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The Story of the Greeks - H. A. GUERBER
The Story of the Greeks - H. A. GUERBER
- Author: H. A. GUERBER
- Genre: Short Stories
This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! - Summary by Ann Boulais...
Serenade - Oscar Wilde
Serenade - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Serenade by Oscar Wilde. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 20th, 2008....
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi) - Various
Causes Of The American Civil War: Secession Statements Of Five Confederate States (South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: War & Military / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
Some of the states who rebelled against the Federal Government in the American Civil War issued statements by nascent governing bodies explaining why they were attempting to leave. Here are the statements, published in 1860 and 1861, of South...
Scaramouche - Rafael Sabatini
Scaramouche - Rafael Sabatini
- Author: Rafael Sabatini
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution. His successive endeavors as a lawyer, politician, actor, lover, and buffoon lead his enemies to call him "Scaramouche" (also called...
The Perfect Wagnerite - George Bernard Shaw
The Perfect Wagnerite - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Music
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, by the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw. Shaw offered it to those enthusiastic...
The Demon of the Gibbet - Fitz-James O'BRIEN
The Demon of the Gibbet - Fitz-James O'BRIEN
- Author: Fitz-James O'BRIEN
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Demon of the Gibbet by Fitz-James O'Brien. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 10, 2013. Fitz James O'Brien was an Irish-born American writer, some of whose work is often considered...
Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke - Antonio Colmenero de LEDESMA
Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke - Antonio Colmenero de LEDESMA
- Author: Antonio Colmenero de LEDESMA
- Genre: Cooking
The Author sings the praises of Chocolate. "By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called _The New Disease_; Fluxes, Consumptions, & Coughs of the...
Dibdin’s Ghost - Eugene Field
Dibdin’s Ghost - Eugene Field
- Author: Eugene Field
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Dibdin’s Ghost by Eugene Field. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 30, 2012. This Fortnightly Poem is taken from An American Anthology, 1787–1900, edited by Edmund Clarence...
The Book of the National Parks - Robert Sterling YARD
The Book of the National Parks - Robert Sterling YARD
- Author: Robert Sterling YARD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Nature
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeton University and spent the first twenty years of his career in the editing and publishing business. In 1915,...
May Song - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
May Song - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / Literary Fiction
It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, It is generally regarded as Richardson's masterpiece. This is Volume six out of a series of nine Volumes. Letter 6 read by TriciaG, wib66, Timothy...
The Little White Bird - J. M. Barrie
The Little White Bird - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
"A children's book, sharp social commentary and sad psychological thriller about a man's search for a sense of belonging. All in one amazing and lyrical collection. This is the first book in which Peter Pan starts to appear. His adventure in...
First Communion Days - A SISTER OF NOTRE DAME
First Communion Days - A SISTER OF NOTRE DAME
- Author: A SISTER OF NOTRE DAME
- Genre: Religion
A collection of 12 true stories of young children during the time leading up to their First Holy Communion. Written by a Sister of Notre Dame, this is the companion volume to "True Stories For First Communicants" (Summary by Maria Therese)...
The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading) - Anonymous
The Trial of Oscar Wilde (Dramatic Reading) - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Law
In 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labor. This account of his two trials was compiled from the original shorthand court reports by an anonymous author. While a more complete account of the trial was...
Bible (ASV) NT 24: 2 John - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 24: 2 John - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The Second Epistle of John (normally just called 2nd John or 2 John) is a book of the Bible New Testament. It is the 63rd book of the Bible, and the shortest, weighing in at a mere 13 verses. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers - François FÉNELON
The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers - François FÉNELON
- Author: François FÉNELON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Ancient
François Fénelon became a priest in 1675, Archbishop of Paris in 1679, was spiritual advisor to Madame Guyon, and was appointed tutor to Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682-1712) by Louis XIV in 1689. He wrote Dialogues of the Dead, and The Lives of the...
The Story of Electricity - John MUNRO
The Story of Electricity - John MUNRO
- Author: John MUNRO
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Science
In the book's preface, the author writes: "Let anyone stop to consider how he individually would be affected if all electrical service were suddenly to cease, and he cannot fail to appreciate the claims of electricity to attentive study." In these...
Insomnia Collection Vol. 004 - Various
Insomnia Collection Vol. 004 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented will lull the busy mind to a...
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
“These papers were originally published as prefaces to the separate books of Dickens in one of the most extensive of those cheap libraries of the classics which are one of the real improvements of recent times. Thus they were harmless, being diluted...
Bible (KJV) NT 23-25: 1, 2, & 3 John - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 23-25: 1, 2, & 3 John - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Bibles / King James Version
The Authorized King James Version is an English translation by the Church of England of the Christian Bible begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. First printed by the King's Printer, Robert Barker, this was the third such official translation into...
The Prime Minister - Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
The Prime Minister is the fifth in Trollope's series of six Palliser novels. With Phineas' difficulties resolved, Trollope introduces new characters. A respectable young girl forsakes the man her family had always intended her to marry when she...
Another Study of Woman - Honoré de Balzac
Another Study of Woman - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: Literary Fiction
A series of tales -- told by men, of course -- about women. Though the book first appeared in 1842, Balzac later added to it as an addenfum a tale of 1831, La Grande Bretèche. That will be read later, keeping it separate to mirror the form of the...
A Song in Spring - Thomas S. JONES JR.
A Song in Spring - Thomas S. JONES JR.
- Author: Thomas S. JONES JR.
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Song in Spring by Thomas S. Jones, Jr. This was the weekly poetry project for March 15th, 2009....
Stories for God's Little Ones - Father John KOENIG
Stories for God's Little Ones - Father John KOENIG
- Author: Father John KOENIG
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short works
A charming collection of nine short stories for children with a moral weaved in each. These were originally published as separate booklets, under the series title "Stories for God's Little Ones". (Summary by Maria Therese)...
Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall - Annie Roe CARR
Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall - Annie Roe CARR
- Author: Annie Roe CARR
- Genre: Children's Fiction
The story of a young girl heading off to boarding school and the adventures that she has there. (Summary by Linda Ciano)...
An Account of Egypt by Herodotus - Herodotus
An Account of Egypt by Herodotus - Herodotus
- Author: Herodotus
- Genre: Travel & Geography
HERODOTUS was born at Halicarnassus, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, in the early part of the fifth century, B. C. Of his life we know almost nothing, except that he spent much of it traveling, to collect the material for his writings, and...
He Had His Dream
He Had His Dream
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of He Had His Dream by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 14, 2013. Paul Laurence Dunbar was the first African-American to gain national eminence as a poet. Born in 1872 in...
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 2 February 1899 - Various
Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 2 February 1899 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
The Passing of the Year - Robert W. Service
The Passing of the Year - Robert W. Service
- Author: Robert W. Service
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Passing of the Year by by Robert W. Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2011. Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the...
The South American Republics, Part I - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
The South American Republics, Part I - Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Author: Thomas Cleland DAWSON
- Genre: Early Modern / Modern (19th C)
The question most frequently asked me since I began my stay in South America has been: "Why do they have so many revolutions there?" Possibly the events recounted in the following pages may help the reader to answer this for himself. I hope that he...
Queen of the Black Coast - Robert E. Howard
Queen of the Black Coast - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Science Fiction
Conan finally meets his match in Belit, the fierce, bloodthirsty and scantily clad pirate Queen. She also is unable to resist the huge, blue eyed, iron thewed barbarian who literally sweeps her off her feet. Together they become pirates of legend...
The Olive Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
The Olive Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Andrew Lang’s Olive Fairy Book (1907) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was followed by many other collections of fairy tales, collectively known as Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books. (Summary...
Anne of Avonlea (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea (version 2) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
The second part in the story of Anne Shirley, covering her years of teaching at Avonlea School, before she heads off to college.Other books in this series by this reader: Anne of Green Gables Anne of the Island Anne's House of Dreams Rainbow Valley...
This Country of Ours, Part 2 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
This Country of Ours, Part 2 - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
- Genre: Reference / Early Modern
Another fine history book for children! Published in 1917, Marshall’s book of stories from the history of the United States begins with accounts of exploration and settlement, and ends with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. This is Part 2: Stories...
A Christmas Duet - Joseph ASHBY-STERRY
A Christmas Duet - Joseph ASHBY-STERRY
- Author: Joseph ASHBY-STERRY
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Joseph Ashby-Sterry was an English poet and novelist. He works include Boudoir Ballads, a collection of poetry, now out of print. This poem is taken from the 1888 edition of The Lazy Minstrel. - Summary by Wikipedia...
Short Story Collection Vol. 017 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 017 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 017: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Culture and Anarchy - Matthew Arnold
Culture and Anarchy - Matthew Arnold
- Author: Matthew Arnold
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Modern
Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book in 1869. The preface was added in 1875. Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High...
Pantheisticon - John TOLAND
Pantheisticon - John TOLAND
- Author: John TOLAND
- Genre: Early Modern / Other religions
Pantheisticon: or, the Form Of Celebrating the Socratic-Society. Divided into Three Parts. Which Contain, I. The Morals and Axioms of the Pantheists; or the Brotherhood. II. Their Deity and Philosophy. III. Their Liberty, and a Law, neither...
I Will Repay - Baroness Orczy
I Will Repay - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
This is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orczy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series and should be read after Sir Percy Leads the Band and before The Elusive Pimpernel.(Summary by Wikipedia)...
Anna Karenina, Book 5 - Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina, Book 5 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage to follow her heart and must endure the hypocrisies of society....
