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Lyrical Ballads (1798) - William Wordsworth
Lyrical Ballads (1798) - William Wordsworth
- Author: William Wordsworth
- Genre: Poetry
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems is a collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. The...
Rangy Pete - Guy MORTON
Rangy Pete - Guy MORTON
- Author: Guy MORTON
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
Canadian novelist Guy Morton's Rangy Pete is one of a trio of westerns he wrote in the 1920s (the other two being Black Gold and Wards of the Azure Hills). In this one, the Gary Cooper-esque title character, Rangy Pete, goes up against the...
Ayesha, the Return of She - H. Rider Haggard
Ayesha, the Return of She - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Ayesha, the return of She, is set 16 years after the previous novel She. Horace Holly and Leo Vincey have spent the years travelling the world looking for Ayesha, along the way they experience many adventures, including avalanches, glaciers and even...
The White Linen Nurse - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
The White Linen Nurse - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
The White Linen Nurse is a hysterical story of an exhausted nurse who comes to regret her profession and then somehow finds herself caring for the invalid daughter of the Senior Surgeon. The unexpected events which lead her there and also those...
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 4: Chemistry - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 4: Chemistry - Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Author: Francis ROLT-WHEELER
- Genre: Chemistry
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The fourth volume is on Chemistry written by William Allan Hamor. It discusses the development of chemical knowledge, from the ancients to modern times. It expanded further on the early...
Eryxias - Plato
Eryxias - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Business & Economics / Ancient
Eryxias (ΕΡΥΞΙΑΣ) may not have been written by Plato (ΠΛΑΤΩΝ). The dialogue discusses whether wealth has value and what the aim of philosophy should be. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)...
Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome
Second Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome
- Author: Jerome K. Jerome
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
A second volume of humorous essays on various subjects, following the success of Idle thoughts Of An Idle Fellow. (Summary by Chris Garbett)...
The Enormous Room - E. E. CUMMINGS
The Enormous Room - E. E. CUMMINGS
- Author: E. E. CUMMINGS
- Genre: Memoirs
"For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost; and is found." He was lost by the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps. He was officially dead as a result of official misinformation. He was entombed by the French Government. It took the better...
Mary Louise in the Country - L. Frank Baum
Mary Louise in the Country - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Bluebird Books is a series of novels popular with teenage girls in the 1910s and 1920s. The series was begun by L. Frank Baum using his Edith Van Dyne pseudonym, then continued by at least three others, all using the same pseudonym. Baum wrote...
Insurgent Mexico - John REED
Insurgent Mexico - John REED
- Author: John REED
- Genre: History / Memoirs / Modern (20th C)
In the autumn of 1913 John Reed was sent to Mexico by the Metropolitan Magazine to report the Mexican Revolution. He shared the perils of Pancho Villa's army for four months, present with Villa's Constitutional Army when it defeated Federal forces...
The Communist Manifesto - Friedrich Engels
The Communist Manifesto - Friedrich Engels
- Author: Friedrich Engels
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Psychology
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists. The Manifesto also predicted the ultimate downfall of the capitalist system. (Summary written by Gesine)A...
Poems & Parodies - Tom KETTLE
Poems & Parodies - Tom KETTLE
- Author: Tom KETTLE
- Genre: Poetry
Tom Kettle was an Irish economist, journalist, barrister, writer, poet, soldier and Home Rule politician. All these varied interests helped him compose beautiful and very witty poetry, until his death at the Western Front in World War I. This volume...
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 - Various
The Best British Short Stories of 1922 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales) Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on Dec 30, 2014 with the full text....
Married Love - Marie STOPES
Married Love - Marie STOPES
- Author: Marie STOPES
- Genre: Erotica / Romance / *Non-fiction
"Married Love" is one of the most famous 'sex education' manuals. First published in 1918, it sold tens of thousands of copies, and was one of the first publications to openly discuss issues such as variations in male and female sexual desire in a...
The Joyful Widower - Robert BURNS
The Joyful Widower - Robert BURNS
- Author: Robert BURNS
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Joyful Widower by Robert Burns. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 23, 2019. ------ Most of this song is by Burns: his fancy was fierce with images of matrimonial joy or infelicity, and he...
The Princess and Curdie - George MacDonald
The Princess and Curdie - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Princess and Curdie is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. It's been a year since the Princess Irene and Curdie first met, and a year since the goblin incident and all appears to be going well in the Kingdom. Or is it?...
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis - Melvin POWERS
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis - Melvin POWERS
- Author: Melvin POWERS
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology / Self-Help
Summary from A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis:This book is written in terms that are comprehensible to the layman. The step-by-step instructions should afford the reader a means of acquiring self-hypnosis. The necessary material is here. The...
Mr. Wicker's Window (Version 2) - Carley DAWSON
Mr. Wicker's Window (Version 2) - Carley DAWSON
- Author: Carley DAWSON
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical Fiction
When Christopher Mason walked into Mr. Wicker's antique shop, he had no idea he would soon be embarking on a marvellous journey to China to find a wonderful tree made of jewels. He had no idea that Mr. Wicker was a magician and could travel through...
The Riot Act - PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
The Riot Act - PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
- Author: PARLIAMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN
- Genre: Law
The Riot Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1714, the first year of the reign of George I, and came into effect in August 1715. This was a time of widespread social disturbance, as the preamble describes; the Act sought to put an end to...
A Scrawl - James Whitcomb Riley
A Scrawl - James Whitcomb Riley
- Author: James Whitcomb Riley
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, born in the town of Greenfield, Indiana. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet" and "Children's Poet" for his dialect works and his children's poetry...
The Heel of Achilles - E. M. Delafield
The Heel of Achilles - E. M. Delafield
- Author: E. M. Delafield
- Genre: Family Life
After a difficult childhood, Lydia Raymond, a lower middle class girl, decides to explore her own individuality and climbs the social ladder. Yet, like everything in life, this has a price. This book tells about her childhood, her quest to find...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2) - Mark Twain
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The work is a very early example of time travel in literature, anticipating by six years H. G. Wells' The Time Machine of 1895 (however, unlike...
And So They Were Married - Florence Morse Kingsley
And So They Were Married - Florence Morse Kingsley
- Author: Florence Morse Kingsley
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
This is the story of Elizabeth North, a young woman who becomes engaged and with the aid of a social climbing friend begins to plan her wedding beyond what she can afford. Her friend Evelyn Tripp convinces Elizabeth that she “simply can’t afford”...
While Gazing on the Moon's Light - Thomas Moore
While Gazing on the Moon's Light - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of While Gazing on the Moon's Light by Thomas Moore. This was the weekly poetry project for May 10th, 2009....
Seven Little Australians - Ethel TURNER
Seven Little Australians - Ethel TURNER
- Author: Ethel TURNER
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This is the story of seven incorrigible children living near Sydney in the 1880’s with their military-man father, and a stepmother who is scarcely older than the oldest child of the family. A favourite amongst generations of children for over a...
Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded - Edward L. Wheeler
Deadwood Dick Jr. Branded - Edward L. Wheeler
- Author: Edward L. Wheeler
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Westerns
"Deadwood Dick", the straight shooting, hard riding hero of the dime novel series "Deadwood Dick" takes on train robbers and other villans in this rip-snotrin', tale of the old west. Deadwood Dick has made his way through many dangerous escades...
The Fall River Tragedy - Edwin H. PORTER
The Fall River Tragedy - Edwin H. PORTER
- Author: Edwin H. PORTER
- Genre: True Crime
The story of how Lizzie Borden supposedly murdered her parents has passed into American folklore, partly thanks to the albeit inaccurate playground rhyme, "Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, she...
Bible (KJV) NT 11: Phillippians - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 11: Phillippians - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Bibles / King James Version
Bible scholars believe that this letter was written by the Apostle Paul (A.D. 5-A.D. 67) to the church at Philippi. It is a wonderful letter of encouragement to strengthen believers. (Summary by Victoria Martin)...
Senator North - Gertrude Atherton
Senator North - Gertrude Atherton
- Author: Gertrude Atherton
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
"When, Mr. President, a man, however eminent in other pursuits and whatever claims he may have to public confidence, becomes a member of this body, he has much to learn and much to endure. Little does he know of what he will have to encounter. He...
Short Science Fiction Collection 019 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 019 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land - Charles George HARPER
Summer Days in Shakespeare Land - Charles George HARPER
- Author: Charles George HARPER
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
"Some delights of the ancient town of Stratford-upon-Avon and the country round about, together with a sketch of the life of Mr. William Shakespeare, in which many things both new and entertaining are to be found...and wherein certain fanatics are...
Mr. Standfast - John Buchan
Mr. Standfast - John Buchan
- Author: John Buchan
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
This is the third of Buchan's Richard Hannay novels, following The Thirty-nine Steps and Greenmantle. Set, like Greenmantle, durinig World War I, it deals Brigadier-General Hannay's recall from the Western Front, to engage in espionage, and forced...
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 3 - Hans GROSS
Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers and Lawyers, Volume 3 - Hans GROSS
- Author: Hans GROSS
- Genre: Psychology / Science
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on criminal investigation. This treatise covers everything from the qualities of a good investigating officer...
Daddy-Long-Legs - Jean Webster
Daddy-Long-Legs - Jean Webster
- Author: Jean Webster
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Daddy-Long-Legs is a 1912 novel by an American writer Jean Webster, written in the form of letters. It follows the protagonist, a young girl named Jerusha “Judy” Abbott, through her college years. She writes the letters to her benefactor, a rich man...
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2) - Various
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, includes a range of notable poems that deal with our own sensibilities and human qualities, covering subjects...
Robin Hood - Paul CRESWICK
Robin Hood - Paul CRESWICK
- Author: Paul CRESWICK
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
"Well, Robin, on what folly do you employ yourself? Do you cut sticks for our fire o' mornings?" Thus spoke Master Hugh Fitzooth, King's Ranger of the Forest at Locksley, as he entered his house. Robin flushed a little. "These are arrows, sir," he...
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) - Karel ČAPEK
R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) - Karel ČAPEK
- Author: Karel ČAPEK
- Genre: Drama
Helena Glory, as the daughter of a major industrial power's president, is a woman on a mission. She faces the island factory of Rossum's Universal Robots, the world's leading company in robotic engineering. She is convinced that these new creations...
A Mystery - John Greenleaf Whittier
A Mystery - John Greenleaf Whittier
- Author: John Greenleaf Whittier
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the Fireside Poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered...
Helen in the Editor's Chair - Ruthe S. WHEELER
Helen in the Editor's Chair - Ruthe S. WHEELER
- Author: Ruthe S. WHEELER
- Genre: Family
After her father, Hugh Blair, falls ill from exhaustion as editor of the town newspaper, The Rolfe Herald, and leaves for a rest cure in the southwest, his plucky teenage daughter, Helen, takes over along with brother Tom. Good-natured...
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty - Jeremy BENTHAM
Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty - Jeremy BENTHAM
- Author: Jeremy BENTHAM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law. He is best known as an early advocate of utilitarianism and animal...