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The Autobiography of St. Ignatius - St. Ignatius LOYOLA
The Autobiography of St. Ignatius - St. Ignatius LOYOLA
- Author: St. Ignatius LOYOLA
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
This account of the life of St. Ignatius, dictated by himself to Father Gonzalez, is a most valuable record of the great Founder of the Society of Jesus. It, more than any other work, gives an insight into the spiritual life of St. Ignatius. Few...
The Path of Prosperity - James Allen
The Path of Prosperity - James Allen
- Author: James Allen
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
Summary from The Path of Prosperity:I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could not find it; I looked in books, but...
The Fifth Queen - Ford Madox Ford
The Fifth Queen - Ford Madox Ford
- Author: Ford Madox Ford
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
The Fifth Queen trilogy is a series of connected historical novels by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It consists of three novels, The Fifth Queen; And How She Came to Court (1906), Privy Seal (1907) and The Fifth Queen Crowned (1908), which...
Fairy Stories my Children Love Best of All - Edgar Dubs SHIMER
Fairy Stories my Children Love Best of All - Edgar Dubs SHIMER
- Author: Edgar Dubs SHIMER
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
In this collection, we get to know which fairy tales Mr Shimer loved to tell his kids. Some of the stories may be familiar, but most of them may be new to you. We hope that you will enjoy listening to these stories just as much as Mr. Shimer's...
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
The first of the Fu-Manchu novels, this story follows the two characters who are set against the machinations of the insidious doctor.(Summary by FNH)...
Simplex Munditiis - Ben Jonson
Simplex Munditiis - Ben Jonson
- Author: Ben Jonson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Simplex Munditiis by Ben Jonson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 26, 2012. Ben Jonson was an English poet and playwright. He had a huge influence on both the theatre of his day and that...
The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland - Eva March Tappan
The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland - Eva March Tappan
- Author: Eva March Tappan
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / War & Military Fiction
This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a...
Sonnet 130 - William Shakespeare
Sonnet 130 - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets, Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130, have completely contradict each-other and offer differing...
Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs’ exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although he is aware that he is different from the apes...
The Emerald City of Oz - L. Frank Baum
The Emerald City of Oz - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The Emerald City of Oz (1910) was the sixth Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, a title he hoped would be the last. In this book, Dorothy and her impoverished Uncle Henry and Aunt Em are on the brink of losing their Kansas farm. Consequently, Ozma...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 08, Dec. 23, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / General
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, anecdotes, jokes, artwork, craft projects, and more for children. This...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 12, Jan. 20, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 12, Jan. 20, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / General
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children containing delightful serialized stories, short stories, fiction and nonfiction, poetry, craft projects and more. This 12th issue of the serial, published on January 20, 1880,...
The Defense of the Augsburg Confession - Philipp MELANCHTHON
The Defense of the Augsburg Confession - Philipp MELANCHTHON
- Author: Philipp MELANCHTHON
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Apology of the Augsburg Confession was written by Philip Melanchthon during and after the 1530 Diet of Augsburg as a response to the Pontifical Confutation of the Augsburg Confession, Charles V's commissioned official Roman Catholic response to...
Momentous Words - Edward Rowland SILL
Momentous Words - Edward Rowland SILL
- Author: Edward Rowland SILL
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Momentous Words by Edward Rowland Sill. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 23rd, 2008....
Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov
Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov
- Author: Ivan Goncharov
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / General Fiction / Satire
Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the novel, often seen as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, a symbolic character in 19th-century...
From Queen's Gardens - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
From Queen's Gardens - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Genre: Poetry
This is the first part of a collection of poetry written by female poets. This part of From Queen's Gardens is a collection of 30 poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. - Summary by Carolin...
Dr Paull's Theory - Alice Mangold DIEHL
Dr Paull's Theory - Alice Mangold DIEHL
- Author: Alice Mangold DIEHL
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Hugh Paull's training in a London hospital is nearly complete, and he will soon be qualified as a doctor. But what fate is in store for him? What destiny links him to the family of one of his patients? And how will he meet the strange events ahead?...
The Power of a Lie - Johan BOJER
The Power of a Lie - Johan BOJER
- Author: Johan BOJER
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Norby is requested to guarantee a bank loan for Wangen and he obliges, signing the loan document in the presence of a witness. Some time later the witness dies. Years after that Wangen defaults on the loan, requiring Norby to pay the balance, but...
The Uncommercial Traveller - Charles Dickens
The Uncommercial Traveller - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Traveller articles would be among his main...
The Adventures of Master F.J. - George GASCOIGNE
The Adventures of Master F.J. - George GASCOIGNE
- Author: George GASCOIGNE
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Poetry
This story presents through letters, poems and third-person commentary the love affair between a young man named Freeman Jones and a married woman named Elinor, lady of the castle he is visiting in Scotland. Events in the affair are traced from...
An Eye For An Eye - William Le Queux
An Eye For An Eye - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
Frank Urwin and Richard Cleugh are two bachelor journalists sharing a flat in London. One evening while chatting, Urwin receives a telegram from a police acquaintance to come to the local police station at once. Urwin visits Inspector Patterson who...
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can’t help but love. Despite her “tragical” past, Anne’s optimism and imagination have helped her to always see...
Lin McLean - Owen Wister
Lin McLean - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Westerns
Lin McLean is an unaffected, attractive young cowboy in the Wyoming territory before statehood. This book is various stories in his life. (Summary by David Wales)...
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women - George MacDonald
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A young man named Anodos experiences dream-like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree-spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 052 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Essays & Short Works
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery, rose oil, large type books for low vision, the pulmotor, and the method of scientific investigation;...
The Moon is a Painter - Vachel Lindsay
The Moon is a Painter - Vachel Lindsay
- Author: Vachel Lindsay
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Moon is a Painter by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry project for February 1st, 2009....
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Version 2) - Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Version 2) - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820. It was based on a German...
Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes (Kirby translation) - Elias Lönnrot
Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes (Kirby translation) - Elias Lönnrot
- Author: Elias Lönnrot
- Genre: Sagas
The Kalevala is a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology. It is regarded as the national epic of Karelia and Finland and is one of the most significant works of Finnish...
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Stories of Pirates - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Dealings of Captain Sharkey and Other Stories of Pirates - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Notorious pirates who are the scourge of the seven seas, and on land; ghost stories which scare voyagers in the jungles and the ice caps; two ships located in a fatal fight volleying broadsides as if their life depends upon it (which it does); and...
Anna Karenina, Book 4 - Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina, Book 4 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 4, Anna's husband considers drastic measures to address the flagrant infidelity of his wife, while Kitty and Levin...
Short History of the Christian Church - John Fletcher HURST
Short History of the Christian Church - John Fletcher HURST
- Author: John Fletcher HURST
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"The present work has as its basis the series of five Short Histories by the same author, which appeared in the following order: The Reformation, 1884; The Early Church, 1886; The Medieval Church, 1887; The Modern Church in Europe, 1888; and The...
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040 - Various
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 040 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a murder during the Yukon gold rush, a perpetual motion fraud, the dissection of a Tasmanian tiger's brain, phlogiston, Bertrand Russell on...
A Man of Means - P. G. Wodehouse
A Man of Means - P. G. Wodehouse
- Author: P. G. Wodehouse
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
A Man of Means is a collection of six short stories written in collaboration by P. G. Wodehouse and C. H. Bovill. The stories all star Roland Bleke, a nondescript young man to whom financial success comes through a series of "lucky" chances, the...
Viking Tales - Jennie HALL
Viking Tales - Jennie HALL
- Author: Jennie HALL
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short Stories
Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)...
The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden Tails - Kathleen Gray NELSON
The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden Tails - Kathleen Gray NELSON
- Author: Kathleen Gray NELSON
- Genre: Animals & Nature
A fox aspires to reach his 1000th birthday safely and be rewarded with nine golden tails in this wise and charming fairytale....
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six - Juliet CORSON
Twenty-Five Cent Dinners for Families of Six - Juliet CORSON
- Author: Juliet CORSON
- Genre: Cooking
Juliet Corson has put together a few books on economic housekeeping, and this is a fine example. Almost 150 years after publication (1878), it has become quite impossible to feed anyone on 25 cents, but the principles on how to cook economically...
Plague of Pythons - Frederik Pohl
Plague of Pythons - Frederik Pohl
- Author: Frederik Pohl
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Science Fiction
In a post-apocalyptic world where every government in the world has been overrun by its own military machinery, only to see that military machinery self-destruct, people are randomly being affected by a plague that seemingly takes over their brains...
The Golden Bough - James FRAZER
The Golden Bough - James FRAZER
- Author: James FRAZER
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion is a wide-ranging comparative study of mythology and religion, written by Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer (1854–1941). It offered a modernist approach, discussing religion...
One-Act Play Collection 002 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
This collection of eight one-act dramas features plays by Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Susan Glaspell, William Dean Howells and John Millington Synge. It also includes a dramatic reading of a short story by Frank Richard...
The Ghost Pirates - William Hope Hodgson
The Ghost Pirates - William Hope Hodgson
- Author: William Hope Hodgson
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Ghost Pirates is a powerful account of a doomed and haunted ship on its last voyage, and of the terrible sea-devils (of quasi-human aspect, and perhaps the spirits of bygone buccaneers) that besiege it and finally drag it down to an unknown...
