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War and Peace, Book 12: 1812 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 12: 1812 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
The Defendant - G. K. Chesterton
The Defendant - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Humor
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good humor he “defends” a series of seeming harmless things that need no defense, and in so doing he exposes many of...
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier - Alexandre Dumas
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: True Crime
This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to his destruction. He was accused of witchcraft after a series of accusations from nuns of a nearby convent, who...
What Prohibition Has Done to America - Fabian FRANKLIN
What Prohibition Has Done to America - Fabian FRANKLIN
- Author: Fabian FRANKLIN
- Genre: Law / Political Science
In What Prohibition Has Done to America, Fabian Franklin presents a concise but forceful argument against the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Beginning in 1920, this Amendment prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages...
The Great Panjandrum Himself - Samuel FOOTE
The Great Panjandrum Himself - Samuel FOOTE
- Author: Samuel FOOTE
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Great Panjandrum Himself by Samuel Foote. This was the weekly poetry project for May 31st, 2009....
Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 1, June 1902 - Various
Birds and Nature, Vol. XII, No 1, June 1902 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Nature
"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was...
Carmen - Prosper MÉRIMÉE
Carmen - Prosper MÉRIMÉE
- Author: Prosper MÉRIMÉE
- Genre: Historical Fiction
On a trip to Spain in 1830, our narrator recounts his encounters with two strange characters: a thief named Don José Navarro and a beautiful Romani woman named Carmen...little does he know that soon, these two will be entangled in a tumultuous love...
George Müller of Bristol - Arthur T. PIERSON
George Müller of Bristol - Arthur T. PIERSON
- Author: Arthur T. PIERSON
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
George Muller was a great hero of faith. His greatest aim was to demonstrate that God answers prayer and can be trusted for every minute detail of life. Spending countless hours asking God to provide his needs, he only relied upon God. God called...
John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall - Herbert George Jenkins
John Dene of Toronto; a Comedy of Whitehall - Herbert George Jenkins
- Author: Herbert George Jenkins
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Romance
John Dene comes to England with a great invention, and the intention of gingering-up the Admiralty. His directness and unconventional methods bewilder and embarrass the officials at Whitehall, where, according to him, most of the jobs are held by...
The Pilgrim's Progress (version 2) - John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress (version 2) - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come is a Christian allegory written by John Bunyan and originally published in February, 1678. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of religious English literature, has been...
Love Songs - George Graham CURRIE
Love Songs - George Graham CURRIE
- Author: George Graham CURRIE
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of love songs by Canadian-born Floridian Poet Laureate George Graham Currie. As poetry is the key to the hearts of many people, all listeners are well-advised to pay special attention to these collected poems. - Summary by...
The Slipper Point Mystery - Augusta Huiell Seaman
The Slipper Point Mystery - Augusta Huiell Seaman
- Author: Augusta Huiell Seaman
- Genre: Children's Fiction
When fourteen year old Sally Carter shares her secret about When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn't possibly imagine where the solution to this...
Jane Eyre (version 3 dramatic reading)
Jane Eyre (version 3 dramatic reading)
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Primarily of the bildungsroman genre, Jane Eyre follows the emotions and experiences of eponymous Jane Eyre, her growth to adulthood, and her love for Mr. Rochester, the byronic master of Thornfield Hall. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast...
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk is another in the long list children's books by the conservationist, Thornton W. Burgess. In this book, Jimmy Skunk has encounters with Reddy Fox, Peter Rabbit, Unc’ Billy Possum and other acquaintances of his in the...
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold
Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold
- Author: Matthew Arnold
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Dover Beach, by Matthew Arnold. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of April 8th, 2007....
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder. Happy Halloween!...
Leonora - Arnold Bennett
Leonora - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Leonora Stanway is 40 and lives a comfortable middle-class life with her unsympathetic and dull husband, John. Her three daughters are rapidly growing up and away and she regrets that her life has become dull, domesticated and meaningless. Arthur...
Leaves of Grass (version 2) - Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass (version 2) - Walt Whitman
- Author: Walt Whitman
- Genre: Single author
In honour of Walt Whitman's 200th birthday (31 May 2019) we bring you a solo recording of his seminal work Leaves of Grass.Originally published in 1855, the work started as a collection of 12 unnamed poems. However, Whitman spent most of his life...
The Lost World (version 2) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lost World (version 2) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Imagine a strange, tropical place that is almost inaccessible. Time appears to have stood still there. Species of animal and plant life not seen elsewhere on Earth, except in the fossil record, inhabit the place. The lakes heave with the shapes of...
History of Henry the Fourth King of France and Navarre - John Stevens Cabot Abbott
History of Henry the Fourth King of France and Navarre - John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
Henry IV, King of France and Navarre (1553-1610) was the first monarch of France from the House of Bourbon. He was raised in the Protestant faith, barely escaped death in the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, and led the Protestant forces against the...
Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration - Elisha GRAY
Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration - Elisha GRAY
- Author: Elisha GRAY
- Genre: Science
Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is considered by some writers to be the...
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III - John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book III - John Locke
- Author: John Locke
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Writing & Linguistics / Modern
This is the third book of John Locke's Essay on Human Understanding. Book I was Neither Principles Nor Ideas Are Innate. Book II was Of Ideas and Book III is Of Words. Locke is writing about the ideas we have in our minds and the things they are to...
Lord Beaupre - Henry James
Lord Beaupre - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Literary Fiction
What is a young man to do, when because of his pleasant disposition, and (of course) his considerable wealth, he finds himself besieged by bevies of eligible young women, some beautiful, some less so (some, even, his own cousins)? How on earth is he...
The Pagan Madonna - Harold MACGRATH
The Pagan Madonna - Harold MACGRATH
- Author: Harold MACGRATH
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Pagan Madonna, one of Harold MacGrath's numerous novels, set in Shanghai, tells a story of intrigue, murder, and illicit art “collecting.” The paths of Jean Norman, a Red Cross nurse from the United States, Ling Foo, a shifty pawn shop keeper,...
Short Science Fiction Collection 055 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 055 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / Short Stories
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
Short Science Fiction Collection 054 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 054 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Science Fiction / Short Stories
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
Sweethearts - W. S. Gilbert
Sweethearts - W. S. Gilbert
- Author: W. S. Gilbert
- Genre: Plays
Sweethearts is a comic play billed as a "dramatic contrast" in two acts by W. S. Gilbert. The play tells a sentimental and ironic story of the differing recollections of a man and a woman about their last meeting together before being separated and...
Bible (ASV) 10: 2 Samuel - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) 10: 2 Samuel - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
“The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Sh’muel ספר שמואל) are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism’s Hebrew Bible) and also of the Christian Old Testament. The work was originally written in Hebrew, and the Book(s) of Samuel originally formed a single...
A Voyage to the South Sea - William BLIGH
A Voyage to the South Sea - William BLIGH
- Author: William BLIGH
- Genre: True Crime / Memoirs / Exploration
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the Mutiny on...
Planet of the Damned - Harry Harrison
Planet of the Damned - Harry Harrison
- Author: Harry Harrison
- Genre: Science Fiction
Dis was a harsh, inhospitable, dangerous place and the Magter made it worse. They might have been human once—but they were something else now.The Magter had only one desire—Kill! Kill everything, themselves, their planet, the universe if they...
Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada - Walter Stevens HERRINGTON
Pioneer Life Among The Loyalists In Upper Canada - Walter Stevens HERRINGTON
- Author: Walter Stevens HERRINGTON
- Genre: History
What became of the citizens who remained loyal to the Crown when the thirteen British colonies rebelled against England – and won! These Loyalists suffered discrimination and persecution in the nation aborning. Thousands of them left their homes for...
Mardi Vol. 2 - Herman Melville
Mardi Vol. 2 - Herman Melville
- Author: Herman Melville
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Mardi is Melville's first purely fictional work. In it he contemplates man's beliefs, and questions whether or not one faith has value over another--or is it all simply a sham? Mardi is a poetically existential analysis of religious truths as told...
Islands of Space - John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
Islands of Space - John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
- Author: John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
- Genre: Science Fiction
As Earth's faster-than-light spaceship hung in the void between galaxies, Arcot, Wade, Morey and Fuller could see below them, like a vast shining horizon, the mass of stars that formed their own island universe. Morey worked a moment with his slide...
The Princess and the Goblin (version 2) - George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin (version 2) - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
George MacDonald's fairy stories and fantasy have inspired a number of writers including C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and of this popular fairy story, which as you might suspect concerns a little princess plotted against by a race of goblins, G.K....
The Chronicles of America Volume 11 - Eve of the Revolution - Carl L. BECKER
The Chronicles of America Volume 11 - Eve of the Revolution - Carl L. BECKER
- Author: Carl L. BECKER
- Genre: History
Here is a look at the evolution of thought and events that led Benjamin Franklin to make this statement: "British subjects, by removing to America, cultivating a wilderness, extending the domain, and increasing the wealth, commerce, and power of the...
Verse - Adelaide CRAPSEY
Verse - Adelaide CRAPSEY
- Author: Adelaide CRAPSEY
- Genre: Single author
Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and expanded 1922 edition of her verse. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)...
The Junior Classics Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories - Various
The Junior Classics Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The eighth book in the Junior Classics Series is an anthology of collected animal and nature tales designed to appeal to the young and young at heart. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...
Don Juan, Canto 5 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Don Juan, Canto 5 - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: Poetry
Juan, captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery is bought by a beautiful Princess as her toy-boy. Dressed as an odalisque, he is smuggled into the Sultan's harem for a steamy assignation. Unbelievably, Byron's publisher almost baulked at...
Can Such Things Be? - Ambrose Bierce
Can Such Things Be? - Ambrose Bierce
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion - ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences...
The Year When Stardust Fell - Raymond Fisher JONES
The Year When Stardust Fell - Raymond Fisher JONES
- Author: Raymond Fisher JONES
- Genre: Science Fiction
The story of The Year When Stardust Fell is not a story of the distant future or of the remote past. It is not a story of a never-never land where fantastic happenings take place daily. It is a story of my town and yours, of people like you and me...
