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The Blue Cat of Castle Town - Catherine Cate COBLENTZ
The Blue Cat of Castle Town - Catherine Cate COBLENTZ
- Author: Catherine Cate COBLENTZ
- Genre: Animals & Nature
"The mother cat had been quite upset when she first saw the blue kitten. She had looked fearfully then toward the river. For, like all cats, she had heard that a blue kitten could learn the river's song. Any kitten has a hard enough time to find a...
Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Lorna Doone, a Romance of Exmoor - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Genre: Romance
"If anybody cares to read a simple tale told simply" ... thus opens Lorna Doone, one of the best love stories ever written. The novel has inspired at least ten movies and mini-series. "John (in West Country dialect this is pronounced Jan) Ridd is...
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard
Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain - H. Rider Haggard
- Author: H. Rider Haggard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love with and married his first wife. It is related from the perspective of old age and is set against the time of...
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán, Vol. 2 - John Lloyd STEPHENS
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán, Vol. 2 - John Lloyd STEPHENS
- Author: John Lloyd STEPHENS
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, are about to rediscover Mayan civilization. Their guide, slashing through the rampant growth with his machete,...
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France - Marie de FRANCE
French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France - Marie de FRANCE
- Author: Marie de FRANCE
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Romance
The tales included in this little book of translations are derived mainly from the "Lays" of Marie de France. I do not profess them to be a complete collection of her stories in verse. The ascription varies. Poems which were included in her work but...
Campaigning With Grant - Horace PORTER
Campaigning With Grant - Horace PORTER
- Author: Horace PORTER
- Genre: War & Military / Modern (19th C)
In the last year of the American Civil War, Horace Porter served as aide-de-camp to General Ulysses S. Grant, then commander of all the armies of the North. This lively 1897 memoir was written from the extensive notes he took during that time. It is...
The Fortune of the Rougons - Émile Zola
The Fortune of the Rougons - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: Historical Fiction
The Fortune of the Rougons (French: La Fortune des Rougon), originally published in 1871, is the first novel in Émile Zola's monumental twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. In his introduction Zola indicates that this series is intended to...
Woman in Science - John Augustine ZAHM
Woman in Science - John Augustine ZAHM
- Author: John Augustine ZAHM
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Science
A history of woman's role in science through the ages and the many contributions she has made. (summary by Guero)...
The Phantom-Wooer - Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
The Phantom-Wooer - Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
- Author: Thomas Lovell BEDDOES
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of The Phantom-Wooer by Thomas Lovell Beddoes. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of January 28th, 2007....
The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading) - Charles GODDARD
The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading) - Charles GODDARD
- Author: Charles GODDARD
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Dramatic Readings / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Ghost Breaker is a drama and haunted house horror complete with heroes, villains, and a Princess. The Ghost Breaker was originally a screenplay and would later be made a drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. (Summary by Linette Geisel) Cast:...
The Missing Bride - E.D.E.N. Southworth
The Missing Bride - E.D.E.N. Southworth
- Author: E.D.E.N. Southworth
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Prepare yourself for a journey, full of adventures and plot twists which will keep you guessing until the very end. This is psychological romance at it's best. In the war of 1814, an American heiress falls in love with a British officer. This...
Windsor Castle, Book 5 - William Harrison Ainsworth
Windsor Castle, Book 5 - William Harrison Ainsworth
- Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Historical Fiction
Book 5 - Mabel Lyndwood. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other couples, including the Earl of Surrey...
A Little Florida Lady - Dorothy C. PAINE
A Little Florida Lady - Dorothy C. PAINE
- Author: Dorothy C. PAINE
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This is the story of a little girl from New York who moves with her family to Florida in the late 19th Century. Parental warning: as this book was first published in 1903 and set in the American South, and although the author tries to be...
The Exiles of Florida - Joshua GIDDINGS
The Exiles of Florida - Joshua GIDDINGS
- Author: Joshua GIDDINGS
- Genre: Modern (19th C)
“The Author of the following work has endeavored to give a faithful record of … the Exiles of Florida. Torn from their native land, their friends and homes, they were sold in the markets of Carolina and Georgia. Feeling the hand of oppression...
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860 - Andrew JACKSON
Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860 - Andrew JACKSON
- Author: Andrew JACKSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
A non-fictional account of Burke and Wills's 1860 expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north and then return. Containing many excerpts from the diaries and accounts of the explorers, this book was published the year after the...
The Road - Jack London
The Road - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Short Stories / Single Author Collections / History
Jack London credited his skill of story-telling to the days he spent as a hobo learning to fabricate tales to get meals from sympathetic strangers. In The Road, he relates the tales and memories of his days on the hobo road, including how the hobos...
Job Work - James Whitcomb Riley
Job Work - James Whitcomb Riley
- Author: James Whitcomb Riley
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Job Work by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 13, 2019. ------ James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was...
The Listeners - Walter De la Mare
The Listeners - Walter De la Mare
- Author: Walter De la Mare
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This year's Hollowe'en offering is an eerie tale by Walter de La Mare. ( David Lawrence )...
The Lie (version 2) - Sir Walter RALEIGH
The Lie (version 2) - Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Author: Sir Walter RALEIGH
- Genre: Poetry / Satire / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of "The Lie" by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the fortnightly poem for the period beginning September 16, 2012. The Lie is a political and social criticism poem probably written by Sir Walter Raleigh....
Bible (ABU) 19: Psalms - AMERICAN BIBLE UNION
Bible (ABU) 19: Psalms - AMERICAN BIBLE UNION
- Author: AMERICAN BIBLE UNION
- Genre: Bibles
This 1871 revision of The Psalms by the American Bible Union is based on the "Common Version," another name for the 1833 revision of the King James Version of The Bible by Noah Webster. (Summary by Mark Penfold)...
Short Story Collection Vol. 074 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 074 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Dunsany, Ambrose Bierce and Edgar Allen Poe and others to bring you tales of mystery, the...
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, a rich dust contractor, in his will. To receive the money, John must marry a certain Bella Wilfer who he does...
Life of Viscount Palmerston - Lloyd Charles SANDERS
Life of Viscount Palmerston - Lloyd Charles SANDERS
- Author: Lloyd Charles SANDERS
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
This is a short life of Henry John Temple (1784-1865), Third Viscount Palmerston, Great Britain's affable, able, and always available Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary, and Prime Minister. Sanders writes that by 1841 Palmerston "had raised the...
Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome
Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow - Jerome K. Jerome
- Author: Jerome K. Jerome
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author’s second published book and helped establish him as a leading English humorist. The book consists of 14 independent...
The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas - Bernhard PICK
The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas - Bernhard PICK
- Author: Bernhard PICK
- Genre: Literary Collections / Christianity - Other
The full title of this book, published in 1909, is The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas. As early as the second century, numerous legends concerning the fates of the Christian apostles were in circulation. These Acts, widely...
Short Story Collection Vol. 024 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 024 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 024: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members....
Chandogya Upanishad - Unknown
Chandogya Upanishad - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Ancient
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad" means "to sit." Thus, Upanishad is to sit down near the teacher to discuss, learn, practice, and experience. There are some 200 or more Upanishads. Some are...
The Hunter and His Dying Steed - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
The Hunter and His Dying Steed - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
- Author: Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, born Rosanna Eleanor Mullins, was a Canadian writer and poet. She was "one of the first English-Canadian writers to depict French Canada in a way that earned the praise of, and resulted in her novels being read by, both...
Countess Julie - August Strindberg
Countess Julie - August Strindberg
- Author: August Strindberg
- Genre: Plays
August Strindberg's naturalistic one-act drama has only three characters: Julie, a passionate young noblewoman; Jean, her father's ambitious valet; and Kristin, the cook, who is also Jean's fiancee. The play is set on Midsummer Eve, when everyone is...
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 13 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Plays
This is the thirteenth collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Our readers have chosen their favourite monologues from Shakespeare's famous comedies, tragedies, and histories, covering a wide range of topics, and emotions. - Summary by...
The Cat of Bubastes - G. A. Henty
The Cat of Bubastes - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction
G.A. Henty’s “tale of ancient Egypt” tells the story of Amuba, prince of the Rebu, who is taken captive when his people are conquered by the Egyptians, and then becomes the servant and companion of Chebron, son of the high priest of Osiris. A...
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems - William Morris
The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems - William Morris
- Author: William Morris
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of early narrative poems by William Morris, first published in 1858. While at the time of writing the most important stages of William Morris' career are still ahead of him, his ideas are already reflected in many of the poems. Many...
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career - Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Alpine Path: The Story of My Career - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
L.M. Montgomery's autobiography highlighting her childhood and early literary career. Published in 1917 after she had written several novels. - Summary by Carolyn Agee...
Stories from the Faerie Queene - Mary MACLEOD
Stories from the Faerie Queene - Mary MACLEOD
- Author: Mary MACLEOD
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The object of this volume is to excite interest in one of the greatest poems of English literature, which for all its greatness is but little read and known--to excite this interest not only in young persons who are not yet able to read "The Faerie...
In Defense of Women
In Defense of Women
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
In Defense of Women is H. L. Mencken's 1918 book on women and the relationship between the sexes. Some laud the book as progressive while others brand it as reactionary. While Mencken didn't champion women's rights, he described women as wiser in...
Billy Whiskers, the Autobiography of a Goat - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
Billy Whiskers, the Autobiography of a Goat - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Author: Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Genre: Children's Fiction
This delightful children's story can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike! A mischievous goat, Billy Whiskers, gets into trouble so often that the book could be named, "Billy Trouble Whiskers"! This humorous story will bring you many chuckles and...
The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1 - Howard CARTER
The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen Vol. 1 - Howard CARTER
- Author: Howard CARTER
- Genre: History / Memoirs
On 26 November 1922, after eight years of work in the Valley of the Kings, archeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen, a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (around 1300 BCE). Different than all the tombs hitherto excavated, this was...
The Testimony of the Suns, and other Poems - George Sterling
The Testimony of the Suns, and other Poems - George Sterling
- Author: George Sterling
- Genre: Poetry
This is the first published volume of poetry by Californian author and poet George Sterling. These poems are the beginning of Sterling's great career as a poet, and include a number of poems in the style for which he would become famous. That style...
Under the Lilacs (version 2) - Louisa May Alcott
Under the Lilacs (version 2) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: General
Under the Lilacs is a tale of friendship and adventure from celebrated author Louisa May Alcott.When sisters Bab and Betty Moss decide to have a tea party one spring morning, little did they know a strange and talented dog and a bedraggled circus...
Travels in the Interior of Africa - Mungo PARK
Travels in the Interior of Africa - Mungo PARK
- Author: Mungo PARK
- Genre: Exploration
Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the 'Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa' after Major Houghton failed to return, to discover the if the River Niger was a tributary of either the river...
