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The Greenstone Door - William Satchell
The Greenstone Door - William Satchell
- Author: William Satchell
- Genre: Action & Adventure / Historical
The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his past, telling the story both from his vantage point as an old man remembering, and as a young man experiencing...
South Sea Tales - Jack London
South Sea Tales - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Single Author Collections
The eight short stories that comprise South Sea Tales are powerful tales that vividly evoke the early 1900’s colonial South Pacific islands. Tales of hurricanes, missionaries, brotherhood and seafaring are intertwined with enslavement, savagery, and...
Verses of a V. A. D. - Vera Brittain
Verses of a V. A. D. - Vera Brittain
- Author: Vera Brittain
- Genre: Single author
This is a collection of poems by Vera M. Brittain, an Englishwoman, who served in World War I as a member of the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD). She worked as a nurse during the war. These poems are based on her wartime experiences. - Summary by...
The Five Nations Vol II - Rudyard Kipling
The Five Nations Vol II - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Single author
Rudyard Kipling was the first English recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature and the youngest at the time to be so rewarded. His children’s stories and poems have been enduring expressions of his times, many tied to India, the country of his...
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening - William Chambers
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening - William Chambers
- Author: William Chambers
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture / Gardening
A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to the continental style, which the author finds too formal with too many straight lines, and the English style, about which he is equally disparaging. In his preface, he says that his...
The Follies of a Day; OR, The Marriage of Figaro (English) - Pierre Beaumarchais
The Follies of a Day; OR, The Marriage of Figaro (English) - Pierre Beaumarchais
- Author: Pierre Beaumarchais
- Genre: Comedy / Satire
This is Thomas Holcroft's English translation, obtained by attending Pierre Beaumarchais' French play nine times in Paris during its original official staging in 1784. Beaumarchais' play was the basis for Mozart's 1796 opera, and is a satire about...
Marooned in the Forest: The Story of a Primitive Fight for Life - Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Marooned in the Forest: The Story of a Primitive Fight for Life - Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
- Author: Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Lost in the depths of the forest without food, fire, weapons, or compass, what is a young man to do? This "modern-day" Robinson Crusoe has to dig deep and develop skills he didn't know he had....
Holmes' Own Story - Herman W. Mudgett
Holmes' Own Story - Herman W. Mudgett
- Author: Herman W. Mudgett
- Genre: True Crime / Memoirs
An account written by the infamous serial murderer H. H. Holmes in an attempt to exonerate himself while being tried for numerous crimes in Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia. - Summary by Autumn...
Mildred and Elsie - Martha Finley
Mildred and Elsie - Martha Finley
- Author: Martha Finley
- Genre: Family Life / Christian Fiction
Mildred returns home from visiting her mother's relatives. She continues to grow in wisdom and beauty and receives many proposals of marriage. She is an ever-increasing blessing to her family and community. In-laws are added to the family, and they...
Bible (YLT) NT 04: John - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) NT 04: John - 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...
Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture 2 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and...
The Myths and Fables of To-day - Samuel Adams Drake
The Myths and Fables of To-day - Samuel Adams Drake
- Author: Samuel Adams Drake
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Samuel Adams was born in 1833, began journalism in 1858, served in the Army for 10 years & returned home to continue with his journalism. Journalism must have been his passion as he did write many books with this one being one of his last. ‘The...
The Red Cross Girls on the French Firing Line - Margaret Vandercook
The Red Cross Girls on the French Firing Line - Margaret Vandercook
- Author: Margaret Vandercook
- Genre: Action & Adventure
This is the second in a series of captivating period historic romance and adventure books entitled "The Red Cross Girls." The series trails four American girls who serve as Red Cross nurses during WWI in Europe. This time, Eugenia, a prim and proper...
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4 - Charles F. Horne
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4 - Charles F. Horne
- Author: Charles F. Horne
- Genre: History
A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 4 of 22, covering from 410-827 AD. -...
Cedric the Forester - Bernard Gay Marshall
Cedric the Forester - Bernard Gay Marshall
- Author: Bernard Gay Marshall
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
A rollicking juvenile adventure tale, this historical fiction book received the Newbery Honor award in 1922. Set in England during the early 1200s, the scion of a Western Marches noble family relates the many encounters and battles that he faces...
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant - Guy de Maupassant
Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant - Guy de Maupassant
- Author: Guy de Maupassant
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Satire / Single Author Collections
Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franco-Prussian War and the disillusionment of life and relationships. This collection of his works, containing...
Americans All, Immigrants All - U. S. Department of the Interior Office of Educati
Americans All, Immigrants All - U. S. Department of the Interior Office of Educati
- Author: U. S. Department of the Interior Office of Educati
- Genre: History / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 dramatic radio broadcast programs detailing the role of immigrants in the development of the USA. This small...
Cut by the County; or, Grace Darnel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Cut by the County; or, Grace Darnel - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Detective Fiction
Darnel Park is situated in a county that thrives on gossip and secrets, and the Darnel family, as it turns out, has many of them. An attempt at Sir Allan Darnel’s life, after various misunderstandings and misdirections, reveals an estranged son and...
The Lost King of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
The Lost King of Oz - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
"Princess Ozma has ruled so wisely and happily in the wonderful Land of Oz for so long that most of us have forgotten the strange story of the Lost King of Oz—Ozma's father. As everyone in Oz knows, the King was transformed from his royal self by...
Ghetto Comedies - Israel Zangwill
Ghetto Comedies - Israel Zangwill
- Author: Israel Zangwill
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
A series of tales, poignant as well as comic, set in the Jewish East End of London by the writer known as the "Dickens of the ghetto" - Summary by Anthony Ogus...
Cherry Ames, Island Nurse - Helen Wells
Cherry Ames, Island Nurse - Helen Wells
- Author: Helen Wells
- Genre: General
A private duty nursing case takes Cherry Ames to a remote Canadian island, where a mystery surrounds a mining operation. The Cherry Ames series stars a mystery-solving nurse, in the lines of Nancy Drew. The 27 books in the series (1943-1968) were...
John Brown - W. E. B. Du Bois
John Brown - W. E. B. Du Bois
- Author: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Political Science
This is a moving and deeply felt biography of abolitionist John Brown, which defends its subject against the popular notion of him as a delusional fanatic. The author, W.E.B. DuBois, was a renowned author, scholar, sociologist, socialist, and civil...
Robert Elsmere - Mary Augusta Ward
Robert Elsmere - Mary Augusta Ward
- Author: Mary Augusta Ward
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventual marriage to Catherine Leyburn. After a period as a country vicar, Robert’s meetings with the local squire,...
Police!!! - Robert W. Chambers
Police!!! - Robert W. Chambers
- Author: Robert W. Chambers
- Genre: Science Fiction
Further adventures of zoologist Percy Smith ("In Search of the Unknown"). Humorous, science fiction tales, focusing on the pursuit of fantastical animals, weird monsters, strange relics, and beautiful women!...
On The High Price Of Fish - William Cowper
On The High Price Of Fish - William Cowper
- Author: William Cowper
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox readers bring you 26 recordings of On The High Price Of Fish by William Cowper. This was the weekly poem for June 6, 2021. ------ Here we have a silly poem this week by William Cowper, an English poet, and hymnodist. One of the most popular...
Self-Control: A Novel (version 2) - Mary Brunton
Self-Control: A Novel (version 2) - Mary Brunton
- Author: Mary Brunton
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a libertine, who makes an offer of marriage which Laura, not knowing any better, declines at first, saying she...
The Wild Irishman - T. W. H. Crosland
The Wild Irishman - T. W. H. Crosland
- Author: T. W. H. Crosland
- Genre: History / Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opinions of Englishman, Thomas Crosland. Remember this was written in the late 1800's and published in 1905....
Yellow Butterflies - Mary Raymond Shipman ANDREWS
Yellow Butterflies - Mary Raymond Shipman ANDREWS
- Author: Mary Raymond Shipman ANDREWS
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Historical Fiction
The title of this historical fiction could as well have been "A Soldier’s Mother" or “An Unknown Soldier”. There are indeed butterflies, and there is a small boy who grows into a fine, strapping young man who goes to war. But this moving novella...
Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays - Edward CARPENTER
Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays - Edward CARPENTER
- Author: Edward CARPENTER
- Genre: Modern
This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicted. Alongside this influential publication (originally published in 1889), are compiled other essays: Modern...
The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Book 2) - PALLADIUS
The Paradise, or Garden of the Holy Fathers (Book 2) - PALLADIUS
- Author: PALLADIUS
- Genre: Christianity - Biographies
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St. Anthony the Great, who moved to the desert in 270 AD and became known as both the father and founder of...
The Rainbow (Version 3) - D. H. Lawrence
The Rainbow (Version 3) - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Romance
The Rainbow is the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, a sexual and religious collection of incidents that eventually shows the inertia of an individual consciousness to outgrow the commonplace and embrace the reality that lies beyond...
Harrigan - Max Brand
Harrigan - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A gripping nautical tale set in Hawaii and upon the open sea. What starts out as a chance meeting between two men turns into a heated race for priceless treasure -- and the love of a remarkable woman. - Summary by Google Books...
The Testaments of John Davidson - John Davidson
The Testaments of John Davidson - John Davidson
- Author: John Davidson
- Genre: Single author
The oft-maligned Testaments of John Davidson work as a sublime, psychopathic post-Nietzchean (Zarathustra was merely Davidson's springboard into a deeper transcendence) prologue to his impending suicide in 1909. After a warmly receptive life of...
Lake Lyrics and Other Poems - William Wilfred Campbell
Lake Lyrics and Other Poems - William Wilfred Campbell
- Author: William Wilfred Campbell
- Genre: Poetry / Single author
A Collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell most of which describe the natural beauty of the Great Lakes region of Ontario. These poems reflect Campbell's deep love of Nature as God's Creation. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)...
England, My England - D. H. Lawrence
England, My England - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Short Stories
A book of ten short stories, written with Lawrence's typical sensibility to and awareness of social mores, set around the period of the First World War - Summary by Anthony Ogus...
The Life of Charles G. Finney - Aaron Merritt Hills
The Life of Charles G. Finney - Aaron Merritt Hills
- Author: Aaron Merritt Hills
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Other
A.M. Hills, theologian and preacher in the Wesleyan holiness tradition, gives us a detailed biography of Charles G. Finney, one of the most influential revivalists of the nineteenth century. Charles G. Finney was a key figure in initiating the...
Mountains in the Mist - Frank W. Boreham
Mountains in the Mist - Frank W. Boreham
- Author: Frank W. Boreham
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a...
Two Supernatural Stories - Perceval Landon
Two Supernatural Stories - Perceval Landon
- Author: Perceval Landon
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction / Single Author Collections
Perceval Landon was a journalist and short story author, and in these two tales he explored the supernatural. In ‘Railhead’, a man receives an urgent message – from an out-of-service telegraph. In ‘Thurnley Abbey’, the titular abbey’s past might be...
The Man On The Other Side - Ada Barnett
The Man On The Other Side - Ada Barnett
- Author: Ada Barnett
- Genre: Family Life
Ruth never expected to have a house of her own. Raised in an orphanage, she is forced to work for her living. She chooses to work in a book store, until the Great War. She serves in France and then marries. But what would she do with power? Would...
Carpenter's World Travels: From Tangier to Tripoli - Frank G. Carpenter
Carpenter's World Travels: From Tangier to Tripoli - Frank G. Carpenter
- Author: Frank G. Carpenter
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Author's account of travels through Algeria, Tunisia, Tripoli and the Sahara Desert with stories about the people, climate, industry and culture. Summary by BettyB....
