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Martin Chuzzlewit (Version 3) - Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit (Version 3) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Dickens portrayal of selfishness, in this case in the Chuzzlewit family. Old Martin has a great fortune, and everyone wants in on it, especially distant cousin Seth Pecksniff. Meanwhile, his grandson, young Martin, has fallen in love with his...
Verses - Hilaire Belloc
Verses - Hilaire Belloc
- Author: Hilaire Belloc
- Genre: Single author
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
New Year's Eve - Eugene Field
New Year's Eve - Eugene Field
- Author: Eugene Field
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of New Year's Eve by Eugene Field. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 27, 2020. ------ This poem is taken from Songs and Other Verse by Eugene Field - Summary by David Lawrence...
Touch and Go - D. H. Lawrence
Touch and Go - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Drama
A man is speaking to a group of colliers in a small mining village. They have decided that they have had enough of the way they are treated and decide to go on strike. A battle of wills ensues. Summary by Michele Eaton Cast List Narrator: Scarbo...
Swamp Cat - Jim Kjelgaard
Swamp Cat - Jim Kjelgaard
- Author: Jim Kjelgaard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Animals & Nature
This adventure in the great outdoors follows the cat Frosty and a young man named Andy as they make a life for themselves in a swamp. They work together to fend off dangers and unwanted poachers in yet another charming story by Jim Kjelgaard. -...
Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages - Wilhelm Wägner
Epics and Romances of the Middle Ages - Wilhelm Wägner
- Author: Wilhelm Wägner
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Sagas
This volume contains the principal hero-lays of the six great epic cycles of the Teutonic Middle Ages: The Langobardian Legends, the Amelung and Kindred Legends; Dietrich of Bern's Adventures; the Nibelung Legends; the Hegeling Legends; and Beowulf....
One-Act Play Collection 016 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 016 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
Here, in our 16th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from Moliere to Jane Austen, from Comedy to Tragedy, all in short gems to make you laugh, cry, think, or all three. - Summary by ToddHW Cast lists: 1. Hyacinth Halvey...
Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children - Arthur Bowie Chrisman
Shen of the Sea: A Book for Children - Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- Author: Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This book was awarded the John Newbery Medal by the Children’s Librarians’ Section of the American Library Association, for the most distinguished contribution to American Children’s literature during the year 1925. it is a collection of stories...
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 08 May 1896 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 08 May 1896 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine. This...
Woman Suffrage and Politics - Carrie Chapman Catt
Woman Suffrage and Politics - Carrie Chapman Catt
- Author: Carrie Chapman Catt
- Genre: History
Written after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and published in 1923, "This book's essential contribution must be sought in its revelation of the bearing of American politics upon the question of woman suffrage." The book traces the history...
The Dawn’s Awake! - Otto Leland Bohanan
The Dawn’s Awake! - Otto Leland Bohanan
- Author: Otto Leland Bohanan
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Dawn’s Awake! by Otto Leland Bohanan. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 9, 2020. ------ Otto Leland Bohanan was born around 1895 In Washington, D.C. He graduated from Howard University...
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13 - Various
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Anthologies
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds...
Foreign Lands (version 2) - Robert Louis Stevenson
Foreign Lands (version 2) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 4, 2021. ------ Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. A celebrity in his lifetime,...
The Wind Of Spring - Madison Cawein
The Wind Of Spring - Madison Cawein
- Author: Madison Cawein
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of The Wind of Spring by Madison Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 25, 2021. ------ Madison Julius Cawein was a poet from Louisville, Kentucky. Cawein's poetry allied his love of nature...
Nuggets of the New Thought - William Walker Atkinson
Nuggets of the New Thought - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: Self-Help
A series of essays by this forceful writer, constituting the cream of his magazine articles upon New Thought topics. The famous "I Can and I Will" essay forms the opening chapter. "The Secret of the I AM," of which 40,000 copies have been sold, is...
Miniver Cheevy - Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
Miniver Cheevy - Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
- Author: Edwin Arlington ROBINSON
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox readers bring you 16 recordings of "Miniver Cheevy" by Edwin Arlington Robinson. This was the fortnightly poem for June 13, 2021. ------ "Miniver Cheevy" is a narrative poem written by Edwin Arlington Robinson and first published in The...
For God And Gold - Julian Corbett
For God And Gold - Julian Corbett
- Author: Julian Corbett
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent navy historian and geologist. This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the personal and professional life of a scholar, the excitement of sailing, and joining the navy. - Summary by Stav...
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 28, May 11, 1880 - Various
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 28, May 11, 1880 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Children's Non-fiction / Short Stories
Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 28th issue of the serial was published on May 11th, 1880. In this issue,...
More Celtic Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs
More Celtic Fairy Tales - Joseph Jacobs
- Author: Joseph Jacobs
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
More fairy tales from the early days of the British Isles, collected and edited by Joseph Jacobs. - Summary by bookworm360...
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Fantastic Fiction
This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real scandal in Louis XVI’s court, commonly called “The Diamond Necklace Affair.” In this volume, the plotting of a...
Arabella Stuart - George Payne Rainsford JAMES
Arabella Stuart - George Payne Rainsford JAMES
- Author: George Payne Rainsford JAMES
- Genre: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs / Historical Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Lady Arabella Stuart was an English noblewoman at the beginning of the seventeenth century. At one time considered to be a possible successor to Elizabeth I, the crown eventually went to her cousin, the tyrannical James I. Our story begins in 1603,...
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting - Jane Collier
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting - Jane Collier
- Author: Jane Collier
- Genre: Satire / Essays & Short Works
An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting was a conduct book written by Jane Collier and published in 1753. The Essay was Collier's first work, and operates as a satirical advice book on how to nag. It was modelled after Jonathan Swift's...
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4) - H. G. Wells
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Science Fiction
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomery, has brought him to. The island’s host, Moreau, is a scientist whose life purpose is to push the limits of...
On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime - Hugo MÜNSTERBERG
On the Witness Stand: Essays on Psychology and Crime - Hugo MÜNSTERBERG
- Author: Hugo MÜNSTERBERG
- Genre: Psychology / True Crime
Eight sketches by one of the pioneers of applied psychology, which highlight the mind of the witness on the witness stand, and how one can be an unreliable eyewitness. The last essay, on the prevention of crime, takes another direction. - Summary by...
The Night of Weeping - Horatius BONAR
The Night of Weeping - Horatius BONAR
- Author: Horatius BONAR
- Genre: Christianity - Other
It is no easy matter to write a book for the family of God. Yet it is for them that these thoughts on chastisement are written. They may be found not unsuitable for the younger brethren of the man of sorrows. For the way is rough, and the...
The Symphony Since Beethoven - Felix Weingartner
The Symphony Since Beethoven - Felix Weingartner
- Author: Felix Weingartner
- Genre: Music
This 1904 book by composer, conductor and pianist Felix Weingartner examines the development of the symphony as a musical form since one of its greatest practitioners, Ludwig van Beethoven. Beethoven's symphonic works gave the symphony an...
Purgatory - Rev. Francois Xavier Schouppe
Purgatory - Rev. Francois Xavier Schouppe
- Author: Rev. Francois Xavier Schouppe
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Purgatory by FX Schouppe, SJ, a french Catholic theologian who died in November, 1904 details the place where saved souls go before Heaven. Think of it as a temporary cleaning or purging place for those who aren't going to Hell. Fire, burning and...
The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 01 October 1896 - Various
The Black Cat Vol. 02 No. 01 October 1896 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Fantastic Fiction / Short Stories
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Many writers were largely unknown, but some famous authors also wrote original material for this magazine....
Bible (YLT) NT 02: Mark - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 02: Mark - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. - Summary by KevinS...
O. Henryana - O. Henry
O. Henryana - O. Henry
- Author: O. Henry
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A book of poems and short stories. - Summary by Fritz...
Thomas Hobbes - Alfred Edward Taylor
Thomas Hobbes - Alfred Edward Taylor
- Author: Alfred Edward Taylor
- Genre: Philosophy / Modern
This work is a look at the life and ideas of Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher of the seventeenth century. The most important ideas are found in his famous work Leviathan. Taylor looks at such concepts of Hobbes as the contract, naturalism,...
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 08 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 08 - Seba Smith
- Author: Seba Smith
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Poetry / Short Stories
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry....
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2) - Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2) - Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Author: Gerard Manley Hopkins
- Genre: Single author
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original imagery of the natural world in verses such as “The Windhover” and “Pied Beauty”. Hopkins was a master of...
Religion and Health - James Joseph Walsh
Religion and Health - James Joseph Walsh
- Author: James Joseph Walsh
- Genre: Medical / Religion
In the introductory chapter and the one following we find the strong presentation of his thesis on the everlasting reality of religion. The chapter on Prayer, marked by absence of psychological speculation, treats practically of the naturalness and...
Apples in Appealing Ways - Mary T. Swickard
Apples in Appealing Ways - Mary T. Swickard
- Author: Mary T. Swickard
- Genre: Cooking
This is Apples in Leaflet No. 312 from the U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics. After a short introduction to apples there are recipes covering apples in main dishes, salads and dressings, bread, cookies,...
The Wall Street Girl - Frederick O. BARTLETT
The Wall Street Girl - Frederick O. BARTLETT
- Author: Frederick O. BARTLETT
- Genre: Romance
After the loss of his father, Don finds that life isn't quite as easy when having to make his own way in the world. Stripped of his riches, he must find a way to make his own money. On this journey he discovers that life will be very different for...
The Story My Doggie Told to Me - Ralph Henry Barbour
The Story My Doggie Told to Me - Ralph Henry Barbour
- Author: Ralph Henry Barbour
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The author of this book, Ralph Henry Barbour, was a prolific writer of scholastic and college sports and adventure fiction for boys. Here is a departure from that niche. This is a story about the good, and not so good, adventures of Fritz the...
The Old Bachelor - William CONGREVE
The Old Bachelor - William CONGREVE
- Author: William CONGREVE
- Genre: Satire
"In The Old Bachelor we have three or four concurrent plots, which become interwoven, indeed, at the end.... It is recorded that the successive unmasking of four beautiful women gave the audience such delight that they burst into a thunder of...
The Angels' Song - Thomas Guthrie
The Angels' Song - Thomas Guthrie
- Author: Thomas Guthrie
- Genre: Christianity - Other
All of the earthly trappings of a royal birth were absent from the birth of Jesus, yet the angels filled the heavens with the song "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will toward men." Join the angels around the manger to look in...
Britannicus - Jean Racine
Britannicus - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
Britannicus is son and heir of the Roman emperor Claudius. However, this does not please Nero, who wants both throne and Britannicus's fiancee Junia. - Summary by ToddHW Cast list: Nero, emperor, son of Agrippina: Dale Burgess Britannicus, son of...
