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The Child of the Moat - Ian Bernard Stoughton HOLBORN
The Child of the Moat - Ian Bernard Stoughton HOLBORN
- Author: Ian Bernard Stoughton HOLBORN
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Ian Holborn (professor of archaeology and a writer) was on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed, and as it sank he rescued a 12 year old girl named Avis Dolphin. She later complained that books for girls were not very interesting, so he...
The Female Quixote Vol. 2 - Charlotte LENNOX
The Female Quixote Vol. 2 - Charlotte LENNOX
- Author: Charlotte LENNOX
- Genre: Romance / Published before 1800
Second Volume of the novel that formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty to praise the Platonically...
The Way of Perfection - Saint Teresa of Avila
The Way of Perfection - Saint Teresa of Avila
- Author: Saint Teresa of Avila
- Genre: Christianity - Other
El Camino de Perfección (trans.: The Way of Perfection) is a method for making progress in the contemplative life written by St. Teresa of Ávila for the sisters of her reformed convent of the Carmelite Order (Discalced). St. Teresa was a major...
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
- Author: Hermann Hesse
- Genre: General Fiction
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way...
Perpetual Peace, A Philosophic Essay (Trueblood Translation) - Immanuel Kant
Perpetual Peace, A Philosophic Essay (Trueblood Translation) - Immanuel Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Genre: Political Science / Modern
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace, and argues that nations can be brought into federation with one another without loss of sovereignty. In one...
T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him - Thomas De Witt Talmage
T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him - Thomas De Witt Talmage
- Author: Thomas De Witt Talmage
- Genre: Religion
The Autobiography of Thomas De Witt Talmage, he was one of the most prominent religious leaders in the United States during the mid 19th century. His sermons which have been put into writing are convicting, informative and well worth reading or...
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde
Selected Poems of Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Poetry
This is a selection of the early poetry of Oscar Wilde, selected by Robert Ross. As he puts it, "It is thought that a selection from Oscar Wilde’s early verses may be of interest to a large public at present familiar only with the always popular...
The Present Crisis - James Russell Lowell
The Present Crisis - James Russell Lowell
- Author: James Russell Lowell
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These...
An Old Man's Love - Anthony Trollope
An Old Man's Love - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Literary Fiction
This was Trollope's last completed novel, and he may have acquired his sympathy for older lovers with age! A not-so-very-old man, Mr. Whittlestaff, dearly loves Mary Lawrie, the girl he provides a home for after her father's death. He wishes to...
A Rogue's Life - Wilkie Collins
A Rogue's Life - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
"[T]he story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life. It was written at Paris, when I had Charles Dickens for a near neighbor and a daily companion, and when my leisure hours were joyously passed with many other friends,...
Miss Frances Baird, detective - Reginald Wright KAUFFMAN
Miss Frances Baird, detective - Reginald Wright KAUFFMAN
- Author: Reginald Wright KAUFFMAN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Frances Baird is a detective with the Watkins Agency of New York City. She and a colleague are sent undercover to "The Maples" to guard a valuable set of diamonds during the festivities leading up to the marriage of Mr. Deneen's eldest son, James...
The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu - W. S. Gilbert
The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900 / Satire
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of Gilbert’s libretto entertains. The...
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young - Jacob Abbott
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Family & Relationships / Self-Help
Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the right development of the moral and mental capacities be promoted by methods in harmony with the structure and the...
Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw
Major Barbara - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Comedy
George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara focuses on the family of aristocratic Lady Britomart Undershaft and her estranged husband Andrew, a millionaire armaments manufacturer. Their daughters Sarah and Barbara are both engaged to be married, and Lady...
The Mystery at Number Six - Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Mystery at Number Six - Augusta Huiell Seaman
- Author: Augusta Huiell Seaman
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Detective Fiction
A mysterious girl, a mysterious pool, and a mysterious businessman combine to send two Florida teens to adventureland in this pre-Nancy Drew tale for young people.(Summary by Sibella)...
The Lamplighter - Maria Susanna CUMMINS
The Lamplighter - Maria Susanna CUMMINS
- Author: Maria Susanna CUMMINS
- Genre: Romance
Gertrude began life as an abused child in the care of Nan Grant, a cold and cruel woman. The only human character who was kind to her was the lamplighter, Truman Flint. When Nan, in one of her tantrums, threw Gertrude away from her house, he took...
Everlasting Flowers - D. H. Lawrence
Everlasting Flowers - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Everlasting Flowers by D. H. Lawrence....
Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy - John Ruskin
Unto this Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy - John Ruskin
- Author: John Ruskin
- Genre: Political Science
John Ruskin (1819 – 1900) is best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is remembered as an author, poet and artist as well. Unto This Last is an important work of political economic though that influenced Gandhi, among others....
Mushrooms on the Moor - Frank W. Boreham
Mushrooms on the Moor - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
A series of essays exhorting us with wit and humor to retain our childlike sense of wonder and delight in the world that God has made. A delightful and practical collection that teaches us to find and value the joy of life and faith. - Summary by...
The First Christmas Tree - Henry van Dyke
The First Christmas Tree - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Christian Fiction
This is a folk tale of how the first tree came into being. It tells of a hero Winfried with his young companion stepping boldly into the pagan right of the passing into winter. He preaches the gospel of Christ and His birth on that night; then from...
The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 2) - Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 2) - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction
Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural and small-town England in the mid-1800s. In the original subtitle, Hardy called this the story of "a man of...
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale - Morgan SCOTT
Rival Pitchers of Oakdale - Morgan SCOTT
- Author: Morgan SCOTT
- Genre: Sports Fiction / Action & Adventure
Play Ball!!! It's the start of another baseball season at Oakdale Academy. But there is a rivalry brewing between the pitchers. One wants to be a starting pitcher, but he is inconsistent. Another, a new kid from Texas, has been mentored by last...
Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table - Andrew Lang
Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were the people who occupied Britain at the time when the history of the country opens… It is believed that King Arthur lived in the sixth century, just after the Romans...
God Help Our Men at Sea - Henry Kendall
God Help Our Men at Sea - Henry Kendall
- Author: Henry Kendall
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Kendall was born in a settler's hut by Yackungarrah Creek near Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. He was registered as Thomas Henry Kendall, but never appears to have used his first name. His three volumes of verse were all published under the...
Some Poems of Shakespeare - William Shakespeare
Some Poems of Shakespeare - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
A selection of Shakespeare's poems from The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. (Summary by Clarica)...
From the Easy Chair Vol. 3 - George William CURTIS
From the Easy Chair Vol. 3 - George William CURTIS
- Author: George William CURTIS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the 1880s over...
Seed-Babies - Margaret Warner Morley
Seed-Babies - Margaret Warner Morley
- Author: Margaret Warner Morley
- Genre: Science
Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style between two brothers and the various seeds they encounter. These seeds offer grammatical advice, chastises poor...
Jewels of Gwahlur - Robert E. Howard
Jewels of Gwahlur - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Science Fiction
Conan The Barbarian is after fabulous treasure in this exciting story. But he finds himself in more difficulties than he had counted on. Crafty and powerful human opponents seek to skin him alive, bestial mutations seek to rip his arms off, denizens...
October and Other Poems - Robert Bridges
October and Other Poems - Robert Bridges
- Author: Robert Bridges
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poetry by Robert Bridges. This collection also contains some poems written right after World War I, reflecting the state of international politics very impressively. "This miscellaneous volume is composed of three sections....
The Portrait of a Lady (version 2) - Henry James
The Portrait of a Lady (version 2) - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880–81 and then as a book in 1881. It is one of James's most popular long novels, and is regarded by critics as one of...
The Outcry - Henry James
The Outcry - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction
The story concerns the contemplated sale of a famous painting by a proud but relatively cash-strapped British aristocrat to a wealthy American art collector who is bent on buying up treasured masterpieces from the Old World, and the patriotic outcry...
Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man! - Mary Roberts Rinehart
Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are and Isn't That Just Like a Man! - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Humor
This warm, affectionate duet of essays by two of the early twentieth century's most popular writers is a bit dated but still entertaining. Summary by David Wales....
The Price of Love - Arnold Bennett
The Price of Love - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: General Fiction
Rachel Louise Fleckring works for the elderly Mrs Maldon, and although with the woman for only a short time, she is taken into the heart of the family. She falls in love with one of Mrs Maldon's descendents, but along the way, she has to come to...
Anthem - Ayn RAND
Anthem - Ayn RAND
- Author: Ayn RAND
- Genre: Science Fiction
Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date. Mankind has entered another dark age as a result of what Rand saw as the weaknesses of socialistic thinking and economics. Technological advancement is now...
The Physician In Spite of Himself - Molière
The Physician In Spite of Himself - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Plays / Satire
The Physician In Spite of Himself … is written in a most unbounded spirit of mirth, the matrimonial breezes wafting a certain amount of refreshing coolness throughout it all. The way in which Sganarelle is dubbed, or rather drubbed a doctor, is...
My Mother and I - Elizabeth Gertrude STERN
My Mother and I - Elizabeth Gertrude STERN
- Author: Elizabeth Gertrude STERN
- Genre: Memoirs
Elizabeth Stern was two and a half years old, when her family emigrated from Poland to Pittsburgh. My Mother and I is the story of Stern's Americanization and how it ultimately alienated her from her parents. Stern's father had been a small village...
The Heroines of History - John S. JENKINS
The Heroines of History - John S. JENKINS
- Author: John S. JENKINS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
A look at some of the famous women in European history. Includes biographies on Cleopatra; Isabella of Castile; Joan of Arc; Maria Theresa; Josephine; Elizabeth of England; Mary of Scotland; Catherine of Russia; Marie Antoinette; and Madame Roland....
The Hall in the Grove - Pansy
The Hall in the Grove - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Fearing that her son, Robert, will grow too intellectual to relate to his parents, Mrs. Fenton starts a "Chautauqua Literary & Scientific Circle" in the town of Centreville. The C.L.S.C. draws in members from all strata of society - from the...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar - Maurice Leblanc
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941) was the creator of the character of gentleman thief Arsène Lupin who, in France, has enjoyed a popularity as long-lasting and considerable as Sherlock Holmes in the English-speaking...
A Room with a View - E. M. Forster
A Room with a View - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: Romance
When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her return to England, she is forced to choose between free-spirited George and her more conventional...
