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The Fortunate Youth - William John Locke
The Fortunate Youth - William John Locke
- Author: William John Locke
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Paul is a poor boy who grew up in London, in the household of his mother and stepfather. His journey to greatness is the subject of our story. But his desired success comes at a very high price. (Summary by Stav Nisser)...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 6) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 6) (Dramatic Reading) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Folk Lore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Anderson...
Sky Island (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
Sky Island (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General
A little girl (Trot) and her friend (Cap'n Bill) team up with a young boy named Button-Bright. Button-Bright had found a magical umbrella in his attic. He meets the kind girl and sailor and they are transported to a different world in the sky where...
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Poetry / Short Stories / Short non-fiction
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by Dickens' birthday on February 7th 2012....
Horror Story Collection 002 - Various
Horror Story Collection 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusion that shields you from the horrible realities of life. Here are the walking dead, the fetid pools of slime,...
Don Juan, Cantos 13 - 16 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan, Cantos 13 - 16 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: Epics
These are the last four Cantos of his mock epic that Byron completed in the year before his death at the age of 36 in Messolonghi, Greece, where he had gone to fight for the nationalists against the Ottoman Empire. Juan, now in England, is invited...
Gutenberg and the Art of Printing - Emily Clemens PEARSON
Gutenberg and the Art of Printing - Emily Clemens PEARSON
- Author: Emily Clemens PEARSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This book is readable account of one of the greatest inventions of modern time: moveable type. Gutenberg's work lays the foundation for the printing press, without which the world would look very different... It reads both as biography and as...
Poems - George MURRAY
Poems - George MURRAY
- Author: George MURRAY
- Genre: Single author
George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montreal high school. In this collection, intermixed with his own original poetry, are Murray's translations of...
To Autumn - John Keats
To Autumn - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010. To Autumn" is the final work in a group of poems known as Keats's "1819 odes". He composed "To Autumn" after a...
The Motor Boat Boys' River Chase - Louis ARUNDEL
The Motor Boat Boys' River Chase - Louis ARUNDEL
- Author: Louis ARUNDEL
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Motor Boat Boys, by Louis Arundel, is a series of adventure books for boys The series featured six teen-aged boys of the Motor Boat Club, and their adventures on various waterways. This is the sixth book in the series. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...
Danse Russe - William Carlos Williams
Danse Russe - William Carlos Williams
- Author: William Carlos Williams
- Genre: Poetry
Williams spent his life as a doctor practicing pediatric medicine in northern New Jersey, a few miles west of New York City. During the work day, between seeing patients, he often dashed off poems on the backs of blank prescription pads that he kept...
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - April - John Kendrick Bangs
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - April - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Poetry
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of April. - Summary...
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers - Samuel Smiles
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers - Samuel Smiles
- Author: Samuel Smiles
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Short Biographies of some of the most influential engineers who developed the modern manufacturing methods behind the Industrial Revolution. Engineers and designers tend to be fairly anonymous figures in history – content to make things rather than...
A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Princess of Mars - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Part One of Edgar Rice Burroughs’s Mars-Series. Easy, swank, pulp read about an omnipotent gentleman teleported to Mars, finding an outlandish society of ape-, tree- and lizardmen, red-, white-, yellowmen, brains on legs, strange bastions and...
Bible (YLT) 06: Joshua - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) 06: Joshua - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
This book tells of the leadership of Joshua, aide to the late prophet/leader Moses, and the division of territories amongst the 12 tribes of Israel. The toppling of the Wall of Jericho is one of the most popular stories in this book. (Introduction...
The School for Husbands - Molière
The School for Husbands - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Plays / Satire
In 1661 and 1662 Moliere presented the plays The School for Husbands (this one) and then The School for Wives. "The central situations of the two have much in common: the arbitrary and jealous lover to whom circumstances have given almost the...
Recollections of Bush Life in Australia - Henry William HAYGARTH
Recollections of Bush Life in Australia - Henry William HAYGARTH
- Author: Henry William HAYGARTH
- Genre: Memoirs
This was written in the mid 1800’s at time when Australia saw an influx of immigration from Europe and when England was sending some prisoners to Australia rather than to prisons. Haygarth shows us what it is like, and what it takes, to live in the...
The Uncle Of An Angel - Thomas A. JANVIER
The Uncle Of An Angel - Thomas A. JANVIER
- Author: Thomas A. JANVIER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
In what I have read so far this book appears to be a humorous character study on two levels. That between the uncle and niece and that of polite society in the 19th century. Anything can happen. I for one want to find out what will happen!! -...
The Deluge Volume 1 - Henryk SIENKIEWICZ
The Deluge Volume 1 - Henryk SIENKIEWICZ
- Author: Henryk SIENKIEWICZ
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a three-volume series known to Poles as "the Trilogy," having been preceded by With Fire and Sword (Ogniem i...
Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works - Jane Austen
Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes "Love & Freindship" and "Lesley Castle" both told through the medium of letters written by the characters. It also contains her wonderful "History of England"...
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont - Robert BARR
The Triumphs of Eugene Valmont - Robert BARR
- Author: Robert BARR
- Genre: Short Stories
Short stories by a colleague of Jerome K. Jerome, and friend of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Barr probably wrote the first parody of Sherlock Holmes (included in this collection). He co-edited "The Idler" with Jerome. (written by Czechchris)...
A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges - Henry L. WILLIAMS
A Scientific and Practical Treatise on American Football for Schools and Colleges - Henry L. WILLIAMS
- Author: Henry L. WILLIAMS
- Genre: Sports & Recreation
Ever wondered how football has changed over the years? Look no further! This selection of rules, positions, and explanations of how football was played in the late 1800s is sure to leave you with a greater knowledge of the evolution of the sport....
Bible (KJV) NT 18: Philemon - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 18: Philemon - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon, usually referred to simply as Philemon, is a prison letter to Philemon from Paul of Tarsus. Philemon was a leader in the Colossian church. This letter, which is one of the books of the New Testament, deals with...
The Gloved Hand - Burton Egbert Stevenson
The Gloved Hand - Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country where at midnight they witness a mysterious "falling star" that appears to burst into a shower of sparks over...
Great Astronomers - Robert Stawell BALL
Great Astronomers - Robert Stawell BALL
- Author: Robert Stawell BALL
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
Of all the natural sciences there is not one which offers such sublime objects to the attention of the inquirer as does the science of astronomy. From the earliest ages the study of the stars has exercised the same fascination as it possesses at the...
Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Ozma of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Ozma of Oz was the third title in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum. In this book Dorothy is shipwrecked and lands on the shores of a fairy country that adjoins Oz, the land of Ev. There she meets Tiktok, a wind up mechanical man, a talking chicken,...
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2 - Rustichello da PISA
The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2 - Rustichello da PISA
- Author: Rustichello da PISA
- Genre: Exploration
"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milione" ("The Million") or "Oriente Poliano", but commonly called "The Travels of Marco Polo", is a 13th-century travelogue written down by...
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories - Thornton W. Burgess
Mother West Wind 'Why' Stories - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Animals & Nature
Thornton W. Burgess was a conservationist and prolific author of children's books. His gently humorous stories about the animals of the meadows and woods teach little lessons about getting along with others; they are perfect bedtime stories for...
The Federalist Papers - James MADISON
The Federalist Papers - James MADISON
- Author: James MADISON
- Genre: Political Science
The Federalist Papers (correctly known as The Federalist) are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York...
In A Box - James Whitcomb Riley
In A Box - James Whitcomb Riley
- Author: James Whitcomb Riley
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, the majority are in dialect. His famous works include...
The Kitten - Joanna Baillie
The Kitten - Joanna Baillie
- Author: Joanna Baillie
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Librivox volunteers bring you seven readings of The Kitten by Joanna Baillee. This is the fortnightly poetry project for October 26, 2014....
The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 1 - Robert BURTON
The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 1 - Robert BURTON
- Author: Robert BURTON
- Genre: Health & Fitness / Psychology
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burton applies his large and varied learning in the scholastic manner to the subject of melancholia (which...
With Moore at Corunna - G. A. Henty
With Moore at Corunna - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Terrence O’Conner, Son of an officer in the “Mayo Fusiliers,” joins as an ensign when the regiment is called out to Portugal to fight the French in the Peninsular War. Terrence quickly distinguishes himself in early battles and is with Sir John...
Northern Trails, Book 2 - William J. Long
Northern Trails, Book 2 - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: General / Animals
The reader who follows these trails will find them leading into a new country, a land of space and silence where it is good to be, away up among the mountains and woods and salmon rivers and mossy barren grounds of Labrador and Newfoundland."...
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks - Jean de La FONTAINE
Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks - Jean de La FONTAINE
- Author: Jean de La FONTAINE
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Poetry
Several of La Fontaine's fables, translated into English by W. T. Larned. (Summary by bge1234)...
Bible (WEB) 19: Psalms - Selections - World English Bible
Bible (WEB) 19: Psalms - Selections - World English Bible
- Author: World English Bible
- Genre: Poetry / Bibles
To celebrate Easter, LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of various psalms from the World English Bible. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 9th, 2006. (Summary by Annie Coleman)This collection includes:...
Favourite Chapters Collection 003 - Various
Favourite Chapters Collection 003 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because the reader did a wonderful job....
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 1 - Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
- Author: Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern / Christianity - Other
The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re-opened the Christian gospel to a needy world. It tells of how the twenty-year-old Martin Luther, browsing through...
Save the Girls - Mason LONG
Save the Girls - Mason LONG
- Author: Mason LONG
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
Save the Girls is an 1880 American anti-white-slavery book by reformed gambler Mason Long. In it, the author crusades against the social evil of prostitution by presenting a series of pathetic portraits of young women from various social classes who...
The Whispering Man - Henry Kitchell Webster
The Whispering Man - Henry Kitchell Webster
- Author: Henry Kitchell Webster
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
New friends Drew and Jeffrey are drawn into the investigation of the mysterious death of Dr. Marshall. Romance and intrigue abound and you'll be kept guessing up to the end as to who the murderer could be. ( Kate Follis)...
