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Tales Of English Minsters: Canterbury Cathedral Kent and Saint Paul's London - Elizabeth W. GRIERSON
Tales Of English Minsters: Canterbury Cathedral Kent and Saint Paul's London - Elizabeth W. GRIERSON
- Author: Elizabeth W. GRIERSON
- Genre: History / Travel & Geography / Christianity - Other
These simple stories of two of England’s greatest cathedrals were originally written for youth (1910) but adults will also enjoy them. St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, and Canterbury Cathedral in Kent County are central to the story of England,...
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 9: European Statesmen - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 9: European Statesmen - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Continuing the Beacon Lights of History Series, Mr. Lord discusses important European Statesmen Mirabeau, Edmund Burke, Napoleon, Prince Metternich, Chateaubriand, George V, and Louis Philippe. Also discussed is the Greek Revolution. (Summary by...
The Shuttle - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Shuttle - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: General Fiction
Rosalie Vanderpoel, the daughter of an American multimillionaire marries an impoverished English baronet and goes to live in England. She all but loses contact with her family in America. Years later her younger sister Bettina, beautiful,...
Behind the Scenes - Elizabeth KECKLEY
Behind the Scenes - Elizabeth KECKLEY
- Author: Elizabeth KECKLEY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
This is the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a former slave who bought her freedom with the money she earned as a seamstress. She eventually worked for Mary Lincoln. It is a fascinating book, filled with many recollections of her own life and her...
The Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay - Frederick MARRYAT
The Naval Officer, or Scenes in the Life and Adventures of Frank Mildmay - Frederick MARRYAT
- Author: Frederick MARRYAT
- Genre: War & Military Fiction
Marryat was a midshipman under Captain Cochrane and this, his first naval adventure, is considered to be a highly autobiographical telling of his adventures with one of Britain's most famous and daring naval captains. (Summary by Paul Klipp)...
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 7 - Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England, Volume 7 - Agnes Strickland
- Author: Agnes Strickland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
The Willows (version 2) - Algernon Blackwood
The Willows (version 2) - Algernon Blackwood
- Author: Algernon Blackwood
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
"The Willows" is one of Algernon Blackwood's best known creepy stories. American horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature. He wrote in his treatise "Supernatural Horror in Literature", "Here...
Hardtack and Coffee - John BILLINGS
Hardtack and Coffee - John BILLINGS
- Author: John BILLINGS
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life (1887) is a memoir by John D. Billings, a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Hard Tack and Coffee is not about battles, but rather...
Music, when soft voices die - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Music, when soft voices die - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Music, when soft voices die by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 27th, 2008....
Native Races and the War - Josephine BUTLER
Native Races and the War - Josephine BUTLER
- Author: Josephine BUTLER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Josephine Elizabeth Butler was a Victorian era British feminist who was strongly committed to liberal reforms. As a result of her efforts, international organisations including the International Abolitionist Federation were set up to campaign...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 005 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 005 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
Phaedrus - Plato
Phaedrus - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / General Fiction / *Non-fiction
“For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they are seen through a glass, dimly…” Socrates and his earnest friend Phaedrus, enjoying the Athenian equivalent...
Armageddon- 2419 A.D. (Version 3) - Philip Francis NOWLAN
Armageddon- 2419 A.D. (Version 3) - Philip Francis NOWLAN
- Author: Philip Francis NOWLAN
- Genre: Science Fiction
This is the original ‘Buck Rogers’ SF classic. Thrill to the adventures of Anthony "Buck" Rogers, one of the most celebrated characters in the history of science fiction. Famed in comic strips, television, in movies, and even radio, this is the...
Utopia (Burnet translation) - Thomas MORE
Utopia (Burnet translation) - Thomas MORE
- Author: Thomas MORE
- Genre: Published before 1800 / Medieval
This book is all about the fictional country called Utopia. It is a country with an ‘ideal’ form of communism, in which everything really does belong to everybody, everyone does the work they want to, and everyone is alright with that. This country...
The Tao Teh King - LAOZI 老子
The Tao Teh King - LAOZI 老子
- Author: LAOZI 老子
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King illuminates The Tao: a guiding principle of the universe and all within it. By exploring the nature of dualities and complements, Lao-Tze dissects strength and weakness; presence and absence; life and death. The Tao Teh King...
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 1, 1835 to 1842 - Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 1, 1835 to 1842 - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / General Fiction
A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristingj)...
U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan." - Alfred Owen CROZIER
U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan." - Alfred Owen CROZIER
- Author: Alfred Owen CROZIER
- Genre: Business & Economics
In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Republican-RI) was chair of the commission. He, in secret enclave with a group of bankers, drafted what was called...
The Lady of the Basement Flat - Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
The Lady of the Basement Flat - Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Author: Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
- Genre: General Fiction / Published 1900 onward
A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi Mason...
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) - Alessandro Manzoni
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) - Alessandro Manzoni
- Author: Alessandro Manzoni
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo, two young persons of humble origin that are deeply in love with one another. However, despite their great...
The Voyage to Vinland - James Russell Lowell
The Voyage to Vinland - James Russell Lowell
- Author: James Russell Lowell
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Voyage to Vinland by James Russell Lowell. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 10, 2013. Although this version of the poem is sometimes printed separately, it is really only part of a...
Oliver Twist (version 4) - Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (version 4) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by Charles Dickens. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London...
Joseph: Beloved, Hated, Exalted - Frederick Brotherton MEYER
Joseph: Beloved, Hated, Exalted - Frederick Brotherton MEYER
- Author: Frederick Brotherton MEYER
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
I remember seeing the huge Matterhorn reflected, in its minutest details, in a small mountain lakelet, many miles distant; and similarly, the life of Jesus is remarkably mirrored in this touching story. In fact, there are scenes in the life of...
Dot and the Kangaroo (version 2) - Ethel C. PEDLEY
Dot and the Kangaroo (version 2) - Ethel C. PEDLEY
- Author: Ethel C. PEDLEY
- Genre: Animals & Nature
A 5-year-old girl named Dot is lost in the outback after chasing a hare into the wood and losing sight of her home. She is approached by a red kangaroo who gives her some berries to eat. Upon eating the berries, Dot is able to understand the...
Love Among the Artists - George Bernard Shaw
Love Among the Artists - George Bernard Shaw
- Author: George Bernard Shaw
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
Love Among the Artists was published in the United States in 1900 and in England in 1914, but it was written in 1881. In the ambience of chit-chat and frivolity among members of Victorian polite society a youthful Shaw describes his views on the...
War Surgery - From Firing Line to Base - Basil HUGHES
War Surgery - From Firing Line to Base - Basil HUGHES
- Author: Basil HUGHES
- Genre: War & Military / Medical
One of the first volumes dedicated to systematized medical treatment of soldiers in modern warfare, including a chapter on specific care for airmen, by British doctors who served on the front lines of WWI. Graphic descriptions (and images in the...
Reviews - Oscar Wilde
Reviews - Oscar Wilde
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferred to forget. As a matter of fact, I believe this volume will prove of unusual interest; some of the...
In Defense of Harriet Shelley - Mark Twain
In Defense of Harriet Shelley - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Essays & Short Works
Mark Twain pulls no punches while exposing the "real" Percy Shelley in this scathing condemnation of Edward Dowden's "Life of Shelley". Even though, as Twain writes, "Shelley's life has the one indelible blot upon it, but is otherwise worshipfully...
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 5, May 1901 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. IX, No 5, May 1901 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published...
Short Story Collection Vol. 065 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 065 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 065: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express - A. Frank PINKERTON
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express - A. Frank PINKERTON
- Author: A. Frank PINKERTON
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Dyke Darrel investigates an audacious train robbery that included the murder of a friend, and embarks on a man-hunt. High Victorian serial melodrama at its best! (Summary by Sibella Denton)....
An Outcast Of The Islands - Joseph Conrad
An Outcast Of The Islands - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the Vigar. The novel details the undoing of Peter Willems, a disreputable, immoral man who, on the run from a...
The Prussian Officer - D. H. Lawrence
The Prussian Officer - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Short Stories
The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly are the focus of the piece and, while socially the superior of his orderly, the officer demonstrates his is the...
Bible Defence of Slavery - Josiah PRIEST
Bible Defence of Slavery - Josiah PRIEST
- Author: Josiah PRIEST
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Political Science
The full title of this book is Bible Defense of Slavery; and Origin, Fortunes, and History of the Negro Race, by Rev. Josiah Priest, A. M. 5th edition. This is a compilation of pro-slavery literature and propaganda that went through numerous...
Short Poetry Collection 103 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 103 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2011....
Mark Twain - Archibald HENDERSON
Mark Twain - Archibald HENDERSON
- Author: Archibald HENDERSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Many writers have penned studies of Mark Twain's life and work through the years. Twain authorized this biography, having met and hosted the writer, Archibald Henderson, on a few occasions. Henderson considered this work to be an homage to one of...
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew - Margaret Sidney
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew - Margaret Sidney
- Author: Margaret Sidney
- Genre: Children's Fiction
The Five Little Peppers series was created by Margaret Sidney covering the life of five children with the surname Pepper. The Pepper children were very poor, and their widowed mother was left to raise them by herself. In order of age (descending),...
Coffee Break Collection 16 - Crime
Coffee Break Collection 16 - Crime
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
This is the sixteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between about 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you'd like to hear a whole story and...
The Magical Mimics in Oz - Jack SNOW
The Magical Mimics in Oz - Jack SNOW
- Author: Jack SNOW
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The land of OZ is the happiest fairyland anywhere, but there are evil creatures whose only ambition is to destroy that happiness. Lurking inside Mount Illuso, just south of the Deadly Desert, live the Magic Mimics, a race devoted to causing the...
The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273 - Beatrice A. LEES
The Central Period of the Middle Age 918-1273 - Beatrice A. LEES
- Author: Beatrice A. LEES
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Beatrice Lees writes that the history of the period of the Middle Ages from 918 to 1273 is that of "a heroic period, the age of feudalism and monasticism, of chivalry and the Crusades." The era opened "with gloomy prospects for Western Christendom....
Short Story Collection Vol. 004 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 004 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 004: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
