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Elizabeth and her German Garden - Elizabeth von Arnim
Elizabeth and her German Garden - Elizabeth von Arnim
- Author: Elizabeth von Arnim
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Nature & Animal Fiction
Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898; it was very popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century. The story is a year's diary written by the protagonist Elizabeth...
The World as Will and Idea, Vol. 2 of 3 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
The World as Will and Idea, Vol. 2 of 3 - Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Author: Arthur SCHOPENHAUER
- Genre: Philosophy / Modern
In this work, Schopenhauer explains his fundamental idea that at the root of the reality we see around us is a Will that eternally, insatiably seeks to be satisfied. Each human Subject observes the Objects around her from the perspective of that...
Gabriel and the Hour Book - Evaleen Stein
Gabriel and the Hour Book - Evaleen Stein
- Author: Evaleen Stein
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Historical Fiction
Brother Stephen has the heart of an artist and wishes to leave the abbey to travel and see the world. However, King Louis has decreed that an "hour book" be made for his bride, Lady Anne, which in turn causes the Abbott to refuse Brother Stephen's...
The Dead Secret - Wilkie Collins
The Dead Secret - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
"Everything in life has a price. May be, telling a Secret has the highest. However, not telling may be worse. What will Sarah choose? will she tell the Secret which destroyed her life?" (Summary by Stav Nisser)...
The Secret - William Cosmo MONKHOUSE
The Secret - William Cosmo MONKHOUSE
- Author: William Cosmo MONKHOUSE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of The Secret by Cosmo Monkhouse. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 4th, 2007....
An International Episode - Henry James
An International Episode - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Two men visting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, miscommunication and cultural faux pas abound in this short but delightful novel.(Summary written by Kristen...
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments - Voltaire
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments - Voltaire
- Author: Voltaire
- Genre: Law
Beccaria's treatise On Crimes and Punishments, which condemns disproportionate and irrational penalties in general as well as torture and the death penalty, is said to mark the peak of Enlightenment in Milan. Its translations were widely read by...
The Third Circle - Frank Norris
The Third Circle - Frank Norris
- Author: Frank Norris
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Sixteen short stories by the American novelist Benjamin Frank Norris Jr (1870-1902) who wrote predominantly in the naturalist genre. He lived and worked in San Francisco. His writing has been compared to Emile Zola, Stephen Crane, Theodore Dreiser,...
Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars - LUCAN
Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars - LUCAN
- Author: LUCAN
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Single author / Epics
Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great. The title given by posterity to the poem refers to the Battle of Pharsalus, which...
Dark Hollow - Anna Katharine Green
Dark Hollow - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, "a woman in purple" shows up at the house of Ostrander,...
Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 - Karl MARX
Capital: a critical analysis of capitalist production, Vol 1 - Karl MARX
- Author: Karl MARX
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Capital, Volume I is the first of three volumes in Karl Marx’s monumental work, Das Kapital, and the only volume to be published during his lifetime, in 1867. Marx’s aim in Capital, Volume I is to uncover and explain the laws specific to the...
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 - Louise Amelia Knapp Smith CLAPPE
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 - Louise Amelia Knapp Smith CLAPPE
- Author: Louise Amelia Knapp Smith CLAPPE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe moved to California from Massachusetts during the Gold Rush of the mid-1800’s. During her travels, Louise was offered the opportunity to write for The Herald about her travel adventures. It was at this point that...
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation - Jeremy BENTHAM
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation - Jeremy BENTHAM
- Author: Jeremy BENTHAM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Political Science
Jeremy Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, a classic text in modern philosophy and jurisprudence, first published in 1789, focuses on the principle of utility and how this view of morality ties into legislative...
Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas) - Clement Clarke Moore
Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas) - Clement Clarke Moore
- Author: Clement Clarke Moore
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...
The Keepsake - Anonymous
The Keepsake - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Poetry / *Non-fiction
"The Keepsake, or, Poems and Pictures For Childhood and Youth", is a collection of twenty pastoral poems published as one collection in London, 1818. The topics are moral encouragement for children, young and old alike. (Summary by Sam Stinson)...
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1C - David Hume
History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, Volume 1C - David Hume
- Author: David Hume
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of...
The Tender Husband: or The Accomplished Fools - Richard STEELE
The Tender Husband: or The Accomplished Fools - Richard STEELE
- Author: Richard STEELE
- Genre: Plays
"The Tender Husband is, as a whole, very amusing; but unfortunately a second plot—alluded to in the title—is woven into the story which gives to the play its interest; and as this account of the manner in which the "tender husband" tries the...
Short Stories and Poems for Children, Original and Select - Unknown
Short Stories and Poems for Children, Original and Select - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Poetry
A collection of short stories and poems for children, filled with sweet but simple life lessons. - Summary by Campbell Schelp...
Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 3) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sonnets from the Portuguese (version 3) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Genre: Single author / Sonnets
Sonnets from the Portuguese chronicles the deeply personal stages of courtship. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)...
The Convivio - Dante ALIGHIERI
The Convivio - Dante ALIGHIERI
- Author: Dante ALIGHIERI
- Genre: Lyric / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Medieval
Convivio (The Banquet) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307. This unfinished work of Dante consists of four trattati, or "books": a prefatory one, plus three books that each include a canzone (long lyrical poem) and a...
Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse - Various
Through Fairy Halls of My Bookhouse - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the third volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for little ones. Originally published in the 1920's as a six volume set, these books, edited by Olive Beaupre Miller,...
The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde
The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: Short Stories
Collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad, with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant,...
Dave Dashaway, Air Champion, or Wizard Work in the Clouds - Roy Rockwood
Dave Dashaway, Air Champion, or Wizard Work in the Clouds - Roy Rockwood
- Author: Roy Rockwood
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Never was there a more clever young aviator than Dave Dashaway, and all up-to-date youths will be will surely wish to hear about about him. In this, the last volume of the Dave Dashaway adventure series, Dave, with the assistance of his loyal chum...
What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Susan Coolidge
What Katy Did at School (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life
Following Katy's recovery in What Katy Did, Katy and Clover go to Hillsover, a boarding school. Together with their new friend Rosamond Redding, or "Rose Red", they form a Society for the Suppression of Unladylike Conduct--but then they are accused...
Mob Rule In New Orleans - Ida B. WELLS-BARNETT
Mob Rule In New Orleans - Ida B. WELLS-BARNETT
- Author: Ida B. WELLS-BARNETT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Modern (20th C)
Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and one of the founders of the National Association for the...
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 6, 2019. ------ The meanings of this poignant poem--which entered the Public Domain in January...
Romulus - Jacob Abbott
Romulus - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / *Non-fiction / History
Jacob Abbott wrote many historical books for children. He was careful to ensure historical accuracy, and as he said himself in the preface to this book "Whatever of interest ... these stories may possess is due solely to the facts themselves which...
Physics - Aristotle
Physics - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Nature
Physics (Greek: Φυσικὴ ἀκρόασις; Latin: Physica, or Physicae Auscultationes) discusses concepts including: substance, accident, the infinite, causation, motion, time and the Prime Mover. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)...
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Action & Adventure
Author and editor of numerous children's books, Thornton W. Burgess was also a noted conservationist. In writing for youngsters he combined a gift for storytelling with his love of the outdoors, creating an entertaining menagerie of animals whose...
The Story of Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
The Story of Peter Pan - J. M. Barrie
- Author: J. M. Barrie
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
THE STORY OF PETER PAN RETOLD FROM THE FAIRY PLAY BY SIR J.M. BARRIE BY DANIEL O'CONNOR. Basically, Daniel O'Connor took the story from the original play, with the approval of Barrie, and shortened it into a book with music and beautiful...
True Culture - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
True Culture - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of True Culture by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 16, 2012. Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most...
The White Cowl - James Lane ALLEN
The White Cowl - James Lane ALLEN
- Author: James Lane ALLEN
- Genre: Christian Fiction
A Trappist monastery in nineteenth century Kentucky. A young monk. A young woman in distress. Whither? One might want to compare this story (1888) with a later story (1890) with a similar theme, more fully developed, by the same author. ( david...
The Miser - Molière
The Miser - Molière
- Author: Molière
- Genre: Comedy
The Miser is a comedy of manners about a rich moneylender named Harpagon. His feisty children long to escape from his penny-pinching household and marry their respective lovers. Although the 17th-century French upper classes presumably objected to...
The Old Year - John Clare
The Old Year - John Clare
- Author: John Clare
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. His biographer Jonathan Bate states that Clare was "the greatest...
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy - Hannah GLASSE
The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy - Hannah GLASSE
- Author: Hannah GLASSE
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
Although this recording has been made using the 1784 version, the original book of The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy was first published by subscription in 1747 by Hannah Glasse and was a compilation of the recipes typical for British meals...
Letters from Victorian Pioneers - Various
Letters from Victorian Pioneers - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Letters
A series of letters on the early occupation of the colony, the Aborigines, etc addressed by Victorian pioneers to his Excellency Charles Joseph La Trobe Esq. , Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria in response to a circular letter sent by...
The Shadow of Victory - Myrtle Reed
The Shadow of Victory - Myrtle Reed
- Author: Myrtle Reed
- Genre: Romance
This is another work by the author Myrtle Reed who is also the author of "The Spinster Book" and "Old Rose and Silver" and was a best-seller during 1903. (Summary by sidhu177)...
Life - Griffith ALEXANDER
Life - Griffith ALEXANDER
- Author: Griffith ALEXANDER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
"What is life?" we ask. "Just one darned thing after another," the cynic replies. Yes, a multiplicity of forces and interests, and each of them, even the disagreeable, may be of real help to us. It's good for a dog, says a shrewd philosopher, to be...
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands - Mary SEACOLE
Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands - Mary SEACOLE
- Author: Mary SEACOLE
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
I should have thought that no preface would have been required to introduce Mrs. Seacole to the British public, or to recommend a book which must, from the circumstances in which the subject of it was placed, be unique in literature. If singleness...
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems - Aldous Huxley
The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems - Aldous Huxley
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- Genre: Single author
Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems is his third compilation of poetry. The volume begins with "The Defeat of Youth", a sequence of...
