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Mopsa The Fairy - Jean Ingelow
Mopsa The Fairy - Jean Ingelow
- Author: Jean Ingelow
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
Jean Ingelow (1820 – 1897) was one of the more famous poets of the period, indeed many people suggested that she should succeed Alfred, Lord Tennyson as the first female Poet Laureate when he died in 1892. Mopsa the Fairy, written in 1869 is one of...
Raggedy Andy Stories - Johnny Gruelle
Raggedy Andy Stories - Johnny Gruelle
- Author: Johnny Gruelle
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by writer Johnny Gruelle (1880–1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and...
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2) - Joseph Conrad
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale (Version 2) - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The Secret Agent tells the story of Adolf and Winnie Verloc. He is a phony anarchist and agent provocateur of the title, and the plot centres around the terrible consequences for their family when he is pressured into planning a terrorist act. It...
Billy in Bunbury - ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY
Billy in Bunbury - ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY
- Author: ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY
- Genre: Poetry / Cooking
This 1924 poem/recipe book, designed as promotional material for the Royal Baking Powder Company, is set in the Oz community of Bunbury. Little Billy, who won't eat, is taken to the delicious kingdom Bunbury by King Hun Bun to help whet his...
The Coast of Bohemia - William Dean Howells
The Coast of Bohemia - William Dean Howells
- Author: William Dean Howells
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
William Dean Howells is at his iconoclastic best in this exploration of bourgeois values, particularly in the clash between respectable society and the dubious bohemian world of Art and Poetry. Cornelia Saunders has everything going for her in her...
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 020 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 020 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, cooking, economics, education, humor, philosophy, nature and...
How to Care for the Insane - William D. GRANGER
How to Care for the Insane - William D. GRANGER
- Author: William D. GRANGER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Medical / Psychology
"The writer believes that all attendants should be regularly instructed in their duties, and the highest standard of care can be reached only when this is done. He also believes that every person who is allowed to care for the insane will be greatly...
Laugh and Live - Douglas, Sr. FAIRBANKS
Laugh and Live - Douglas, Sr. FAIRBANKS
- Author: Douglas Sr. FAIRBANKS
- Genre: Self-Help
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Baghdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro. His book, Laugh and Live, is a book...
Ruth Erskine's Son - Pansy
Ruth Erskine's Son - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Seventh book in the Chautauqua Girls series. Written by Isabella Alden under the pseudonym “Pansy.” Erskine, Ruth's son (a 5-year-old at the end of Judge Burnham’s Daughters) is now a grown man, and Ruth is 50-something. He brings home an American...
Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation - Shaykh HASAN
Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation - Shaykh HASAN
- Author: Shaykh HASAN
- Genre: Language learning
“This volume is primarily intended to supply a working and practical knowledge of the Persian language, for the benefit of those who have not the time or the inclination to master the grammar, and yet require to use the spoken tongue for purposes of...
365 Foreign Dishes - Unknown
365 Foreign Dishes - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Starters, main courses and desserts from around the world, one dish for every day of the year. From Turkey to China, from India to England, from Austria to Egypt, a wide variety of mouth-watering cuisines are represented. Each recipe is described in...
Thoughts Are Things - Prentice Mulford
Thoughts Are Things - Prentice Mulford
- Author: Prentice Mulford
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Thoughts are Things, authored by Prentice Mulford, is one of the earliest books espousing New Thought teaching. This book contains information on how to better man's spiritual and physical life through the power of thought. Discover timeless...
The U.P. Trail - Zane Grey
The U.P. Trail - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Westerns
Grey's story of the struggles to build the Union Pacific Railroad in the late 1860's. Typical western characters, but placed in a factual setting. His first real attempt at historical fiction. The heroes must battle the human challenges of greed,...
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight - Vachel Lindsay
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight - Vachel Lindsay
- Author: Vachel Lindsay
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of February 18th, 2007....
The Heavenly Life - James Allen
The Heavenly Life - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
James Allen’s most famous work, As A Man Thinketh, has gained almost cult status among those studying spiritual mysticism. He wrote all of his works without copyright for the benefit of man, and this work, The Heavenly Life, one of his more obscure...
My Path to Atheism - Annie Besant
My Path to Atheism - Annie Besant
- Author: Annie Besant
- Genre: Religion / Atheism & Agnosticism
My Path to Atheism is a remarkable document in many ways, not least that it was written by a woman in Victorian England, not the most open free-thinking of societies, especially for women at that time. It needed a remarkable woman to write such a...
Earth Spirit - Frank WEDEKIND
Earth Spirit - Frank WEDEKIND
- Author: Frank WEDEKIND
- Genre: Plays
Earth Spirit (1895) (Erdgeist) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the first part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the second is Pandora's Box [1904]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed"....
The Inheritors - Joseph Conrad
The Inheritors - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction
The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process. Written before the first World...
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery - Charles Raymond BEAZLEY
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern Discovery - Charles Raymond BEAZLEY
- Author: Charles Raymond BEAZLEY
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Prince Henry was a significant explorer and adventurer in a period of enlightenment and expansion of European trade and knowledge of the world beyond its borders. He is considered a prime instigator of what has become known as The Age of Discovery...
The History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2) - William Shakespeare
The History of Troilus and Cressida (version 2) - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Satire / Tragedy
The History of Troilus and Cressida has long baffled critics and audiences alike for its inconsistent tone, which ranges from bawdy comedy to somber tragedy, as well as its decidedly unheroic and unsympathetic cast of characters. It is also a work...
The Conquest of Bread (version 2) - Peter KROPOTKIN
The Conquest of Bread (version 2) - Peter KROPOTKIN
- Author: Peter KROPOTKIN
- Genre: Undefined
In this work, Kropotkin points out what he considers to be the defects of the economic systems of feudalism and capitalism, and how he believes they thrive on and maintain poverty and scarcity, as symbol for richness and in spite of being in a time...
The Letters of Jane Austen - Jane Austen
The Letters of Jane Austen - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Letters
This recording includes a selection of Jane Austen's letters, edited by Susan Coolidge and chosen from the collection of Austen's great-nephew, Edward, Lord Brabourne. The letters are mostly addressed to Austen's sister Cassandra, with whom she was...
The House With The Mezzanine And Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The House With The Mezzanine And Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Short Stories / Published 1900 onward / Single Author Collections
Six short stories and a novella by the Russian master. (david wales)...
Theodore Winthrop: A Civil War Narrative Aborted by Death - Theodore WINTHROP
Theodore Winthrop: A Civil War Narrative Aborted by Death - Theodore WINTHROP
- Author: Theodore WINTHROP
- Genre: War & Military
Theodore Winthrop (1828 – 1861) was a charismatic writer, lawyer, and world traveler. In the New York Seventh Regiment, he was one of the first Union officers killed in the American Civil War. He wrote two articles for The Atlantic Monthly, the...
Amendments to the United States Constitution - United States Government
Amendments to the United States Constitution - United States Government
- Author: United States Government
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The Amendments to the Constitution of the USA are a continuously modified document that attempts to secure all basic and other rights for American citizens. The most recent amendment was made in the early 1970's during the Vietnam war; this...
Wheels - The Second Cycle - Undefined
Wheels - The Second Cycle - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Poetry
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The second volume, published in 1917, contains poems by the Sitwells and also Aldous Huxley, among others. - Summary by Algy Pug...
Mother and Daughter - Augusta WEBSTER
Mother and Daughter - Augusta WEBSTER
- Author: Augusta WEBSTER
- Genre: Single author / Sonnets
Uncompleted at her death, Augusta Webster's posthumously published sonnet sequence Mother and Daughter celebrates the relationship between a mother and her only child. As well as reflecting on aging and mortality, the sonnets express joy and love....
A Princess of Mars (Version 3) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
A Princess of Mars (Version 3) - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Romance
John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a prisoner of four-armed green men, his Civil War experience and Earth-trained musculature give him superior...
An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh - NABÍL-I-A'ZAM
An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh - NABÍL-I-A'ZAM
- Author: NABÍL-I-A'ZAM
- Genre: Poetry / Elegies & Odes / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of An Ode to Bahá'u'lláh by Nabíl-i-A'zam (Mullá Muhammad Zarandí). This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010. Mullá Muhammad-i-Zarandí (29 July 1831 – 1892), more commonly known as...
Short Science Fiction Collection 034 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 034 - 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...
The Vanishing Man - R. Austin Freeman
The Vanishing Man - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A young doctor, former student of the legal and medical expert Dr. John Thorndyke, finds himself almost accidentally drawn into a case in which a man has vanished. Perhaps he has died; perhaps not;but the issue is very important because the will...
A Little Brother to the Bear - William J. Long
A Little Brother to the Bear - William J. Long
- Author: William J. Long
- Genre: Animals & Nature
William J. Long again introduces us to some of the Wood Folk and their stories of living based on his own observations in the woods. In this volume, Mooweesuk the Coon is called the bear's little brother because he so often resembles the "big...
Jennie Gerhardt - Theodore DREISER
Jennie Gerhardt - Theodore DREISER
- Author: Theodore DREISER
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
This is a story of an innocent, caring, beautiful young girl from and extremely poor family who throughout her life is drawn into affairs with two different men from a much higher social class. How members of her family, the family of one of the...
Things Seen in Venice - Lonsdale RAGG
Things Seen in Venice - Lonsdale RAGG
- Author: Lonsdale RAGG
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Venice, once among the most powerful states of the Western world, now a much-visited but still romantic city of canals, architecture and art. Most European cities have changed so much that a 1920 guidebook would be of little practical use, but not...
Rocks and Their Origins - Grenville A. J. COLE
Rocks and Their Origins - Grenville A. J. COLE
- Author: Grenville A. J. COLE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Do you know the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Are you interested in their geologic origin, chemical composition or how each type affects the landscape? Do you know the differences between limestone, granite and...
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories - Various
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 "modern short stories", written by various authors as follows: Cornelia A. P. Comer, Amy Wentworth Stone, Elizabeth Ashe, Dallas Lore Sharp, H. G. Dwight, Mary Lerner,...
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream - John Kendrick Bangs
Alice in Blunderland: an Iridescent Dream - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
From Alice in Blunderland: "Certain of our members claim that they have a right to sell their votes for $500 apiece--" "Mercy!" cried Alice, "Why, that is--that is terrible." "It certainly is," said the March Hare ruefully, it's rotten. Here I've...
Pollyanna Grows Up - Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna Grows Up - Eleanor H. Porter
- Author: Eleanor H. Porter
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman searching for her lost nephew. Her Aunt Polly goes abroad with her new Uncle, Dr. Chilton. While in Boston,...
Bible (KJV) NT 09-12: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 09-12: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: Bibles / King James Version
Galatians is a letter from Paul of Tarsus to a number of Early Christian communities in the Roman province of Galatia in central Anatolia. Paul is principally concerned with the controversy surrounding Gentile Christians and the Mosaic Law within...
Agatha Webb - Anna Katharine Green
Agatha Webb - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
A universally beloved woman has been murdered. But who would have the heart to kill Agatha Webb? Would her husband do it for money matters? Or would it be the cook, who died at about the same time? Or would it be the rich and well-connected Mr....
