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Five Little Plays - Alfred SUTRO
Five Little Plays - Alfred SUTRO
- Author: Alfred SUTRO
- Genre: Plays
British dramatist Alfred Sutro's collection contains five one act plays: "The Man in the Stalls," "A Marriage Has Been Arranged…", "The Man on the Kerb," "The Open Door," and "The Bracelet." The plays are performed by Amanda Friday, Libby Gohn,...
Tor, A Street Boy of Jerusalem - Florence Morse Kingsley
Tor, A Street Boy of Jerusalem - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: Historical
Tor is a young beggar living in the city of Jerusalem during the tumultuous time of the Roman occupation. Shouts of hope are the last thing this street boy expects when he witnesses Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey. Tor comes face to face...
The Magician - W. Somerset Maugham
The Magician - W. Somerset Maugham
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- Genre: General Fiction
The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name...
The Girl from Montana - Grace Livingston Hill
The Girl from Montana - Grace Livingston Hill
- Author: Grace Livingston Hill
- Genre: Romance / Christian Fiction
Young Elizabeth, left orphaned by an evildoer who murders her last brother, flees Montana on horseback to find her remaining relatives in the East. Her social and spiritual journey leads her through harrowing encounters, struggles between good and...
Inheritors - Susan Glaspell
Inheritors - Susan Glaspell
- Author: Susan Glaspell
- Genre: Plays / *Non-fiction / Political Science
Inheritors, (1921) by American dramatist Susan Glaspell concerns the legacy of an idealistic farmer who wills his highly coveted midwest farmland to the establishment of a college (Act I.) Forty years later, when his granddaughter stands up for the...
The Well at the World's End, Book 2: The Road Unto Trouble - William Morris
The Well at the World's End, Book 2: The Road Unto Trouble - William Morris
- Author: William Morris
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a well that exudes water with...
Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences - William S. NELSON
Silver Chimes in Syria: Glimpses of a Missionary's Experiences - William S. NELSON
- Author: William S. NELSON
- Genre: Christianity - Biographies
William S. Nelson, D.D., was appointed as a missionary to Syria by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, USA in 1888. In this short works, as the title suggests, he gives glimpses into his life as a missionary against the...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
Short Story Collection Vol. 009 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 009: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Milton: a Poem - William Blake
Milton: a Poem - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Poetry
Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors. While...
The Red Room - August Strindberg
The Red Room - August Strindberg
- Author: August Strindberg
- Genre: General Fiction / Satire
A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities — politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business — he finds more hypocrisy and...
Short Story Collection Vol. 068 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 068 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Another fantastic selection of 20 short stories selected by Librivox readers and read in English....
A Dozen Ways of Love - Lily DOUGALL
A Dozen Ways of Love - Lily DOUGALL
- Author: Lily DOUGALL
- Genre: Single Author Collections
This is a collection of (each in their own way) romantic short stories by Lily Dougall. - Summary by Carolin...
Mr Hogarth's Will - Catherine Helen SPENCE
Mr Hogarth's Will - Catherine Helen SPENCE
- Author: Catherine Helen SPENCE
- Genre: General Fiction
Jane and Elsie Melville were raised by their kindly but eccentric uncle, Mr Hogarth who believed that women were just as good as men, and thus gave his nieces a boy's education. Upon his death, they find that he has left his entire fortune to his...
Stella Fregelius - H. Rider Haggard
Stella Fregelius - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Following a shipwreck Stella is preparing to die but is unexpectedly rescued. A love triangle of an unusual sort develops where an inventor of the mobile phone, back in 1900, who is engaged, becomes involved with a woman who has a passionate...
Wanted: A Husband - Samuel Hopkins ADAMS
Wanted: A Husband - Samuel Hopkins ADAMS
- Author: Samuel Hopkins ADAMS
- Genre: Romance / Published 1900 onward
This serious, yet witty and hilarious, romantic comedy by Samuel Hopkins Adams is a must read/listen! From the very beginning it intrigues you with the troubles and feminine woes of young Miss Darcy Cole. Being a dowdy, unkempt fledgling lady, she...
The Wheat Princess - Jean Webster
The Wheat Princess - Jean Webster
- Author: Jean Webster
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Family Life / Romance
Marcia Copley, an American Heiress, comes to Rome. Typically for the period, she may want to attract an aristocrat. He brings the title, she brings the money to support it. Her adventures in Rome are different than she anticipated. Rich and poor...
Renascence and Other Poems - Edna St. Vincent Millay
Renascence and Other Poems - Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Genre: Poetry
The following is a recording of the first volume of poetry published by Edna St. Vincent Millay. When the author had graduated from high school, she couldn't afford to go to college. In the summer of 1912, Vincent's sister, Norma, found work as a...
France to Scandinavia - Frank G. Carpenter
France to Scandinavia - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: Travel & Geography
A travelogue through the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for young and old alike. Interesting big cities and lesser known areas that provide a glimpse of Europe nearly 100 years ago. Summary by BettyB...
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2) - Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2) - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea beast. His curiosity at last is satiated when he finds himself in the belly of the beast-- that is, on board...
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights - Sir Thomas Malory
The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights - Sir Thomas Malory
- Author: Sir Thomas Malory
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Publishers have asked me to authorise a new edition, in my own name, of this little book—now long out of print—which was written by me thirty-five years ago under the initials J.T.K.In acceding to their request I wish to say that the book as now...
Short Story Collection Vol. 042 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 042 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 042: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
- Author: Gustave Flaubert
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life. Though the basic plot is rather...
The Hand of Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
The Hand of Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Further adventures of Nayland Smith and Doctor Petrie as they continue their battles against the evil genius, Dr Fu-Manchu. (summary by Elaine Twiddle)...
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 - John Dryden
The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 - John Dryden
- Author: John Dryden
- Genre: Single author
The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many quite long and elaborate, reflect the poet's role in contemporary society, as political and religious...
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front - Mary Roberts Rinehart
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: War & Military
A personal account of the American author's visit to Europe in January 1915 while a war correspondent in Belgium for The Saturday Evening Post. She writes: "War is not two great armies meeting in a clash and frenzy of battle. It is much more than...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 034 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the English countryside; William Randolph Hearst and journalism; the philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard, John Dewey and others; General William T....
Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits, Part I - Friedrich Nietzsche
Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits, Part I - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Modern
"Human, all-too-Human, is the monument of a crisis. It is entitled: 'A book for free spirits,' and almost every line in it represents a victory—in its pages I freed myself from everything foreign to my real nature. Idealism is foreign to me: the...
Christ's Object Lessons - Ellen G. White
Christ's Object Lessons - Ellen G. White
- Author: Ellen G. White
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
An approachable explanation of the main parables used by Jesus Christ to teach His disciples how to live. Notably, this discussion highlights how the spiritual truths of Jesus' teaching were illustrated by everyday occurrences which would have been...
The Tale of Major Monkey - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Major Monkey - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books.Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won educator's approval without arousing the...
The Changeling - Thomas Middleton
The Changeling - Thomas Middleton
- Author: Thomas Middleton
- Genre: Comedy / Tragedy
The Changeling is a sensational 1622 tragicomedy by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley that comprises two intertwining plots. The first involves Beatrice-Joanna, daughter of the governor of Alicante, and her unruly passion for Alsemero, despite the...
The Red Cross Girls in Belgium - Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls in Belgium - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Four young American women have joined the Allied forces under WWI. In this volume of the series they are in Belgium, and they are dealing with the mysterious past of one of the girls, the possible romance between a French Count and another of the...
The Children's Six Minutes - Bruce S. WRIGHT
The Children's Six Minutes - Bruce S. WRIGHT
- Author: Bruce S. WRIGHT
- Genre: Children's Fiction / *Non-fiction / Religion
This is a nice collection of 52 kid-aimed sermons by missionary Wright while he served in the Philippines in the World War I era. Each offers a slice-of-life reference point, an appropriate Bible verse, and hymn. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
The Story of Ahikar - AHIKAR
The Story of Ahikar - AHIKAR
- Author: AHIKAR
- Genre: Religious Fiction
The Story of Ahikar is a fictional work. It is a colorful story but considered to be a work containing great wisdom. The story of Ahikar is considered one of the earliest "international books". It can be found in a variety of geographical...
The Diamond Pin - Carolyn Wells
The Diamond Pin - Carolyn Wells
- Author: Carolyn Wells
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Eccentric and wealthy New York widow Ursula Pell loves playing cruel jokes on her guests and particularly on her niece and nephew who are destined to inherit the millions in gems left to her by her late husband. Therefore when she is found brutally...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 036 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the discovery of X-rays, earthquakes, Hegel, Sir William Osler, Charles William Eliot, Oscar Wilde, Charles Sumner, Monica Lewinsky, and Anita...
The Monkey's Paw - W. W. JACOBS
The Monkey's Paw - W. W. JACOBS
- Author: W. W. JACOBS
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Monkey’s Paw was written in 1902 by W.W. Jacobs. It’s a dark brooding tale which promises from the start that the light you see at the end of the tunnel is actually an oncoming train. Mr and Mrs White of Laburnum Villas step out toward that...
On Punning - Theodore HOOK
On Punning - Theodore HOOK
- Author: Theodore HOOK
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Theodore Edward Hook was an English man of letters and composer and briefly a civil servant in Mauritius. He is best known for his practical jokes, particularly the Berners Street hoax in 1810. The world's first postcard was received by Hook in...
Letters to His Children - Theodore Roosevelt
Letters to His Children - Theodore Roosevelt
- Author: Theodore Roosevelt
- Genre: General / Letters
The strong, vigorous, exalted character of a doting father who loved playing with his children and their pets, even while serving as the President of the United States, stands revealed in this selection of letters he wrote his children throughout...
The Romance of Polar Exploration - G. Firth SCOTT
The Romance of Polar Exploration - G. Firth SCOTT
- Author: G. Firth SCOTT
- Genre: Exploration
While stories of the Polar explorers and their efforts to reach the Poles have been told again and again, the constant renewal of expeditions adds, every year, fresh incidents to the record, until it may almost be said that the fascination of the...
