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Short Science Fiction Collection 064 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 064 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
Moth Terror - Benjamin de CASSERES
Moth Terror - Benjamin de CASSERES
- Author: Benjamin de CASSERES
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Moth Terror by Benjamin De Casseres . This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 13, 2011. Benjamin De Casseres was an American journalist and author. He worked for various New York City...
L'Assommoir - Émile Zola
L'Assommoir - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [emil zɔˈla]) (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism. More than half of Zola’s novels were part of a set of...
The Moorland Cottage - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The Moorland Cottage - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Literary Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
"Maggie Brown is torn between her mother who constantly tells her to live for her selfish brother (to whom she gives all her love) to her wish to marry Frank and live for herself. Maggie's plight for independence shows the change in women's role,...
Coffee Break Collection 23 -- Mysteries, Riddles and Conundrums - Various
Coffee Break Collection 23 -- Mysteries, Riddles and Conundrums - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
This is the twenty-third Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this...
The Fatal Three - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Fatal Three - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
Written by one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century The Fatal Three although not as sensational as some of her other novels serves up some very fascinating characters. It also raises some very interesting questions regarding moral &...
The Autobiography of a Clown - Isaac MARCOSSON
The Autobiography of a Clown - Isaac MARCOSSON
- Author: Isaac MARCOSSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This "as told to" autobiography of Jules Turnour is based on a popular article that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post in 1909. Turnour relates through Marcosson his personal history and that of the circus, both in Europe and the United States....
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 4, December 1909 - Various
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 4, December 1909 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: History
"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest news of his profession. It will...
Bible (WNT) NT 01: Matthew - Weymouth New Testament
Bible (WNT) NT 01: Matthew - Weymouth New Testament
- Author: Weymouth New Testament
- Genre: Weymouth New Testament
Richard Francis Weymouth was born on October 26, 1822 near Plymouth Dock, now known as Devonport, near Plymouth, Devonshire, in England. Dr. Weymouth was a Bible scholar and a philologist (a student of the origins of language), as well as a layman,...
It's Like This, Cat - Emily Neville
It's Like This, Cat - Emily Neville
- Author: Emily Neville
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Animals & Nature
1964 Newbery Medal winner, It's Like This, Cat is the story of a young man, Dave Mitchell, and how he grew to maturity, helped along indirectly by a stray cat that he brought home from Crazy Kate, the neighborhood Cat Lady. Dave lives in New York...
Shakespeare Sonnet 29 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Sonnet 29 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Sonnets / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 32 recordings of Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 23, 2019. ------ A perennial Shakespeare favorite. The sober, almost depressed beginning ends with the sun shining...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 044 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include wives, widows, and women scorned--the "Baby Doe Tabor" scandal, the trials of literary marriages, and colonial women; history--Wounded Knee,...
Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams - Annie DENTON CRIDGE
Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams - Annie DENTON CRIDGE
- Author: Annie DENTON CRIDGE
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Satire
"Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams" is the first known feminist utopian novel written by a woman. The text features nine dreams experienced by a first-person female narrator. In the first seven dreams, she visits the planet...
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Bernard Le Bovier de FONTENELLE
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Bernard Le Bovier de FONTENELLE
- Author: Bernard Le Bovier de FONTENELLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Early Modern / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
This book is a popular science book written in the late 1600s. It is written as a series of conversations between a gallant philosopher and a countess, while walking in her garden and gazing at the stars. The philosopher explains the heliocentric...
The Postmaster's Daughter - Louis Tracy
The Postmaster's Daughter - Louis Tracy
- Author: Louis Tracy
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A charming mystery story set in the early 1900s which is as much about the townspeople, sleuths and othercolorful characters as it is about the murder. Filled with comic antics of Scotland Yard fellows, local police, and residentsof the town, keeps...
Three Girls in a Flat - Enid YANDELL
Three Girls in a Flat - Enid YANDELL
- Author: Enid YANDELL
- Genre: General Fiction
Enid Yandell (October 6, 1870 - June 13, 1934) was an American sculptor who studied with Auguste Rodin and Frederick William MacMonnies. She created numerous portraits, garden pieces and small works as well as public monuments. Ms. Yandell also...
Carmilla (Version 2) - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
Carmilla (Version 2) - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Laura grew up on a castle in the Austrian mountains with her father, slightly lonely as there are no potential companions around. Her loneliness is at an end when a carriage accindent close by their castle brings a mysterious visitor: Carmilla was...
Basil, or, Honesty and Industry - Charlotte Grace O'BRIEN
Basil, or, Honesty and Industry - Charlotte Grace O'BRIEN
- Author: Charlotte Grace O'BRIEN
- Genre: General Fiction
A poor boy discovers the value of honesty and industry. More than that, he discovers the value of his relationship with God (Introduction by Robert Harder)...
Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer - Solomon Benjamin SHAW
Children's Edition of Touching Incidents and Remarkable Answers to Prayer - Solomon Benjamin SHAW
- Author: Solomon Benjamin SHAW
- Genre: Religion
Solomon Benjamin Shaw was a Methodist Episcopal minister, historian, essayist and editor. Solomon and Etta Ellen were married in McBride, Montcalm County, Michigan. Solomon resided in Chicago, Illinois for a time before taking up his principal...
Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery - Andy ADAMS
Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Mystery adventure, fiction ( Peter Thomlinson). This is a very exciting and gripping story set in the jungles of Brazil and Venezuela, and the quest for the famous El Dorado gold. Incidents with dangerous wild animals, not to mention encounters with...
Sense and Sensibility (version 2) - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility (version 2) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
This is a story of the English moneyed class and its eternal struggle for creating “sense and sensibility” in its world. A potential marriage prospect must make “sense” by bringing with it enough assets and income to permit the couple to continue to...
Racketty-Packetty House and other stories - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Racketty-Packetty House and other stories - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Short works
This is a collection of short stories and fairy tales by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the author of The Secret Garden and A little Princess. (Summary by Elli)...
Bruce - Albert Payson Terhune
Bruce - Albert Payson Terhune
- Author: Albert Payson Terhune
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Albert Payson Terhune was a journalist but is probably best known as a breeder of dogs, in particular collies at his Sunnybank Kennels. Bruce charts the story of an unwanted puppy who becomes loved by the mistress of the family. He then becomes...
The Wild Duck - Henrik Ibsen
The Wild Duck - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Tragedy
The Wild Duck (1884) (original Norwegian title: Vildanden) is by many considered Ibsen's finest work, and it is certainly the most complex. It tells the story of Gregers Werle, a young man who returns to his hometown after an extended exile and is...
Things Seen in Florence - Elizabeth W. GRIERSON
Things Seen in Florence - Elizabeth W. GRIERSON
- Author: Elizabeth W. GRIERSON
- Genre: Travel & Geography
One of the largest and wealthiest cities of medieval Europe, the home of Dante and Giotto has long been a magnet for lovers of art, architecture and history. In this short guide, Elizabeth Wilson Grierson shares her passion for the city, taking the...
Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent - Anonymous
Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour through the dimly lit quarters of late 19th-century criminal Manchester.- Summary by Phil Benson...
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë
- Author: Anne Brontë
- Genre: Literary Fiction
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the second and final novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. Originally published in June of 1848, it...
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others - John Kendrick Bangs
Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
New York-born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a...
2 B R 0 2 B (version 2) & The Big Trip Up Yonder (version 5) - Kurt VONNEGUT, JR.
2 B R 0 2 B (version 2) & The Big Trip Up Yonder (version 5) - Kurt VONNEGUT, JR.
- Author: Kurt VONNEGUT JR.
- Genre: Science Fiction / Short Stories
These two stories by Kurt Vonnegut were written over a decade apart but they are definitely connected. The Big Trip Up Yonder, published in Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954 is a comical yet scary description of what over population was going to...
Young Readers Science Fiction Stories - Richard Mace ELAM
Young Readers Science Fiction Stories - Richard Mace ELAM
- Author: Richard Mace ELAM
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Science Fiction
This 1957 book contains thirteen pre-space-exploration stories for young readers. Some of the details show their dated composition (we now know the earth looks blue not green from space) but the sense of adventure will still hold attention for the...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 018 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 018 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works / Anthologies
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 018: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) - Murasaki SHIKIBU
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji) - Murasaki SHIKIBU
- Author: Murasaki SHIKIBU
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Sagas / Published before 1800
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel,...
Over Every Hill - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Over Every Hill - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His works include four novels; epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; and treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. In...
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg - Mark Twain
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
The town of Hadleyburg had the reputation of being the most honest town in a wide area, indeed an incorruptible community. The elders took this reputation so to heart that they brought up their children shielded from all temptation and trained...
Short Story Collection Vol. 022 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 022 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 022: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
The Shakespeare Story-Book - Mary MACLEOD
The Shakespeare Story-Book - Mary MACLEOD
- Author: Mary MACLEOD
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This book contains many of Shakespeare's most famous plays, retold for children. - Summary by kathrinee...
Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton - Mary Roberts Rinehart
Through Glacier Park, Seeing America First with Howard Eaton - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / *Non-fiction / Nature
This is about a three-hundred mile trip across the Rocky Mountains on horseback with Howard Eaton. It is about fishing, and cool nights around a camp-fire, and long days on the trail. It is about a party of all sorts, from everywhere, of men and...
Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Selected Letters of Ludwig van Beethoven - Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
- Author: Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
- Genre: Letters
A selection of Beethoven's letters from the compilation by Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800-1877) and Ludwig Nohl (1831-1885), and translated by Lady Grace Wallace. (Summary by Scott D. Farquhar)09 - To Herr Kauka is read by: Victor Guerreiro, Scott...
The Last Chronicle of Barset (version 2) - Anthony Trollope
The Last Chronicle of Barset (version 2) - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Literary Fiction
LibriVox reader Nicholas Clifford calls this Trollope's best novel in his introduction to the collaborative version of this fine novel - and he is right! A wonderful study of its central character, the proud, irascible, tormented, poverty-stricken...
The Middle of Things - J. S. Fletcher
The Middle of Things - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A habitual late night stroll down Markendale Square plunges Viner into the middle of things most mysterious and most perplexing. A murder, an imposter, secret papers, all combine to mystify even the police themselves. Is Hyde as innocent of the...
