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Mary Queen of Scots - Jacob Abbott
Mary Queen of Scots - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: General / Biography & Autobiography
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels desirous of informing himself of the leading outlines of their history, that he may know, in brief, what it...
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 8 - Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 8 - Agnes Strickland
- Author: Agnes Strickland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
Australia Felix - Henry Handel RICHARDSON
Australia Felix - Henry Handel RICHARDSON
- Author: Henry Handel RICHARDSON
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The story of Richard Mahony, a doctor trained in Edinburgh who comes to Ballarat in the gold rush of the 1850s. At first he runs a shop but later he marries and returns to medical practice. His story is interwoven with that of his wife's brothers...
Le Petit Nord - Anne MacLanahan GRENFELL
Le Petit Nord - Anne MacLanahan GRENFELL
- Author: Anne MacLanahan GRENFELL
- Genre: Memoirs
A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at the orphanage in St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. (Summary by Sean Michael Hogan)...
Short Poetry Collection 014 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 014 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 014: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
In Vino Veritas, from Stages on Life’s Way - Soren KIERKEGAARD
In Vino Veritas, from Stages on Life’s Way - Soren KIERKEGAARD
- Author: Soren KIERKEGAARD
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Psychology
In Vino Veritas is one section of Kierkegaard's Stages on Life's Way, originally published in 1845. In a conscious reference to Plato's Symposium, it is determined that each participant must give a speech, and that their topic shall be love. Lee M....
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Slave In The Dismal Swamp - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This little poem, with it's masterful choice of heavy-laden words, and great alliteration that sounds like a drumbeat, or a heartbeat, and rolls off the tongue, conveys much horror in a very few words. Longfellow wrote poetry like John Singer...
The Sorcery Club - Elliott O'DONNELL
The Sorcery Club - Elliott O'DONNELL
- Author: Elliott O'DONNELL
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Leon Hamar and his friends were out-of-work and starving in San Francisco after the firm they worked for went out of business. Leon acquired a strange book and some cash in a trade for his watch-chain, one of his last posessions. He hated books and...
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1b - Jefferson DAVIS
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1b - Jefferson DAVIS
- Author: Jefferson DAVIS
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) is written by Jefferson Davis, former President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Davis wrote the book as a straightforward history of the Confederate States of...
The Tale of Freddie Firefly - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Freddie Firefly - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
He was able to draw a deep breath again as they reached the field of red clover, where Peppery Polly Bumblebee settled quickly upon a clover-top and began sucking up the sweet nectar with her long tongue. For some time she worked busily without...
The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber - St. George Henry Rathborne
The Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber - St. George Henry Rathborne
- Author: St. George Henry Rathborne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Silver Fox Patrol is out in the Rocky Mountains, camping in the Big Timber. Many adventures await these boys, including a dunking in the river, an adventure involving a grizzly bear, and the appearance of some timber cruisers up to no good....
Stories From God's Holy Book - Josephine LOONEY
Stories From God's Holy Book - Josephine LOONEY
- Author: Josephine LOONEY
- Genre: Religion
A collection of simple Bible history stories for children in the younger grades. Beginning with Creation and ending with Pentecost, this book is written in a style that is easy for little ones to understand. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 8: Great Rulers - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 8: Great Rulers - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: History / Political Science
Volume 8 of the Beacon Lights of History focuses on the great rulers of the ages. In this work, Lord discusses Alfred the Great, Queen Elizabeth, Henry of Navarre, Gustavus Adolphus, Richelieu, Cromwell, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Peter the Great and...
The King in Yellow (part 2) - Robert W. Chambers
The King in Yellow (part 2) - Robert W. Chambers
- Author: Robert W. Chambers
- Genre: Short Stories
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Shortly after returning to America, he became popular as the writer of a number of romantic novels; he is now best known as the author of “The King In Yellow”,...
Can You Forgive Her? - Anthony Trollope
Can You Forgive Her? - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Historical Fiction
“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introduces the reader to Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser, as they court, marry, and as Plantagenet sets out on his...
Blackthorn Farm - Arthur APPLIN
Blackthorn Farm - Arthur APPLIN
- Author: Arthur APPLIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
But he was afraid. He had failed twice already. He could not afford to fail a third time. If he failed ruin faced him, and disgrace. His father had warned him that the money he had saved for his education had come to an end. Ruin for his father and...
The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM
The Columbian Orator - Caleb BINGHAM
- Author: Caleb BINGHAM
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Writing & Linguistics / Short non-fiction
The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolrooms in the first quarter of the 19th century to teach reading and speaking. Typical of many readers of that...
True Stories for First Communicants - A SISTER OF NOTRE DAME
True Stories for First Communicants - A SISTER OF NOTRE DAME
- Author: A SISTER OF NOTRE DAME
- Genre: Religion
A charming collection of 12 true, simple stories of real life little boys and girls, written for little ones preparing for their First Holy Communion. (Summary by Maria Therese)...
History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 4 - Henry Charles Lea
History of the Inquisition of Spain, Vol. 4 - Henry Charles Lea
- Author: Henry Charles Lea
- Genre: History / Christianity - Other
The fourth and final volume of Lea's monumental work on the Spanish Inquisition. This volume discusses how the Inquisition dealt with mysticism, solicitation of illicit relationships, bigamy, theological propositions, witchcraft and sorcery,...
The Blue Bird for Children - Maurice MAETERLINCK
The Blue Bird for Children - Maurice MAETERLINCK
- Author: Maurice MAETERLINCK
- Genre: Children's Fiction
One of the strongest pieces of imaginative writing for children that the past decade has produced and one of the most delicate and beautiful of all times, is "The Blue Bird," by Maurice Maeterlinck, written as a play, and very successfully produced...
My Lady April - Ernest DOWSON
My Lady April - Ernest DOWSON
- Author: Ernest DOWSON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Ernest Christopher Dowson was an English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement. - Summary by Wikipedia...
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor - Annie Fellows Johnston
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Family / General
The Little Kentucky "Colonel," so much of a favorite with young readers, has reached the age for interest in other people's love affairs. The main action of this new page of happenings in the life of Lloyd Sherman centers about a southern wedding,...
A Song To Eleonora Duse In "Francesca da Rimini " - Sara Teasdale
A Song To Eleonora Duse In "Francesca da Rimini " - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. She was born Sara Trevor Teasdale in St. Louis, Missouri, and used the name Sara Teasdale Filsinger after her marriage in 1914.Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper, in...
The Naval War of 1812 - Theodore Roosevelt
The Naval War of 1812 - Theodore Roosevelt
- Author: Theodore Roosevelt
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidely American perspective. Completed by the author as a young man at age 24. After 120 years, it remains a standard study of the...
The Desert - Mathilde BLIND
The Desert - Mathilde BLIND
- Author: Mathilde BLIND
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Desert by Mathilde Blind. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010....
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II - Lucy Aikin
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volumes I & II - Lucy Aikin
- Author: Lucy Aikin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Memoirs of Queen Elizabeth from a variety of sources within the monarch's court, compiled and interpreted by Lucy Aikin. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
The Prince (Version 2) - Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince (Version 2) - Niccolò Machiavelli
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Political Science
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe) is a political treatise by the Italian diplomat, historian and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that ends of princes, such as glory, and...
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 - John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 - John Calvin
- Author: John Calvin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Institutes of the Christian Religion is John Calvin's seminal work on Protestant systematic theology. Highly influential in the Western world and still widely read by theological students today, it was published in Latin in 1536 and in his native...
Short Poetry Collection 196 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 196 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019....
Bertram Cope's Year - Henry Blake FULLER
Bertram Cope's Year - Henry Blake FULLER
- Author: Henry Blake FULLER
- Genre: General Fiction
This novel was perhaps the most daring and affirmative LGBT literature of the first two decades of the 20th century in America. In this story, Bertram Cope is a young college instructor, about twenty-four years old ("certainly not a day over...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Nature
A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently selected by the readers, and the topics encompass history, politics, medicine, nature and religion....
The Mary Frances Story Book - Jane Eayre FRYER
The Mary Frances Story Book - Jane Eayre FRYER
- Author: Jane Eayre FRYER
- Genre: Short works
The Mary Frances Story Book is different from the other Mary Frances Books. They are part lessons and part story; they teach something about cooking and sewing, knitting and crocheting, housekeeping and gardening, and first-aid—and tell a story,...
The Story of Geronimo - Jim Kjelgaard
The Story of Geronimo - Jim Kjelgaard
- Author: Jim Kjelgaard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. "Geronimo" was the name given to him...
Alcestis (Way Translation) - Euripides
Alcestis (Way Translation) - Euripides
- Author: Euripides
- Genre: Tragedy
Alcestis, queen of Pherae, is one of the noblest heroines in all of Greek drama. Her husband Admetus is the supposedly virtuous king of Pherae who wins the friendship of the god Apollo. Apollo tricks the Eumenides into an agreement that when the...
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures - Arabella B. Buckley
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures - Arabella B. Buckley
- Author: Arabella B. Buckley
- Genre: Science
"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. It travels over a wide field, pointing out a few of the marvellous facts which can be studied and enjoyed by the...
The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna - James Fenimore Cooper
The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna - James Fenimore Cooper
- Author: James Fenimore Cooper
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
The Pioneers: The Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale is one of the Leatherstocking Tales, a series of five novels by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The Pioneers was first of these books to be published (1823), but the period of...
The Sword Maker - Robert BARR
The Sword Maker - Robert BARR
- Author: Robert BARR
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizenry. The one thing Frankfort does have is the best three sword-makers in the country, who form a guild to try...
Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris - Henry Gréville
Bonne-Marie, a Tale of Normandy and Paris - Henry Gréville
- Author: Henry Gréville
- Genre: Romance
Bonne-Marie, Henry Gréville’s last work, will no doubt create a sensation, such is its freshness, beauty, and delicacy. It is the story of a young girl, the daughter of a smuggler in Normandy, on the coast of France. Having been educated in a...
Bunyip Land - George Manville Fenn
Bunyip Land - George Manville Fenn
- Author: George Manville Fenn
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
Joe Carstairs is a boy on a farm in Australia. His father is a keen naturalist who, some years before had set off for New Guinea in search of specimens, and never been heard of again. Joe is old enough to mount a search expedition, and takes with...
A Room with a View (version 2) - E. M. Forster
A Room with a View (version 2) - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
The 1908 novel A Room With a View is the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young English girl traveling to Italy for the first time. While staying in Florence, Lucy meets the unconventional George Emerson, with whom she shares a single passionate kiss,...
