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History of France - Charlotte Mary Yonge
History of France - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: History
A brief history of France from the early 800AD to the 1870s, focusing on the successive heads of state and the different wars which shaped France into the country it was by the time of the book's publication (late 19th century). Summary by Adele...
The House of Dust: A Symphony - Conrad Aiken
The House of Dust: A Symphony - Conrad Aiken
- Author: Conrad Aiken
- Genre: Single author
The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World War I depictions of human mortality and loss, the poem develops its movements around central images such as...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Having left Sherlock Holmes apparently deceased at the conclusion of The Final Problem (in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes), we now find that he is alive after all! In this collection, first published in 1905, the great detective causes Watson to...
More About the Roosevelt Bears - Seymour Eaton
More About the Roosevelt Bears - Seymour Eaton
- Author: Seymour Eaton
- Genre: Action & Adventure
An entertaining sequel to the beloved Roosevelt Bears - Their Travels and Adventures. The Bears are once again full of hijinks and merriment as they make their way down the Eastern half of the United States. Enjoying baseball, publishing a...
The Confessions of a Poacher - John Watson
The Confessions of a Poacher - John Watson
- Author: John Watson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Nature
The poacher of these "Confessions" was no imaginary being. Following in his father's and forefather's footsteps, he learnt from an early age the practical skills of poaching and woodcraft. It was, however, Mother Nature that made old "Phil" a...
Obermann - Étienne Pivert de Senancour
Obermann - Étienne Pivert de Senancour
- Author: Étienne Pivert de Senancour
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
This is a 1903 translation of Étienne Pivert de Senancour's immensely influential work Obermann. Although it was almost completely ignored by the reading public when it was first published during the period of Napoleonic Wars in 1804, it was...
From Queen's Gardens - Adelaide Anne Procter
From Queen's Gardens - Adelaide Anne Procter
- Author: Adelaide Anne Procter
- Genre: Poetry
This is the third part of a collection of poetry written by English female poets. This part of From Queen's Gardens is a collection of 29 poems by Adelaide Anne Procter. - Summary by Carolin...
Widowers' Houses - George Bernard Shaw
Widowers' Houses - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Plays / Romance / Satire
This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed "unpleasant" because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences—as traditional Victorian theatre was expected to—but to raise awareness of social...
The Colors of Space (version 2) - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Colors of Space (version 2) - Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Genre: General Fiction / Science Fiction
Young Bart Steele’s father is dead. A mysterious stranger tells him his life is in danger, and hands him a ticket aboard a Lhari star cruiser to an unknown destination. He gets on, not knowing where he is going, or why... A fantastic kid’s adventure...
Tales of Three Hemispheres - Lord Dunsany
Tales of Three Hemispheres - Lord Dunsany
- Author: Lord Dunsany
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Tales of Three Hemispheres is a collection of fantasy short stories by Lord Dunsany. The first edition was published in Boston by John W. Luce & Co. in November, 1919; the first British edition was published in London by T. Fisher Unwin in June,...
What Peace Means - Henry van Dyke
What Peace Means - Henry van Dyke
- Author: Henry van Dyke
- Genre: Religion
This is a collection of three sermons by Henry van Dyke, dealing with the subject of peace in the immediate aftermath of World War I. As peace has not been forthcoming, the sermons are still timely until today. - Summary by Carolin...
A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day - John Donne
A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 recordings of A Nocturnall Upon St. Lucies Day by John Donne. This was the fortnightly poetry project for winter solstice 2008....
A Noiseless Patient Spider - Walt Whitman
A Noiseless Patient Spider - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Walt Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...
The Octave of Claudius - Barry Pain
The Octave of Claudius - Barry Pain
- Author: Barry Pain
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
One night, Dr. Gabriel Lamb saves the life of Claudius Sandell. He takes him home and treats him excellently, nursing him back to health. However, Dr. Lamb's motives were really not quite altruistic, and Claudius may have to pay an extraordinary...
The Wealth of Nations, Book 2 and 3 - Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations, Book 2 and 3 - Adam Smith
- Author: Adam Smith
- Genre: Business & Economics
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9, 1776 during the Scottish Enlightenment. It is a clearly written account of political economy at the dawn of...
An Antarctic Mystery, or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields - Jules Verne
An Antarctic Mystery, or The Sphinx of the Ice Fields - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
Edgar Allan Poe's telling of Arthur Pym's narrative is shown to be true as events come together that bring out clues that help Captain Len Guy trace the fate of his brother's ship the Jane; the very ship that Arthur Pym was on board at the time of...
Buster Bear's Twins - Thornton W. Burgess
Buster Bear's Twins - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Continuing the adventure of Buster Bear, we meet his twins, Boxer and Woof-Woof, from their first bath to misadventures with neighbors including Peter Rabbit. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed - Cenydd Morus
The Fates of the Princes of Dyfed - Cenydd Morus
- Author: Cenydd Morus
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Cenydd Morus's (Kenneth Morris) imaginative retelling of tales from the Mabinogion, the great work of Welsh literature first recorded in the 12th-13th century. Written while he was working for the Theosophical Society in California, Morris's version...
Manfred - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Manfred - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Plays
Manfred is a dramatic poem in three acts by Lord Byron, and possibly a self confessional work. A noble, Manfred, is haunted by the memory of some unspeakable crime. In seeking for forgetfulness and oblivion, he wanders between his castle and the...
A Few More Verses - Susan Coolidge
A Few More Verses - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Poetry
Susan Coolidge was the pen name of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey, who is best known for her What Katy Did series. This is the second of three volumes of her verse. (Summary by Rachel)...
The Master Mystery - Arthur B. Reeve
The Master Mystery - Arthur B. Reeve
- Author: Arthur B. Reeve
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
While Harry Houdini didn't rise to fame as a screen actor, silent film makers of the day sought to capitalize on his fame. The Master Mystery was Houdini's first such attempt, and it was embraced by the viewing public, leading to other screen roles...
It's Like This, Cat (Version 2) - Emily Neville
It's Like This, Cat (Version 2) - Emily Neville
- Author: Emily Neville
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This novel won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1964. This delightful story revolves around a 14 year old boy, Dave and his adopted cat, called just "Cat", who turns his ordinary everyday life into an exciting...
Trent's Last Case (Version 2) - Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Trent's Last Case (Version 2) - Edmund Clerihew Bentley
- Author: Edmund Clerihew Bentley
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This is one of a series of EC Bentley novels featuring the highly erudite artist qua reporter / detective, Philip Trent. In it, Trent is sent to a charming English seaside village to cover the murder of Sigsbee Manderson for a large London...
The Garden of Love - William Blake
The Garden of Love - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age.He was considered mad by contemporaries...
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 4, To California and Return - Artemus WARD
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward Part 4, To California and Return - Artemus WARD
- Author: Artemus WARD
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Historical Fiction
Charles Farrar Browne, a native of Maine, became famous as a writer and lecturer under the name of Artemus Ward. Like his friend Mark Twain, Browne worked as a type-setter in his youth and in 1858, began publishing a series of letters, essays, and...
Selection from The Temple - George Herbert
Selection from The Temple - George Herbert
- Author: George Herbert
- Genre: Poetry
George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was a Welsh poet, orator and a priest. Throughout his life he wrote religious poems characterized by a precision of language, a metrical versatility, and an ingenious use of imagery or conceits that was...
The Caves of Fear - Harold L. Goodwin
The Caves of Fear - Harold L. Goodwin
- Author: Harold L. Goodwin
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
Entry in the Rick Brant series by Goodwin under the name John Blaine, which began in 1947. 'Rick and Scotty travel to the Himalayas again, this time to stop nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands.' says Wikipedia. - Summary by...
Roughing It - Mark Twain
Roughing It - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Memoirs
Roughing It is semi-autobiographical travel literature written by American humorist Mark Twain. It was authored during 1870–71 and published in 1872 as a sequel to his first book Innocents Abroad. This book tells of Twain's adventures prior to his...
Heroides - Publius
Heroides - Publius
- Author: Publius
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Epistolary Fiction / Poetry
The Heroides, also known as the Heroines, the Letters of the Heroines or simply as Epistles are a very famous collection of poems by Ovid, not only for their interesting subject - letters by famous mythological characters addressed to their beloved...
Wings and the Child - E. Nesbit
Wings and the Child - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Education
"When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys and little things such as a child may find and use. But as I kept the thought by me it grew and changed, as...
The Heart of Philura - Florence Morse Kingsley
The Heart of Philura - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women working to support themselves or their families, in jobs that will soon disappear...the washerwoman, butter-woman...
The First Violin - Jessie Fothergill
The First Violin - Jessie Fothergill
- Author: Jessie Fothergill
- Genre: Romance / Music
May Wedderburn is a quiet provincial girl, living in small and seemingly boring Skernford. Underneath the dull exterior, there is mystery, suspicion and fear in this little town, surrounding the austere local wealthy landowner who is very interested...
The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things - William Hazlitt
The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things - William Hazlitt
- Author: William Hazlitt
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, William Carew Hazlitt. The book contains some of Hazlitt's more famous essays that couldn't be found in book...
The Wheel Of Time - Henry James
The Wheel Of Time - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: General Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Fanny Knocker is a very, very plain young woman. She is introduced to the extremely handsome, thoroughly impoverished, younger son of an old family. What will transpire? (David Wales)...
Poems - Hattie Howard
Poems - Hattie Howard
- Author: Hattie Howard
- Genre: Poetry
"This poet's ear is so attuned to metric harmony that she must have been born within sound of some osier-fringed brook leaping and hurrying over its pebbly bed. There is a variety of subject and treatment, sufficient for all tastes, and these are...
Uncle Remus - Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus - Joel Chandler Harris
- Author: Joel Chandler Harris
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Many readers will already be familiar with Uncle Remus’ favorite animal characters – Br’er Rabbit and Br’er Fox among them – and some of the popular tales concerning them. (To this day, “tar baby” as an expression for a particularly sticky situation...
The Teacup Club (Dramatic Reading) - Eliza Armstrong
The Teacup Club (Dramatic Reading) - Eliza Armstrong
- Author: Eliza Armstrong
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life / Humorous Fiction
The Teacup Club (For the Advancement of Woman) is formed when Dorothy decides to found an intellectual club of her own - to teach her fiance a lesson! The club’s discussion topics (official) includes Theosophy, Politics and Women in Legislature. The...
The Willows - Bret Harte
The Willows - Bret Harte
- Author: Bret Harte
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
The Willows is a parody on the verse of Edgar Allan Poe. Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career...
Mount Royal Vol. I - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mount Royal Vol. I - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with the emphasis on romance. -summary by Celine Major...
The Ice Palace (version 3) - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Ice Palace (version 3) - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: Romance
The story is about Sally Carrol Happer, a young southern woman from the fictional city of Tarleton, Georgia, who becomes engaged one summer to Harry Bellamy, a man from an unspecified northern town. The following winter, on a visit to Harry's home...
