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The Velveteen Rabbit (version 2) - Margery WILLIAMS
The Velveteen Rabbit (version 2) - Margery WILLIAMS
- Author: Margery WILLIAMS
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This classic story by Margery Williams, published in 1922, imparts the timeless message that toys need not be expensive or modern to be appreciated. Through giving and receiving love, even a commonplace stuffed animal can become real in the eyes of...
The Lord's Table - Andrew Murray
The Lord's Table - Andrew Murray
- Author: Andrew Murray
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Murray suggests that his devotional, The Lord's Table, is not meant to replace scripture, but rather to strengthen believers' appreciation of God's word. Murray's meditations provide a thoughtful guide for believers who desire to develop a deeper...
Heart of Darkness (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness (version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part...
The Story of the Amulet (version 3 dramatic reading) - E. Nesbit
The Story of the Amulet (version 3 dramatic reading) - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Five Children (from Five Children and It) are once again on holidays, but this time with no sand fairy to grant wishes - or is there? In a pet shop they meet with their friend the Psammead again, and a whirlwind adventure follows through time...
Rose Brake - Danske DANDRIDGE
Rose Brake - Danske DANDRIDGE
- Author: Danske DANDRIDGE
- Genre: Poetry
Danske Dandridge was a Danish-born American poet, who is considered one of the major poets from West Virginia. In this volume, 36 of her poems are collected. The poems often read a lot like small fairy tales, and speak of nature, spirits, and...
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead - John L. RANSOM
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead - John L. RANSOM
- Author: John L. RANSOM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the infamous Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. This is his diary which he published some few years...
God, the Invisible King - H. G. Wells
God, the Invisible King - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Wells wrote in his book God the Invisible King that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world: "This book sets out as forcibly and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. [Which] is a profound belief in...
Short Science Fiction Collection 044 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 044 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
Short Science Fiction Collection 020 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 020 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
To the Old Pagan Religion - H. P. LOVECRAFT
To the Old Pagan Religion - H. P. LOVECRAFT
- Author: H. P. LOVECRAFT
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of To the Old Pagan Religion by H. P. Lovecraft. This was the fortnightly poetry project for February 8th, 2009....
Principles of Economics, Book 5: General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value - Alfred Marshall
Principles of Economics, Book 5: General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value - Alfred Marshall
- Author: Alfred Marshall
- Genre: Business & Economics
Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the book in 1881, and he spent much of the next decade at work on it. His plan for the work gradually extended...
Short Science Fiction Collection 001 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological and technical speculations based on current or future science or technology. This is a reader-selected...
The Story of the Other Wise Man - Henry van Dyke
The Story of the Other Wise Man - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: *Non-fiction / House & Home / Religion
You know the story of the Three Wise Men of the East, and how they travelled from far away to offer their gifts at the manger-cradle in Bethlehem. But have you ever heard the story of the Other Wise Man, who also saw the star in its rising, and set...
Dr. Nikola’s Experiment - Guy Boothby
Dr. Nikola’s Experiment - Guy Boothby
- Author: Guy Boothby
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
Guy Boothby's fourth novel of five about the svelte mysterious anti-hero Dr Nikola sees him progress further on his search for immortality. Here we find him deep in the wilds of Northumbria conducting an experiment of longevity and restoration of...
Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces - Various
Yellowstone National Park: Six Early Pieces - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Exploration
Lost in the wilderness of The Yellowstone for over a month, nearly dying of starvation and wild animal attack, despairing of ever finding his way out. Here are six relatively unknown early pieces about the U.S.A.’s first national park. The first is...
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain
The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Detective Fiction / Satire
In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is condemned to live the life of a slave. Twain uses this vehicle to...
If I Had a Father - George MacDonald
If I Had a Father - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
Arthur Gervaise, a London sculptor, learns too late of his love for a woman, while his absentee father secretly tries to serve and help him. Meanwhile, an old country man searches frantically for his daughter, whose disappearance he suspects Arthur...
The Vicar of Wrexhill - Frances Milton Trollope
The Vicar of Wrexhill - Frances Milton Trollope
- Author: Frances Milton Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
A villainous vicar insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy but foolish widow, ruining the fortunes and happiness of her three children, until they begin to fight back. Published in 1837 by the mother of the better-known Anthony Trollope, this...
Notes on the Book of Genesis - Charles Henry MACKINTOSH
Notes on the Book of Genesis - Charles Henry MACKINTOSH
- Author: Charles Henry MACKINTOSH
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
This chapter by chapter commentary on the first book of the Bible is full of spiritual insights. C H Mackintosh wrote in the late 19th century on a wide range of Biblical topics. He was well known as a speaker in Brethren circles, and his written...
A Soldier Of The Legion; <br>An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Algeria And Tonquin - George MANINGTON
A Soldier Of The Legion; <br>An Englishman's Adventures Under The French Flag in Algeria And Tonquin - George MANINGTON
- Author: George MANINGTON
- Genre: War & Military / Travel & Geography
An educated gentleman, Mr Manington has given an insight into the unusual experiences of an Englishman in the French Foreign Legion, such as no ordinary "mercenary" could have done. Most of the narrative deals with Tonquin, and the fighting there...
Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe - Thomas Hood
Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe - Thomas Hood
- Author: Thomas Hood
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Sally Simpkin's Lament; or, John Jones's Kit-Cat-Astrophe by Thomas Hood. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 4, 2015.Thomas Hood was a British humorist and poet, born in London. (Summary...
John Thorndyke's Cases - R. Austin Freeman
John Thorndyke's Cases - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Detective John Thorndyke never disappoints when solving crime in this collection of Freeman's works. - Summary by A. K. Morton...
The College Freshman's Don't Book - George Fullerton EVANS
The College Freshman's Don't Book - George Fullerton EVANS
- Author: George Fullerton EVANS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A short, humorous guide of what not to do in your first year of college. (Summary by Jill Engle)...
The Confessions of a Daddy - Ellis Parker BUTLER
The Confessions of a Daddy - Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Author: Ellis Parker BUTLER
- Genre: Family Life
The wry humor of Ellis Parker Butler, who gave us the classic Pigs Is Pigs, takes us into his own married life where Marthy and Hiram live quietly in their Colorado town. They don't have trouble with anyone of their neighbors. Why should they, as...
Goblins and Pagodas - John Gould FLETCHER
Goblins and Pagodas - John Gould FLETCHER
- Author: John Gould FLETCHER
- Genre: Single author
John Gould Fletcher (1886 – 1950) is considered by many literary scholars to be among the most innovative twentieth-century poets. He enjoyed an international reputation for much of his long career and earned the Pulitzer Prize in poetry in 1939....
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) - William Blake
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Single author
"Innocence" and "Experience" are definitions of consciousness that rethink Milton's existential-mythic states of "Paradise" and "Fall". Blake categorizes our modes of perception that became standard in Romanticism: childhood is a state of innocence...
The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen
The Little Match Girl - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a recording of seven immortal and delightful fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Match Girl is of course the first, followed by The Swineherd, The Real Princess, The Leap Frog, The Elderbush, The Bell and finally, The...
The Natural History Volume 1 - Pliny the Elder
The Natural History Volume 1 - Pliny the Elder
- Author: Pliny the Elder
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Reference
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of...
Westminster Larger Catechism - Undefined
Westminster Larger Catechism - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Westminster Larger Catechism, along with the Westminster Shorter Catechism, is a central catechism of Calvinists in the English tradition throughout the world. The Westminster Shorter Catechism was to be "easier to read and concise for...
They and I - Jerome K. Jerome
They and I - Jerome K. Jerome
- Author: Jerome K. Jerome
- Genre: Family Life / Humorous Fiction
A man and his three children leave the “Little Mother” at home in the city and set up temporary housekeeping in a country cottage to supervise the remodeling of the house he has just purchased there. The story is narrated by the father. His...
The Tiger - William Blake
The Tiger - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Poetry / *Non-fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger, by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 3rd, 2006....
Mendelssohn And Certain Masterworks - Herbert Francis Peyser
Mendelssohn And Certain Masterworks - Herbert Francis Peyser
- Author: Herbert Francis Peyser
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
In the compass of the present pamphlet it is impossible to give more than a cursory survey of Mendelssohn’s happy but extraordinarily crowded life. He was only slightly less prolific a composer than such masters as Bach, Mozart or Schubert, even if...
The Great K. & A. Train-Robbery - Paul Leicester FORD
The Great K. & A. Train-Robbery - Paul Leicester FORD
- Author: Paul Leicester FORD
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
In this short novel the narrator is a superintendent on the K. & A. railroad, sometime in the late nineteenth century. The train is robbed somewhere in the Arizona desert. Various adventures involve this young superintendent. Romance is provided...
The Woman in White - version 2 - Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White - version 2 - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Family Life / Literary Fiction
Possibly Wilkie Collins' most famous novel, The Woman In White remade the Gothic Horror novel by taking its characters and tropes and setting them in commonplace surroundings among "people like us", Featuring unforgettable characters such as the...
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth - T. D. BONNER
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth - T. D. BONNER
- Author: T. D. BONNER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Buried amid the sublime passes of the Sierra Nevada are old men, who, when children, strayed away from our crowded settlements, and, gradually moving farther and farther from civilization, have in time become domiciliated among the wild beasts and...
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame - Thomas W. HANSHEW
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame - Thomas W. HANSHEW
- Author: Thomas W. HANSHEW
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Another full-length mystery story featuring Hamilton Cleek, whom we met first in Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces . This time, Cleek investigates the sinister disappearance of people and the mysterious appearance of flames at night in the desolate...
Fame and Fortune - Horatio Alger, Jr.
Fame and Fortune - Horatio Alger, Jr.
- Author: Horatio Alger Jr.
- Genre: General Fiction
Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, moves into a better boarding house and then finds a promising job. He is framed for theft by a jealous...
A Vital Question, or, What is to be Done? - Nikolai CHERNYSHEVSKY
A Vital Question, or, What is to be Done? - Nikolai CHERNYSHEVSKY
- Author: Nikolai CHERNYSHEVSKY
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Despised by Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, What Is To Be Done? is a fascinating, sympathetic story of idealistic revolutionaries in mid-nineteenth century tsarist Russia; translator Nathan Haskell Dole affirms in his preface his conviction that it is a...
The Spell of Egypt - Robert Smythe HICHENS
The Spell of Egypt - Robert Smythe HICHENS
- Author: Robert Smythe HICHENS
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Memoirs
The author, a British journalist and novelist, is interested in the feel of the places he visits. He describes at length a visit he has made to Egypt, with emphasis on the emotional response the places generate. (summary by Sibella)...
Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
Time and the Gods - Lord Dunsany
- Author: Lord Dunsany
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
Lord Dunsany (24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was a London-born Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist notable for his work in fantasy. He was influenced by Algernon Swinburne, who wrote the line "Time and the Gods are at strife" in his 1866 poem "Hymn to...
