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Adam Bede - George Eliot
Adam Bede - George Eliot
- Author: George Eliot
- Genre: Romance
Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in...
To Lesbia - Gaius Valerius CATULLUS
To Lesbia - Gaius Valerius CATULLUS
- Author: Gaius Valerius CATULLUS
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of To Lesbia by Caius Valerius Catullus (translation by Richard Burton.) This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 5th, 2007....
The Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1 - Various
The Black Experience in America, 18th-20th Century, Vol. 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: History
This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, and speeches found on Project Gutenberg that are by or about African Americans. Subjects range from late 18th...
Miss Mackenzie - Anthony Trollope
Miss Mackenzie - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself with no one to care for, and in possession of a moderate fortune. Having money, she is now much sought-after...
Betty Baird's Golden Year - Anna Hamlin Weikel
Betty Baird's Golden Year - Anna Hamlin Weikel
- Author: Anna Hamlin Weikel
- Genre: General Fiction
It seems that all the people close to Betty are going through major life changes. Lois is certainly spending a lot of time with Dunmore Lane these days. Is Betty about to lose her friend and confidante forever? Even Miss Minturne is behaving...
Children's Short Works, Vol. 016 - Various
Children's Short Works, Vol. 016 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 016: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
The Ethics of Belief - William Kingdon CLIFFORD
The Ethics of Belief - William Kingdon CLIFFORD
- Author: William Kingdon CLIFFORD
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Self-Help
This is an essay on decision biases and a critique on prejudices, neatly written and thought provoking. (Summary by sidhu177)...
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4 - Giorgio VASARI
- Author: Giorgio VASARI
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Biography & Autobiography / Early Modern
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri, as it was originally known in Italian, is a...
Pointed Roofs - Pilgrimage Vol. 1 (version 2) - Dorothy Richardson
Pointed Roofs - Pilgrimage Vol. 1 (version 2) - Dorothy Richardson
- Author: Dorothy Richardson
- Genre: Travel Fiction / Literary Fiction
"Pointed Roofs" is the first volume of "Pilgrimage," a series of thirteen autobiographical novels by Dorothy Richardson considered to have pioneered the "stream of consciousness" technique of writing. In a review of Pointed Roofs (The Egoist April...
Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee - David CROCKETT
Narrative of The Life of David Crockett of The State of Tennessee - David CROCKETT
- Author: David CROCKETT
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Autobiography, written by David (Davey) Crockett about 2 years before his death at the Alamo in March of 1836. - Summary by Bill2147...
A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children - E. Louise SMYTHE
A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children - E. Louise SMYTHE
- Author: E. Louise SMYTHE
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lists of reading words on each page, and these have been read by a child. - Summary by Sarah Jennings...
The Ethical Engineer - Harry Harrison
The Ethical Engineer - Harry Harrison
- Author: Harry Harrison
- Genre: Science Fiction
“The Ethical Engineer” also known as “Deathworld II” finds our hero Jason dinAlt captured to face justice for his crimes, but the ever-wily gambler crashes his transport on a primitive planet populated by clans that hoard knowledge. It’s a difficult...
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 1 - R. M. Ballantyne
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication, Story 1 - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
In this first story in Freaks on the Fells, Mr Sudberry, a successful London merchant takes his family on a Scottish highlands vacation. Over the course of the summer the family has lots of exciting adventures near and around the farm and adjoining...
Douglas Duane - Edgar FAWCETT
Douglas Duane - Edgar FAWCETT
- Author: Edgar FAWCETT
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Science Fiction
An introverted, kind-hearted book collector befriends a mad scientist, who isn’t exactly a good friend. When the scientist falls in love with the book collector’s fiancée, he concocts an evil plot to have her for his own. Edgar Fawcett was a...
The Kybalion - The Three INITIATES
The Kybalion - The Three INITIATES
- Author: The Three INITIATES
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy
The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a 1908 book claiming to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, published anonymously by a group or person under the pseudonym of "the Three Initiates". (Introduction by Wikipedia)...
The River Wainsbeck - William Lisle BOWLES
The River Wainsbeck - William Lisle BOWLES
- Author: William Lisle BOWLES
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
William Lisle Bowles was an English priest, poet and critic.The Wainsbeck is a sequestered river in Northumberland, having on its banks "Our Lady's Chapel," three-quarters of a mile west of Bothal. It has been commemorated by Akenside....
The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language - Francis T. PALGRAVE
The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Pieces In the English Language - Francis T. PALGRAVE
- Author: Francis T. PALGRAVE
- Genre: Anthologies
Palgrave's principal contribution to the development of literary taste was contained in his Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861), an anthology of the best poetry in the language constructed upon a plan sound and spacious, and followed...
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 08 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee
A Popular History of Ireland, Book 08 - 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 8, subtitled “The Era of the Reformation”, addresses the late Tudor period, particularly...
Little Pillows, or Good-Night Thoughts for Little Ones - Frances Ridley Havergal
Little Pillows, or Good-Night Thoughts for Little Ones - Frances Ridley Havergal
- Author: Frances Ridley Havergal
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Religion
Thirty-one little evening devotionals, simple enough for the child audience for which they were written, but also inspiring for adults needing spiritual refreshment. (Jael Baldwin)...
La Bohème - Giuseppe GIACOSA
La Bohème - Giuseppe GIACOSA
- Author: Giuseppe GIACOSA
- Genre: Tragedy
In 1830s Paris, four struggling Bohemian artists: the poet Rodolfo, the painter Marcello, the musician Schaunard, and the philosopher Colline, live poorly, but happily. On Christmas Eve, to celebrate, the four split the month's rent and decide to go...
Electra - Sophocles
Electra - Sophocles
- Author: Sophocles
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Tragedy
Sophocles' play dramatizes the aftermath of Agamemnon's murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. His daughter Electra is hungry for revenge and longs for the return of her brother Orestes to help her achieve her ends. (Summary by...
Little Women (version 3 dramatic reading) - Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (version 3 dramatic reading) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction
Louisa May Alcott's beloved 1868 novel is about the four March girls - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy - who are growing up in Massachusetts during the Civil War. As the novel opens, their father is away at war, and the girls are struggling to be good and to...
Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation - L. Frank Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: General Fiction
Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation is a juvenile novel for girls, written by L. Frank Baum. It is the seventh in the ten volumes in the Aunt Jane's Nieces series, and carries forward the continuing story of the three cousins Lousie Merrick Weldon, Patsy...
When Christmas Comes - Virna SHEARD
When Christmas Comes - Virna SHEARD
- Author: Virna SHEARD
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Virna Stanton was born in Cobourg, Ontario, the daughter of Elizabeth Butler Stanton and Eldridge Stanton, a photographer. Her brother Eldridge Stanton Jr. and his wife both died at Niagara Falls, in the Ice Bridge Disaster of 1912. She published...
The Creators: A Comedy - May Sinclair
The Creators: A Comedy - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Jane Holland is a genius, the greatest of a group of extraordinary literary friends. She has an intense artistic and intellectual kinship with George Tanqueray, another remarkable novelist. Despite this keen spiritual relationship, both Holland and...
The Cottager to Her Infant - William Wordsworth
The Cottager to Her Infant - William Wordsworth
- Author: William Wordsworth
- Genre: Poetry / Romance / *Non-fiction
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. Like other Romantics, Wordsworth’s personality and poetry were deeply influenced by his love of nature, especially by the sights and scenes of the Lake Country, in which he spent...
A Christmas Carol (version 02) - Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol (version 02) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / *Non-fiction / House & Home
A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality tale of an old and bitter miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who undergoes a profound experience of redemption over the...
The Bobbsey Twins at School - Laura Lee Hope
The Bobbsey Twins at School - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: School
The Bobbsey Twins is a series of books attributed to Laura Lee Hope, a house pseudonym of the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The family includes a pair of older twins, Nan and Bert, and a pair of younger twins, Freddie and Flossie. This volume is the fourth...
Blind Love - Wilkie Collins
Blind Love - Wilkie Collins
- Author: Wilkie Collins
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Blind Love, also published under the titles Iris and The Lord Harry is Wilkie Collins' last novel, completed after his death by Walter Besant. The blind love in the title refers to the love of Iris, a woman of virtue, for the morally corrupt Henry...
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg - Abner DOUBLEDAY
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg - Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Author: Abner DOUBLEDAY
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
Abner Doubleday began the Civil War as a Union officer and aimed the first cannon shot in response to the bombardment opened on Ft. Sumter in 1861. Two years later, after a series of battles (including Antietam, where he was wounded), Doubleday took...
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin - Joseph Plumb MARTIN
A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin - Joseph Plumb MARTIN
- Author: Joseph Plumb MARTIN
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Early Modern
Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted man. His memoirs tell in detail his experiences during that time...the bitter cold, hunger, loss of life,...
Hoof and Claw - Sir Charles G. D. ROBERTS
Hoof and Claw - Sir Charles G. D. ROBERTS
- Author: Sir Charles G. D. ROBERTS
- Genre: Single Author Collections
These 14 short stories about animals are superb examples of Roberts smooth storytelling style. Knows as the Father of Canadian Poetry, he loved to also write in prose about the wilderness and the personalities of the animals to be found there as...
Short Poetry Collection 094 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 094 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry / Literary Collections
This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2011....
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high birth, who have recently lost their fathers (one to death, one to banishment), fall in love but are...
Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America - Emma Goldman
Deportation: Its Meaning and Menace. Last Message to the People of America - Emma Goldman
- Author: Emma Goldman
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
A pamphlet written by Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman shortly before their deportation from the US in 1919. - Summary by Krzysztof Rowiński...
L'Art Pour l'Art - Various
L'Art Pour l'Art - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Literary Collections
A disparate assemblage of lingual mastery spanning genres and prowess with an eye toward style in favor of capitulation. (summary by kilpatrick83) Tocsin was translated by W. H. Lowe (1848-1917) Maldoror was translated by John Rodker (1894-1955)...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short works / 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, and more for children. Published by Harper...
Ride Proud, Rebel! - Andre Norton
Ride Proud, Rebel! - Andre Norton
- Author: Andre Norton
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Action & Adventure
Drew Rennie, served as a cavalry scout in Confederate general John Hunt Morgan's command. He had left home in 1862 after a final break with his harsh grandfather, who despised him since his birth because of his mother's runaway marriage to a Texan....
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2) - Frederick DOUGLASS
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (version 2) - Frederick DOUGLASS
- Author: Frederick DOUGLASS
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Published in 1845, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself was written in response to critics who questioned the authenticity of the experiences Douglass drew on as a prominent abolitionist speaker....
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution - William Cooper Nell
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution - William Cooper Nell
- Author: William Cooper Nell
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography
A study of the black patriots of the American Revolution, with introductions by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Wendell Phillips....
