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The Devil in Iron - Robert E. Howard
The Devil in Iron - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Science Fiction
Conan's lustful desires again get him into a whole pile of trouble. This time the beautiful, golden haired, noble born Octavia, lures him into a fiendish trap set by his most powerful enemies and from which there seems to be no escape. But on the...
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Genre: Tragedy
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination in 44 BC, and its immediate aftermath. Probably written in 1599 and among the first of Shakespeare's plays to...
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868) - Abraham Lincoln
State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868) - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: Literary Collections / Political Science
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress, typically delivered annually. The address not only reports on the condition of the nation but also allows...
The Secret of the Night - Gaston Leroux
The Secret of the Night - Gaston Leroux
- Author: Gaston Leroux
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Gaston Leroux, perhaps best known as the author of The Phantom of the Opera in its novel form, was also the author of a popular series of mystery novels featuring a young journalist cum detective named Joseph Rouletabille. It is most likely that...
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1 - Jules Verne
Celebrated Travels and Travellers, vol. 1 - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Exploration
The famous writer of great adventure stories Jules Verne wrote also several lesser known, but good non-fiction works. "Celebrated travels and travellers" tells the story of geographical discovery in the same well written and precise manner we are...
Princess Mary's Gift Book - Various
Princess Mary's Gift Book - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
In 1917, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors of the time for the purpose of raising funds for the "Work For Women Fund". A few of the outstanding authors...
One-Act Play Collection 006 - Various
One-Act Play Collection 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Plays
This collection includes ten one-act plays by David Belasco, Arnold Bennett, Hereward Carrington, Lewis Carroll, Lord Dunsany, John Galsworthy, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Maurice Maeterlinck, Anna Bird Stewart, and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Book...
De Anima - Aristotle
De Anima - Aristotle
- Author: Aristotle
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity) / *Non-fiction / Philosophy
On the Soul (Greek Περὶ Ψυχῆς (Perì Psūchês), Latin De Anima) is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their...
The House Behind the Cedars - Charles Waddell Chesnutt
The House Behind the Cedars - Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Author: Charles Waddell Chesnutt
- Genre: Literary Fiction / Published 1900 onward
In this, Chesnutt's first novel, he tells the tragic story of love set against a backdrop of racism, miscegenation and “passing” during the period spanning the antebellum and reconstruction eras in American history. And through his use of the...
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6 - Agnes Strickland
The Lives of the Queens of England Volume 6 - Agnes Strickland
- Author: Agnes Strickland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The Lives of the Queens of England is a multi-volumed work attributed to Agnes Strickland, though it was mostly researched and written by her sister Elisabeth. These volumes give biographies of the queens of England from the Norman Conquest in 1066....
The Esperanto Teacher - Helen Fryer
The Esperanto Teacher - Helen Fryer
- Author: Helen Fryer
- Genre: Language learning
The international language Esperanto was first released to the world in 1887, when L. L. Zamenhof published his first book, "Dr. Esperanto's International Language". Since that time, many learning books have been developed to help the beginner...
The Curse of Capistrano - Johnston McCulley
The Curse of Capistrano - Johnston McCulley
- Author: Johnston McCulley
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley is the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). The story was later republished under the name The Mark of Zorro. Senor Zorro is deemed an outlaw as he...
The Wolf Hunters - James Oliver Curwood
The Wolf Hunters - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Nature & Animal Fiction / Animals & Nature
Follow Roderick and his friends Wabi and Mukoki on their adventures in the pristine North. They fight voracious wolves, hostile natives, and the vicious elements of nature, while on the hunt. Getting more than they bargained for, they discover a...
Silas Marner (version 2) - George Eliot
Silas Marner (version 2) - George Eliot
- Author: George Eliot
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Reputed as Eliot’s favourite novel Silas Marner is set in the early years of the 19th century. Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small congregation in Lantern Yard. Falsely accused of a crime he didn’t commit, he leaves his home and lives a...
The Heidelberg Catechism - Zacharias Ursinus
The Heidelberg Catechism - Zacharias Ursinus
- Author: Zacharias Ursinus
- Genre: Christianity - Other
The Heidelberg Catechism is a Protestant confessional document taking the form of a series of questions and answers, for use in teaching Reformed Christian doctrine. It has been translated into many languages and is regarded as one of the most...
Arts and Crafts Essays
Arts and Crafts Essays
- Author: -
- Genre: ---
A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a preface by William Morris who writes "It is this conscious cultivation of art and the attempt to interest the public in it which the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society...
Two Musicians - Sarah Orne Jewett
Two Musicians - Sarah Orne Jewett
- Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Two Musicians by Sarah Orne Jewett. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 16, 2011. She published her first important story in the Atlantic Monthly at age 19, and her reputation grew...
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5 - Samuel Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5 - Samuel Richardson
- Author: Samuel Richardson
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness of the devilish rake Lovelace conspire to overcome her virtue. One of the earliest and certainly the longest...
The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk - John Howell
The Life and Adventures of Alexander Selkirk - John Howell
- Author: John Howell
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This work was the true story of Alexander Selkirk (1676 to December 13, 1721), a Scottish sailor who was employed in a number of different trades during his early life. As a young man, Selkirk learned the skills of tanning and shoemaking, and later...
Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 1 - Moncure Daniel Conway
Autobiography Memories and Experiences, Volume 1 - Moncure Daniel Conway
- Author: Moncure Daniel Conway
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Moncure Daniel Conway was an American abolitionist, Unitarian, clergyman and author. This first volume of his autobiography covers roughly the years of his birth through the end of the US Civil War. (Summary by JoeD)...
Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress - Fanny Burney
Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress - Fanny Burney
- Author: Fanny Burney
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find a husband who will accept her name. This proves impossible, and she gives up her fortune to marry for love....
Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
- Author: Rudyard Kipling
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Short Stories
The Just So Stories for Little Children, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a collection of fantastic stories, typically about how various animals came to be the way they are today. (Summary by Reynard...
East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
- Author: Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Once on a time there was a poor husbandman who had so many children that he hadn’t much of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her...
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton - Daniel Defoe
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton - Daniel Defoe
- Author: Daniel Defoe
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction
The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a "bipartite adventure story whose first half covers a traversal of Africa, and whose second half taps into the contemporary fascination with piracy. It has been commended for...
Consequences - E. M. Delafield
Consequences - E. M. Delafield
- Author: E. M. Delafield
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction
Set in late Victorian England, “Consequences” follows the life of Alexandra Clare, a girl born into an upper class Catholic London family. Raised from birth for the privileged life of a wife and mother, Alexandra never quite fits in with her or her...
The Ghosts of Piccadilly - G. S. Street
The Ghosts of Piccadilly - G. S. Street
- Author: G. S. Street
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Collections
Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived in Piccadilly (in London, England) ... and of some of the buildings, now long gone. "If any part of any city...
The Submarine Boys and the Spies - Victor G. Durham
The Submarine Boys and the Spies - Victor G. Durham
- Author: Victor G. Durham
- Genre: Action & Adventure
It is a wonderful December day in Spruce Beach, FL, and everyone is waiting, waiting for something special that has been promised. The "Benson", the fast submarine built by the Pollard Submarine Boat Company, is set to arrive. But, there are more...
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College - Jessie Graham Flower
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College - Jessie Graham Flower
- Author: Jessie Graham Flower
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around America. In The High School Girls Series, Grace attends Oakdale High School with friends Anne Pierson, Nora...
The Christmas Angel - Abbie Farwell Brown
The Christmas Angel - Abbie Farwell Brown
- Author: Abbie Farwell Brown
- Genre: General / Fantasy Fiction
Disagreeable old Miss Terry spends her Christmas Eve getting rid of toys from her childhood toy box. One by one she tosses them onto the sidewalk in front of her house, then secretly watches the little scenes that occur, which seem to confirm her...
Brand - Henrik Ibsen
Brand - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Tragedy
Inflamed by what he saw as his Norwegian homeland's shocking betrayal of Denmark after the Prussian invasion of Danish territory, Ibsen wrote "Brand" as an indictment of human complacency and rigidity of mind. Composing this "dramatic poem" from his...
Curlie Carson Listens In - Roy J. Snell
Curlie Carson Listens In - Roy J. Snell
- Author: Roy J. Snell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction
It is early in the days of radio, and amateurs are using it more and more, and using it illegally. Enter Curlie Carson, who has the job of tracking down the miscreants. Sounds boring. You wouldn't expect high speed car chases, kidnapping, double...
Selected Works: Poems - Voltairine de Cleyre
Selected Works: Poems - Voltairine de Cleyre
- Author: Voltairine de Cleyre
- Genre: Poetry
Voltairine de Cleyre (November 17, 1866 – June 20, 1912)was an American anarchist. She was skilled in many subjects and wrote essays, poems, letters, sketches, stories and speeches. These are her selected poems. (Summary by enko)...
For Treasure Bound - Harry Collingwood
For Treasure Bound - Harry Collingwood
- Author: Harry Collingwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
For Treasure Bound is one of the earlier novels by Harry Collingwood (William Joseph Cosens Lancaster), published in 1897. We follow the hero, whose name is incidentally also Harry Collingwood, on a quest to the pacific islands for treasure and his...
Main Street - Sinclair Lewis
Main Street - Sinclair Lewis
- Author: Sinclair Lewis
- Genre: General Fiction
Carol Milford is a liberal, free-spirited young woman, reared in the metropolis of Minneapolis. She marries Will Kennicott, a doctor, who is a small-town boy at heart. When they marry, Will convinces her to live in his home-town of Gopher Prairie,...
Molly Brown's Freshman Days - Nell Speed
Molly Brown's Freshman Days - Nell Speed
- Author: Nell Speed
- Genre: Children's Fiction
Molly Brown has left Kentucky for the first time, to enter Wellington University. She has much to learn about college life, but she meets many new friends to help her fight her homesickness. (Ann Boulais) Next book in the series: Molly Brown's...
Poor Folk - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Poor Folk - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction
Known as Fyodor Dostoyevski's first novel, Poor Folk portrays the life of poor people and poverty in a general sense. This novel is short in comparison to most of Fyodor's other works and is applauded for its humanitarian views. The interesting part...
The Alhambra: A Series Of Tales And Sketches Of The Moors And Spaniards - Washington Irving
The Alhambra: A Series Of Tales And Sketches Of The Moors And Spaniards - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Art / Design & Architecture / History
This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of the material for his book. In 1828, Washington Irving traveled from Madrid, where he had been staying, to...
Foliage: Various Poems - William Henry Davies
Foliage: Various Poems - William Henry Davies
- Author: William Henry Davies
- Genre: Single author
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one of the most popular poets of his time. Davies is usually considered one of the Georgian poets, although much...
The Silver Bear - Edna Adelaide Brown
The Silver Bear - Edna Adelaide Brown
- Author: Edna Adelaide Brown
- Genre: Family
This is the first Lucy and Dora story. A charming story about Lucy and Dora, two little girls in a New England town. They are not really sisters, but soon everyone forgot that fact. The Silver Bear is a necklace, treasured by the girls....
Little Lord Fauntleroy (version 2) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy (version 2) - Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction
In mid-1880s Brooklyn, New York, Cedric Errol lives with his Mother (never named, known only as Mrs Errol or "dearest") in genteel poverty after his Father Captain Errol dies. They receive a visit from Havisham, an English lawyer with a message from...
