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The Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 2) - Hugh Lofting
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 2) - Hugh Lofting
- Author: Hugh Lofting
- Genre: Animals & Nature
This is the original book about the amazing Dr. Dolittle who "Besides the gold-fish in the pond at the bottom of his garden, he had rabbits in the pantry, white mice in his piano, a squirrel in the linen closet and a hedgehog in the cellar." In it,...
The Sisters' Tragedy, with Other Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The Sisters' Tragedy, with Other Poems, Lyrical and Dramatic - Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poetry by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The collection includes several poems in the form of dialogues. - Summary by Carolin...
English Fairy Tales - Flora Annie STEEL
English Fairy Tales - Flora Annie STEEL
- Author: Flora Annie STEEL
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a selection of the most well-known fairy tales told in England. It contains such very famous stories as Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding-hood, but also some stories that are not included in every other collection of fairy tales....
The Golden Days of good Queen Bess - Sir John CARR
The Golden Days of good Queen Bess - Sir John CARR
- Author: Sir John CARR
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Parody on "The Golden Days of good Queen Bess" by Sir John Carr. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 15th, 2009....
The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
- Author: Hans Christian Andersen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Short-stories/fairy tales by H. C. Anderson, includes The Ice-maiden -- The Butterfly -- The Psyche -- The Snail and the Rose-tree The Ice-Maiden: Written toward the end of Hans Christian Andersen's career, "The Ice-Maiden" is the story of Rudy, a...
Key to the Science of Theology - Parley PRATT
Key to the Science of Theology - Parley PRATT
- Author: Parley PRATT
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
"The present Volume aims to embody, in a concise and somewhat original manner and style, a general view of the Science of Theology, as gathered from revelation, history, prophecy, reason and analogy. If the Work proves an introductory key to some of...
The Golden Dream - R. M. Ballantyne
The Golden Dream - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Westerns
Thoroughly engaging, at times even harrowing, adventure tale set in the San Francisco gold rush. Detailed depiction of its time and place, complete with everything from mining techniques to societal attitudes. You'll feel like you're in the...
Life's Enthusiasms - David Starr JORDAN
Life's Enthusiasms - David Starr JORDAN
- Author: David Starr JORDAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works / Philosophy
The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and recommends certain routes to its attainment. He explores schooling (public secondary and the university), travel, and...
Alexander the Great - Jacob Abbott
Alexander the Great - Jacob Abbott
- Author: Jacob Abbott
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / History
Alexander the Great was one of the most successful military commanders in history, and was undefeated in battle. By the time of his death, he had conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks. Alexander the Great is one of many biographies...
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century - G. A. Henty
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century - G. A. Henty
- Author: G. A. Henty
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure
"Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress of Venice." And thus begins another swashbuckling adventure by G. A. Henty. The great city-state is in trouble from...
A Merry Christmas : two early birds - Anonymous
A Merry Christmas : two early birds - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of A Merry Christmas : two early birds by anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11. 2018. ------ This Christmas pamphlet, dated 1890, from The Mail and Empire, a Toronto newspaper,...
The White Man's Burden - Rudyard Kipling
The White Man's Burden - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling...
War and Peace, Book 03: 1805 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 03: 1805 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
The Island Of Doctor Moreau (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
The Island Of Doctor Moreau (Version 2) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Fantastic Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
In this classsic of H. G. Wells, Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a beautiful island in the South Seas and is drawn into the wild and cruel world of Doctor Moreau, who aspires to play God with animals. Summary by Bob Neufeld...
The Man Who Fought the Devil - Eva K. BETZ
The Man Who Fought the Devil - Eva K. BETZ
- Author: Eva K. BETZ
- Genre: General / Religion
Jean Marie Vianney always found it hard to learn. In fact, he made history by receiving a zero as his examination mark after his first year of study in the seminary. But with determination, and with God’s help, he won through. He became a...
Ten Common Trees - Susan STOKES
Ten Common Trees - Susan STOKES
- Author: Susan STOKES
- Genre: Nature
These are short sketches of ten common trees found in North America -- Black Willow, American Elm, Apple Tree, Horse-Chestnut, Birch, White Oak, Chestnut, Walnut, Cone Bearers, Red Maple. The simple writing style makes the book suitable to be used...
Piano and Song - Friedrich WIECK
Piano and Song - Friedrich WIECK
- Author: Friedrich WIECK
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Music
This book talks about teaching, learning and performing on the piano in a delightful style, alternating between conversation and instruction. As he was the father of Clara Schumann and Robert Schumann's teacher, need I say more? (Summary by SandraG)...
Flowers from the Garden of Saint Francis for Every Day of the Year - Saint Francis of ASSISI
Flowers from the Garden of Saint Francis for Every Day of the Year - Saint Francis of ASSISI
- Author: Saint Francis of ASSISI
- Genre: *Non-fiction
This is a collection of 365 moral admonitions of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) and other notable Franciscans. The compiler of this anthology suggests that Francis "was inspired by God, six hundred years ago, to rekindle in His Church the...
The Truth About Jesus. Is He a Myth? - M. M. MANGASARIAN
The Truth About Jesus. Is He a Myth? - M. M. MANGASARIAN
- Author: M. M. MANGASARIAN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Religion
The following work offers in book form the series of studies on the question of the historicity of Jesus, presented from time to time before the Independent Religious Society in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, 1909. No effort has been made to change the...
The Last Man - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The Last Man - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Last Man is an early post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by Mary Shelley, which was first published in 1826. The book tells of a future world that has been ravaged by a plague. The plague gradually kills off all people. Lionel Verney, central...
Favourite Chapters Collection 002 - Various
Favourite Chapters Collection 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: General Fiction
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderful clarity with which great ideas are expressed, and still others because the reader did a wonderful job....
Pep: The Story Of A Brave Dog - Clarence Hawkes
Pep: The Story Of A Brave Dog - Clarence Hawkes
- Author: Clarence Hawkes
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / War & Military Fiction / Published 1900 onward
This 1922 adventure story for youth and dog lovers will delight anyone with just a little suspension of disbelief. Sentimental and anthropomorphic, it’s still a good read/listen for those who would appreciate how a devoted dog saved his physician...
Brother Jacob - George Eliot
Brother Jacob - George Eliot
- Author: George Eliot
- Genre: Family Life / Short Stories
Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious David Faux and his idiot brother, Jacob. - Summary by Lynne Thompson...
A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
A Key To Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Genre: History
After the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which many claim sparked off the Civil War that put an end to legalized slavery in America, there was a great outcry that Stowe had blown her fictional story out of all proportion to the facts. She was...
The Female Quixote Vol. 1 - Charlotte LENNOX
The Female Quixote Vol. 1 - Charlotte LENNOX
- Author: Charlotte LENNOX
- Genre: Romance / Published before 1800
The novel formally inverts Don Quixote: as the don mistakes himself for the knightly hero of a Romance, so Arabella mistakes herself for the maiden love of a Romance. While the don thinks it his duty to praise the Platonically pure damsels he meets...
The Green Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
The Green Fairy Book - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although Andrew Lang did not collect the stories himself from the oral tradition, the extent of his sources, who had...
The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
- Author: Niccolò Machiavelli
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
ll Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (About Principalities). It was written around 1513, but not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli’s...
A New Arrival - George Washington CABLE
A New Arrival - George Washington CABLE
- Author: George Washington CABLE
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A New Arrival by George W. Cable. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010. "The New Arrival" is a valuable poem because it expresses the joy of a young father over his new baby. If...
Child’s New Story Book - Anonymous
Child’s New Story Book - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Short works
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)...
Bible (YLT) 02: Exodus - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) 02: Exodus - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
Young’s Literal Translation is a translation of the Bible into English, published in 1862. The translation was made by Robert Young, compiler of Young’s Analytical Concordance to the Bible and Concise Critical Comments on the New Testament. Young...
Rain (Version 2) - W. Somerset Maugham
Rain (Version 2) - W. Somerset Maugham
- Author: W. Somerset Maugham
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Rain charts the moral disintegration of a missionary attempting to convert a Pacific island prostitute named Sadie Thompson. (Introduction by an excerpt from Wikipedia)...
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton - E. Phillips Oppenheim
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old house. What he doesn't realize is that the fruit of the plant, when eaten, will change not merely the entire...
Bible (WEB) NT 01-27: The New Testament - World English Bible
Bible (WEB) NT 01-27: The New Testament - World English Bible
- Author: World English Bible
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
The World English Bible is a translation of the Bible into modern English. Work on the project began in 1997, but the translation has been released directly into the public domain, free of copyright. It is largely an update of the American Standard...
The Divine Companion (Version 2) - James Allen
The Divine Companion (Version 2) - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: Single author / Self-Help
It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years and those who have eyes to see and hearts to understand will find in its pages the spiritual history of his...
Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life - Elisha GRAY
Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life - Elisha GRAY
- Author: Elisha GRAY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is...
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 3 (Gray's Anatomy) - Henry Gray
Anatomy of the Human Body, Part 3 (Gray's Anatomy) - Henry Gray
- Author: Henry Gray
- Genre: Medical
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the public-domain 1918 US edition (some information may...
The Thirteenth: Greatest of Centuries - James Joseph Walsh
The Thirteenth: Greatest of Centuries - James Joseph Walsh
- Author: James Joseph Walsh
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
It cannot but seem a paradox to say that the Thirteenth was the greatest of centuries. To most people the idea will appear at once so preposterous that they may not even care to consider it. A certain number, of course, will have their curiosity...
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1) - Various
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1) - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of famous tragic poems set in different regions of the world, including Greece, Rome, the Orient,...
If - Rudyard Kipling
If - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s weekly poetry project for the week of January 29, 2006: This popular piece was voted Britain’s favourite poem in a BBC opinion poll in 1995. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 2 dramatic reading) - Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (version 2 dramatic reading) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Dramatic Readings
Growing up on the banks of the Mississippi river, a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer spends his days getting into one scrape after another. Tom's constant cleverness, superstition, trickery, and daring make him a handful to raise, and his Aunt Polly...
