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Short Poetry Collection 046 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 046 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 046: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
The Mermaid - Lily DOUGALL
The Mermaid - Lily DOUGALL
- Author: Lily DOUGALL
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
"'What a fool I was not to go where she beckoned!' mused Caius. 'Where? Anywhere into the heart of the ocean, out of this dull, sordid life into the land of dreams.' For it must all have been a dream—a sweet, fantastic dream, imposed upon his senses...
Ozymandias of Egypt - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias of Egypt - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you sixteen different recordings of Ozymandias of Egypt, by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 20th, 2006....
Short Poetry Collection 169 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 169 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2017....
The Time Traders, (Version 2) - Andre Norton
The Time Traders, (Version 2) - Andre Norton
- Author: Andre Norton
- Genre: Science Fiction
If it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. At least that was the theory American scientists were exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of knowledge the Russians possessed. Perhaps Russian...
The Channings - Mrs. Henry Wood
The Channings - Mrs. Henry Wood
- Author: Mrs. Henry Wood
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
This is a saga about life in a small town in England during the Victorian era. The "stars" of this saga are the Channings. Mr. Channing was ill and, because of his poverty, his six children have to work. Many things happen during this saga: a man...
The Red Badge of Courage; An Episode of the American Civil War - Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage; An Episode of the American Civil War - Stephen Crane
- Author: Stephen Crane
- Genre: War & Military Fiction
There comes a time in the course of battle when a participant casts his fate to the gods of war, and carries on without question, the task at hand. Living, dying, right or wrong, can be contemplated later. The spirit of the bayonet takes over and...
Fifty years & Other Poems - James Weldon Johnson
Fifty years & Other Poems - James Weldon Johnson
- Author: James Weldon Johnson
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was an early civil rights activist, and this theme is the basis for many of the poems in this collection as well. This volume also contains an introduction by Brander Matthews.The first...
By Pond and River - Arabella B. Buckley
By Pond and River - Arabella B. Buckley
- Author: Arabella B. Buckley
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
In By Pond and River, another of Arabella Buckley's wonderful science books for children, she explains the habitats of ponds and rivers, exposing children to the animals and plant life that are found there. (Summary by Laura Caldwell)...
Little Women (version 4) - Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (version 4) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Little Women is the classic story of the March family, which consists of Mr. and Mrs. March and their four girls–Practical, yet fashion conscious, Meg, who longs for the nice things they used to have. Rambunctious, book worm, Jo, who wants to become...
Short Poetry Collection 135 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 135 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2014....
The Exploits of Juve - Marcel ALLAIN
The Exploits of Juve - Marcel ALLAIN
- Author: Marcel ALLAIN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Detective Fiction
Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. He is totally ruthless,...
Windsor Castle, Book 4 - William Harrison Ainsworth
Windsor Castle, Book 4 - William Harrison Ainsworth
- Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Historical Fiction
Book 4 - Cardinal Wolsey. The focus of the novels is on the events surrounding Henry VIII's replacing Catherine of Aragon with Anne Boleyn as his wife. During Henry's pursuit of Boleyn, the novel describes other couples, including the Earl of Surrey...
The Night Side of New York - Various
The Night Side of New York - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after dark, with stops along the way to vividly depict scenes ranging from the splendid to the squalid - but focusing...
The Voice of the Ancient Bard - William Blake
The Voice of the Ancient Bard - William Blake
- Author: William Blake
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)...
Cuban Folk Lore - L. Roy Terwilliger
Cuban Folk Lore - L. Roy Terwilliger
- Author: L. Roy Terwilliger
- Genre: Other religions
The author gives a first-hand look at unusual and arguably primitive customs on the island of Cuba. He uncovers a strange and unique blend of superstitious ritual, possibly brought from Africa by slaves, and Catholic religious ceremony, introduced...
Sarrasine - Honoré de Balzac
Sarrasine - Honoré de Balzac
- Author: Honoré de Balzac
- Genre: Romance
Published by Honoré de Balzac in the tempestuous year of 1830, the tale follows the undulating pathways of Sarrasine the sculptor’s shocking journey to his coming of age. As one of the “fathers of realism” Balzac painted with his words a vivid...
Good Sense - Paul Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
Good Sense - Paul Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach
- Author: Paul Henri Thiry Baron d'Holbach
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Atheism & Agnosticism
In 1770, Baron D'Holbach published his masterpiece, "Systeme de la Nature", which for a long time passed as the posthumous work of M. de Mirabaud. That text-book of "Atheistical Philosophy" caused a great sensation, and two years later, 1772, the...
Army Mental Tests - Clarence Stone Yoakum
Army Mental Tests - Clarence Stone Yoakum
- Author: Clarence Stone Yoakum
- Genre: War & Military
Prepared in cooperation with the staff of the surgeon general's office as a source of information and printed materials concerning psychological testing used within the United States Army and indications of the possible use of similar methods in...
Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart - Chrétien de Troyes
Lancelot, or The Knight of the Cart - Chrétien de Troyes
- Author: Chrétien de Troyes
- Genre: Romance
This medieval French romance is the oldest surviving work about Lancelot. When Queen Guinevere is abducted by Meleagrant, Lancelot must face many trials, physical, emotional, and social, to rescue her. (Summary by Libby Gohn)...
Ghost Story Collection 003 - Various
Ghost Story Collection 003 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of...
Frost at Midnight - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Frost at Midnight - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 different recordings of Frost at Midnight by Samuel Taylor Coleridge....
The Adventures of Bobby Coon - Thornton W. Burgess
The Adventures of Bobby Coon - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
"In this engaging story, Bobby Raccoon suffers a series of mishaps. Following a bad dream, he bites his own tail, is given a dreadful fright, learns that Farmer Brown's Boy is a kind friend, survives an encounter with Buster Bear, gets a terrible...
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Religion / Atheism & Agnosticism
A second volume of lectures by the most famous orator of the 19th century. Ingersoll was a tireless crusader for the dignity of humanity, and a relentless opponent of organized religion. (Summary by Ted Delorme)...
Crucial Instances - Edith Wharton
Crucial Instances - Edith Wharton
- Author: Edith Wharton
- Genre: General Fiction / Short Stories
This is Edith Wharton's second published collection of short stories (1901). One of these seven stories, "Copy: A Dialogue," is written as a short play. The role of Hilda is read by Arielle Lipshaw, and the role of Ventnor by Mark F. Smith. (Summary...
The Congo - Vachel Lindsay
The Congo - Vachel Lindsay
- Author: Vachel Lindsay
- Genre: Poetry
The Congo is one of the best-known poems by American poet Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). It was revolutionary in its use of sounds and rhythms — as sounds and rhythms — and includes elaborate annotations to guide its spoken performance. Lindsay...
Summa Theologica - 04 Pars Prima, On Man - Saint Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica - 04 Pars Prima, On Man - Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Author: Saint Thomas Aquinas
- Genre: Early Modern / Christianity - Other
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...
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children - William Dean Howells
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories Told for Children - William Dean Howells
- Author: William Dean Howells
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Short works
Five short delightful stories for children, told in the voice of "the papa" to "the girl" and "the boy" William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters",...
The Monadology - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The Monadology - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Author: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Science
The Monadology (La Monadologie, 1714) is one of Gottfried Leibniz’s best known works representing his later philosophy. It is a short text which sketches in some 90 paragraphs a metaphysics of simple substances, or monads. What he proposed can be...
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Self-Help
Did you ever contemplate a carreer as a journalist, or to get married? Do you have problems with your children, parents, or colleagues? Do you, in fact, have any problem at all? In that case, Ella Wheeler Wilcox might be able to help you. In 35...
The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
The Wanderer - Fanny Burney
- Author: Fanny Burney
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / General Fiction / Historical Fiction
This is the fourth and final novel by Fanny Burney, the author of Evelina, Cecilia, and Camilla. "Who is "Miss Ellis?" Why did she board a ship from France to England at the beginning of the French revolution? Anyway, the loss of her purse made this...
Greybeards at Play - G. K. Chesterton
Greybeards at Play - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Poetry
G.K. Chesterton's first publication, "Greybeards at Play" is a collection of poetry and accompanying illustrations. The work is marked by the irreverent whimsy and ancient delight that would eventually be recognized as Chesterton's signature style....
Rollo's Wild Oat - Clare Kummer
Rollo's Wild Oat - Clare Kummer
- Author: Clare Kummer
- Genre: Comedy
Rollo Webster, slightly eccentric, has a consuming ambition to play Hamlet. Escaping the restraining influences of his family, he spends his own money in engaging a company, hiring a theater and staging a production of the tragedy. His Ophelia is...
Autumn's Gold - George MacDonald
Autumn's Gold - George MacDonald
- Author: George MacDonald
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many...
Quatrain from the Rubaiyat - Omar Khayyám
Quatrain from the Rubaiyat - Omar Khayyám
- Author: Omar Khayyám
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Quatrain from The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated by Henry George Keene. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 26, 2011. The popularity of the celebrated translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar...
In the Village of Viger - Duncan Campbell Scott
In the Village of Viger - Duncan Campbell Scott
- Author: Duncan Campbell Scott
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
These ten superb short stories of Duncan Campbell Scott, published in 1896, portray humorous, farcical, and tragic aspects of life in the fictional Quebec village of Viger. Scott’s tales of the lives and vicissitudes of Viger’s inhabitants include...
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 06. June 1897 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 06. June 1897 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the June Number. It includes the following articles: The Effects of Geographic Environment in the Development of Civilization in Primitive Man, by Gardiner G. Hubbard The National Forest...
Peace On Earth, Good-Will to Dogs - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Peace On Earth, Good-Will to Dogs - Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Author: Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Animals & Nature
If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one! And if you don't like dogs, I don't know just what to advise you to do! For I warn you perfectly frankly that I am distinctly pro-dog and distinctly pro-Christmas, and would like to bring to...
Short Poetry Collection 140 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 140 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 32 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2015....
Short Poetry Collection 011 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 011 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 011: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....
