce - William MOUNTFORT
- Author: William MOUNTFORT
- Genre: Comedy
First produced between 1684-1688, this - as the title says - is Faust played as a comedy. Angels to go along with Mephistopholis and Lucifer and Beelzebub, sure, but also the Seven Deadly Sins and wait a minute - Scaramouche and Harlequin?? (The...
Treasure Island (version 5) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (version 5) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale noted for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the...
Recollections of Old Liverpool by a Nonagenarian - James STONEHOUSE
Recollections of Old Liverpool by a Nonagenarian - James STONEHOUSE
- Author: James STONEHOUSE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
These reflections of a 93 year old Liverpudlian provide a unique view of life in late 19th to mid19th century Liverpool. They were transcribed as they were related by him and, as a result this narrative has the ring of authenticity to it and is...
Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Aurora Floyd - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is beautiful, clever and rich. Two men instantly fall in love with her. But when they discover that she have...
Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
Emma (version 7 Dramatic Reading) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Emma is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance....As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners...
Women I'm Not Married To - Franklin Pierce ADAMS
Women I'm Not Married To - Franklin Pierce ADAMS
- Author: Franklin Pierce ADAMS
- Genre: Romance / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This poem, by Franklin P. Adams, is the sequel to/answer to Dorothy Parker's poem, Women I'm Not Married To, with a decidedly different but equally humorous take on the matter. ( Summary by Michele Fry )...
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb - Various
The Bomb: The 1945 Test of the First Atomic Bomb - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: War & Military / History / Technology & Engineering
These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was tested. Each publication (about 1984 and about 1995) complements the other, though there is some duplication....
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915 - Anonymous
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Medical / Modern (20th C)
The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out to France at the beginning of the war and remained there until May 1915 after the second battle of Ypres when she went back to a Base Hospital and the diary ceases. Although...
A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells
A Modern Utopia - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying a world state was A Modern...
Uncle Silas - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
Uncle Silas - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Uncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily...
Thou Shalt Not Kill - G. K. Chesterton
Thou Shalt Not Kill - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Thou Shalt Not Kill by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 25, 2018. ------ This Weekly Poem is taken from The Wild Knight and Other Poems by G. K. Chesterton - Summary by...
Wage-Labour and Capital - Karl MARX
Wage-Labour and Capital - Karl MARX
- Author: Karl MARX
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
Orignally written as a series of newspaper articles in 1847, Wage-Labour and Capital was intended to give an overview of Marx’s central threories regarding the economic relationships between workers and capitalists. These theories outlined include...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass gardening, military history, humor, climate change, travel and religion....
Whittington and his Cat - E. L. BLANCHARD
Whittington and his Cat - E. L. BLANCHARD
- Author: E. L. BLANCHARD
- Genre: Comedy
Whittington and his Cat, or Harlequin Lord Mayor of London was the 26th Grand Comic Christmas Annual, written by E. L. Blanchard for performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in 1875. Pantomimes are a favourite Christmas entertainment in...
The Sign of the Cross in the Nineteenth Century - Jean-Joseph GAUME
The Sign of the Cross in the Nineteenth Century - Jean-Joseph GAUME
- Author: Jean-Joseph GAUME
- Genre: History / Christianity - Other
A book that examines the sign of the Cross made by Christians since the primitive church up until the 19th century. It looks at stories of miracles and the writings of the father to impress upon the reader the need to make the sign of the cross...
Tales of a Wayside Inn - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales of a Wayside Inn - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Poetry
Mostly a collection of story-telling poems told by a group of friends in a tavern late one night. "Tales" includes the famous Paul Revere's ride, together with poems of many tales, countries and styles. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 04 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 04 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 4 begins with the first Norman invasion of the island and continues to the end of the...
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume II - François-René de Chateaubriand
The Memoirs of Chateaubriand Volume II - François-René de Chateaubriand
- Author: François-René de Chateaubriand
- Genre: Memoirs
Volume II of Chateaubriand's Memoirs from Beyond the Tomb, translated by Teixeira de Mattos. This volume covers the period from his return to France to fight, reluctantly, for the King, his early literary successes with many portraits of the great...
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories - Mark Twain
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Here's a Mark Twain story that's very unlike those he became famous for, but when I read it back in Catholic high school, it left a deep impression. It concerns the deeply religious residents of a small village in Austria during the late sixteenth...
A Room with a View (version 3 dramatic reading) - E. M. Forster
A Room with a View (version 3 dramatic reading) - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Romance
A Room with a View is a 1908 novel by English writer E. M. Forster, about a young woman in the repressed culture of Edwardian era England. Set in Italy and England, the story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of...
The Gray Plague - Lloyd ESHBACH
The Gray Plague - Lloyd ESHBACH
- Author: Lloyd ESHBACH
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Science Fiction
End of the world sci-fi tale borrows heavily from H.G. Wells' WOTW and In The Days of the Comet -- looks like fun ! ( Summary by BellonaTimes )...
Principia Ethica - George Edward MOORE
Principia Ethica - George Edward MOORE
- Author: George Edward MOORE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and (before them) Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of the analytic...
The Moors in Spain - Stanley LANE-POOLE
The Moors in Spain - Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Author: Stanley LANE-POOLE
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
“The history of Spain offers us a melancholy contrast. Twelve hundred years ago, Tarik the Moor added the land of the Visigoths to the long catalogue of kingdoms subdued by the Moslems. For nearly eight centuries, under her Mohammedan rulers, Spain...
Autumn Fires - Robert Louis Stevenson
Autumn Fires - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 readings of Autumn Fires, from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic A Child's Garden of Verses. This was the weekly poetry project for October 18-24, 2015....
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Herman Melville
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. Published on April 1, 1857 (presumably the exact day of the novel's setting), The Confidence-Man was Melville's tenth major...
The Country House - John Galsworthy
The Country House - John Galsworthy
- Author: John Galsworthy
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
In “The Country House”, John Galsworthy explores many of the themes he would later expand upon in his better known, nine-novel, “The Forsyth Saga”. This is a novel of English society as 1900 approaches. A divorce is being threatened in the Pendyce...
Physiology of the Opera - John H. SWABY
Physiology of the Opera - John H. SWABY
- Author: John H. SWABY
- Genre: Music
Trust Scrici for a tell all, no holds barred exposé of the modern opera . . . well, modern as of . . . er . . . say, 1852. (Summary by MaryAnn)...
The Pulley - George Herbert
The Pulley - George Herbert
- Author: George Herbert
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Pulley by George Herbert. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of June 15th, 2008....
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus - Lady Mary WROTH
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus - Lady Mary WROTH
- Author: Lady Mary WROTH
- Genre: Sonnets
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is the first sonnet sequence written by an Englishwoman. Published in 1621, the poems invert the usual format of sonnet sequences by making the speaker a woman (Pamphilia, whose name means "all-loving") and the beloved a...
Emily Dickinson on Death - Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson on Death - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry / Single author / Letters
Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published until after her death. This collection includes two letters Dickinson wrote to her friends on the occasion...
