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The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Romance
The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, originally published as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolary and loosely autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774. The story...
Great Expectations (Version 3) - Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Version 3) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
In one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved stories, Philip Pirrip, known as “Pip”, narrates his own journey, from the hindsight of 50 years. Pip grows up with his older sister after losing his parents at a very early age. His sister, a tough unloving...
War and Peace, Book 04: 1806 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 04: 1806 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
The Plough - Richard Henry HORNE
The Plough - Richard Henry HORNE
- Author: Richard Henry HORNE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Plough by Richard Henry Horne, published in "The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900" in 1919. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 21st, 2008....
Clayhanger - Arnold Bennett
Clayhanger - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Literary Fiction
This first of a trilogy of novels is a coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England, following Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves school, takes over the family business, and falls in love. The books are set in Bennett's usual setting of...
The Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management - Philip M. RULE
The Cat: Its Natural History, Varieties and Management - Philip M. RULE
- Author: Philip M. RULE
- Genre: Animals
"The origin of the domestic cat (Felis domestica) is a subject about which there has been much conjecture and scientific discussion, but without any positive issue. Very long before the cat was kept in this country as a domesticated animal it was...
First on the Moon - Jeff SUTTON
First on the Moon - Jeff SUTTON
- Author: Jeff SUTTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
The four men had been scrutinized, watched, investigated, and intensively trained for more than a year. They were the best men to be found for that first, all-important flight to the Moon--the pioneer manned rocket that would give either the East or...
Short Poetry Collection 085 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 085 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2010....
Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England - Various
Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern namby-pamby verse and jaunty melody, and possessing, in an historical point of view, especial value as a...
Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving - Washington Irving
Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction
Washington Irving's Old Christmas tells of an American's travels through England during the Christmas season. Through a chance meeting with an old friend he is able to experience Christmas in a stately manor house. Through his eyes as a houseguest...
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 2) - Maurice Leblanc
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar (version 2) - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
This collection of independent stories first published between 1905 and 1907 in the magazine Je Sais Tout recounts the tales of Arsène Lupin, the famous gentleman-burglar: the first story marks the introduction of the character to the public, and...
Beethoven, A Character Study - George Alexander FISCHER
Beethoven, A Character Study - George Alexander FISCHER
- Author: George Alexander FISCHER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
A book of the life of the German Composer, Beethoven. - Summary by Jessie Yun...
My Reminiscences - Rabindranath Tagore
My Reminiscences - Rabindranath Tagore
- Author: Rabindranath Tagore
- Genre: Memoirs
These Reminiscences were written and published by the Author in his fiftieth year, shortly before he started on a trip to Europe and America for his failing health in 1912. It was in the course of this trip that he wrote for the first time in the...
Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas
Ten Years Later - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues! The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later (French: Le Vicomte de Bragelonne ou Dix ans plus tard) is the last of the...
Sense and Sensibility (version 5 dramatic reading) - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (version 5 dramatic reading) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction
The story is about Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are...
On Christian Doctrine - Saint Augustine of Hippo
On Christian Doctrine - Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Author: Saint Augustine of Hippo
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Christianity - Commentary
De doctrina Christiana, On Christian Doctrine, is a famous treatise by Augustine of Hippo, consisting of four books that describe how to interpret and teach the Scriptures. The first three books, published in 397, set three tasks for Christian...
Ring Out, Wild Bells - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Ring Out, Wild Bells - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers ring in the new year with nineteen recordings of Ring Out, Wild Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 31st, 2006....
My Life and Work - Henry FORD
My Life and Work - Henry FORD
- Author: Henry FORD
- Genre: Memoirs
Henry Ford profiles the events that shaped his personal philosophy, and the challenges he overcame on the road to founding the Ford Motor Company. Throughout his memoir, he stresses the importance of tangible service and physical production over...
Torah (JPSA) 03: Leviticus - Jewish Publication Society of America
Torah (JPSA) 03: Leviticus - Jewish Publication Society of America
- Author: Jewish Publication Society of America
- Genre: Bibles / Other religions
The third book of the Pentateuch - Leviticus. Presented according to weekly parshah. Praised are You, Adonai, Our G-d, ruler of the Universe, who has made us holy with commandments and commanded us to engage in the study of Torah. (Traditional...
With the Judæans in the Palestine Campaign - John Henry PATTERSON
With the Judæans in the Palestine Campaign - John Henry PATTERSON
- Author: John Henry PATTERSON
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (20th C)
From the Preface: The formation of a Battalion of Jews for service in the British Army is an event without precedent in our annals, and the part played by such a unique unit is assured of a niche in history owing to the fact that it fought in...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Nature
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, philosophy, nature and...
After Music - Josephine Preston Peabody
After Music - Josephine Preston Peabody
- Author: Josephine Preston Peabody
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of After Music by Josephine Preston Peabody. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 10, 2011. Josephine Preston Peabody was an American poet and dramatist. She was born in New York and educated at...
Feminism in Greek Literature - Frederick Adam WRIGHT
Feminism in Greek Literature - Frederick Adam WRIGHT
- Author: Frederick Adam WRIGHT
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
This study, published in 1923, examines the views regarding women's place in Ancient Greek society based especially on the writings of Homer, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plato, Socrates and Aristotle. As the author offers his opinion and judgement,...
Down the Bayou - Mary Ashley TOWNSEND
Down the Bayou - Mary Ashley TOWNSEND
- Author: Mary Ashley TOWNSEND
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Down the Bayou by Mary Ashley Townsend. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 27th, 2009....
Wessex Tales - Thomas Hardy
Wessex Tales - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
Wessex Tales is a collection of six short stories written by Hardy in the 1880’s. If you’ve never read Hardy they’ll serve as a good introduction to his writing. Though not as comprehensive as his major works they do contain all the ingredients that...
Transition - Emma Francis BROOKE
Transition - Emma Francis BROOKE
- Author: Emma Francis BROOKE
- Genre: General Fiction
Honora Klaper is beautiful, distinguished, smart, and charming. A woman who turns heads. She is on an errand. No, it is not an errand to get a man. No, it is not an errand to make money. It is a revolutionary errand: to get an education! Not just...
Titus: a comrade of the cross - Florence Morse Kingsley
Titus: a comrade of the cross - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Titus: A Comrade of the cross is a book full of suspense and drama, but more importantly truth. It is about Titus, a young man living in the time of Christ. He is a part of the lowest class of society, his father is a thief, and Titus' brother, whom...
Kittyboy's Christmas - Amy Ella BLANCHARD
Kittyboy's Christmas - Amy Ella BLANCHARD
- Author: Amy Ella BLANCHARD
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Is Santa Claus real? Six year old Elinor thinks so as she sends her letter, and persuades her friend Bill to do likewise. On the other side of town, a stray kitten adopts a lonely bachelor. As the two worlds come together, the magic of Christmas is...
Frederic the Great - Thomas Babington Macaulay
Frederic the Great - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
Macaulay's review essay on Frederick the Great of Prussia is found in vol. iii of his Critical and Historical Essays, and concentrates primarily on the ways in which he built Prussia up into a major military power. Though it's impossible to read the...
The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare
The Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Romance
The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with...
A Handful of Stars - Frank W. Boreham
A Handful of Stars - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This is the second of a five volume series called "Texts That Made History". As with the first volume, "A Bunch of Everlastings", each chapter tell a brief biography with emphasis on the text from scripture that was significant in the life of each....
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 - Various
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
In 1918 the Society of Arts and Sciences established the O. Henry Memorial Awards to reward the very best short stories published during the previous year with cash prizes. 1921 was a particularly productive year with sterling and brilliantly varied...
The Song of the Western Men - Robert Stephen HAWKER
The Song of the Western Men - Robert Stephen HAWKER
- Author: Robert Stephen HAWKER
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Song of the Western Men by Robert Stephen Hawker.This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 29th, 2010. This poem is also known by the title of "Trelawny". Hawker wrote the song in 1824, telling...
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World - Adolphus W. GREELY
True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World - Adolphus W. GREELY
- Author: Adolphus W. GREELY
- Genre: Exploration
The Arctic has always been a fascinating area for us. This is true today just as much as in Adolphus Greely's time. In 1912, Greely published this volume of notable Arctic explorations and the explorers. The modern reader can follow a very readable...
Treasure Island (version 3, dramatic reading) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island (version 3, dramatic reading) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Nautical & Marine Fiction
When a rough old seaman calling himself "the Captain" appears at the inn owned by Jim Hawkins' father, young Jim little dreams what adventures will follow in the man's wake. Soon, the once-peaceful inn is threatened by pirates, Jim's father is laid...
Johnny Crow’s Party - L. Leslie Brooke
Johnny Crow’s Party - L. Leslie Brooke
- Author: L. Leslie Brooke
- Genre: Animals & Nature
A beautifully illustrated children’s picture book. Listen to the narration while you view (on gutenberg.org) a variety of delightful animals doing strange things such as the kangaroo who tried to paint the roses blue. This is a follow up to Johnny...
The Spanish Brothers - Deborah ALCOCK
The Spanish Brothers - Deborah ALCOCK
- Author: Deborah ALCOCK
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The daughter of a minister, Deborah Alcock wrote novels on a Christian theme. The Spanish Brothers is set in the sixteenth century and deals with Protestant martyrdom during the Spanish Inquisition. Follow the fortunes of brothers Juan and Carlos as...
But Thy Love and Thy Grace - Francis J. FINN
But Thy Love and Thy Grace - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: General Fiction / Family
Father Finn's beautiful little tale can be read in an hour or so, but it conveys a lesson which ought to be of longer duration. The interest of the story is chiefly theological, turning, as it does, on the refining and ennobling effects of frequent...
Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street. - Herman Melville
Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street. - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part appeared in November 1853, with the conclusion published in December 1853....
The Eight Strokes of the Clock (Version 2) - Maurice Leblanc
The Eight Strokes of the Clock (Version 2) - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Eight Strokes of the Clock is a collection of short stories centred on Arsène Lupin, former gentleman thief extraordinaire. In this series, Lupin has abandoned his life of crime in favour of that of crime solver. Under the guise of a prince...
