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Cossack Fairy Tales - Robert Nisbet Bain
Cossack Fairy Tales - Robert Nisbet Bain
- Author: Robert Nisbet Bain
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special as most children will not have heard them a hundred times before, and as they take listeners into a...
Stories From Wagner - J. Walker McSpadden
Stories From Wagner - J. Walker McSpadden
- Author: J. Walker McSpadden
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Performing Arts
Eleven stories of eleven operas by Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. Die Walküre. Siegfried. Götterdämmerung. Parsifal. Lohengrin. Tannhäuser. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Rienzi. Die Fliegende Holländer. Tristan und Isolde. - Summary by david...
Charmides - Plato
Charmides - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Ancient
Charmides (Χαρμίδης) discusses the virtue of temperance. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)...
The Cossacks - Leo Tolstoy
The Cossacks - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
The Cossacks (1863) is an unfinished novel which describes the Cossack life and people through a story of Dmitri Olenin, a Russian aristocrat in love with a Cossack girl. This text was acclaimed by Ivan Bunin as one of the finest in the language....
Three Lives - Gertrude Stein
Three Lives - Gertrude Stein
- Author: Gertrude Stein
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
Three Lives tells the stories of three women from the same fictitious town of Bridgeport. The first story is of Anna, a servant to the wealthy, or those who seem to be wealthy. She finds herself taking on "projects" in an effort to better the people...
The Growth of Love - Robert Bridges
The Growth of Love - Robert Bridges
- Author: Robert Bridges
- Genre: Sonnets
Robert Bridges, who was appointed Poet Laureate in 1913, published three versions of his sonnet sequence, The Growth of Love: 1876 - 24 sonnets 1889 - 79 sonnets 1898 - 69 sonnets The second edition, which is the subject of this recording, was...
Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme - C. J. Dennis
Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme - C. J. Dennis
- Author: C. J. Dennis
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Romance / Narratives
Jim, an axe-man for a sawmill, who is a hard-knuckled, two-fisted fighting man when he has to be, but is shy around women, longs to find a wife and settle down. Two women, one a mercenary widow of the country town, the other a classy city girl, both...
The Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading) - George Gissing
The Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading) - George Gissing
- Author: George Gissing
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a light on class struggles in the Victorian era, The Paying Guest offers a look at just what "proper society"...
El Dorado - Baroness Orczy
El Dorado - Baroness Orczy
- Author: Baroness Orczy
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction
El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book. (Summary...
Sky Island - L. Frank Baum
Sky Island - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Sky Island (1912) was the second of three titles written by Baum featuring a spunky girl from California, Trot, and her companion, the old sailorman, Cap’n Bill. Baum had hoped to end the Oz series in 1910 and the following year he introduced Trot...
An Amiable Charlatan - E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Amiable Charlatan - E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating his food, and hands him a packet underneath the table! So begins Paul Walmsley's acquaintance - and adventures...
The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: Science Fiction
H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be one of the first science fiction novels. In the story, an English gentleman narrates the events of a violent...
Silas Marner - George Eliot
Silas Marner - George Eliot
- Author: George Eliot
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Silas Marner (originally published in 1861): Betrayed by a beloved friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit, awkward Silas Marner is expelled from his beloved religious community — the only community he has ever known. He exiles himself in the...
Short Science Fiction Collection 036 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 036 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
Europe In The Middle Ages - Ierne Lifford Plunket
Europe In The Middle Ages - Ierne Lifford Plunket
- Author: Ierne Lifford Plunket
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History
Though sometimes called the "Dark Ages", the period of Middle Ages is far from dull or uninteresting. In this book I. L. Plunket masterfully shows the colorfullness and diversity of the Middle Ages. Heroes like Charlemagne, Richard the Lion Hearted,...
The Spirit of American Literature - John Albert Macy
The Spirit of American Literature - John Albert Macy
- Author: John Albert Macy
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE is a collection of essays reviewing contemporary authors on the literary scene at the turn of the century and assessing the uniquely American characteristics of their growing body of work. Excerpted from the...
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities - Stephen Leacock
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities - Stephen Leacock
- Author: Stephen Leacock
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction / Humorous Fiction
More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are humourous; some are more thoughtful. It helps to be familiar with WWI-era European politics to catch much of...
A Flurry in Diamonds - Thomas E. Price
A Flurry in Diamonds - Thomas E. Price
- Author: Thomas E. Price
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The diamonds are gone--vanished! But who could have taken them? And how? With each plot twist author Thomas E. Price (writing as Amos Chiptree) takes the reader (and the diamonds) off in a new direction. ( Tom Penn)...
North and South (version 2) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
North and South (version 2) - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Author: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
- Genre: Historical Fiction
North and South is a social novel that tries to show the industrial North and its conflicts in the mid-19th century as seen by an outsider, a socially sensitive lady from the South. The story: the heroine, Margaret Hale, is the daughter of a...
A History of and Suggestions in the Making of Biscuits, Quick Breads and Cake - Claudia Quigley Murphy
A History of and Suggestions in the Making of Biscuits, Quick Breads and Cake - Claudia Quigley Murphy
- Author: Claudia Quigley Murphy
- Genre: Undefined
This is a very short treatise on breads and cakes, published in 1921. The author is Claudia Quigley Murphy, a notable American journalist and suffragist. - Summary by Carolin...
The Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler - David Brewster
The Martyrs of Science, or, the Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler - David Brewster
- Author: David Brewster
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
“The martyrs of Science” gives a brief biography of Galileo, Brahe and Kepler. These three men played a pivotal role in the scientific revolution during the early modern period. This book throws light upon their lives, their scientific achievements,...
Short Science Fiction Collection 026 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 026 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Science Fiction / Anthologies
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and scientific method, but are not facts of the author’s contemporary world. The stories often represent...
Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian - Charles McLean Andrews
Historical Tales, Volume VIII: Russian - Charles McLean Andrews
- Author: Charles McLean Andrews
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / History
These Russian tales span the time of Russia's founding in the 800s-900s all the way to the early twentieth century and are factually based, although particularly the older tales have become legendary. ( DrPGould)...
Wheels - The Fourth Cycle - Undefined
Wheels - The Fourth Cycle - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Undefined
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The fourth volume, published in 1919, contains several notable poems by the recently deceased Wilfred Owen. The other poets...
The Tale of Mrs. LadyBug - Arthur Scott Bailey
The Tale of Mrs. LadyBug - Arthur Scott Bailey
- Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Have you ever seen a LadyBug and wondered what the cute little bug with the dots on her back was thinking? And why she seemed in such a rush? Well here is your chance to peek into her thoughts and enjoy some of her daily triumphs and disasters....
Anna Karenina, Book 7 - Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina, Book 7 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 7, Levin, in town for Kitty’s confinement, finds himself drawn to the corruptive influence of Moscow society....
Short Poetry Collection 170 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 170 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2017. It includes a longer poem, Parliament of the Birds by Farid ud-Din Attar. Introduction by the reader: This is one of the best-loved classics of Sufi literature. In his own...
Phillips Brooks - Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
Phillips Brooks - Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
- Author: Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography / Religion
Phillips Brooks (1835 - 1893) was one of the finest and most famous clergyman in the nineteenth century; he was acknowledged as a masterful preacher. His teachings were filled with understanding, compassion, and encouragement. He spent most of his...
Short Story Collection Vol. 001 - Various
Short Story Collection Vol. 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members....
Bible (DBY) NT 05: Acts - Darby Bible
Bible (DBY) NT 05: Acts - Darby Bible
- Author: Darby Bible
- Genre: Bibles
The Darby Bible consists of a translation of the New Testament by John Nelson Darby, originally published in 1867, and a translation of the Old Testament, included in later editions of the text, completed by Darby's students after his death. -...
The Story of Joan of Arc - Andrew Lang
The Story of Joan of Arc - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: War & Military / Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France....
Gone to Earth - Mary Webb
Gone to Earth - Mary Webb
- Author: Mary Webb
- Genre: General Fiction
"Gone to Earth" is the cry of fox hunters as the fox takes to its den and they lose the chase. Here, Mary Webb tells the story of Hazel Woodus whose understanding of her half tame fox cub contrasts with her misunderstanding of humanity. She is...
Phaedra - Jean Racine
Phaedra - Jean Racine
- Author: Jean Racine
- Genre: Tragedy
In the court of Louis XIV, adaptations of Greek tragedies were very popular. This play, heavily influenced by Euripides' Hippolytus, deals with love that violates social taboos. Note: In Racine's work, a new "scene" begins whenever a character...
The Awakening (version 2) - Kate Chopin
The Awakening (version 2) - Kate Chopin
- Author: Kate Chopin
- Genre: General Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
Kate Chopin's 1899 novella The Awakening is about the personal, sexual, and artistic awakening of a young wife and mother, Edna Pontellier. While on vacation at Grand Isle, an island in the Gulf of Mexico, Edna befriends the talented pianist Mlle....
Observations of an Orderly - Ward Muir
Observations of an Orderly - Ward Muir
- Author: Ward Muir
- Genre: War & Military / Medical
Ward Muir brings us into the heart of an English war hospital, describing scenes of cleanliness, triumph, order and sadness. Through the eyes of the orderly we get to see the processes that kept the wards running, and relive some tales from within...
The Novels of Jane Austen - George Henry Lewes
The Novels of Jane Austen - George Henry Lewes
- Author: George Henry Lewes
- Genre: Literary Criticism
An 1859 essay by the prominent philosopher and literary critic, G. H. Lewes, who was an enthusiastic promoter of the novels of Jane Austen at a time when they were yet to achieve great critical acclaim. Lewes was the life partner of the novelist...
Love Romances of the Aristocracy - Thornton Hall
Love Romances of the Aristocracy - Thornton Hall
- Author: Thornton Hall
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
There are countless romances set in the British upper class, but the hearts of the real-life counterparts of the fictional heroes have also been conquered, lost, or broken. The real peerage has lived through romances and scandals as outrageous as...
A Glee for Winter - Alfred Domett
A Glee for Winter - Alfred Domett
- Author: Alfred Domett
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of A Glee for Winter by Alfred Domett, published in "A Victorian Anthology" in 1895. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 23rd, 2007....
The Metal Monster - Abraham Merritt
The Metal Monster - Abraham Merritt
- Author: Abraham Merritt
- Genre: Fantasy Fiction
The Metal Monster is an Abraham Merritt fantasy novel.Dr. Goodwin is on a botanical expedition in the Himalayas. There he meets Dick Drake, the son of one of his old science acquaintances. They are witnesses of a strange aurora-like effect, but...
The Trumpet Major - Thomas Hardy
The Trumpet Major - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Our heroine, Anne Garland, lives quietly in a rural community deep in the English countryside. However, the arrival of several regiments preparing for an expected invasion brings colour and chaos to the county. A graceful and charming young woman,...
