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The Rosicrucian Mysteries - Max HEINDEL
The Rosicrucian Mysteries - Max HEINDEL
- Author: Max HEINDEL
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Religion
A primer for those interested in the basic philosophy, beliefs & secrets of the Rosicrucians. (Summary by Kirk Ziegler)...
The Present Picture of New South Wales - David Dickinson MANN
The Present Picture of New South Wales - David Dickinson MANN
- Author: David Dickinson MANN
- Genre: History
Convicted of forgery at the age of 23, David Dickenson Mann narrowly escaped hanging and was transported instead to New South Wales, where he arrived in 1799. Three years later he received a full pardon and was soon working in the secretary's office...
The Soul of Man - Oscar Wilde
The Soul of Man - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science / Modern
“(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.” Published originally as “The Soul of Man Under Socialism,” this is not so much a work of sober political analysis; rather it can...
Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History - Ann Hawkshaw
Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History - Ann Hawkshaw
- Author: Ann Hawkshaw
- Genre: Single author
The history of Britain up to the Norman Conquest in the form of 100 prose commentaries, each followed by a sonnet. The commentaries set the historical scene, quoting from Bede, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and noted historians of the times, Hawkshaws...
Iphigenia in Tauris (Murray Translation) - Euripides
Iphigenia in Tauris (Murray Translation) - Euripides
- Author: Euripides
- Genre: Tragedy
The apparent sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis by her own father Agamemnon was forestalled by the godness Artemis, who by an adroit sleight of hand that fooled all participants, substituted a deer for the daughter. Wafted magically away to the...
Where Go the Boats - Robert Louis Stevenson
Where Go the Boats - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Where Go the Boats is a short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a Scottish author famous for writing Treasure Island. He also wrote many poems, including this one, which was published in A Child's Garden of Verses.(Summary by Sweet Pea)Some...
Jack and the Check Book - John Kendrick Bangs
Jack and the Check Book - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Bangs is in top form in his version of this small collection of timeless fairy tales. If you don't immediately recognize Jack and the Check Book, Puss, the Promoter, and the Golden Fleece, don't worry, you soon will. - Summary by Cate Barratt...
Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Following Anne of Green Gables, the book covers the second chapter in the life of Anne Shirley. Anne of Avonlea follows Anne from the age of 16 to 18, during the two years that she teaches at Avonlea school. It includes many of the characters from...
Deep In The Quiet Wood - James Weldon Johnson
Deep In The Quiet Wood - James Weldon Johnson
- Author: James Weldon Johnson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered for his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started...
The Steel Flea - Nikolai Leskov
The Steel Flea - Nikolai Leskov
- Author: Nikolai Leskov
- Genre: Literary Fiction
An 1881 comic story by Nikolai Leskov, presented in the form of a traditional skaz or folk-tale, but entirely of Leskov's invention. It tells the story of a left-handed Russian artisan required to impress Tsar Nikolas I with his craftsmanship by...
All Round the Year - E. Nesbit
All Round the Year - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Poetry
A light and whimsical collection of poems by the celebrated children's author E Nesbit, in collaboration with Saretta Nesbit. (Summary by David Barnes)Read by David Barnes, Lizzie Driver, Sarah McIntyre, Stuart Pyle, Cori Samuel, and Peter Yearsley....
Of the Love of God - Saint Francis de Sales
Of the Love of God - Saint Francis de Sales
- Author: Saint Francis de Sales
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Francis de Sales (1567-1622), Bishop of Geneva from 1602, was a renowned spiritual director who produced two classic guidebooks for earthly wayfarers on their spiritual journey to God: Introduction a la vie devote (Introduction to the Devout Life,...
Explorers and Travellers - Adolphus W. GREELY
Explorers and Travellers - Adolphus W. GREELY
- Author: Adolphus W. GREELY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
“Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but very complete histories of men who risked life and fortune to discover more of our world. A thoroughly...
Darnley - George Payne Rainsford JAMES
Darnley - George Payne Rainsford JAMES
- Author: George Payne Rainsford JAMES
- Genre: Historical Fiction
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple. The knight, for such he appears to be, rushes to their aid. Soon after, the strange and prophetic Sir Cesar...
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 4 - Flavius Josephus
The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 4 - Flavius Josephus
- Author: Flavius Josephus
- Genre: History / Antiquity
Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. Antiquities of the Jews is a history of the Jewish people, written in Greek for Josephus' gentile patrons. Beginning with the...
Short Story Collection Vol. 002 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 002: a collection of 10 short fictional works in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Danger Trail - James Oliver Curwood
The Danger Trail - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Chicago engineer Jack Howland is sent to the edge of the Canadian barren lands north of Prince Albert to establish a train route through some of the most trecherous terrain in North America. He would soon learn that it was not only the terrain that...
What Katy Did (version 2) - Susan Coolidge
What Katy Did (version 2) - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Follow the adventures of Katy Carr and her family, through good times and bad. (Summary by Karen Savage)...
Anthropology - Immanuel Kant
Anthropology - Immanuel Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Genre: Modern
Immanuel Kant gave a series of lectures on anthropology 1772-1773, 1795-1796 at the University of Königsberg, which was founded in 1544. His lectures dealt with recognizing the internal and external in man, cognition, sensuousness, the five senses,...
The Inner Life - John Greenleaf Whittier
The Inner Life - John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is usually listed as one of the Fireside Poets. Whittier was strongly influenced by the Scottish poet Robert...
Snowshoeing Song - Arthur WEIR
Snowshoeing Song - Arthur WEIR
- Author: Arthur WEIR
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Snowshoeing Song by Arthur Weir. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 31, 2011. Snowshoeing Song is taken from A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895, Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908)....
The Secret Places of the Heart - H. G. Wells
The Secret Places of the Heart - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a great extent autobiographical. H. G. had read some brillliantly composed articles by a writer who wrote...
Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London - John GAY
Trivia, or The Art of Walking the Streets of London - John GAY
- Author: John GAY
- Genre: Single author
John Gay's Trivia is a satirical guide to walking the streets of London, written in mock heroic style. Learn how to avoid pickpockets, wig thieves, falling masonry and the contents of chamber pots, and above all else how to dress well for all...
Pride and Prejudice (version 4) - Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (version 4) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's classic comic romance, in which the five Bennett sisters try to find that most elusive creature: a single man in possession of a large fortune. Sparks fly when sweet, pretty Jane meets their new neighbor, Mr....
What She Said and What She Meant, and People Who Haven't Time and Can't Afford It - Pansy
What She Said and What She Meant, and People Who Haven't Time and Can't Afford It - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Two short stories by Pansy. In "What She Said and What She Meant," Mrs. Marks detests gossip and avoids it as much as she can. But what she does say is vague and suggestive. It is taken, added to, and passed on by others, so that it is no longer...
Sonnet 028 - William Shakespeare
Sonnet 028 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Sonnet 28 by William Shakespeare. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 26th, 2007....
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - Frederick DOUGLASS
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Frederick Douglass published his highly acclaimed third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881 and revised it in 1892. The emancipation of American slaves during and following the American Civil War enabled him to relate in...
David Copperfield (version 2) - Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (version 2) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / Literary Fiction
The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first Dickens novel to be written as such a narration. The story deals with the life of David Copperfield from childhood to...
The Petticoat Commando - Johanna BRANDT
The Petticoat Commando - Johanna BRANDT
- Author: Johanna BRANDT
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little-known incidents of the South African war, but also because of the keen personal interest of the events...
Anything Once - Isabel OSTRANDER
Anything Once - Isabel OSTRANDER
- Author: Isabel OSTRANDER
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
An unlikely pair of wanderers they were; the orphan girl Lou and her travelling partner Jim Botts. Jim appeared in need of following some apparent 'rules' during the journey, while Lou seemed in need of better clothing, and perhaps some refinement....
Mike: A Public School Story - P. G. Wodehouse
Mike: A Public School Story - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This novel introduces the characters Mike Jackson and Psmith, who are featured in several of Wodehouse’s later works. It shows how the two characters first met each other as teenagers at boarding school. As Psmith doesn’t appear until about halfway...
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Esther - Douay-Rheims Version
Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Additions to Esther - Douay-Rheims Version
- Author: Douay-Rheims Version
- Genre: Douay-Rheims Version
An additional six chapters appear interspersed in Esther in the Septuagint, the Greek translation, which then was noted by Jerome in compiling the Latin Vulgate; additionally, the Greek text contains many small changes in the meaning of the main...
The Girl at Central - Geraldine BONNER
The Girl at Central - Geraldine BONNER
- Author: Geraldine BONNER
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Molly Morganthau, day operator in the telephone exchange, helps to solve a murder. (Summary by D. A. Frank)...
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales - George MacDonald
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
George MacDonald claimed that he did not write for children, but for the child-like. Some of his longer works are clearly intended for adults, and this fantastic fiction influenced later writers such as G.K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S....
Rebels of the Red Planet - Charles L. FONTENAY
Rebels of the Red Planet - Charles L. FONTENAY
- Author: Charles L. FONTENAY
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take over the Phoenix, the rebel group that worked to overthrow the tyranny that gripped the settlers on...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 027 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 027 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 027: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The New Atlantis - Francis Bacon
The New Atlantis - Francis Bacon
- Author: Francis Bacon
- Genre: General Fiction
In 1623, Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideas in New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this was his creation of an ideal land where people were kind, knowledgeable, and civic-minded. Part of this new land was his perfect college, a vision for...
A Daughter of the Land - Gene STRATTON-PORTER
A Daughter of the Land - Gene STRATTON-PORTER
- Author: Gene STRATTON-PORTER
- Genre: Romance
Independent Kate Bates resents the fact that, as the youngest of a large family, she is expected to stay at home and help her parents while her brothers and sisters are free to pursue their desires. When she defies her family and leaves home, she...
The Beast in the Jungle (version 2) - Henry James
The Beast in the Jungle (version 2) - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Literary Fiction
One of James's last great stories, it is not actually a ghost story but has every claim to be considered such with its mysterious spectral essences surviving death and summoning the central character towards - well, what, exactly? That query is of...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of...
