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McTeague - Frank Norris
McTeague - Frank Norris
- Author: Frank Norris
- Genre: General Fiction
McTeague is a simple dentist who becomes infatuated with Trina, the cousin of his friend Marcus. Trina then buys a winning lottery ticket worth $5,000, and McTeague announces his plans to marry her. But their marriage quickly falls apart as greed...
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield
- Author: Katherine Mansfield
- Genre: Single Author Collections
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was published several months after the Kiwi author's death. - Summary by Rob Marland...
From the Easy Chair Vol. 1 - George William CURTIS
From the Easy Chair Vol. 1 - George William CURTIS
- Author: George William CURTIS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the 1880s over the choice of...
The Armourer's Prentices
The Armourer's Prentices
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly, his shrewish wife. John has taken over their father's position as verdurer, but what are young Ambrose and...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860) - James BUCHANAN
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1857 - 1860) - James BUCHANAN
- Author: James BUCHANAN
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
The Story of the Romans - H. A. GUERBER
The Story of the Romans - H. A. GUERBER
- Author: H. A. GUERBER
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Historical Fiction
A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)...
The Master Key - L. Frank Baum
The Master Key - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Master Key was one of Baum's earliest full length fantasy books for children, published in 1901 just one year after The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The protagonist, Rob, while experimenting in his workshop, accidentally summons up an electrical...
In League With Israel - Annie Fellows Johnston
In League With Israel - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Religion / Published 1800 -1900
When Bethany Hallam travels to Chattanooga for the League Conference, she meets David Herschel, who challenges her thinking and changes her views about her missionary obligations to God's "chosen people." ( Esther ben Simonides)...
Poems of Pleasure - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poems of Pleasure - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry
This is another volume in Ella Wheeler Wilcox's famous series of poetry. This volume bears the topic "pleasure". - Summary by Carolin...
The Visionary - Emily BrontΓ«
The Visionary - Emily BrontΓ«
- Author: Emily BrontΓ«
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of "The Visionary" by Ellis Bell (Emily BrontΓ«). This was the weekly poem for January 1, 2012. The first 12 lines originally appeared in one of a large group of Gondal poems, the word coming from the name...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 2) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar and anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic in ways that have given the story lasting...
A Health - Edward Coote PINKNEY
A Health - Edward Coote PINKNEY
- Author: Edward Coote PINKNEY
- Genre: Poetry / Lyric / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of A Health by Edward Coote Pinkney. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 19, 2012. Edward Coote Pinkney was an American poet, lawyer, sailor, professor, and editor. Born in London in 1802,...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 038 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include bedside books, South African cookery, Bryce canyon, Wilhelm Stekel's psychology, the Theologia Germanica, Paracelsus, John Donne, Cotton...
John Keats: Selected Poems - John Keats
John Keats: Selected Poems - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Single author
John Keats is perhaps the most talented poet of the English Romantic Period. Although his life was cut short by disease at the age of 25, he produced some of the most famous poems in world literature. Less erudite and philosophical than Shelley and...
English as She is Wrote - Anonymous
English as She is Wrote - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Humor / Writing & Linguistics / Language learning
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentionally humorous uses of the English language. Sections of the work: How she is wrote by the Inaccurate, By Advertisers and...
The Critique of Practical Reason - Immanuel Kant
The Critique of Practical Reason - Immanuel Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
The Critique of Practical Reason (Kritik der praktischen Vernunft) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy. The second Critique...
St. Bartholomew's Eve - G. A. Henty
St. Bartholomew's Eve - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical Fiction
Set in the days of the religious wars of Europe, St. Bartholomew's Eve is the tale of the Huguenot's desperate fight for freedom of worship in France. As the struggle intensifies the plot thickens, culminating in the dreadful Massacre of St....
Seaside - Rupert Brooke
Seaside - Rupert Brooke
- Author: Rupert Brooke
- Genre: Poetry / Sonnets / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Seaside by Rupert Brooke. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 19, 2012. Rupert Chawner Brooke (middle name sometimes given as "Chaucer" was an English poet known for his idealistic war sonnets...
The Mutiny of the Elsinore - Jack London
The Mutiny of the Elsinore - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Romance
This is the story of a voyage of a sailing ship from Baltimore to Seattle, east-to-west around Cape Horn in the winter. It is set in 1913 and the glory days of βwooden ships and iron menβ are long over. The Elsinore is a four-masted iron sailing...
Herodotus' Histories Vol 3 - Herodotus
Herodotus' Histories Vol 3 - Herodotus
- Author: Herodotus
- Genre: Antiquity
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histories tell the story of the war between the Persian Empire and the Greek city-states in the 5th century BC....
Some Poems of Roger Casement - Roger CASEMENT
Some Poems of Roger Casement - Roger CASEMENT
- Author: Roger CASEMENT
- Genre: Poetry
This is a small volume of poetry by Roger Casement. Casement was a diplomat for years, active especially in Africa, where he witnessed the dark side of British Imperialism. He began to devote his life to human rights, and is still recognised for his...
Kitty's Picnic and other Stories - Anonymous
Kitty's Picnic and other Stories - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Short Stories
A collection of short stories for boys and girls that spark the imagination and teach life lessons. (summary by Ladeebug)...
A Waterbiography - Robert C. LESLIE
A Waterbiography - Robert C. LESLIE
- Author: Robert C. LESLIE
- Genre: Memoirs
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He describes the progression of this love from wave to wave and boat to boat. Leslie sailed during the Great Age of...
In Memoriam - Ewart Alan MACKINTOSH
In Memoriam - Ewart Alan MACKINTOSH
- Author: Ewart Alan MACKINTOSH
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) / History
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of In Memoriam by Ewart Alan Mackintosh. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 7th, 2010. This week's poem has been chosen for this time of remembrance. Lieutenant Ewart Alan Mackintosh M.C. was...
The Moon Maid - Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Moon Maid - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction
Sabotage accidentally takes Earth's first manned interplanetary expedition to the Moon, where a sublunar adventure ensues, involving two intelligent species and a good deal of fighting as well as romance. The perceptive reader will perceive the...
Short Poetry Collection 125 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 125 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2013....
Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Herland - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society comprised entirely of Aryan women who reproduce via parthenogenesis (asexual reproduction). The result is an ideal social...
Cupid's Cyclopedia - Oliver Herford
Cupid's Cyclopedia - Oliver Herford
- Author: Oliver Herford
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
This 1910 short work is by the English-born American humorist, satirist, and illustrator Oliver Herford, aided by another caricaturist and illustrator, John Cecil Clay. Herfordβs books were usually short and quite popular in their time. He is a...
October (Dunbar version) - Paul Laurence Dunbar
October (Dunbar version) - Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 different recordings of October by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 7th, 2007....
My Trip Abroad - Charlie CHAPLIN
My Trip Abroad - Charlie CHAPLIN
- Author: Charlie CHAPLIN
- Genre: Travel & Geography / Memoirs
"A steak and kidney pie, influenza and a cablegram. There is the triple alliance that is responsible for the whole thing."So begins Charlie Chaplin's My Trip Abroad, a travel memoir charting the actor-director's semi-spontaneous visit to Europe....
Bible (KJV) 19: Psalm 133 - King James Version
Bible (KJV) 19: Psalm 133 - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different recordings of Psalm 133, to celebrate United Nations Day. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 22nd, 2006....
The Spy - Richard Harding Davis
The Spy - Richard Harding Davis
- Author: Richard Harding Davis
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Mr. Crosby is a high-ranking official known to be often entrusted with secret government missions. But when he finds himself in Valencia, that's entirely an accident and has nothing to do with any such mission at all. But his reputation does not...
A Voice From Harper's Ferry - Osborne Perry ANDERSON
A Voice From Harper's Ferry - Osborne Perry ANDERSON
- Author: Osborne Perry ANDERSON
- Genre: Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
A Voice from Harper's Ferry is the abolitionist testament of Osborne Perry Anderson, the only surviving black participant in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry organized by John Brown. The book details the motivations and preparations for the raid, the...
The Rover Boys on the Ocean - Arthur M. Winfield
The Rover Boys on the Ocean - Arthur M. Winfield
- Author: Arthur M. Winfield
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The hearty, all-American Rover Boys sail by yacht to Africa in search of their kidnapped father. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Three Ecumenical Creeds - Unknown
Three Ecumenical Creeds - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"Ecumenical creeds" is an umbrella term used in the western church to refer to the Nicene Creed, the Apostles' Creed, and the Athanasian Creed. The ecumenical creeds are also known as the universal creeds. These creeds are accepted by almost all...
The Magic of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
The Magic of Oz (version 2) - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is the second to last book in the OZ series that Baum actually wrote himself before he passed away. "A Faithful Record of the Remarkable Adventures of Dorothy and Trot and the Wizard of Oz, together with the Cowardly Lion, the Hungry Tiger and...
Birds and Nature, Vol. XI, No 1, January 1902 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. XI, No 1, January 1902 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
Miranda - Grace Livingston Hill
Miranda - Grace Livingston Hill
- Author: Grace Livingston Hill
- Genre: Christian Fiction
The third book in the Marcia Schuyler/Miranda trilogy, this story focuses on the irrepressible Miranda Griscom. She has repeatedly rejected a wealthy suitor's proposals of marriage. The townsfolk are puzzled: why would she give up such a chance? But...
Monday Tales - Alphonse DAUDET
Monday Tales - Alphonse DAUDET
- Author: Alphonse DAUDET
- Genre: Short Stories
This is a collection of short stories by Alphonse Daudet. The stories paint an incredibly vivid picture of life in continental Europe before the turn of the last century. The settings of the stories also take us all over France, Belgium, and...
Sylvie and Bruno - Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Published 1800 -1900
The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairytale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to...
