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Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs - Lafcadio HEARN
Kottō : being Japanese curios, with sundry cobwebs - Lafcadio HEARN
- Author: Lafcadio HEARN
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Kottō contains 20 Japanese stories, collected from different sources and translated by Lafcadio Hearn. The types of stories in this collection are widespread: There are old ghost stories Hearn is best known for (The Legend of Yurei-Daki), his own...
Dot and Tot of Merryland - L. Frank Baum
Dot and Tot of Merryland - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Dot and Tot of Merryland is a 1901 novel by L. Frank Baum. After Baum wrote The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, he wrote this story about the adventures of a little girl named Dot and a little boy named Tot in a land reached by floating on a river that...
Ten Books on Architecture - Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO
Ten Books on Architecture - Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO
- Author: Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Antiquity
On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the most important sources of modern knowledge of...
The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich - Arthur Hugh CLOUGH
The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich - Arthur Hugh CLOUGH
- Author: Arthur Hugh CLOUGH
- Genre: Narratives
Arthur Clough provides us with a timeless coming of age story involving a young Englishman studying in Scotland who falls in love. - Summary by Liam Brady...
The Maid's Lament - Walter Savage Landor
The Maid's Lament - Walter Savage Landor
- Author: Walter Savage Landor
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Maid's Lament by Walter Savage Landor. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 25, 2109. ------ Walter Savage Landor was an English writer, poet, and activist. The critical acclaim he received...
The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods - St. George Henry Rathborne
The Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods - St. George Henry Rathborne
- Author: St. George Henry Rathborne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Silver Fox Patrol is headed for the Maine woods for their next adventure! The trip will including hunting and fire starting, and a few more surprises along the way! When some unexpected guests crash their camp, the boys will have to keep their...
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 2 - Charles Darwin
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part 2 - Charles Darwin
- Author: Charles Darwin
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
Part 2 of 3 of a book on evolutionary theory by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second great book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, On The Origin of Species. In The Descent of Man, Darwin...
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 - Various
American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Bell Upon Organ - George MacDonald
Bell Upon Organ - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as...
The Book of the Ocean - Ernest INGERSOLL
The Book of the Ocean - Ernest INGERSOLL
- Author: Ernest INGERSOLL
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such as its geography and the history of the exploration of the oceans. Besides the oceans themselves, the book...
Johnny Reb and Billy Yank - Alexander HUNTER
Johnny Reb and Billy Yank - Alexander HUNTER
- Author: Alexander HUNTER
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / War & Military Fiction
Johnny Reb & Billy Yank is an epic novel first published in 1905 by Alexander Hunter, a soldier who served in Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army from 1861 to 1865. The novel is noted for encapsulating most of the major events of the...
The Sign of The Four (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Sign of The Four (version 3) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective.The story is set in 1888. The Sign of...
The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald - Anonymous
The Saga of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Sagas
A tale from Iceland, 800 years ago. In a dream of quarrels and death The birth of fair Helga is told Cross the north seas ventured for fame At the call of kings, hearth bereft Wounded pride, spawn'd of a sensed slight When tongues fail, sharper...
Twenty Minutes Late - Pansy
Twenty Minutes Late - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Sequel to Miss Dee Dunmore Bryant. Being 20 minutes late after a day out with the Kedwins and Ben and Daisy, her siblings, starts a series of events in motion that lead Caroline Bryant to Philadelphia...and to people and situations she could never...
My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (version 2) - Edric Vredenberg
My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales (version 2) - Edric Vredenberg
- Author: Edric Vredenberg
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"Here they are again, the old, old stories, the very best; dear Cinderella, wicked old Bluebeard, tiny Thumbling, beautiful Beauty and the ugly Beast, and a host of others. But the old stories, I may tell you, are always new, and always must be so,...
The Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ - Commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew - St. John CHRYSOSTOM
The Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ - Commentary on the Gospel of St Matthew - St. John CHRYSOSTOM
- Author: St. John CHRYSOSTOM
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Homilies 65 though 90 of St John Chrysostom's commentary on the Holy Gospel according to St Matthew, which include the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. - Summary by The Reader...
Jeremy And Hamlet: A Chronicle Of Certain Incidents In The Lives Of A Boy, A Dog, And A Country Town - Hugh Walpole
Jeremy And Hamlet: A Chronicle Of Certain Incidents In The Lives Of A Boy, A Dog, And A Country Town - Hugh Walpole
- Author: Hugh Walpole
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Family Life / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Hamlet is Jeremy’s dog. This 1923 book is Hugh Walpole’s second volume in his Jeremy semi-autobiographical trilogy (Jeremy (1919 available at librivox.org), Jeremy at Crale (1927, available at fadedpage.org)), about a ten-year-old English boy. One...
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1 - Friedrich Schiller
History of the Thirty Years War, Volume 1 - Friedrich Schiller
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- Genre: Political Science / Early Modern
The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Written for a wider audience than Revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by Schiller’s own interest in the...
Now It Can Be Told - Philip GIBBS
Now It Can Be Told - Philip GIBBS
- Author: Philip GIBBS
- Genre: War & Military
In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, Ibelieve, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial ofmen's courage in tragic years, but as a warning of what will happenagain--surely--if a heritage of evil and of...
The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home - William Morris
The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home - William Morris
- Author: William Morris
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a well that exudes water with...
Family Happiness - Leo Tolstoy
Family Happiness - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: General Fiction
After a brief romance, the 17 year old Marya falls in love with the much older Sergyei Mikhailitch, an old family friend, and the two are married. They share an initially blissful life but after moving to St. Petersburg, Marya becomes enchanted with...
The Riders of the Silences - Max Brand
The Riders of the Silences - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Westerns
The Great West, prior to the century's turn, abounded in legend. Stories were told of fabled gunmen whose bullets always magically found their mark, of mighty stallions whose tireless gallop rivaled the speed of the wind, of glorious women whose...
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne - William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne - a story of Catholic - Protestant intrigue, and the party which aspired to the restoration of Bonny Prince Charlie. And,...
A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs - William Henry HUDSON
A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs - William Henry HUDSON
- Author: William Henry HUDSON
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Caleb Bawcombe, so it is concerned with the period of mid to late nineteenth century rural Wiltshire, a county...
The Amethyst Box - Anna Katharine Green
The Amethyst Box - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
On the evening before his marriage, Sinclair loses a precious curiosity from his collection: an amethyst box, containing a tiny flask of deadly poison. He suspects that this poison is in the possession of either his betrothed or her cousin, the girl...
The Guards Came Through and other Poems - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Guards Came Through and other Poems - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1919. Many of them concern wartime experiences. - Summary by Carolin...
Pensées - Blaise PASCAL
Pensées - Blaise PASCAL
- Author: Blaise PASCAL
- Genre: Philosophy / Religion
Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section (Thought #72), Sainte-Beuve praised it as the finest pages in the French language. Will Durant, in his 11-volume,...
The Dry Dock of a Thousand Wrecks - Philip Ilott ROBERTS
The Dry Dock of a Thousand Wrecks - Philip Ilott ROBERTS
- Author: Philip Ilott ROBERTS
- Genre: Psychology
After an introduction to the Ole Jerry McAuley Mission in the year 1912, many wonderful stories of destitute alcoholics and addicts making a quick recovery through a surrender to Christ Jesus.The book gives glimpses that the years of the highly...
More English Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs
More English Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs
- Author: Joseph Jacobs
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have been thought that my former volume (English Fairy Tales) had almost exhausted the scanty remains of the traditional...
The Ten-foot Chain - Undefined
The Ten-foot Chain - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Short Stories
True love can survive anything. Or can it? Four popular authors were lunching with an editor and the question came up: "What mental and emotional reaction would a man and a woman undergo, linked together by a ten-foot chain, for three days and...
Scots Of The Riverina - Henry Lawson
Scots Of The Riverina - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story is set in the Riverina, New South Wales in the town of Gundagai. ( David Lawrence)...
Just Sweethearts; A Christmas Love Story - Harry Stillwell EDWARDS
Just Sweethearts; A Christmas Love Story - Harry Stillwell EDWARDS
- Author: Harry Stillwell EDWARDS
- Genre: Romance
“Clearly he was one of those rare beings who can radiate energy standing still and convey the impression of impetuous force without motion, a trick of the eyes, a refusal to sag…. King saw her first as she started across Cherry Street from the far...
Naval Occasions And Some Traits Of The Sailor-Man - BARTIMEUS
Naval Occasions And Some Traits Of The Sailor-Man - BARTIMEUS
- Author: BARTIMEUS
- Genre: War & Military Fiction
Twenty-six stories of pre-World War I British naval life in war and peace. - Summary by david wales...
Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation) - Heinrich von KLEIST
Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation) - Heinrich von KLEIST
- Author: Heinrich von KLEIST
- Genre: General Fiction
Michael Kohlhaas is an 1811 novella by Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Both the theme (a fanatical quest for justice) and the style (existentialist detachment posing as a chronicle) are surprisingly modern. They...
Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier - Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Author: Frances Trego MONTGOMERY
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
Zip, a little fox terrier, lives in the town of Maplewood in the house of his owner, Dr. Elsworth. Each day when Dr. Elsworth drives his carriage to visit his patients, Zip goes along with him so that he can keep the doctor company and, most...
Thomas Wingfold, Curate - George MacDonald
Thomas Wingfold, Curate - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Republished in modern times as "The Curate's Awakening". A young man (Thomas Wingfold) "enters the church" through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he is thrown into an emotional,...
North of Boston - Robert Frost
North of Boston - Robert Frost
- Author: Robert Frost
- Genre: Poetry
One of the first collections of poetry by Robert Frost, published in 1914. (Summary written by Gesine) Contents (with beginning time): Part 1Mending Wall (00:01:20) The Death of the Hired Man (00:03:45) The Mountain (00:12:20) A Hundred Collars...
The Acharnians (Billson Translation) - Aristophanes
The Acharnians (Billson Translation) - Aristophanes
- Author: Aristophanes
- Genre: Satire
Loaded with cryptic, nearly indecipherable inside jokes and double entendres, this early comedy of Aristophanes has a simple, anti-war premise that resounds down the centuries. On flimsy pretexts, greedy politicians have embroiled the nation of...
A School History of the Great War - Albert E. MCKINLEY
A School History of the Great War - Albert E. MCKINLEY
- Author: Albert E. MCKINLEY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
A brief history of The Great War (World War I) designed for students in grades seven and eight. Special emphasis on European history leading up to the war, reasons and events leading to America's eventual entering the war, and possible ramifications...
Youth - Leo Tolstoy
Youth - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
Youth is the third in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Boyhood, published in a literary journal during the 1850s. (Introduction by Bill Boerst)...