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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James HOGG
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner - James HOGG
- Author: James HOGG
- Genre: General Fiction
The author calls this a religious parable and it is called an allegory in the book itself. A young, 18th century Scottish boy is converted to strict Calvinist theology, strives for assurance of his salvation as an elect person, eventually confirmed...
The Strength of the Strong - Jack London
The Strength of the Strong - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from prehistoric times to the future. Plots include a worldwide work strike, a sociopath serial killer, a sailor...
Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail - Percy Keese Fitzhugh
Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail - Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Author: Percy Keese Fitzhugh
- Genre: Action & Adventure
In this, the second Pee-Wee Harris adventure, we follow young Walter, B.S.A (Boy of Superior Appetite or Boy Scout of America, take your pick) as he encounters robbers, proves himself a good friend and follows a trail of footprints into trouble. -...
Divine Conduct, or the Mystery of Providence - John Flavel
Divine Conduct, or the Mystery of Providence - John Flavel
- Author: John Flavel
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Christianity - Other
Shows God's providence in every aspect of our lives. - Summary by RuthP...
Sowing and Reaping - Dwight L. Moody
Sowing and Reaping - Dwight L. Moody
- Author: Dwight L. Moody
- Genre: Christianity - Other
An exposition of the verse, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life...
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 28, December, 1921 - W. H. Fawcett
Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 3, No. 28, December, 1921 - W. H. Fawcett
- Author: W. H. Fawcett
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue is packed with jokes, quips, and humorous bits of writing. Each year it grew in popularity, and Fawcett’s success lead...
Social Life in England 1750-1850 - F. J. Foakes-Jackson
Social Life in England 1750-1850 - F. J. Foakes-Jackson
- Author: F. J. Foakes-Jackson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Business & Economics / Family & Relationships
In 1916, the Cambridge historian, F.J. Foakes-Jackson braved the wartime Atlantic to deliver the Lowell Lectures in Boston. In these wide-ranging and engaging talks, the author describes British life between 1750-1850. There are John Wesley's...
Concerning Virgins (version 2) - Saint Ambrose
Concerning Virgins (version 2) - Saint Ambrose
- Author: Saint Ambrose
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The value of this work is not limited to virgins. For although the author, Saint Ambrose of Milan, wrote this for his sister, the nun, Saint Marcellina, my hope is that this recording will prove edifying to all who desire to serve the Lord Jesus...
A Paraphrase Upon the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians - Thomas BOSTON
A Paraphrase Upon the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians - Thomas BOSTON
- Author: Thomas BOSTON
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
The "Paraphrase on the Epistle to the Galatians" was written in his younger years, while he was minister of Simprin, for his own improvement, and not with any design of printing it; though, it is hoped, the publication of it now may be for the...
The Marquis de Villemer - George SAND
The Marquis de Villemer - George SAND
- Author: George SAND
- Genre: Family Life / Romance
Caroline is a very intelligent woman. She received a good convent education until her father lost his fortune in a failed venture and died soon after. While her sister marries, Caroline has to go to Paris to support herself as a lady companion. In...
The Lady of Lyons - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
The Lady of Lyons - Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Author: Edward BULWER-LYTTON
- Genre: Romance
Although the author of this play is now famous for writing the most cliché opening line in literature – “It was a dark and stormy night…” (from his 1830 novel, "Paul Clifford" ), this melodrama by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton was at one time one of the...
The Trial - Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Trial - Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
- Genre: Christian Fiction
In this sequel to "The Daisy Chain," new joys and challenges meet the May family in a new season of life. The older children are at work in their various callings, a foreign grandson enlivens the old family home, and the younger children are now...
English Literature - Geraldine Hodgson
English Literature - Geraldine Hodgson
- Author: Geraldine Hodgson
- Genre: Literary Criticism
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thinking of it as a "dull, horrid thing" which they have to learn in school. I venture to hope that this book...
Revolution - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
Revolution - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Science Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
The collapse of the U.S.S.R. in the future. What would happen after a collapse? This story is set many years before the actual collapse of the Soviet Union when there was speculation that questioned what the world would look like, and what would...
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
Lucian's Dialogues Volume 2: The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods - LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Author: LUCIAN OF SAMOSATA
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / Dramatic Readings / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
The Dialogues of the Sea-Gods are 15 miniature dialogues mocking the Homeric conception of the Greek gods, originally written in Attic Greek by Syrian author Lucian of Samosata. Almost 1900 years old, these dialogues still retain a lot of their...
The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry - Samuel H. Fletcher
The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry - Samuel H. Fletcher
- Author:
- Genre: War & Military
The purpose of this sketch is to keep green the memory of that little band of men known as Company A, of the Second Illinois Cavalry, who fought in the Civil War. (From the Preface)...
Candle-Lightin' Time - Paul Laurence Dunbar
Candle-Lightin' Time - Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Genre: Poetry / Single author / Free Verse
Poetry about African American Southern life - Summary by Denise Ray...
Poems - Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
Poems - Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
- Author: Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
- Genre: Single author
Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish nationalist, a passion which may be seen in her writing. Poems is a collection of her poetic works. (Summary by...
Gudrun - Ferdinand Schmidt
Gudrun - Ferdinand Schmidt
- Author: Ferdinand Schmidt
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / Culture & Heritage Fiction
The charming story of “Gudrun” is a romance of the old heroic period, written by some unknown poet of Austria or Bavaria in the thirteenth century. Next to the "Nibelungen Lied," it is the most important of the German epic poems...The same elemental...
Armand; or The Peer and The Peasant - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Armand; or The Peer and The Peasant - Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Author: Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
- Genre: Drama
Although almost completely obscure today, this romantic melodrama was arguably a bigger hit for actress/playwright Anna Cora Mowatt than her theatre history-making comedy “Fashion” (1845.) Wisely cashing in on the craze for settings and characters...
Claude Lightfoot, or How the Problem Was Solved - Francis J. FINN
Claude Lightfoot, or How the Problem Was Solved - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: Religion / School
Most of the boys in the Catholic school called Milwaukee College are engrossed with baseball and keeping up with their studies. When twelve year old Claude Lightfoot is transferred into the school, he has a rocky time of it. While Claude excels in...
On the Various Forces of Nature - Michael FARADAY
On the Various Forces of Nature - Michael FARADAY
- Author: Michael FARADAY
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
A non-mathematical survey of the fundamental forces of nature and some relationships among them. This is a series of lectures aimed at young people. He starts off with the most fundamental and familiar forces of all: Gravity and Heat. Then by a...
Bunny Brothers - Jacqueline Clayton
Bunny Brothers - Jacqueline Clayton
- Author: Jacqueline Clayton
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Pinkie is one of a whole bunch of bunny brothers and sisters. Their mother, Mrs. Bunny, is a busy woman and often exasperated with the exuberance and energy of Pinkie. He is not a good student and is considered somewhat lazy but he is a good bunny...
The Ultimate Weapon (Version 2) - John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
The Ultimate Weapon (Version 2) - John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
- Author: John Wood CAMPBELL. JR.
- Genre: Science Fiction
A rip-roaring space adventure from the 1930's by the legendary John Cambpell. A race in another solar system many light years away from Earth is looking for some solar system with a sun more stable than their highly erratic one. They discover our...
Captain Salt in Oz (Version 2) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
Captain Salt in Oz (Version 2) - Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Author: Ruth Plumly Thompson
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A voyage on the famous Nonestic Ocean! What could be more thrilling than that? We—many of us—have taken trips on the prosaic Atlantic or even Pacific, but have we found a SEA FOREST with flying fish and swimming birds? Have we been pursued by a real...
Home Education Series Vol. IV: Ourselves, Book I. Self-Knowledge - Charlotte MASON
Home Education Series Vol. IV: Ourselves, Book I. Self-Knowledge - Charlotte MASON
- Author: Charlotte MASON
- Genre: Education
This is Book I of the forth volume in the Home Education Series detailing Charlotte Mason's method of education. This volume is subtitled Ourselves and Book I is titled Self-Knowledge. The series is used today by many home-schoolers around the globe...
Against Celsus Book 4 - Origen of Alexandria
Against Celsus Book 4 - Origen of Alexandria
- Author: Origen of Alexandria
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Christianity - Other
Against Celsus, preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writings of Celsus, a pagan philosopher and controversialist who had written a scathing...
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 05. May 1898 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 05. May 1898 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, May 1898, the Cuba Number. It includes the following articles: Cuba, by Robert T. Hill The Florida Coast Line Canal The Origin of West India Bird Life, by Frank M. Chapman Trade of...
The Ship - Henry Lawson
The Ship - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Ship by Henry Lawson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 1, 2020. ------ Remembrance Day 2020; An excerpt from A Fantasy of War in the book My Army, O, My Army! and other songs by...
The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Edgar Allan Poe
The Complete Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Anthologies / Single author
In placing before the public this collection of Edgar Poe's poetical works, it is requisite to point out in what respects it differs from, and is superior to, the numerous collections which have preceded it. Until recently, all editions, whether...
Faraday As A Discoverer - John Tyndall
Faraday As A Discoverer - John Tyndall
- Author: John Tyndall
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
This is the first of two related Faraday projects. It is about Faraday and deals more with biographical references to Faraday, outlining the important junctures in his life. The second, On the Various Forces of Nature, consists of lectures by...
Silas Marner (Version 3) - George Eliot
Silas Marner (Version 3) - George Eliot
- Author: George Eliot
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Silas Marner is a hermit-style weaver who keeps to himself and is eyed with suspicion by those in the nearby town of Raveloe. Dispelled from his religious community as a young man after being accused of a crime, Marner finds solace in weaving and in...
White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-Five" - Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-Five" - Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
- Author: Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
In the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite uprising, the young Andrew Boyd meets a fugitive from the redcoats, a man whom Andrew soon grows to admire. Andrew and his father take the man in, but then the redcoats arrive to search the house... Besides...
The Route March - Henry Lawson
The Route March - Henry Lawson
- Author: Henry Lawson
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Route March by Henry Lawson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 8, Remembrance Day 2020....
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Six (1910-1919) - Mark Twain
Mark Twain in the New York Times, Part Six (1910-1919) - Mark Twain
- Author: Mark Twain
- Genre: Literary Collections
This collection of articles by and about Mark Twain and his family was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, publisher of twainquotes.com. Included in Part Six of this chronological listing (1910-1919) are articles concerning his death, some of Twain’s short...
The History of Esculent Fish - Roger North
The History of Esculent Fish - Roger North
- Author: Roger North
- Genre: Animals / Science
Roger North, son of Dudley North, 4th Baron North, was a successful member of the bar and later member of parliament. But he had wide ranging interests from architecture to music. He has an avid collector of books and is best known as the biographer...
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 009 - Various
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
We are back for the 9th volume of Librivox's Short Mystery and Suspense Collection! Sit back and enjoy stories from magazines such as Black Mask Magazine, Weird Tales and Detective Magazine as well as some favorite authors, such as Sir Arthur Conan...
Christopher Cricket on Cats - Anthony Henderson Euwer
Christopher Cricket on Cats - Anthony Henderson Euwer
- Author: Anthony Henderson Euwer
- Genre: Humor
Humorous---and insightful---commentary on cats in prose and poetry. - Summary by KevinS...
A Girl Among the Anarchists - Olivia Rossetti Agresti
A Girl Among the Anarchists - Olivia Rossetti Agresti
- Author: Olivia Rossetti Agresti
- Genre: General Fiction
Helen and Olivia Rossetti were rather precocious girls in Victorian London. While still extremely young, they published a renowned anarchist journal in their home which drew prominent figures to their salon. From their expriences, they co-authored...
Elsie Inglis - The Woman With the Torch - Eva Shaw McLaren
Elsie Inglis - The Woman With the Torch - Eva Shaw McLaren
- Author: Eva Shaw McLaren
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Modern (20th C)
This is a brief biography of the Scottish physician and suffragist Dr. Elsie Inglis. Dr. Inglis founded a maternity hospital for the poor in Edinburgh (then known as the Hospice, but later as the Elsie Inglis Memorial Hospital), and was known for...
