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Therese Raquin - Émile Zola
Therese Raquin - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
An unsatisfied wife kills her weak husband in order to carry on a sordid affair with another man. However, her selfish plans are spoiled when her husband continues to haunt her. This is often said to be Zola's first great novel. (Summary by...
My Friend Annabel Lee - Mary MacLane
My Friend Annabel Lee - Mary MacLane
- Author: Mary MacLane
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Published in 1903, this selection of dialogues by Mary MacLane entails a mystery of wondering who she is speaking with. Is it the statue she describes at first? Is it an imaginary friend? Is it the author’s alter-ego? Or perhaps, is it a friend she...
The Children of the New Forest - Frederick MARRYAT
The Children of the New Forest - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical Fiction
The children of Colonel Beverley, a Cavalier officer killed at the Battle of Naseby are believed to have died in the flames when their house, Arnwood, is burned by Roundhead soldiers. However, they escape and are raised by Joseph Armitage, a...
Phantoms of Reality - Ray Cummings
Phantoms of Reality - Ray Cummings
- Author: Ray Cummings
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
Red Sensua's knife came up dripping—and the two adventurers knew that chaos and bloody revolution had been unleashed in that shadowy kingdom of the fourth dimension. (Summary by Ray Cummings)...
The Underground Railroad, Part 4 - William Still
The Underground Railroad, Part 4 - William Still
- Author: William Still
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (19th C)
"The work is intensely interesting. Many of the narratives thrill the reader through and through. Some of them awaken an indignation, a horror, or a sense of humiliation and shame that makes the blood curdle or the cheek flush, or the breathing...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: War & Military / History / Christianity - Other
This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. The scarlet...
Days Too Short - William Henry Davies
Days Too Short - William Henry Davies
- Author: William Henry Davies
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Days Too Short by William H. Davies. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 3, 2011....
Letters from England, 1846-1849 - Elizabeth Davis BANCROFT
Letters from England, 1846-1849 - Elizabeth Davis BANCROFT
- Author: Elizabeth Davis BANCROFT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Elizabeth Bancroft went to England with her husband, historian George Bancroft, for three of the most dynamicy years in European hstory. As Ambassador to England from the United States, George moved in the highest circles. In his wife's letters to...
The Flirt - Booth Tarkington
The Flirt - Booth Tarkington
- Author: Booth Tarkington
- Genre: Romance / Published 1900 onward
Laura and Cora Madison and their younger brother Hedrick live with their parents in a Midwestern American town that is fairly bursting with Cora’s discarded and would-be beaus. Her flirtatiousness annoys the tempestuous Hedrick but not the reserved...
Short Poetry Collection 021 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 021 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 021: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park - James W. SCHULTZ
Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park - James W. SCHULTZ
- Author: James W. SCHULTZ
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Westerns
James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was a noted author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfoot Indians. Schultz is most noted for his prolific stories about Blackfoot life and his contributions...
Hero Tales from American History (version 2) - Theodore Roosevelt
Hero Tales from American History (version 2) - Theodore Roosevelt
- Author: Theodore Roosevelt
- Genre: General / History
The purpose of this book "is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved their truth by their endeavor; and who joined to the stern and manly qualities which are essential to...
The Children's Shakespeare - E. Nesbit
The Children's Shakespeare - E. Nesbit
- Author: E. Nesbit
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General
This children's book retells twelve of Shakespeare's most popular plays as stories for children. Each of the plays are rewritten as short stories or fairy tales suitable to keep the attention of child readers or listeners. The introduction of the...
The Red Dust - Murray Leinster
The Red Dust - Murray Leinster
- Author: Murray Leinster
- Genre: Science Fiction
You who have read "The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster, will welcome the sequel to that story. The world, in a far distant future, is peopled with huge insects and titanic fungus growths. Life has been greatly altered, and tiny Man is now in the...
That House I Bought; A Little Leaf From Life - Henry Edward WARNER
That House I Bought; A Little Leaf From Life - Henry Edward WARNER
- Author: Henry Edward WARNER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This is a whimsical, entertaining, tongue in cheek narrative of the author’s purchase of a house, circa 1911. - Summary by david wales...
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Jane ADDAMS
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets - Jane ADDAMS
- Author: Jane ADDAMS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
Much of the material in the following pages has appeared in current publications. It is here presented in book form in the hope that it may prove of value to those groups of people who in many cities are making a gallant effort to minimize the...
The Fringes Of The Fleet - Rudyard Kipling
The Fringes Of The Fleet - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: War & Military
During the war (WWI), [Kipling] wrote a booklet The Fringes of the Fleet containing essays and poems on various nautical subjects of the war. Some of the poems were set to music by English composer Edward Elgar. - Summary by wikipedia...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This is volume 4 chapter 21 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resume of the history of England up until the Stuart kings and then starts to delve into a little more detail....
Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball - William Hanford EDWARDS
Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball - William Hanford EDWARDS
- Author: William Hanford EDWARDS
- Genre: Modern (20th C)
A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America.(summary by Ian Hatley)...
The Game of Life and How to Play It - Florence Scovel SHINN
The Game of Life and How to Play It - Florence Scovel SHINN
- Author: Florence Scovel SHINN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Florence Scovel Shinn, an illustrator living in New York City, became a teacher of New Thought after a divorce. New Thought was a movement which holds the belief that individuals can create their own reality through intentional thoughts and prayer,...
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner - George-Günther von FORSTNER
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner - George-Günther von FORSTNER
- Author: George-Günther von FORSTNER
- Genre: Memoirs
The Journal of Submarine Commander Von Forstner is a graphic account of WWI submarine warfare. Forstner was the commander of German U-boat U-28. His journal, first published 1916, gives a gritty picture of daily life inside a submarine and details...
Little Lord Fauntleroy - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Little Lord Fauntleroy is a sentimental children's novel by American (English-born) author Frances Hodgson Burnett, serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1885. It was a runaway hit for the magazine and was separately published in 1886. The book was...
Dream Days - Kenneth Grahame
Dream Days - Kenneth Grahame
- Author: Kenneth Grahame
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Dream Days is a collection of children's fiction and reminiscences of childhood written by Kenneth Grahame. A sequel to Grahame's 1895 collection The Golden Age (some of its selections feature the same family of five children), Dream Days was first...
The Seats of The Mighty - Gilbert Parker
The Seats of The Mighty - Gilbert Parker
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Genre: Plays
For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain rises soon after General Braddock's defeat in Virginia, and the hero, a prisoner in Quebec, curiously...
Miss or Mrs.? - Wilkie Collins
Miss or Mrs.? - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Romance
Natalie Graybrooke is in love with her cousin Launcelot Linzie, but engaged to Mr. Turlington, an older man who covets her fortune and whom she detests. Turlington is the executor of Natalie's father's estate. When Natalie secretly marries her...
Upon His Mistress Dancing - James SHIRLEY
Upon His Mistress Dancing - James SHIRLEY
- Author: James SHIRLEY
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Upon His Mistress Dancing by James Shirley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January, 15, 2012. James Shirley (sometimes spelt Sherley) was a prolific English playwright and poet who was active in...
Short Poetry Collection 067 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 067 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 067: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers....
The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud
The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis - Sigmund Freud
- Author: Sigmund Freud
- Genre: Medical
A series of lectures given in the USA by Freud in German, later translated into English - Summary by Peter Tucker...
Teddy's Button - Amy LE FEUVRE
Teddy's Button - Amy LE FEUVRE
- Author: Amy LE FEUVRE
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield and guards his button jealously. But this brings contention and strife when a new girl comes to town. Teddy begins to learn what it means to be a soldier under...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
A Silent Witness - R. Austin Freeman
A Silent Witness - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the night. However, when he returns to the spot with a police officer, the corpse has disappeared. And this is just...
In the Line of Battle - Walter WOOD
In the Line of Battle - Walter WOOD
- Author: Walter WOOD
- Genre: War & Military
“A COLLECTION OF absolutely authentic accounts by privates and non-commissioned officers.... We see a great simplicity and directness of observation and recital, so admirable that one page of such writing is worth all the folios of the war experts...
The Miracles of Our Lord - George MacDonald
The Miracles of Our Lord - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Actions, it is often said, speak louder than words. But in the life of Christ - as George MacDonald shows - both spoke with an equal volume. Much attention is often devoted to what Jesus said while He was on earth, but many in our modern age are...
The Students’ Roman Empire part 2, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.-180 A.D.) - John Bagnell BURY
The Students’ Roman Empire part 2, A History of the Roman Empire from Its Foundation to the Death of Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.-180 A.D.) - John Bagnell BURY
- Author: John Bagnell BURY
- Genre: Antiquity
The writings of J. B. Bury, on subjects ranging from ancient Greece to the 19th-century papacy, are at once scholarly and accessible to the layman. This work covers the period from the beginning of the Roman Empire until Gibbon begins; from Augustus...
Short Poetry Collection 090 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 090 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of August 2010....
The Adventures of Ulysses - Charles Lamb
The Adventures of Ulysses - Charles Lamb
- Author: Charles Lamb
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Lamb used Homer's Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses's journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not a direct translation and deemed modern in its time, Lamb states in the preface that, "I have gained a...
Les Misérables Vol. 3 - Victor HUGO
Les Misérables Vol. 3 - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
This is book 3 of 5. -- An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people up. Hooray. (Summary by...
The Rangeland Avenger - Max Brand
The Rangeland Avenger - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Westerns
If you enjoy a fast moving western dealing with vengeance and well-deserved payback, you'll like The Rangeland Avenger by Max Brand. A soft spoken but ruthless gunman cuts a path of deadly payback across the Wild West in this exciting adventure....
A Sweet Little Maid - Amy Ella BLANCHARD
A Sweet Little Maid - Amy Ella BLANCHARD
- Author: Amy Ella BLANCHARD
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Dimple, the nine-year-old little girl is accustomed to being always the first. She has Bubbles, a little coloured girl as playmate and servant. One day Dimple’s cousin, Florence comes to visit her and they have a wonderful time together. But then...
