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A Poor Wise Man - Mary Roberts Rinehart
A Poor Wise Man - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Romance / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Mary Roberts Rinehart offers a superb blend of romance and suspense amidst political tensions in this story set in early 20th Century America. The characters are compelling and representative of the various socioeconomic classes. The reader follows...
Marriage, volume 1 - Susan Edmonstoune FERRIER
Marriage, volume 1 - Susan Edmonstoune FERRIER
- Author: Susan Edmonstoune FERRIER
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Romance
"Love!--A word by superstition thought a God; by use turned to an humour; by self-will made a flattering madness." - Alexander and Campaspe. Lady Juliana, the indulged and coddled seventeen ("And a half, papa") year old daughter of the Earl of...
A German Deserter's War Experience - Anonymous
A German Deserter's War Experience - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: War & Military
The author of this 1917 narrative, who escaped from Germany and military service after 14 months of fighting in France, did not wish to have his name made public, fearing reprisals against his relatives. The vivid description of the life of a common...
The Meeting of the Waters - Thomas Moore
The Meeting of the Waters - Thomas Moore
- Author: Thomas Moore
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Meeting of the Waters by Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 25, 2102....
Lines Written From Home - Anne Brontë
Lines Written From Home - Anne Brontë
- Author: Anne Brontë
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Lines Written From Home by Anne Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 3rd, 2010....
Tom Swift and His War Tank - Victor Appleton
Tom Swift and His War Tank - Victor Appleton
- Author: Victor Appleton
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Tom Swift, that prolific youthful inventor, is engaged in trying to help the Allies win WWI. After reading newspaper accounts of the British tanks, Tom takes a sheet of paper and sets out to design a better one from scratch. And fortunately, he can...
There's a certain slant of light - Emily Dickinson
There's a certain slant of light - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
In tribute to the first real snowfall this year. - Summary by David Lawrence...
Life of Sir Walter Ralegh - Louise Creighton
Life of Sir Walter Ralegh - Louise Creighton
- Author: Louise Creighton
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1552-1618), English soldier, explorer, courtier, writer, and poet was one of the most notable figures of the Elizabethan era. Louise Creighton's short biography follows him from the wars in Spain to the jungles of Guiana....
Mrs. Shelley - Lucy Madox ROSSETTI
Mrs. Shelley - Lucy Madox ROSSETTI
- Author: Lucy Madox ROSSETTI
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"I have to thank all the previous students of Shelley as poet and man--not last nor least among whom is my husband--for their loving and truthful research on all the subjects surrounding the life of Mrs.Shelley." -Lucy Madox Brown Rossetti Mrs....
The Wind - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wind - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 2nd, 2008....
The Mutiny of the Bounty and Other Narratives - William BLIGH
The Mutiny of the Bounty and Other Narratives - William BLIGH
- Author: William BLIGH
- Genre: Memoirs
In Bligh's own words, we hear about the lead-up to the famous mutiny and what happened afterwards with the mutineers and the castaways. This work contains two additional narratives by Bligh: Life of a Sailor Boy and The Sunken Treasure. (Summary by...
The White People - Arthur Machen
The White People - Arthur Machen
- Author: Arthur Machen
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Literary critics see Arthur Machen’s works as a significant part of the late Victorian revival of the gothic novel and the decadent movement of the 1890s, bearing direct comparison to the themes found in contemporary works like Robert Louis...
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The...
The Romance Of The Commonplace - Frank Gelett BURGESS
The Romance Of The Commonplace - Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Author: Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Humor
Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The American Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was an...
Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales - Charles B. CORY
Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales - Charles B. CORY
- Author: Charles B. CORY
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Science Fiction
This is a collection of weird tales inspired from the natural history expeditions of the author, an independently wealthy bird collector, Olympic golfer, writer of many books on birds of the world, and, as evidenced in these pages, a fine...
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Gustave LE BON
The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind - Gustave LE BON
- Author: Gustave LE BON
- Genre: *Non-fiction
"Civilisations as yet have only been created and directed by a small intellectual aristocracy, never by crowds. Crowds are only powerful for destruction. Their rule is always tantamount to a barbarian phase. A civilisation involves fixed rules,...
The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920 - Constantine PANUNZIO
The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920 - Constantine PANUNZIO
- Author: Constantine PANUNZIO
- Genre: Political Science / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be unlawfully in the country. . . Its purpose is to call public attention to practices that are inconsistent with the...
Nobody's Man - E. Phillips Oppenheim
Nobody's Man - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Brigadier general Andrew Tallente, late of Parliament, is implicated in the death of his male secretary, the son of a classmate at Eton. Seems the younger man may have not only been having an affair with the hero's American wife, but had stolen...
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Wizard of Oz has built two beautiful "Ozoplanes" to explore Oz. But the official launch party goes wrong when the Soldier with the Green Whiskers accidentally launches the Oztober into the cloud country of Stratovania! The ruler, Strut of the...
The Uphill Climb - B. M. Bower
The Uphill Climb - B. M. Bower
- Author: B. M. Bower
- Genre: Westerns
Ford Campbell is a hard-working, honest, decent cowboy—when he’s sober. But give him a bottle of whiskey and all bets are off. Usually it just makes him rowdy, but this time…well, this time he thinks there might just have been a wedding. Was he the...
Nigger of the Narcissus - Joseph Conrad
Nigger of the Narcissus - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
This is the story of a voyage of a merchant sailing ship from Bombay to England, set in the very late 19th century. “It was a bad winter off the Cape that year.” From Wikepedia: “The novel is seen as an allegory about isolation and solidarity, the...
The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier - Laura Lee Hope
The Story of a Bold Tin Soldier - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: Action & Adventure
"Yes, I suppose you may say I have, admitted the Bold Tin Soldier. "But though my men and I have a fine home with Arnold, still I get lonesome for you toys once in a while. I have met the Sawdust Doll, the White Rocking Horse, and the Lamb on...
Capital and Interest - Frédéric BASTIAT
Capital and Interest - Frédéric BASTIAT
- Author: Frédéric BASTIAT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Business & Economics
Frédéric Bastiat was an early 19th century French economist/statesman whose common sense essays tried to battle the rise of socialist ideology after the French revolution, where provisional governments were rivaling each other for power. Of central...
The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Francis Beaumont
The Knight of the Burning Pestle - Francis Beaumont
- Author: Francis Beaumont
- Genre: Satire
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts, first performed in 1607. It is the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to Don Quixote. It breaks the fourth wall...
Hidden Gems - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Hidden Gems - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox volunteers offer you 17 different recordings of Hidden Gems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 9nd, 2010....
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - Margaret Duncan Kelly
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - Margaret Duncan Kelly
- Author: Margaret Duncan Kelly
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
"Relates the story of Raleigh from his boyhood days on the coast of Devonshire, to his exploits in Ireland and his unexpected entry into the court of Queen Elizabeth. We travel with him as he pursues the ships of the Spanish Armada and makes voyages...
The Race Of The Swift - Edwin Carlile LITSEY
The Race Of The Swift - Edwin Carlile LITSEY
- Author: Edwin Carlile LITSEY
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction / Published 1900 onward
This 1905 collection is of the author’s short animal stories, some previously published in magazines. - Summary by David Wales...
The Secret of Dreams - Yacki RAIZIZUN
The Secret of Dreams - Yacki RAIZIZUN
- Author: Yacki RAIZIZUN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Psychology
A guide to different kinds of dreams, their meanings, and how they influence our waking lives. (Summary by Andrea Fiore)...
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
The Call of the Wild - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
In this novel (often mistakenly classified a children’s book) the main protagonist Buck, a St. Bernard/Collie mix, is abducted and sold to a trainer of sled dogs in Alaska. He adapts to the brutal conditions and is finally acquired by a loving man....
Cocoa Break Collection, Vol. 02 - Various
Cocoa Break Collection, Vol. 02 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a collection of international fairy tales clocking in at 5-15 minutes apiece, suitable for childrens' winter cocoa breaks, or other times when quality entertainment is needed. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 - John RAE
Narrative of an Expedition to the Shores of the Arctic Sea in 1846 and 1847 - John RAE
- Author: John RAE
- Genre: Undefined
After the bizarre death of Thomas Simpson, Dr. John Rae was chosen to complete the survey of the Northwest Passage, linking the work of Simpson and Peter Dease with the previously known country to the east. Rae was recognized for his endurance and...
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Hume
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Detective Fiction
“The following report appeared in the Argus newspaper of Saturday, the 28th July, 18-- “Truth is said to be stranger than fiction, and certainly the extraordinary murder which took place in Melbourne on Thursday night, or rather Friday morning, goes...
The Vanished Messenger - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Vanished Messenger - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers / War & Military Fiction
A conference of European nations is being held in the Hague. England has not been invited to attend. Some think war is about to break out. Mr. John P. Dunster, an American, is traveling to the Hague with an important document that may prevent the...
Clover - Susan Coolidge
Clover - Susan Coolidge
- Author: Susan Coolidge
- Genre: Romance / General
Clover is the fourth book in the popular What Katy Did series. After Katy's wedding, the focus shifts to her little sister Clover. Their brother Phil encounters serious illness in the winter, and Dr. Carr sends him with Clover to the mountains of...
The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament - Undefined
The New Testament: Being the English Only of the Greek and English Testament - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Bibles
This New Testament was translated from the Greek by a Christian Universalist evangelist who later fell out of the faith. He was the last person jailed for the charge of blasphemy in the United States, and had many radical views that forced him to...
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2) - Mark Twain
Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences (Version 2) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
This is Mark Twain's vicious and amusing review of Fenimore Cooper's literary art. It is still read widely in academic circles. Twain's essay, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses (often spelled "Offences") (1895), particularly criticized The...
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6) - John Hay
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6) - John Hay
- Author: John Hay
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6 chronicles Lincoln's life in early...
Faults - Sara Teasdale
Faults - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of Faults by Sara Teasdale. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 7th, 2010....
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process - Edward BELLAMY
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process - Edward BELLAMY
- Author: Edward BELLAMY
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction
Henry Burr's fiance, Madeline, is seduced by another man. The guilt and painful memories she has as a result cause him to refer her to Dr. Heidenhoff, who has developed a method to remove such memories from people's brains so that they can live...
The Workhouse Clock - Thomas Hood
The Workhouse Clock - Thomas Hood
- Author: Thomas Hood
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
There were scarcely any events in the life of Thomas Hood. One condition there was of too potent determining importance—life-long ill health; and one circumstance of moment—a commercial failure, and consequent expatriation. Beyond this, little...
