Free audio books online
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
- Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
- Genre: Satire
Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. Like many novels of the time, Vanity Fair was published as a serial before being sold in book form; it was printed in...
Food Guide for War Service at Home - Katherine BLUNT
Food Guide for War Service at Home - Katherine BLUNT
- Author: Katherine BLUNT
- Genre: Business & Economics / House & Home
"The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great food need in Europe—and meeting it is an imperative military necessity—we must be very careful and economical in...
The Big Time - Fritz Leiber
The Big Time - Fritz Leiber
- Author: Fritz Leiber
- Genre: Science Fiction
A classic locked room mystery, in a not-so-classic setting. (Intro by Karen Savage)...
Song..While with fond rapture - Tobias Smollett
Song..While with fond rapture - Tobias Smollett
- Author: Tobias Smollett
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Song by Tobias Smollett. This is the weekly poem starting from October 16th, 2011. It's a lovely love song. ( Summary by Stav Nisser ) Taken from the Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and...
The Return of the Soul - Robert Smythe HICHENS
The Return of the Soul - Robert Smythe HICHENS
- Author: Robert Smythe HICHENS
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Can the soul of the dead come back to haunt the one who was responsible for its death? What would happen if the responsible one did not believe it could be so, and yet was in love with the returned soul? The Return of the Soul is a horror story of a...
On the Sight of a Skull
On the Sight of a Skull
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
Mary Mollineux (born Mary Southworth) was probably the daughter of Catholic parents who converted to Quakerism, differed from many of her Quaker contemporaries because of an early education in Latin, Greek, science, and arithmetic. (Summary from...
The Bee-Master of Warrilow - Tickner Edwardes
The Bee-Master of Warrilow - Tickner Edwardes
- Author: Tickner Edwardes
- Genre: Nature
"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds. He laughed. "What would be the good of a sword to a soldier," he said, "if only one blow could be struck with it? It is certainly true that the bee does...
Orthodoxy (Version 2) - G. K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy (Version 2) - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Orthodoxy is a book that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "attempt an explanation, not of whether the Christian faith can be believed, but of how he personally has come to...
Bible (KJV) NT 01: The Sermon On the Mount, Matthew 5-7 - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 01: The Sermon On the Mount, Matthew 5-7 - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The Sermon On The Mount is one of the teachings in the ministry of Jesus Christ. In The Sermon On The Mount is found many sayings and important precepts held by Christian churches, sayings such as The Beatitudes, The Lord's Prayer, and other...
A Spring Harvest - Geoffrey Bache SMITH
A Spring Harvest - Geoffrey Bache SMITH
- Author: Geoffrey Bache SMITH
- Genre: Single author
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He was a talented poet and attended Oxford. In 1915, he fought for England in World War I, and died of wounds...
The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn - Harry Collingwood
The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn - Harry Collingwood
- Author: Harry Collingwood
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
Eric Blackburn's strange adventures begin when the ship on which he is engaged as fourth officer is struck by an enormous meteorite and sinks within minutes, and Blackburn is the sole survivor out of the 535 people on board that ship. Through...
Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives - Oliver Optic
Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives - Oliver Optic
- Author: Oliver Optic
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Family / Religion
One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves before the Grant family, and asked for counsel and assistance. The party consisted of two boys and a girl, and...
Summa Theologica - 09 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Law and Grace - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 09 Pars Prima Secundae, Treatise on Law and Grace - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Medieval / Early Modern
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–1274) although it was never finished. It was intended as a manual for beginners and a compilation of all of the...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 12) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 12) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
Much of this chapter is taken up with the affairs of Ireland during the reign of James II. The Protestants and Catholics are having their usual disagreements and James is putting his pieces in place in an attempt to use the Irish to consolidate his...
Superwomen - Albert Payson Terhune
Superwomen - Albert Payson Terhune
- Author: Albert Payson Terhune
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
In this 1916 work, Albert Payson Terhune introduces twelve immensely influential women, whose actions influenced world history. Terhune chooses well-known figures whose stories are as much myth as history, like Cleopatra and Helen of Troy, artists...
A Burnt Ship - John Donne
A Burnt Ship - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Burnt Ship by John Donne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 17th, 2010....
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 03 - William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 03 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox readers present the third collection of monologues from Shakespeare's plays. Containing 20 parts. - William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) remains widely to be considered the single greatest playwright of all time. He wrote...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged) - Lewis Carroll
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (abridged) - Lewis Carroll
- Author: Lewis Carroll
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a work of children's literature by the English mathematician and author, the Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, written under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells the story of a girl named Alice who falls down a...
Sophisms of the Protectionists - Frédéric BASTIAT
Sophisms of the Protectionists - Frédéric BASTIAT
- Author: Frédéric BASTIAT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Business & Economics
"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various applications, against fallacious arguments promoting the "Protection" of industries to the detriment of consumers and...
Omar Resung - Charles G. BLANDEN
Omar Resung - Charles G. BLANDEN
- Author: Charles G. BLANDEN
- Genre: General Fiction / Poetry
Most of the translations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam have been in verse. However, there have been three notable exceptions to this convention; the French translation by J. B. Nicolas (1867), the English version by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1889)...
A Prince of Good Fellows - Robert BARR
A Prince of Good Fellows - Robert BARR
- Author: Robert BARR
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Robert Barr (1849 - 1912) was a Scottish Journalist, editor, humorist and author. A Prince of Good Fellows was published in 1902, and is a series of Historical Fiction stories about the young James V, King of Scots (1512 – 1542). The chapters are...
Little Tales of the Desert - Ethel Twycross FOSTER
Little Tales of the Desert - Ethel Twycross FOSTER
- Author: Ethel Twycross FOSTER
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Animals & Nature
A six year-old girl named Mary spends Christmas vacation with her parents in the Arizona desert of 1901 or thereabouts. ( Summary by BellonaTimes )...
A Perfect Strain - Isabella CRAWFORD
A Perfect Strain - Isabella CRAWFORD
- Author: Isabella CRAWFORD
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of A Perfect Strain by Isabella Valancy Crawford, published in "The Collected Poems of Isabella Valancy Crawford" in 1905. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 27th, 2008....
Father - S.E. KISER
Father - S.E. KISER
- Author: S.E. KISER
- Genre: Family Life / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
A tribute to fatherhood by a little known author, - Summary by David Lawrence...
Birds of Prey - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Birds of Prey - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Literary Fiction
The first part of the book builds the characters of four con men who become interconnected and attempt their schemes on each other. This book is the first of a two part story, the second part is the book Charlotte's Inheritance....
The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Vol. 2 - Marguerite of Navarre
The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Vol. 2 - Marguerite of Navarre
- Author: Marguerite of Navarre
- Genre: Single Author Collections
THE HEPTAMERON, first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day containing only 2 stories. The stories, many of which deal with love and infidelity, resulted in "accusations of...
Wulf the Saxon - G. A. Henty
Wulf the Saxon - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wulf, a young, but extremely capable Saxon Thane. Wulf with his friends and servitors devote their lives to the...
A Baby Running Barefoot - D. H. Lawrence
A Baby Running Barefoot - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of A Baby Running Barefoot by D. H. Lawrence. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 7th, 2008....
Sun Shadows - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Sun Shadows - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Ella Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. This Weekly Poem is taken from her collection, Poems of Sentiment (1919)...
The Fall of Troy - Quintus SMYRNAEUS
The Fall of Troy - Quintus SMYRNAEUS
- Author: Quintus SMYRNAEUS
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)
The Fall of Troy also called "Posthomeric" is an account of the Trojan war from the Arrival of Penthesleia to the sack of Troy.(summary by Titurel)PLing by Linny and DrPGould...
Short Story Collection Vol. 076 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 076 - 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 annals of Arthur Conan Doyle's detective stories, Robert Louis Stevenson's cynical observations on life, a classic tale from The...
Two Sides To Every Question: From A South Australian Standpoint - Maud Jean FRANC
Two Sides To Every Question: From A South Australian Standpoint - Maud Jean FRANC
- Author: Maud Jean FRANC
- Genre: General Fiction
'Two Sides to Every Question’: From a South Australian Standpoint is a meditation on poverty, wealth, and social aspiration set in the free settlement of Adelaide in pre-Federation Australia. The novel follows the lives of a cast of characters from...
A Tramp Abroad - Mark Twain
A Tramp Abroad - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Humorous Fiction
A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on his closest friend, Joseph...
On the Sublime - Unknown
On the Sublime - Unknown
- Author: Unknown
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)
This is a classical text on aesthetics and proper style in writing and rhetoric, including commentary on various ancient Greek works such as those of Plato, Homer, and Demosthenes. Authorship of this treatise is disputed/unknown, but the text is...
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: Poetry
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a lengthy narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818 and is dedicated to "Ianthe". The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who,...
Convention - Agnes LEE
Convention - Agnes LEE
- Author: Agnes LEE
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Convention by Agnes Lee. This was the weekly poetry project for December 21st, 2008....
Short Poetry Collection 161 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 161 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 28 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2016....
The Tale of Frisky Squirrel - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Frisky Squirrel - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects to entertain. The Tale of Frisky Squirrel is one of 16 stories of his Tuck-Me-In Tales series. - Summary by...
Ardours and Endurances - Robert NICHOLS
Ardours and Endurances - Robert NICHOLS
- Author: Robert NICHOLS
- Genre: Poetry
This is a volume of war poetry by English poet and playwright Robert Nichols. To quote Wikipedia: "On 11 November 1985, Nichols was among 16 Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner. The inscription...
Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
Carmilla - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by over twenty...
