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Some Everyday Folk and Dawn - Miles FRANKLIN
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn - Miles FRANKLIN
- Author: Miles FRANKLIN
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
It is 1904 and women's suffrage has hit the small town of Noonoon. Though the election campaigners preen themselves for the women's vote, the fight isn't entirely won, for the male residents are bristling at this threat to their supremacy. And down...
Mother Stories - Maud Lindsay
Mother Stories - Maud Lindsay
- Author: Maud Lindsay
- Genre: Short works
"I have endeavored to write, for mothers and dear little children, a few simple stories, embodying some of the truths of Froebel's Mother Play...Most of these stories have been told and retold to little children, and are surrounded, in my eyes, by a...
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush - Susanna Moodie
Life in the Clearings Versus the Bush - Susanna Moodie
- Author: Susanna Moodie
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
As a middle class Englishwoman Moodie did not particularly enjoy "the bush", as she called it. She and her husband moved to Belleville in 1840, which she referred to as "the clearings". Here she described urban life, including religion, art, and...
The Type-Writer Girl - Grant Allen
The Type-Writer Girl - Grant Allen
- Author: Grant Allen
- Genre: General Fiction
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner) "There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young lady, crushed between classes above and below, and left with scarce a chance of earning her bread with decency."...
Village Life in America - Caroline Cowles Richards CLARKE
Village Life in America - Caroline Cowles Richards CLARKE
- Author: Caroline Cowles Richards CLARKE
- Genre: Memoirs
A diary of a young school girl in Canandaigua, New York during the Civil War. (Summary by MaryElizabeth)...
Queen Victoria - Giles Lytton STRACHEY
Queen Victoria - Giles Lytton STRACHEY
- Author: Giles Lytton STRACHEY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
Lytton Strachey’s first great success, and his most famous achievement, was "Eminent Victorians" (1918), a collection of four short biographies of Victorian heroes. With a dry wit, he exposed the human failings of his subjects and what he saw as the...
The Lost Kafoozalum - Pauline ASHWELL
The Lost Kafoozalum - Pauline ASHWELL
- Author: Pauline ASHWELL
- Genre: Science Fiction
"Lizzie" Lee and her best friend "B" have just finished their finals in Cultural Engineering at Russett College and are enjoying a well-earned break on a Pacific Island when they are kidnapped by their professor and dragged half-way across the...
Amores: Poems - D. H. Lawrence
Amores: Poems - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Single author
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collections. The poems in this collection are characterized by haunting and dark themes, sensuousness and his...
Daniel Boone (Thwaites) - Reuben Gold THWAITES
Daniel Boone (Thwaites) - Reuben Gold THWAITES
- Author: Reuben Gold THWAITES
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us along on some of those adventures....
The Rover Boys in the Jungle - Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys in the Jungle - Arthur M. Winfield
- Author: Arthur M. Winfield
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Third entry in the then-popular boys' adventure series has the Rover brothers (Tom, Dick, & Sam) heading to Africa to search for their long-missing father, after a few more adventures at their upstate New York boarding school, Putnam Hall. -...
The Four Million (Version 2) - O. Henry
The Four Million (Version 2) - O. Henry
- Author: O. Henry
- Genre: Short Stories
The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry's trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry originally released in 1906. There are twenty five stories of various lengths including several of his best known...
Mount Royal Volume III - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mount Royal Volume III - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with emphasis on romance. - summary by Celine Major...
Aces Up - Covington CLARKE
Aces Up - Covington CLARKE
- Author: Covington CLARKE
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talents will not be put to good use in the war. Major Cowan introduces Lt. McGee as the British instructor for the...
Isobel - James Oliver Curwood
Isobel - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mounted, with his only partner Pelliter are the only official representatives in the lonely and desolate reaches...
Her Benny - Silas HOCKING
Her Benny - Silas HOCKING
- Author: Silas HOCKING
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction
A very heart touching story about two homeless children, a brother and sister, living on the streets of Liverpool, England during Victorian times. (Summary by Larraine Paquette)...
That Affair at Portstead Manor - Gladys Edson LOCKE
That Affair at Portstead Manor - Gladys Edson LOCKE
- Author: Gladys Edson LOCKE
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
An English country home during a house party becomes the scene of a double mystery. One of the three detectives employed on the case is a woman whose common sense, calm, and plain logic are skillfully employed in straightening the tangle. - NY Times...
Kazan - James Oliver Curwood
Kazan - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
Kazan (sometimes published with the subtitle The Wolf Dog) is a once very popular novel by environmentalist and author James Oliver Curwood. After a trip to the Yukon area of Canada and Alaska, Curwood wrote a series of wilderness adventure novels...
Siberia - James Clarence MANGAN
Siberia - James Clarence MANGAN
- Author: James Clarence MANGAN
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Siberia by James Clarence Mangan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 2, 2012. James Clarence Mangan wad born in Dublin. He was educated at a Jesuit school where he learned the...
A Bird in a Gilded Cage - Arthur J. LAMB
A Bird in a Gilded Cage - Arthur J. LAMB
- Author: Arthur J. LAMB
- Genre: Poetry / Ballads / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Bird in a Gilded Cage by Arthur J. Lamb. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 2, 2011. "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" is a song composed by Arthur J. Lamb (lyrics) and Harry Von Tilzer (music)....
Interventions - Georgia Wood PANGBORN
Interventions - Georgia Wood PANGBORN
- Author: Georgia Wood PANGBORN
- Genre: Short Stories
A collection of short stories of social commentary, tales of love, mystery, and loss. Many of the stories revolve around children, women, and relationships with friends of varying classes, often in odd, unusual, or difficult circumstances in life....
Washington Irving in London - Washington Irving
Washington Irving in London - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Washington Irving's name is synonymous with such classics as "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." He established himself as one of early America's most treasured writers. His wit and satirical voice are the hallmark of his writing....
Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) - José RIZAL
Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) - José RIZAL
- Author: José RIZAL
- Genre: General Fiction
Noli Me Tangere (Latin for Touch Me Not) is a novel by the National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. José Rizal. It was originally written in Spanish, and first published in Germany in 1887. Noli Me Tangere exposed the corruption and abuse of the...
Against The Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
Against The Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: General Fiction
“THE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDE”. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmans’ cult novel of 1884, which is also routinely called the Bible of Decadence. Accurate descriptions, both, of this...
Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice - Homer
Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice - Homer
- Author: Homer
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the rest are about a dozen lines each. They are written in Homeric style and traditionally attributed to Homer but...
The Rape of the Lock - Alexander Pope
The Rape of the Lock - Alexander Pope
- Author: Alexander Pope
- Genre: Poetry / Satire / Narratives
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany in May 1712 in two cantos (334 lines), but then revised, expanded and reissued under Pope's name on March 2, 1714, in...
Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum
Rinkitink in Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1916. It was originally written in 1905 as a stand alone fantasy work and subequently rewritten as an Oz book. Therefore, most of the action takes place...
Bible (YLT) 01: Genesis - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) 01: Genesis - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
Young's Literal Translation is a translation of the Bible into English, published in 1862. The translation was made by Robert Young, compiler of Young's Analytical Concordance to the Bible and Concise Critical Comments on the New Testament. Young...
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7) - John Hay
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7) - John Hay
- Author: John Hay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 7 chronicles Lincoln's life from 1862,...
Grandma Knight's Tales - Various
Grandma Knight's Tales - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short Stories
Grandma Knight's Tales* includes stories that provide entertainment and, hopefully, some moral learning to small listeners. A special dedication goes out to the narrators own grandchildren, by whom this book was inspired. "Merry Christmas to my...
Blake of the "Rattlesnake" - Frederick Thomas JANE
Blake of the "Rattlesnake" - Frederick Thomas JANE
- Author: Frederick Thomas JANE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that forecast a British defeat in the event of war in the late 19th century when he wrote this fictional account of "The Man...
A Mysterious Disappearance - Louis Tracy
A Mysterious Disappearance - Louis Tracy
- Author: Louis Tracy
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Lady Dyke disappears mysteriously, and barrister and hobby detective Claude Bruce appears to be one of the last persons to have seen her. A short time later a dead body is found in the river, and Bruce follows the trails. Who is Sydney H. Corbett?...
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet - Kahlil Gibran
- Author: Kahlil Gibran
- Genre: Family Life / Literary Fiction / Free Verse
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his words of wisdom on many sides of the human condition, and he addresses them in terms of love and care. He has...
A Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron - Rudyard Kipling
A Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: War & Military
[Kipling] became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan to build a fleet to challenge the Royal Navy, publishing a series of articles in 1898 which were collected as A Fleet in...
The Sad Years - Dora Sigerson Shorter
The Sad Years - Dora Sigerson Shorter
- Author: Dora Sigerson Shorter
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter, whose subject are the Sad Years 1914-1918. - Summary by Carolin...
Historic Girls - Elbridge Streeter BROOKS
Historic Girls - Elbridge Streeter BROOKS
- Author: Elbridge Streeter BROOKS
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Short Stories
Twelve short stories of real girls who have influenced the history of their times. (Summary by Carmen H)...
Queen Sheba's Ring - H. Rider Haggard
Queen Sheba's Ring - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A famed archeologist, an aging doctor, and a young army engineer set out across the African desert on a great adventure. Professor Higgs is in search of new archeological discoveries, Dr. Adams seeks to rescue his kidnapped son, and Captain Orme...
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare
The Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Comedy
The Two Gentlemen of Verona is the earliest comedy written by Shakespeare (and possibly his first play), probably written around 1590-91. It focuses on two friends, Valentine and Proteus, whose friendship is disrupted by their mutual passion for the...
Introduction to The Philosophy of History - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
Introduction to The Philosophy of History - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
- Author: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Philosophy
The introduction to Hegel's lectures on the philosophy of world history is often used to introduce students to Hegel's philosophy, in part because Hegel's sometimes difficult style is muted in the lectures, and he discourses on accessible themes...
Miscellaneous Pieces - John Bunyan
Miscellaneous Pieces - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
John Bunyan (November 28, 1628 – August 31, 1688), a Christian writer and preacher, was born at Harrowden (one mile south-east of Bedford), in the Parish of Elstow, England. He wrote The Pilgrim's Progress, arguably the most famous published...
Education - Ellen G. White
Education - Ellen G. White
- Author: Ellen G. White
- Genre: Education / Reference
Ellen White said that one of the most delicate tasks in life was working with youthful minds. Teaching should be varied which can make it possible for the 'high and noble powers of the mind' to have a chance to progress. Educators of youth should be...
