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Ode on Solitude - Alexander Pope
Ode on Solitude - Alexander Pope
- Author: Alexander Pope
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Ode on Solitude by Alexander Pope. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 12, 2021. ------ Pope was a poet and satirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents....
Sketches by Boz, version 2 - Charles Dickens
Sketches by Boz, version 2 - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Short Stories / *Non-fiction
A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications from 1833 to 1836. Divided into four sections, "Our Parish," "Scenes," "Characters," and "Tales." The first three...
The Diwan - Zeb-un-Nissa
The Diwan - Zeb-un-Nissa
- Author: Zeb-un-Nissa
- Genre: Single author
Zeb-un-Nissa was a poet and Mughal princess. This collection includes 50 of her compositions and a dedicatory poem by the translator and was translated in the 20th century. (Summary by Newgatenovelist)...
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 09. September 1898 - National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 09 - 09. September 1898 - National Geographic Society
- Author: National Geographic Society
- Genre: Travel & Geography
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, Vol IX, September 1898. It includes the following articles: The Growth of the United States, by W J McGee Bitter Root Forest Reserve, by Richard U. Goode Atlantic Estuarine Tides, by Mark S....
A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington - Walter Clinton Jackson
A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington - Walter Clinton Jackson
- Author: Walter Clinton Jackson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Booker T. Washington was one of the first nationally recognized African American leaders after the Civil War. He was born to a slave woman in Virginia, who then took him as a young boy to West Virginia after the emancipation. Booker became a leader...
A Woman at Bay - Nicholas Carter
A Woman at Bay - Nicholas Carter
- Author: Nicholas Carter
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Nick Carter is a fictional detective who first appeared in 1886 in dime store novels. Over the years, different authors, all taking the nom de plume Nicholas Carter, have penned stories featuring "America's greatest detective". Nick is customarily...
Oscar Wilde from Purgatory - Hester Travers Smith
Oscar Wilde from Purgatory - Hester Travers Smith
- Author: Hester Travers Smith
- Genre: Other religions
Hester Dowden, who wrote under the name Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium. She claimed to have communicated with the spirits of various celebrities. In Oscar Wilde from Purgatory, she reproduces the text of her "conversations"...
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 57-65 - Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, Sermons 57-65 - Cyril of Alexandria
- Author: Cyril of Alexandria
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
Sermons 57 through 65 cover the Gospel According to Luke 9:57 to 10:21. - Summary by the Reader...
Twilight in Italy - D. H. Lawrence
Twilight in Italy - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Social Science (Culture & Anthropology) / Travel & Geography
This is one of the author's "travel books", recounting his walking journeys in and around the Lago di Garda in Northern Italy. Every turn prompts musings on the nature and character of the people he encounters and their relationship to the land...
The Negro's Complaint - William Cowper
The Negro's Complaint - William Cowper
- Author: William Cowper
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Negro's Complaint by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 9, 2020. ------ Cowper, an English poet, wrote a poem called "The Negro's Complaint" (1788) which rapidly...
Stories by Foreign Authors - German Authors Volume 2 - Various
Stories by Foreign Authors - German Authors Volume 2 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
A collection of short stories written in German and translated into English. This is the second such collection, and part of a series of stories written in foreign languages. This anthology consists of Christian Gellert's Last Christmas, A Ghetto...
The Silk-Hat Soldier and Other Poems in War Time - Richard le Gallienne
The Silk-Hat Soldier and Other Poems in War Time - Richard le Gallienne
- Author: Richard le Gallienne
- Genre: Single author
This stirring collection of inspirational war-time poems by the renowned author Richard le Gallienne, offers an insightful examination of a world forced to endure one of the most trying and tragic times in history. In these magnificent poems we...
The Cradle Song - Gregorio Martínez Sierra
The Cradle Song - Gregorio Martínez Sierra
- Author: Gregorio Martínez Sierra
- Genre: Drama
"In 1911 [Martinez Sierra and his wife/co-author Maria] achieved a definitive and permanent triumph with the production of The Cradle Song.... The Cradle Song is a reminiscence of Maria's youth in Carabanchel, a town in which her father was convent...
Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, 1846-47 - Geraldine Jewsbury
Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, 1846-47 - Geraldine Jewsbury
- Author: Geraldine Jewsbury
- Genre: Single Author Collections
'The most striking feature in the present day, far more than that of railways even, is the utter chaos into which all previously received principles and opinions are reduced'. So begins 'Today', the first in a series of five pieces of social...
The Evacuation of England: The Twist in the Gulf Stream - Louis Pope Gratacap
The Evacuation of England: The Twist in the Gulf Stream - Louis Pope Gratacap
- Author: Louis Pope Gratacap
- Genre: Science Fiction
This book is ostensibly about a theoretical catastrophic geologic event. It turns into a meditation on what it means to be an English person, and at the end, includes a ringing defense of America. (Summary by Judi Mason)...
A Life Unveiled, by a Child of the Drumlins - Anonymous
A Life Unveiled, by a Child of the Drumlins - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Memoirs
A memoir of a young woman, who lived in the late 19th century in the United States. Starting with her pastoral youth and progressing through to her studies to become a doctor at Boston University, this is a frank and refreshing portrait of a young...
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 011 - Various
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 011 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Short Stories
We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are joined by favorite authors G.K. Chesterton and Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Sit back and enjoy!...
Cobwebs from a Library Corner - John Kendrick Bangs
Cobwebs from a Library Corner - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Single author
This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted stories & otherwise. John Kendrick Bangs had been known as a jokester & prankster; was also known to...
A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity - Herbert Wildon Carr
A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity - Herbert Wildon Carr
- Author: Herbert Wildon Carr
- Genre: Science / Contemporary
Since the publication of this book, a little more than a year ago, the interest in Einstein and the principle of relativity has very greatly increased. There are now a large number of popular expositions, and the theory itself has undergone some...
The Wishing-Stone Stories (Version 2) - Thornton W. Burgess
The Wishing-Stone Stories (Version 2) - Thornton W. Burgess
- Author: Thornton W. Burgess
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Tommy is a young farm lad with a keen interest in all animals. On the edge of the Green Meadows, he finds an old grey rock. He discovers that when he sits there, Tommy can wish and become any animal. From frogs to geese to beavers and bears, the...
Murray's Adirondack Tales - William Henry Harrison MURRAY
Murray's Adirondack Tales - William Henry Harrison MURRAY
- Author: William Henry Harrison MURRAY
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Travel Fiction
Two delightful tales surrounding the adventures of John Norton, the Trapper. He gives us a good glimpse into life in the deep woods, and how he deals with those who would disturb him or others with their, "diviltry." John Norton gives us all a great...
In the Heart of Africa - Samuel White Baker
In the Heart of Africa - Samuel White Baker
- Author: Samuel White Baker
- Genre: Nature / Travel & Geography
A wonderfully readable condensation of two of Baker's earlier, longer works recounting his self-sponsored expeditions into the Dark Continent to discover the sources of the Nile: The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin Of The Nile (1866) and The Nile...
The Hoofs of Pegasus - Maria Letitia Stockett
The Hoofs of Pegasus - Maria Letitia Stockett
- Author: Maria Letitia Stockett
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
Maria Letitia Stockett was a highly respected English teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, but also well-known as an author. In addition to her poetry she wrote Baltimore: A Not Too Serious History in 1928, and America, First, Fast & Furious . This...
The Invisible Man (Version 3) - H. G. Wells
The Invisible Man (Version 3) - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Science Fiction
A mysterious, bandaged stranger arrives in the small English village of Iping - and chaos follows close behind. H.G. Wells' classic story of obsession, murder, and science run amok. (Summary by Andrew Gaunce)...
The Brownies: Their Book - Palmer Cox
The Brownies: Their Book - Palmer Cox
- Author: Palmer Cox
- Genre: Animals & Nature
The Brownies are delightful, helpful, mischievous characters and this series of rollicking rhymes tells many stories about their adventures. - Summary by Jude Somers...
St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - Saint Bonaventure
St. Bonaventure's Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - Saint Bonaventure
- Author: Saint Bonaventure
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary / Christianity - Biographies
Seeing himself as "unequal to so great a task", St. Bonaventure nevertheless endeavored to introduce his readers to the practice of "the most beneficial of all devout exercises, and that which is most capable of leading [them] to the summit of...
The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans - Handley Carr Glyn Moule
The Epistle of St Paul to the Romans - Handley Carr Glyn Moule
- Author: Handley Carr Glyn Moule
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
He who attempts to expound the Epistle to the Romans, when his sacred task is over, is little disposed to speak about his Commentary; he is occupied rather with an ever deeper reverence and wonder over the Text which he has been permitted to handle,...
Short Science Fiction Collection 082 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 082 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
The Sleuth of St. James Square - Melville Davisson POST
The Sleuth of St. James Square - Melville Davisson POST
- Author: Melville Davisson POST
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Slightly connected detective stories which are developed in a rather unusual way. The solutions are logical and less miraculous than those of Sherlock Holmes. Will not have the popular appeal of many other mystery stories, but will be liked by Post...
Buffalo Bill's Ruse; Or, Won by Sheer Nerve - Prentiss Ingraham
Buffalo Bill's Ruse; Or, Won by Sheer Nerve - Prentiss Ingraham
- Author: Prentiss Ingraham
- Genre: Westerns
Three different fantastic adventures of the legendary scout Buffalo Bill. (Summary by Ares)...
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (1917 edition) - PATANJALI
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (1917 edition) - PATANJALI
- Author: PATANJALI
- Genre: Ancient
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the essence of practical wisdom, set forth in admirable order and detail. The theme, if the present interpreter be...
The Penny Catechism (Catechism of Christian Doctrine) - Catholic Truth Society
The Penny Catechism (Catechism of Christian Doctrine) - Catholic Truth Society
- Author: Catholic Truth Society
- Genre: Christianity - Commentary
A question and answer format catechism that was the standard catechetical text in Great Britain throughout most of the 20th century. Popularly called the Penny Catechism, as the original version only cost one penny. Various editions of the Penny...
Galahad Jones - Arthur ADAMS
Galahad Jones - Arthur ADAMS
- Author: Arthur ADAMS
- Genre: Plays
Dramatised by Australian playwright Arthur Adams from his book of the same name, this is labeled "A Comedy with a Tragic Tang". The author claims there is an alternative ending he wrote much against his will, but he declines to print it. - Summary...
Short Science Fiction Collection 081 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 081 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction / Anthologies
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
The Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth - M. S. Pine
The Venerable Don Bosco the Apostle of Youth - M. S. Pine
- Author: M. S. Pine
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
This brief sketch of the holy life and marvelous achievements of a great inheritor of the spirit of Saint Francis of Sales, Saint Don Bosco is intended only to stimulate souls to a wider study of this loving Apostle of Youth, and so to a knowledge...
Cases of Conscience Resolved - John Owen
Cases of Conscience Resolved - John Owen
- Author: John Owen
- Genre: Christianity - Other
Questions and answers delivered at church meetings on various subjects, particularly relating to personal holiness, grace and sin, belonging to the genre of Purtian casuistry. (Summary by InTheDesert)...
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 16 - Seba Smith
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 16 - 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....
The Vortex - Noël Coward
The Vortex - Noël Coward
- Author: Noël Coward
- Genre: Plays / Drama
Noel Coward explores the darker side of the roaring twenties in this early play. It focuses on an ageing beauty who uses affairs with younger men to keep her feeling relevant, and her son (originally played by Coward himself) who is back from Paris...
Momentary Grief - George CRABBE
Momentary Grief - George CRABBE
- Author: George CRABBE
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Momentary Grief by George Crabbe. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 30, 2022, in honour of Crabbe's 190th birthday on February 3. ----- George Crabbe was an English poet, surgeon and...
The Charwoman's Daughter - James STEPHENS
The Charwoman's Daughter - James STEPHENS
- Author: James STEPHENS
- Genre: Humorous Fiction
A humorous tale about a poor Irish charwoman living in the slums of Dublin, and her innocent teenage daughter, Mary Makebelieve, whose first forays into courtship and romance, and their desire to escape from drudgery -- provide us with a charming...
