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Unspoken Sermons - George MacDonald
Unspoken Sermons - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. In his day he was considered one of the great Victorian authors on par with Dickens, Thackeray, Kipling and the like. His reputation as an author, however, has not fared as well...
Meditations on First Philosophy - René DESCARTES
Meditations on First Philosophy - René DESCARTES
- Author: René DESCARTES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his contemporary, Galileo, was charged with heresy. That work, The World, was only published after Descartes’ death....
Audrey Craven - May Sinclair
Audrey Craven - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: Literary Fiction
In May Sinclair’s remarkable first novel, Audrey Craven is a beautiful young woman who has by her idiosyncracies acquired a thoroughly undeserved reputation for originality. In fact, Audrey is a shallow, selfish, malleable person of negligible...
Confessions of Two Brothers - John Cowper POWYS
Confessions of Two Brothers - John Cowper POWYS
- Author: John Cowper POWYS
- Genre: Memoirs
A short self portrait of Powys’ beliefs, temperament and peculiarities which prefigures his later, greater Autobiography. (Summary by Keri Ford)...
The Confession - Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Confession - Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Author: Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Mary Roberts Rinehart is claimed to have invented the "Had I but known" mystery genre. When Agnes Blakiston rented the old parsonage at Miss Emily's request she soon came to regret it. Was the house haunted? Did Miss Emily have a secret so terrible...
A Dog of Flanders - OUIDA
A Dog of Flanders - OUIDA
- Author: OUIDA
- Genre: General Fiction
"Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world." So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become inseparable companions. They were Nello, an orphaned youth, and Patrasche, the dog which he and his grandfather saved from...
There Will Come Soft Rains - Sara Teasdale
There Will Come Soft Rains - Sara Teasdale
- Author: Sara Teasdale
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox volunteers offer you 28 different recordings of There Will Come Soft Rains by Sara Teasdale. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 2nd, 2010....
Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days - Annie L. BURTON
Memories of Childhood's Slavery Days - Annie L. BURTON
- Author: Annie L. BURTON
- Genre: Memoirs
This is a short and simple, yet poignant autobiography of Annie Burton, who recounts her early carefree childhood as a slave on a southern plantation while the Civil War raged around her, and after the Emancipation Proclamation, how her life changed...
Under Western Eyes - Joseph Conrad
Under Western Eyes - Joseph Conrad
- Author: Joseph Conrad
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is viewed as Conrad's response to the themes explored in Crime and Punishment, Conrad being reputed to have detested...
Aunt Jane's Nieces And Uncle John - L. Frank Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces And Uncle John - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction
Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John picks up the continuing story of the three cousins Patsy Doyle, Beth De Graf, and Louise Merrick, and their family; the plot of the book begins three days after the wedding of Louise and her fiancé Arthur Weldon,...
Dorothy Dale In The City - Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale In The City - Margaret Penrose
- Author: Margaret Penrose
- Genre: Action & Adventure / General
The series continues. Dorothy Dale and the girls of Glenwood enjoy a break from school, with adventures over the Christmas holidays.(Summary by Lynne Thompson )...
Short Poetry Collection 097 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 097 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2011....
Empire - Clifford D. Simak
Empire - Clifford D. Simak
- Author: Clifford D. Simak
- Genre: Science Fiction
In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets. Unknown to them, a couple of maverick scientists accidentally develop a completely...
The Mystery of the Downs - Arthur J. REES
The Mystery of the Downs - Arthur J. REES
- Author: Arthur J. REES
- Genre: Detective Fiction
"The storm had descended swiftly, sweeping in suddenly from the sea, driving across the downs to the hills at high speed, blotting out the faint rays of a crescent moon and hiding the country-side beneath a pall of blackness, which was forked at...
Bible (ASV) NT 23: 1 John - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) NT 23: 1 John - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament, the fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was written in Ephesus about 90-110 AD, apparently by the same author or authors who wrote the Gospel of John and the other two...
The Raven and Other Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven and Other Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Poetry
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping — rapping at my chamber door. "Tis...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 07 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 07 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Author: Thomas D'Arcy McGee
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / Early Modern
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an Irish refugee and a father of the Canadian confederation. His work on Irish history is comprehensive, encompassing twelve books; Book 7 subtitled “Unionized Crowns of England and Ireland”, addresses the Tudor period,...
The Celtic Twilight - William Butler Yeats
The Celtic Twilight - William Butler Yeats
- Author: William Butler Yeats
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy world, and to show in a vision something of the face of Ireland to any of my own people who would look where...
The Path to Prosperity (version 3) - James Allen
The Path to Prosperity (version 3) - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Self-Help
‘The Path to Prosperity’ (sometimes rendered as The Path of Prosperity) is part one of James Allen’s first published work titled ‘From Poverty to Power’ alternatively titled ‘The Realization of Prosperity and Peace’ (1901). Part one is an empowering...
Mystery of the Ambush in India - Andy ADAMS
Mystery of the Ambush in India - Andy ADAMS
- Author: Andy ADAMS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Another Biff Brewster adventure story set this time in exotic and mystical India with much of the action around and near the Himalayas. This story brings together all of the friends that Biff Brewster has made in his previous adventures plus a...
Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography - Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt: an Autobiography - Theodore Roosevelt
- Author: Theodore Roosevelt
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Political Science / Modern (19th C)
In his vital, illustrative and dynamic autobiography, Theodore Roosevelt let us into the life that formed one of the greatest and outspoken presidents in American history. Not only are we privy to the formation of his political ideals, but also to...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 030 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 030 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short works
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 030: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Dog Crusoe and his Master (Version 2) - R. M. Ballantyne
The Dog Crusoe and his Master (Version 2) - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Set in the exciting North American frontier this tale of a rescued dog and its loyalty and help to its new master really underlines the old saying that a dog is a man's best friend. The book really is a story of adventure in the early Western...
Summer Shower - Emily Dickinson
Summer Shower - Emily Dickinson
- Author: Emily Dickinson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Summer Shower by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010....
Some Verses - Helen Hay WHITNEY
Some Verses - Helen Hay WHITNEY
- Author: Helen Hay WHITNEY
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 24 sonnets and 27 poems in other form by American poet, writer, racehorse owner and breeder, socialite, and philanthropist Helen Hay Whitney. - Summary by Carolin...
The Two Destinies - Wilkie Collins
The Two Destinies - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Romance
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn't seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a...
The Little Lame Prince - Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
The Little Lame Prince - Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
- Author: Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Paralyzed in an accident while a baby, young Prince Dolor is imprisoned in a lonely tower by his usurping uncle. He is visited by his mysterious godmother who provides him with magical gifts, including a travelling cloak that allows him to fly...
The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell - Don MARQUIS
The Old Soak, and Hail And Farewell - Don MARQUIS
- Author: Don MARQUIS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Poetry
Published in 1921 (Prohibition went into effect in January 1920), "Hail and Farewell" is a collection of poems in honour of alcohol, drunkenness, and all things related. In "The Old Soak", an old codger grumbles and connives to get alcohol in the...
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Ann Radcliffe
The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Ann Radcliffe
- Author: Ann Radcliffe
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
Ann Radcliffe is the founder of the gothic novel. This novel is no exception. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years before the novel began. Only twelve years later, free from his mother's wishes, can the earl seek revenge....
Find the Woman - Frank Gelett BURGESS
Find the Woman - Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Author: Frank Gelett BURGESS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Who was Belle Charmion? If you really care to know, as John Fenton did, you must go with him on his quest, hither and yon over New York, into strange houses and through side streets at midnight, a shuttle in the secret loom of fate, weaving in and...
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, September 1909 - Various
The History Teacher's Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, September 1909 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: History
"The History Teacher’s Magazine is devoted to the interests of teachers of History, Civics, and related subjects in the fields of Geography and Economics. It aims to bring to the teacher of these topics the latest news of his profession. It will...
Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch - Eaton G. OSMAN
Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch - Eaton G. OSMAN
- Author: Eaton G. OSMAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Native Americans, particularly the Kaskaskia who lived in the Grand Village of the Illinois across the river....
Cranford (version 2) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Cranford (version 2) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Cranford is set in a small market town populated largely by a number of respectable ladies. It tells of their secrets and foibles, their gossip and their romances as they face the challenges of dealing with new inhabitants to their society and...
Robin Hood - J. Walker McSpadden
Robin Hood - J. Walker McSpadden
- Author: J. Walker McSpadden
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Fantastic Fiction
Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally Robin Hood and...
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 03 - Anonymous
The Arabian Nights Entertainments, Volume 03 - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The third of four volumes of Middle Eastern tales, originally written in Arabic. Scheherazade tries to prolong her husband's interest in her - and therefore her life - by telling her tales in installments. - Summary by Gillian Hendrie...
Fire - Flowers - E. Pauline Johnson
Fire - Flowers - E. Pauline Johnson
- Author: E. Pauline Johnson
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Literary Fiction
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Fire - Flowers by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 18, 2013. Fire-Flowers is taken from the book, Flint and Feather: Collected Verse by E. Pauline Johnson. (Summary...
The Haunted Room - Charlotte Maria Tucker
The Haunted Room - Charlotte Maria Tucker
- Author: Charlotte Maria Tucker
- Genre: Family Life / Christian Fiction
Mr. Trevor inherits a piece of land in the country called Myst Court, and plans to move there with his three children: Emmie, Bruce, and Vibert. But rumor says that a room in the house that is haunted. Bruce and Mr. Trevor tell Emmie there are no...
The Haunted Hour; an anthology - Margaret Widdemer
The Haunted Hour; an anthology - Margaret Widdemer
- Author: Margaret Widdemer
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Anthologies
I have not considered as ghost-poems anything but poems which related to the return of spirits to earth. They "The Blessed Damozel," a poem of spirits in heaven, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," whose heroine may be a fairy or witch, and whose ghosts are...
The Clock Struck One - Fergus Hume
The Clock Struck One - Fergus Hume
- Author: Fergus Hume
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Fergus Hume was a prolific writer of Victorian murder mysteries and The Clock Struck One is another great example of his inventive plots. Julian Edermont living in near seclusion for the last 20 years fearful of an unknown assailant is beaten to...
The Paradise Mystery - J. S. Fletcher
The Paradise Mystery - J. S. Fletcher
- Author: J. S. Fletcher
- Genre: Detective Fiction
A quiet cathedral town in England, full of gossips and people who are not quite who they seem to be, is the setting for this murder mystery. (Summary by Gesine)...
