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Poems & Songs - Richard MIDDLETON
Poems & Songs - Richard MIDDLETON
- Author: Richard MIDDLETON
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poetry by English poet Richard Middleton. While hardly known to readers anymore today, Middleton's poems, stories, and essays were all very highly regarded during his lifetime and after his untimely death, having won the...
The Vicar of Wakefield (version 2) - Oliver GOLDSMITH
The Vicar of Wakefield (version 2) - Oliver GOLDSMITH
- Author: Oliver GOLDSMITH
- Genre: Family Life / Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
First published in 1766, the loveable and innocent Dr Primrose and his family have given pleasure to all that have read it.The story opens with the vicar losing his fortune and moving to another parish. What follows is a tale of love, deceit,...
Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People - Charles Dickens
Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction
Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". Of...
Irish Wit and Humor - Various
Irish Wit and Humor - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th century Ireland. For some these may be poignant in addition to being humorous and for others they may be...
Antigone (Plumptre Translation) - Sophocles
Antigone (Plumptre Translation) - Sophocles
- Author: Sophocles
- Genre: Tragedy
A powerful artistic protest against tyranny, "Antigone" has been translated and adapted dozens of times, applied over and over through the centuries to current forms of the oppression so common to human experience. Antigone's heroic resistance to...
Korean Folk Tales - Im BANG
Korean Folk Tales - Im BANG
- Author: Im BANG
- Genre: Short Stories
"To any one who would like to look somewhat into the inner soul of the Oriental, and see the peculiar spiritual existences among which he lives, the following stories will serve as true interpreters, born as they are of the three great religions of...
A Canadian Summer Evening - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
A Canadian Summer Evening - Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
- Author: Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
From this imperfect sketch of Mrs. Leprohon’s literary life it will be seen that she was no sluggard. But we would leave a wrong impression if we gave it to be understood that all her time was passed in the writing of either poems or tales. Far from...
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 3 - Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 3 - Cyril of Alexandria
- Author: Cyril of Alexandria
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Book 3 of Commentary on St John's Gospel covers John 5:35- 6:37, as well as a look at the prophecy contained in Deut. 18:15-19. (Summary by the reader)...
The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
The Pilgrim's Progress - John Bunyan
- Author: John Bunyan
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Translated into over 100 languages, The Pilgrim's Progress is one of the most famous classics of literature. It is an allegorical novel, describing a Christian's journey through life to reach heaven. Part 1 was written by John Bunyan in 1679 whilst...
The Road - Siegfried SASSOON
The Road - Siegfried SASSOON
- Author: Siegfried SASSOON
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Siegfried Sassoon's The Road, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...
Comfort in the Night - Jean Ingelow
Comfort in the Night - Jean Ingelow
- Author: Jean Ingelow
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia...
Insect Adventures - Jean-Henri FABRE
Insect Adventures - Jean-Henri FABRE
- Author: Jean-Henri FABRE
- Genre: Science
This book is composed of selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques,” retold for children. It's made up of first-person narratives, and using his exceptional observation skills, gives us a close-up...
Literary Taste: How to Form It - Arnold Bennett
Literary Taste: How to Form It - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Self-Help
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 describe his method for learning to enjoy literature. Chapters 11, 12, and 13 contain detailed lists of the 337...
The Seven Lamps of Architecture - John Ruskin
The Seven Lamps of Architecture - John Ruskin
- Author: John Ruskin
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
The Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in May 1849, is an extended essay written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The 'lamps' of the title are Ruskin's principles of architecture, which he later enlarged upon in the...
Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902 - William Morris DAVIS
Biographical Memoir of John Wesley Powell, 1834-1902 - William Morris DAVIS
- Author: William Morris DAVIS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This is Volume VIII of the National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs series. It is read as 33 sections using the memoir headings. John Wesley Powell (1834-1902) was a leading figure in the geological explorations of the West and helped...
The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth - Agnes EDWARDS
The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth - Agnes EDWARDS
- Author: Agnes EDWARDS
- Genre: Travel & Geography
A delightful trip from Boston through a dozen South Shore towns to Plymouth, stopping in each to explore a bit of the local history and 'modern' highlights. Written in 1920, it's a great journey through the past. (Summary by Steve Mattern)...
New Thought Pastels - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New Thought Pastels - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. While the volume is relatively small, it has been reprinted many times and gained quite some popularity. - Summary by Carolin...
Red Masquerade - Louis Joseph Vance
Red Masquerade - Louis Joseph Vance
- Author: Louis Joseph Vance
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
In the beginning of his career, Michael Lanyard alias The Lone Wolf, the most talented thief of his day, made the acquaintance of the beautiful Princess Sofia, but he also made an enemy of her husband, Prince Victor. Years later, Lanyard's daughter...
Short Story Collection Vol. 012 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 012 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 012: a collection of 11 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members....
The Magic Pudding - Norman LINDSAY
The Magic Pudding - Norman LINDSAY
- Author: Norman LINDSAY
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Bunyip Bluegum the koala sets out on his travels taking only a walking stick. At about lunchtime, feeling more than slightly peckish, he meets Bill Barnacle the sailor and Sam Sawnoff the penguin who are eating a pudding. The pudding is a magic one...
Poetics - Aristotle
Poetics - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal of situation, and character in the context of Greek tragedy, comedy and epic poetry. But it still applies...
October (Coates version) - Florence Earle COATES
October (Coates version) - Florence Earle COATES
- Author: Florence Earle COATES
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of October by Florence Earle Coates. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 9, 2011. Mrs. Coates gained notoriety both at home and abroad for her works of poetry—nearly three-hundred of which were...
Is Mars Habitable? - Alfred Russel WALLACE
Is Mars Habitable? - Alfred Russel WALLACE
- Author: Alfred Russel WALLACE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Science
In 1907 Wallace wrote the short book Is Mars Habitable? to criticize the claims made by Percival Lowell that there were Martian canals built by intelligent beings. Wallace did months of research, consulted various experts, and produced his own...
Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare - Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare - Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
- Author: Quintus HORATIUS FLACCUS
- Genre: Poetry / Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around 18 B.C. In it, Horace defines and exemplifies the nature, scope and correct way of writing poetry. This...
He - Andrew Lang
He - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
This book is a parody of the famous swashbuckling novel, She, by H. Rider Haggard. (summary by Neeru Iyer) You will not think, therefore, that the respectful Liberty we have taken with your Wondrous Tale... indicates any lack of Loyalty to our Lady...
Biographies of Working Men - Grant Allen
Biographies of Working Men - Grant Allen
- Author: Grant Allen
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Grant Allen was an anthropologist, scientific writer, novelist and poet, though the biographer and writer Frank Harris has said of him that "He could be described with more 'ists' than anyone else I ever saw. He was an atheist and pacifist and...
Dead Men's Money - J. S. Fletcher
Dead Men's Money - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
This classic mystery produces its first dead body during a clandestine midnight meeting. Already nothing is what it seems... (Summary by Gesine)...
Selected Works: Haymarket Speeches - Voltairine de Cleyre
Selected Works: Haymarket Speeches - Voltairine de Cleyre
- Author: Voltairine de Cleyre
- Genre: Literary Collections
Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912) was an American anarchist. She was skilled in many subjects and wrote essays, poems, letters, sketches, stories and speeches. These are her selected Haymarket speeches. (Summary by enko)...
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version) - Omar Khayyám
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Fitzgerald version) - Omar Khayyám
- Author: Omar Khayyám
- Genre: Poetry
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward Fitz-Gerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám...
The Hearse-Horse - Bliss Carman
The Hearse-Horse - Bliss Carman
- Author: Bliss Carman
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Hearse-Horse by Bliss Carman.This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 28, 2018. ------- Bliss Carman, FRSC was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he...
Three Science Fiction Stories by Fritz Leiber - Fritz Leiber
Three Science Fiction Stories by Fritz Leiber - Fritz Leiber
- Author: Fritz Leiber
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Moon is Green, Bread Overhead and What's He Doing In There?! Three of the best known and loved Science Fiction short stories by the wonderful Fritz Lieber. Always tongue in cheek, and always with a funny twist, Leiber deftly shows how humans...
Myths That Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
Myths That Every Child Should Know - Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Author: Hamilton Wright Mabie
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / General
A selection of famous and timeless myths, adapted for a junior audience. (Summary by Lynne Thompson)...
Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading) - Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading) - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Animals & Nature
The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of human kind or some magical being. Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft...
Stories by Foreign Authors - Russian - Various
Stories by Foreign Authors - Russian - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
A collection of short stories written by Russian authors and translated into English. Includes stories by Turgevev, Tolstoi, Poushkin and Gogol. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
Eusebius History of the Christian Church - EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA
Eusebius History of the Christian Church - EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA
- Author: EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Religion
Eusebius presents the history of the Church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points: 1. the successions of bishops in the principal sees 2. the history of Christian teachers 3. the history of heresies 4. the...
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The story concerns a young woman called Rachel Verinder who inherits a large Indian diamond, the Moonstone, on her eighteenth birthday. The book is widely regarded as the precursor of the modern mystery and suspense novels. T. S. Eliot called it...
It Happened in Egypt - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
It Happened in Egypt - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Author: Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Lord Ernest Borrow and Captain Anthony Fenton think they know a secret - a secret that could make them both rich. En route, they are sidetracked by Sir Marcus Antonius Lark, a woman who thinks she's Cleopatra reincarnate, a Gilded Rose of an...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
Ophelia - Walter De la Mare
Ophelia - Walter De la Mare
- Author: Walter De la Mare
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Ophelia, poem of the week for February 25, 2007; read here by twelve of our readers. This was published in 1920 in "Collected Poems 1901-1918" by Walter De la Mare. Ophelia loved Hamlet, was repulsed by him, and went insane. She drowned in a stream,...
A Dictionary of English Synonymes, Vol. 01 - Richard SOULE
A Dictionary of English Synonymes, Vol. 01 - Richard SOULE
- Author: Richard SOULE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Education / Self-Help
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions, Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology is a project for new LibriVox members to practice recording and using their recording setup....
