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Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse - Various
Up One Pair of Stairs of My Bookhouse - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Poetry / Short works
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the second 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 World Beyond - Ray Cummings
The World Beyond - Ray Cummings
- Author: Ray Cummings
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / General Fiction
Lee Anthony finds himself and two of his friends kidnapped and taken on a strange voyage. (Summary by Richard Kilmer )...
All Along The River - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
All Along The River - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Undefined
Isola Disney is very lonely. Her husband left her and traveled with his regiment to India. No one knows when he would return. Alone in a remote part of the country, she is an easy prey for the local nobleman. This realistic novel tells about choices...
The Psychology of Alcoholism - George Barton Cutten
The Psychology of Alcoholism - George Barton Cutten
- Author: George Barton Cutten
- Genre: Psychology
After presenting an overview of alcoholism and its affect on society, Dr. Cutten dives into the effects of chronic alcoholism on physiology, the nervous system, memory, intellect, will, emotions, senses that affect the individual's morals and...
The Blue Aunt - Eliza Orne White
The Blue Aunt - Eliza Orne White
- Author: Eliza Orne White
- Genre: Family
This is a very cute children's book. Mr. West's half-sister Matilda is orphaned and she comes staying with the family for a while. It looks like Mr West doesn't like her very much, her being "blue" and all. What this means is an entirely unknown...
The Last of the Valerii - Henry James
The Last of the Valerii - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
An unnamed American painter resident in Rome serves as narrator in this story, watching as his god-daughter Martha, becomes the wife of Prince Marco Valerio. The young bride is eager to use some of her American fortune in the service of archeology...
The Clicking of Cuthbert - P. G. Wodehouse
The Clicking of Cuthbert - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Join the Oldest Member...whether you like it or not...and be carried on a magic carpet ride through the world of golf, love, and...aunts...as seen through the eyes of the creator of Jeeves and Wooster and Blandings Castle, the inimitable Pelham...
Old Santeclaus - Clement Clarke Moore
Old Santeclaus - Clement Clarke Moore
- Author: Clement Clarke Moore
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Family Life / Poetry
Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He is the author of...
The Spinster Book - Myrtle Reed
The Spinster Book - Myrtle Reed
- Author: Myrtle Reed
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling men and women, love letters, marriage and spinsterhood. (Summary by Kristin Hughes)...
Gulliver of Mars - Edwin Lester Arnold
Gulliver of Mars - Edwin Lester Arnold
- Author: Edwin Lester Arnold
- Genre: Science Fiction
This escapist novel first published in 1905 as Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation follows the exploits of American Navy Lieutenant Gulliver Jones, a bold, if slightly hapless, hero who is magically transported to Mars; where he almost outwits...
Diana of the Crossways - George Meredith
Diana of the Crossways - George Meredith
- Author: George Meredith
- Genre: Family Life / Romance
Inspired by the real life story of Caroline Norton, a friend of the author's, this book tells about a lively woman who is trapped in a miserable marriage. Yet Diana is not one to give up in her quest for love, happiness and fulfillment. - Summary by...
Short Story Collection Vol. 035 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 035 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by a group of LibriVox members....
The Essentials of Spirituality - Felix Adler
The Essentials of Spirituality - Felix Adler
- Author: Felix Adler
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This recording contains four addresses of Felix Adler (1851-1933) concerning spirituality from the perspective of Ethical Culture, an educational and religious movement founded and first led by Adler, based on the belief that living in accordance...
Light Science for Leisure Hours - Richard A. Proctor
Light Science for Leisure Hours - Richard A. Proctor
- Author: Richard A. Proctor
- Genre: Science
In preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with an exact adherence to the facts as I see them. I have followed—here and always—the rule of trying to explain...
King Coal - Upton Sinclair
King Coal - Upton Sinclair
- Author: Upton Sinclair
- Genre: General Fiction
King Coal is a book by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1917, that exposes the dirty working conditions in the coal mining industry in the western United States during the 1910s. As in an earlier work, The Jungle, Sinclair expresses his socialist...
The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable - Josephine Pollard
The Life of George Washington in Words of One Syllable - Josephine Pollard
- Author: Josephine Pollard
- Genre: General
The Life story of a public man cannot help being to some extent the same thing as a history of the times in which he lived, and to the case of none does this remark apply with more force than to that of the "Father of his Country;" which very title...
The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales (version 2) - Charles Perrault
The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales (version 2) - Charles Perrault
- Author: Charles Perrault
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Sleeping Beauty, Bluebeard, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. All stories we of course have heard many times. But these are retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch in a unique way that keeps the flavor of the original French of Perrault but adds a...
The First Snow-Fall - James Russell Lowell
The First Snow-Fall - James Russell Lowell
- Author: James Russell Lowell
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of The First Snow Fall by James Russell Lowell. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 16th, 2007. Read by Caitlin Teresa, Carolyn Frances, Clarica, Esther, Jc Guan, Katie...
The Key to the Riddle - Margaret S. Comrie
The Key to the Riddle - Margaret S. Comrie
- Author: Margaret S. Comrie
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Religious Fiction
Young Azerole Montoux and her brother Leon find themselves separated from their family by the religious persecutions of 1686. Threatened by the authorities and forced to depend on strangers, they must decide whether they can trust God to make sense...
Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century - W. H. Davenport Adams
Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century - W. H. Davenport Adams
- Author: W. H. Davenport Adams
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The nineteenth century saw the expansion in popularity of travel among the wealthy. Add to this the independence more women were enjoying as they were released from work in the home, and we have the recipe for some intrepid female travelers. Here we...
The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy - John Galsworthy
The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy - John Galsworthy
- Author: John Galsworthy
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, and they are written much more like short stories than in the classical style of essays. - Summary by Carolin...
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands Volume One - May Wentworth
Fairy Tales from Gold Lands Volume One - May Wentworth
- Author: May Wentworth
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
California, both old and new, is the scene of these fairy stories. They are unique tales written with with a pleasant tinge of romance about them to fix yourr attention, and a touch of pathos that goes to the heart, to make them good and happy. -...
Cecil's Own Book - Ann Hawkshaw
Cecil's Own Book - Ann Hawkshaw
- Author: Ann Hawkshaw
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Single author
Ann Hawkshaw's fourth and final collection was published privately and named for her young grandson, Cecil Wedgwood. Written for children, the volume alternates prose with poetry and is lighter in tone than her earlier work, although poems such as...
Christmas in Poetry - Carols and Poems - Various
Christmas in Poetry - Carols and Poems - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of Christmas poems and carols, by various authors and from various times. - Summary by Carolin...
Poems - Frances Louisa Bushnell
Poems - Frances Louisa Bushnell
- Author: Frances Louisa Bushnell
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems by Connecticut poet Frances Louisa Bushnell. Ms Bushnell was an eminent person in her local social circles, and she herself and her poetry were highly respected. This volume contains a selection of her poetry, privately...
The Finding of Haldgren - Charles Willard Diffin
The Finding of Haldgren - Charles Willard Diffin
- Author: Charles Willard Diffin
- Genre: Science Fiction
Chet Ballard answers the pinpoint of light that from the craggy desolation of the moon stabs out man's old call for help. (Summary by Charles Diffin)...
The Million-Dollar Suitcase - Alice MacGowan
The Million-Dollar Suitcase - Alice MacGowan
- Author: Alice MacGowan
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Private detective Jerry Boyne is hot on the heels of a bank teller who has just embezzled nearly a million dollars in a suitcase. Cornered in his seventh-story apartment, the thief seems to vanish into thin air. Boyne continues the chase, aided by...
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories Of The Wild Life - Stewart Edward White
Blazed Trail Stories and Stories Of The Wild Life - Stewart Edward White
- Author: Stewart Edward White
- Genre: Short Stories / Westerns / Published 1900 onward
Thirteen short stories by a popular writer of the early 20th century (not to be confused with an earlier book Blazed Trail). White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the...
Tales of Space and Time - H. G. Wells
Tales of Space and Time - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Science Fiction
Five short Science Fiction stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer...
Short Story Collection Vol. 016 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 016 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 016: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 063 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 063 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Volume 63 features essays on a variety of topics: the emotion of the multitude in drama (Yeats), audience (Encyclopedia Britannica), corpulence and diet...
The House of the Whispering Pines - Anna Katharine Green
The House of the Whispering Pines - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
The country club house The Whispering Pines was closed for the winter, but only one day after he locked the place personally, the narrator sees smoke come out of the chimney. He decides to investigate and enters the house. Hidden in the dark, he...
The Decoration of Houses - Edith Wharton
The Decoration of Houses - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: Education / Reference
The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book, the authors denounced Victorian-style interior decoration and interior design, especially those...
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Author: Alfred Lord Tennyson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This poem was published just six weeks after the event, its lines emphasize the valour of the cavalry in bravely carrying out their orders, regardless of the obvious outcome. The Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British light cavalry led...
The Bent Twig - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Bent Twig - Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Author: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Semi-autobiographical series of incidents in the life of an intellectual American family in the late 19th - early 20th Century as seen by favored daughter, Sylvia Marshall. Her father is an economics professor in a Midwestern state university and...
The Ruined Maid - Thomas Hardy
The Ruined Maid - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The...
Treatise on Purgatory - Saint Catherine of Genoa
Treatise on Purgatory - Saint Catherine of Genoa
- Author: Saint Catherine of Genoa
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Saint Catherine of Genoa (Caterina Fieschi Adorno, born Genoa 1447 – 15 September 1510) is an Italian Roman Catholic saint and mystic, admired for her work among the sick and the poor. She was a member of the noble Fieschi family, and spent most of...
Short Poetry Collection 173 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 173 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 41 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2017....
Songs from the Mountains - Henry Kendall
Songs from the Mountains - Henry Kendall
- Author: Henry Kendall
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of late poetry by Australian poet Henry Kendall, published in 1880. The poems in this volume are prime examples of the style for which Kendall was famous, describing the Australian nature and landscape in poetic detail. Wikipedia...
Men of Harlech - Talhaiarn
Men of Harlech - Talhaiarn
- Author: Talhaiarn
- Genre: Poetry / Narratives / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox readers present 7 versions of "Men of Harlech" by Talhaiarn. This was the weekly poem for the week of September 23, 2012. "Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" is a song and military march which is traditionally said to...
