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The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum) - Pierre Abélard
The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum) - Pierre Abélard
- Author: Pierre Abélard
- Genre: Memoirs
Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, as of course doesthe very concept of Self. Peter Abelard, the medieval philosopher and composer, here gives a...
Richard Cory - Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
Richard Cory - Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
- Author: Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here, the eponymous Richard Cory with all his wealth and charm is viewed entirely from the outside. Indeed as the...
The Dawn of All - Robert Hugh Benson
The Dawn of All - Robert Hugh Benson
- Author: Robert Hugh Benson
- Genre: Religious Fiction / Science Fiction
In a former book, called "Lord of the World," I attempted to sketch the kind of developments a hundred years hence which, I thought, might reasonably be expected if the present lines of what is called "modern thought" were only prolonged far enough;...
Queer Little Folks - Harriet Beecher Stowe
Queer Little Folks - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: Animals & Nature
A wonderful children's classic - a collection of moral stories told by animals in the woods. The wittily written stories explore various issues in a fun way. - Summary by Claire Schreuder...
Twice Bought - R. M. Ballantyne
Twice Bought - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This story is set in the gold fields of Oregon, where Tom Brixton, and his best friend, Fred Westly, are digging gold to try to “make their pile”. Before leaving England, the steady and God-fearing Fred had promised Tom's mother that he would do his...
The Junior Classics Volume 4: Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry - William PATTEN
The Junior Classics Volume 4: Heroes and Heroines of Chivalry - William PATTEN
- Author: William PATTEN
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, stories, and poems, both ancient and modern, suitable for boys and girls of from six to sixteen years of age,...
It's a Good Old World - Bruce BARTON
It's a Good Old World - Bruce BARTON
- Author: Bruce BARTON
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, religion and current events of the 1920s to teach common sense ideals. From Jesus to Beethoven to Napoleon to...
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs - Sarah Tyson Heston RORER
Many Ways for Cooking Eggs - Sarah Tyson Heston RORER
- Author: Sarah Tyson Heston RORER
- Genre: Cooking
Eggs are incredible versatile, there are so many ways to cook and season eggs, and they make a great meal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. In this volume, Ms Rorer has collected a large number of recipes for eggs, which will be just as interesting...
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 06. June 1896 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - 06. June 1896 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles: The Seine, the Meuse, and the Moselle, by William M. Davis Across the Gulf by rail to Key West, by Jefferson B. Browne A geographical...
Short Story Collection Vol. 021 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 021 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
Librivox’s Short Story Collection Vol.021: A collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Pretty Sister Of José - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Pretty Sister Of José - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Romance / Published 1800 -1900
Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popular and respected, our gentle, but fiercely independent heroine immediately grows cruel and cold to any suitor...
The Ball and the Cross - G. K. Chesterton
The Ball and the Cross - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Religious Fiction
The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, farce and theology." Gardner continues: "Evan MacIan is a tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed Scottish Highlander and a...
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The Wind in the Rose-Bush, and Other Stories of the Supernatural - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Author: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This is a collection of short stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. The stories all have different topics, there are mysterious deaths, haunted houses, ghosts, moving shadows, and all other ingredients which make for a good ghost story. - Summary by...
Mary Tudor - Victor HUGO
Mary Tudor - Victor HUGO
- Author: Victor HUGO
- Genre: Drama
If Queen Mary I of England wants something, you'd better not try and stop her, or else you might soon find yourself without a head! When this hot-headed young Royal's new favourite courtier, an Italian gentleman named Fabiano Fabiani who has already...
The Scouts of Stonewall - Joseph A. Altsheler
The Scouts of Stonewall - Joseph A. Altsheler
- Author: Joseph A. Altsheler
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenandoah Valley. He has attracted the notice of the great General Stonewall Jackson after his regiment, the...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Jessie Braham WHITE
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Jessie Braham WHITE
- Author: Jessie Braham WHITE
- Genre: Plays / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The classic story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs, now in play form! The play was adapted by Jessie Braham White (the pen name of Winthrop Ames), from the Grimm tale. - Summary by RachelCast List: Narrator: Zach K. Princess Snow White: Kristin...
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - William Walker Atkinson
Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. Atkinson was a prolific writer, and his many books achieved...
The Wind in the Willows (version 5) - Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows (version 5) - Kenneth Grahame
- Author: Kenneth Grahame
- Genre: Animals & Nature
A children's classic, this is the story of Rat and Mole, who have many adventures both on and off their beloved river, with their friends Toad and Badger. This version has been read in a whisper and is perfect for night-time listening in a quiet...
The Tale of Muley Cow - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Muley Cow - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature / Family
This series of Tuck Me In Tales and Slumber Town Tales of animal stories for children from three to eight years, tells of the adventures of the four-footed creatures of Pleasant Valley in an amusing way, which delights small two-footed human beings....
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 5 dramatic reading) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 5 dramatic reading) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Fantasy Fiction
This classic tale by Lewis Carroll has delighted children for generations. Alice falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a wide variety of strange and wonderful creatures in all manner of bizarre situations. Join Alice as she journeys through...
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with The Three Musketeers, as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like...
Clarimonde (or La Morte Amoreuse) - Théophile Gautier
Clarimonde (or La Morte Amoreuse) - Théophile Gautier
- Author: Théophile Gautier
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Romance
This is the story of a priest named Romauld, and his all-consuming love for the beautiful courtesan, Clarimonde. (Summary by Joy Chan)...
Short Poetry Collection 049 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 049 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 049: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
A Bill of Divorcement - Clemence DANE
A Bill of Divorcement - Clemence DANE
- Author: Clemence DANE
- Genre: Tragedy
A Bill of Divorcement describes a day in the lives of a middle-aged British woman named Margaret "Meg" Fairfield, her daughter Sydney, Sydney's fiancé Kit Humphreys, Meg's fiancé Gray Meredith, and Meg's husband Hilary, who escapes after spending...
Food Preparedness - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
Food Preparedness - Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Author: Dr. Albert Philip Sy
- Genre: Self-Help / Cooking
A short pamphlet from WWI, first describing basic nutrition, then discussing what foods may be substituted during food shortages without loss of nutrition. "The last few months have more and more impressed upon Americans the need of preparedness in...
My First Summer in the Sierra - John Muir
My First Summer in the Sierra - John Muir
- Author: John Muir
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Nature
The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake and the Yosemite Valley, Muir was awestruck by everything he saw. The antics of the smallest “insect people”...
A Changed Man And Other Tales - Thomas Hardy
A Changed Man And Other Tales - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Short Stories / Published 1900 onward
Eleven short stories. - Summary by david wales...
Caleb Williams or Things As They Are - William GODWIN
Caleb Williams or Things As They Are - William GODWIN
- Author: William GODWIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, a poor but ambitious young man that Falkland hires as his personal secretary. Caleb accidentally discovers a...
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Nicholas is forced to unwelcome employment to help secure support for his widowed mother and his sister from...
Cornhuskers - Carl Sandburg
Cornhuskers - Carl Sandburg
- Author: Carl Sandburg
- Genre: Poetry
Carl Sandburg's collection of 103 poems that earned a Pulitzer Prize Special Letters Award in 1919....
Canadian Wonder Tales - Cyrus Macmillan
Canadian Wonder Tales - Cyrus Macmillan
- Author: Cyrus Macmillan
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
This is a collection of folk tales originating in Canada, some from aboriginal oral tradition and others due to early French, Scottish, Irish and British colonists. They are presented as "fables" though many are without obvious moral. (Summary by...
The Cathedral - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
The Cathedral - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: Christian Fiction
It is the third of Huysmans' books to feature the character Durtal, a thinly disguised portrait of the author. He had already featured the character of Durtal in Là-bas and En route, which recounted his conversion to Catholicism.La Cathédrale...
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
- Author: George Eliot
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
The novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the river Floss near the village of St. Oggs, evidently in the 1820’s, after the Napoleonic Wars but prior to the first Reform Bill (1832). The novel spans a...
Farthest North, Volume II - Fridtjof NANSEN
Farthest North, Volume II - Fridtjof NANSEN
- Author: Fridtjof NANSEN
- Genre: Exploration
Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship "Fram", 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen / by Fridtjof Nansen ; with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup (Summary by Fridtjof Nansen)...
New Adventures of Alice (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
New Adventures of Alice (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book, John Rae began imagining what that girl would have gotten up to if he had done so. Telling these stories to...
Theodoric the Goth - Thomas HODGKIN
Theodoric the Goth - Thomas HODGKIN
- Author: Thomas HODGKIN
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Antiquity
Theodoric the Great (~454-526) was king of the Ostrogoths during the time of the terminal decline of the Western Roman Empire. After wandering with his people through the Balkans, at times allied with the Eastern Empire, and at others, its enemy, he...
The Corner House - Fred M. WHITE
The Corner House - Fred M. WHITE
- Author: Fred M. WHITE
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A deserted house with a troubled past. A mysterious countess who captivates everyone with her wealth and beauty -- well, almost everyone. An equally mysterious derelict who holds a secret to the countess's past. A fresh crime that threatens to ruin...
The Oscar Wilde Calendar - Oscar Wilde
The Oscar Wilde Calendar - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Humor
A compendium of Oscar Wilde's wit, including some of his most famous epigrams as well as unpublished quotations supplied by his friends. The book is formatted as a calendar, with one saying for each day of the year, and was edited by Wildean...
Clinical Medicine For Nurses - Paul H. RINGER
Clinical Medicine For Nurses - Paul H. RINGER
- Author: Paul H. RINGER
- Genre: Medical
The basics of clinical medicine for nurses in WWI-era America from a series of lectures by the author, an Asheville, NC physician. - Summary by BellonaTimes...
I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood
I Remember, I Remember - Thomas Hood
- Author: Thomas Hood
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
"There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill health; and one circumstance of moment—a commercial failure, and consequent expatriation. Beyond this, little...
