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Odd - Amy LE FEUVRE
Odd - Amy LE FEUVRE
- Author: Amy LE FEUVRE
- Genre: Family
He found the word for her, and she read with difficulty, 'Trouble, distress, great affliction.' 'Do they all mean tribulation?' she asked. 'Tribulation means all of them,' was the answer. 'And can children have tribulation, Mr. Roper?' 'What do you...
Coffee Break Collection 013 - Weather - Various
Coffee Break Collection 013 - Weather - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
This is the thirteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and only...
Prayer: Its Necessity, Its Power, Its Conditions - Ferreol GIRARDEY
Prayer: Its Necessity, Its Power, Its Conditions - Ferreol GIRARDEY
- Author: Ferreol GIRARDEY
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Redemptorist Father Ferreol Girardey's book, which bears an imprimatur, is a broad introductory treatise on the subject of prayer. He discusses the power and necessity of prayer, explains why some prayers do not seem to be answered, and tells us how...
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei (Tao Teh King) - LAOZI 老子
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei (Tao Teh King) - LAOZI 老子
- Author: LAOZI 老子
- Genre: Philosophy
The classic of the Way and of High Virtue is the Tao Teh Ching. Its author is generally held as a contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tzu, or Laozi. The exact date of the book's origin is disputed. The book is divided into two parts, the Upper Part and...
A Diary from Dixie - Mary CHESNUT
A Diary from Dixie - Mary CHESNUT
- Author: Mary CHESNUT
- Genre: Memoirs
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was married to a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during the Civil War. Mrs. Chesnut moved in elite circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics. Her...
The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography - Jean-Henri FABRE
The Life of the Fly, With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography - Jean-Henri FABRE
- Author: Jean-Henri FABRE
- Genre: *Non-fiction
The title tells all, along with other observations on insect life from the famed accidental entomologist of 19th Century France.. - Summary by BellonaTimes...
Somme Battle Stories
Somme Battle Stories
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Stories of World War I warfare, published in 1916 in the midst of the war. (That's why names of persons and units are literally "blanked" out.) Alec John Dawson (1872 - 1951), generally known as A. J. Dawson (pseudonyms Major Dawson, Howard Kerr,...
The Rock Frog - Harriet Anna CHEEVER
The Rock Frog - Harriet Anna CHEEVER
- Author: Harriet Anna CHEEVER
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The story of Ker-Chunk, the frog, and his friends on the Long Pond. How he became known as the Rock-Frog and was called Judge Ker-Chunk, due to the wisdom he dispensed to the froglings who came and visited his rock. his encounters with the large...
Pocket Island - Charles Clark MUNN
Pocket Island - Charles Clark MUNN
- Author: Charles Clark MUNN
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Along the coast of Maine are littered thousands of small islands. One such, named 'Pocket Island' by the locals was so called because of a pocket formed twice daily by the waning of the tides. The coast of Maine holds many secrets and legends, and...
The Drums of Jeopardy - Harold MACGRATH
The Drums of Jeopardy - Harold MACGRATH
- Author: Harold MACGRATH
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Drums of Jeopardy is a 1920 American novel by Harold MacGrath. The story was serialized by the The Saturday Evening Post beginning in January of 1920.In 1922 the book was made into a Broadway play and the following year a motion picture. A...
The Treasure - Kathleen NORRIS
The Treasure - Kathleen NORRIS
- Author: Kathleen NORRIS
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
The Treasure is a story about the Salisbury Family and the trivialities of employing help for the household. Mrs. and Mr. Salisbury see the work of a maid rather differently, especially depending on the level of education. Justine, the latest hired...
The Wealth of Nations, Book 4 - Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations, Book 4 - 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...
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 2 - Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 2 - Eugène Sue
- Author: Eugène Sue
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Rodolphe, is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good...
The Cross Brand - Max Brand
The Cross Brand - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Westerns / Published 1900 onward
Jack Bristol shot the sheriff and stole his horse. He rode off, not into the sunset, but into the mountains. The mountain man held him captive for months and then released him. Why? And why did the girl scream with terror when she saw his face? Read...
My Lady Ludlow - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
My Lady Ludlow - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
This novella by the acclaimed Elizabeth Gaskell follows the reminiscences and life of aristocratic Lady Ludlow, told through the eyes of one of her charges, the young Margaret Dawson. Lady Ludlow epitomizes the unwillingness of the old English...
Short Science Fiction Collection 025 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 025 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
Bible (ASV) NT 25: 3 John - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 25: 3 John - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The New Testament Third Epistle of John (often referred to as 3 John) is the 64th book of the Bible. Written in the form of an epistle, it is the second-shortest book of the Christian Bible by number of verses, and the shortest in regard to number...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Detective Fiction
The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in The Final Problem. Having...
The Tale of Chirpy Cricket - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Chirpy Cricket - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Chirpy Cricket is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series. (Summary by...
Sonnets from the Portuguese - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnets from the Portuguese - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Genre: Poetry / Romance
Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The poems largely chronicle the period leading up to her 1846 marriage to Robert...
A Dream Play - August Strindberg
A Dream Play - August Strindberg
- Author: August Strindberg
- Genre: Drama
A Dream Play (Swedish: Ett drömspel) was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important...
Eothen, or Impressions of Travel brought Home from the East - Alexander William KINGLAKE
Eothen, or Impressions of Travel brought Home from the East - Alexander William KINGLAKE
- Author: Alexander William KINGLAKE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
A classic of victorian travel writing, Kinglake’s book describes his journey through the Ottoman empire to Cairo, and his residence there in time of plague. [Summary by hefyd]...
Autumn - John Clare
Autumn - John Clare
- Author: John Clare
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Autumn by John Clare . This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 17th, 2010....
The Story of a Soul (Version 2) - Saint THERESE OF LISIEUX
The Story of a Soul (Version 2) - Saint THERESE OF LISIEUX
- Author: Saint THERESE OF LISIEUX
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
She is also known as St.Thérèse of Child Jesus. She was born at Alençon, France, 2 January 1873; died at Lisieux 30 September 1897. When she was fifteen she applied for permission to enter the Carmelite Convent, and being refused by the superior,...
The Seven Seas - Rudyard Kipling
The Seven Seas - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of some of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling, These poems are centered around travelling, many of which may have been written by Kipling during his various travels. - Summary by Carolin...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 10 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 10 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Early Modern
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 10 subtitled “From the Restoration of Charles II to the Accession of George I”,...
A Voice in the Wilderness - Grace Livingston Hill
A Voice in the Wilderness - Grace Livingston Hill
- Author: Grace Livingston Hill
- Genre: General Fiction
Margaret leaves her family home and security to become a school teacher in the wilds of early Arizona. Accidentally getting off her safe and warm train at the wrong place, she encounters first hand the wildness and beauty of the vast West and its...
Just William - Richmal Crompton
Just William - Richmal Crompton
- Author: Richmal Crompton
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
William is a mischievous eleven year old who is puzzled by the adult world, which is no less puzzled by him. The humor is gentle and pleasing. The series of books is better known in the United Kingdom than in the U.S. ( Summary by David Wales )...
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling - Henry Fielding
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling - Henry Fielding
- Author: Henry Fielding
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foundling discovered on the property of a very kind, wealthy landowner, Squire Allworthy. Tom grows into a...
The Stark Munro Letters - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Stark Munro Letters - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
"The letters of my friend Mr. Stark Munro appear to me to form so connected a whole, and to give so plain an account of some of the troubles which a young man may be called upon to face right away at the outset of his career, that I have handed them...
Binsey Poplars - Gerard Manley Hopkins
Binsey Poplars - Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 21, 2019. ------ Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame established...
Ebony and Crystal - Clark Ashton SMITH
Ebony and Crystal - Clark Ashton SMITH
- Author: Clark Ashton SMITH
- Genre: Single author
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-registers, Freudian complexes and Binet-Simon tests, for realms of exalted and iridescent strangeness beyond space...
The Thing from the Lake - Eleanor M. INGRAM
The Thing from the Lake - Eleanor M. INGRAM
- Author: Eleanor M. INGRAM
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
To get away from city life periodically, New Yorker Roger Locke purchases an abandoned farm house in rural Connecticut, and with the assistance of his cousin Phillida and her beau Ethan Vere, he sets about fixing up the place. Immediately however,...
Short Poetry Collection 159 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 159 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2016....
Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas - F. Anstey
Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas - F. Anstey
- Author: F. Anstey
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pieces for Punch and humorous novels. Mr. Punch's Model Music Hall is a collection of humorous pieces written...
Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century - Hester Lynch PIOZZI
Glimpses of Italian society in the eighteenth century - Hester Lynch PIOZZI
- Author: Hester Lynch PIOZZI
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Travel & Geography
Selections from the "Observations and reflections made in the course of a journey through France, Italy, and Germany" by Hester Lynch Piozzi who, during her first marriage to Henry Thrale, was the hostess and friend of many of her famous...
The Liar - Henry James
The Liar - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900 / Single Author Collections
A successful painter reconnects with the woman he once loved during a visit to an English country house. His surprise is great when he learns that her husband is susceptible to a very peculiar habit. - Summary by Deborah Percy...
Unknown London (version 2) - Walter George BELL
Unknown London (version 2) - Walter George BELL
- Author: Walter George BELL
- Genre: *Non-fiction
For anyone interested in history or who think they know London, Eighteen London secrets will be explored in detail. - Summary by Janet 99...
What Is Love? - Ernest DOWSON
What Is Love? - Ernest DOWSON
- Author: Ernest DOWSON
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of What Is Love? by Ernest Dowson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 15, 2012. Ernest Christopher Dowson, born in Lee, London, was an English poet, novelist and writer of short stories,...
Favorite Fairy Tales - Various
Favorite Fairy Tales - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This book of favorite fairy tales was compiled and illustrated by Peter Newell. it includes Jack The Giant Killer; Cinderella; Sleeping Beauty; Little Red Riding Hood; Aladin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Ugly Duckling, Beauty and the Beast, Snow...
