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The Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes - Émile Zola
The Jolly Parisiennes and Other Novelettes - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: General Fiction
“The Jolly Parisiennes” by Émile Zola is a very clever, brilliant and interesting romance of a “grande passion” with an undercurrent of political intrigue. The plot is ingenious both in conception and execution, while the tone of the novel is...
An Essay on Criticism (version 2) - Alexander Pope
An Essay on Criticism (version 2) - Alexander Pope
- Author: Alexander Pope
- Genre: Poetry / Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
The title, An Essay on Criticism hardly indicates all that is included in the poem. It would have been impossible to give a full and exact idea of the art of poetical criticism without entering into the consideration of the art of poetry....
The Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith, Jr.
The Book of Mormon - Joseph Smith, Jr.
- Author: Joseph Smith Jr.
- Genre: Religion
The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture comparable to the Bible, used by Latter Day Saints. It is a record of God’s dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas. The book was written by ancient prophets through the spirit of...
Trachiniai (Campbell Translation) - Sophocles
Trachiniai (Campbell Translation) - Sophocles
- Author: Sophocles
- Genre: Tragedy
Women of Trachis (Ancient Greek: Τραχίνιαι, Trachiniai; also translated as The Trachiniae or The Trachinian Maidens) is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. The story begins with Deianeira, the wife of Heracles, relating the story of her early life and...
Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration - W. Stewart Wallace
Chronicles of Canada Volume 13 - The United Empire Loyalists: A Chronicle of the Great Migration - W. Stewart Wallace
- Author: W. Stewart Wallace
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History / Early Modern
Volume 13 of The Chronicles of Canada Series. This volume sheds light on the often misunderstood Americans who chose to remain loyal to the Crown of England during and after the American Revolution. While the vast majority of American writings which...
Poems - Leonard Cline
Poems - Leonard Cline
- Author: Leonard Cline
- Genre: Poetry
This is the first published volume of poetry by notable American journalist and author of horror stories Leonard Lanson Cline. These poems were published when Cline was only 21 years old, but the talent that would lead HP Lovecraft to admire his...
To A Skylark - Percy Bysshe Shelley
To A Skylark - Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you eight recordings of "To A Skylark." This is the Fortnightly Poetry for August 8, 2014. To A Skylark was completed by Shelley in late June 1820. It was inspired by an evening walk in the country near Livorno, Italy, with...
The Creature from Cleveland Depths - Fritz Leiber
The Creature from Cleveland Depths - Fritz Leiber
- Author: Fritz Leiber
- Genre: Science Fiction
“The Creature from Cleveland Depths” also known as “The Lone Wolf” tells the story of a writer and his wife who refuse to move below-ground after the cold-war gets hot. The underground society discovers a decline in their ability to creatively...
Desperate Remedies - Thomas Hardy
Desperate Remedies - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: General Fiction
Cytherea Graye is poor, but accepts a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had not been able to marry. Cytherea in turn loves a young architect, Edward Springrove; but will Miss Adclyffe's...
ABC of Vegetable Gardening - Eben Eugene Rexford
ABC of Vegetable Gardening - Eben Eugene Rexford
- Author: Eben Eugene Rexford
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Gardening
This how-to book includes chapters on getting ready, mapping the garden, planting, seeds, early work, house plants, fruits, hot beds and cold frames, and small gardens. There is even a chapter "expressly for women." - Summary by Bill Boerst...
The Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary - Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary - Abraham Lincoln
- Author: Abraham Lincoln
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This speech is now considered one of the greatest in American history and one of the finest...
A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays - Willa Sibert Cather
A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays - Willa Sibert Cather
- Author: Willa Sibert Cather
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Single Author Collections
Stories and essays by Willa Cather - Summary by david wales...
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida - Alexandre Dumas
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / True Crime
This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fisherman from the island of Nisida, named Gabriel, and the Italian Prince of Brancaleone. Dumas notes that...
American Men of Mind - Burton Egbert Stevenson
American Men of Mind - Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
“American Men of Mind” is a collection of short biographies of men of note in various disciplines. It is an absorbing collection of short biographies of men who made a difference in American history; most beginning life in very humble circumstances,...
A Lover's Diary - Gilbert Parker
A Lover's Diary - Gilbert Parker
- Author: Gilbert Parker
- Genre: Single author
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone apologetic Introduction by the author himself. Sir Gilbert Parker, as he came to be known, went on to become...
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales - John Charles Dent
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales - John Charles Dent
- Author: John Charles Dent
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Short Stories
John Charles Dent, the author of the following remarkable stories, was born in Kendal, Westmorland, England, in 1841. His parents emigrated to Canada shortly after that event, bringing with them, of course, the youth who was afterwards to become the...
Little Susy's Little Servants - Elizabeth Prentiss
Little Susy's Little Servants - Elizabeth Prentiss
- Author: Elizabeth Prentiss
- Genre: Family / Religion
“As Little Susy had a kind mamma to take care of her, you will, perhaps, wonder why God gave her also, a great many servants of her own. He gave her so many, that you might spend your whole life in reading about them. But I shall tell you of only a...
Southern Arabia - Theodore Bent
Southern Arabia - Theodore Bent
- Author: Theodore Bent
- Genre: Travel & Geography
Southern Arabia recounts a threatening four-month journey into North Eastern Ethiopia by the Bents. These brave travelers were the first to travel without disguise in a region where Westerners had formerly been fortunate to escape with their lives....
Star Stories for Little Folks - Gertrude Chandler Warner
Star Stories for Little Folks - Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Genre: Children's Non-fiction / Science
Gertrude Chandler Warner, known mainly for her "Boxcar Children" series of mystery books, published this small book of Astronomy, Constellations, and the stories behind them in 1918. It follows the story of a little girl named Helen, and her friend...
Bible (DBY) NT 02: Mark - Darby Bible
Bible (DBY) NT 02: Mark - 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. -...
Charlie to the Rescue - R. M. Ballantyne
Charlie to the Rescue - R. M. Ballantyne
- Author: R. M. Ballantyne
- Genre: Westerns / Action & Adventure / Animals & Nature
Charlie Brooke is always rescuing others, and sometimes even himself! His latest rescue, though, could turn out to be fatal...- Summary by Adele de Pignerolles...
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom - Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom - Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston
- Author: Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston
- Genre: War & Military
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom is the true but little known story of the escape of eight British Prisoners-of-War from a Turkish POW camp during the First World War. The story, written by two of the escapees, describes their life in the various POW...
Europe Revised - Irvin S. Cobb
Europe Revised - Irvin S. Cobb
- Author: Irvin S. Cobb
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Travel & Geography
Irwin Cobb's humorous Europe Revised is a travelogue and comedy almost in the style of Mark Twain. The dedication says it best, "To My Small Daughter Who bade me shed a tear at the tomb of Napoleon, which I was very glad to do, because when I got...
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 6 - Eugène Sue
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 6 - Eugène Sue
- Author: Eugène Sue
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in argot, is extremely strong and a good fighter. However he shows great compassion for the lower classes, good...
The Status Civilization - Robert Sheckley
The Status Civilization - Robert Sheckley
- Author: Robert Sheckley
- Genre: Science Fiction
Will Barrent awakes without memories just before being deposited on Omega, a planet for criminals where the average life expectancy is 3 years. He’s listed as a murderer and released into the illicit society as a “peon” the lowest class imaginable....
The Dragon Of Wantley (version 2) - Owen Wister
The Dragon Of Wantley (version 2) - Owen Wister
- Author: Owen Wister
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A novel, The Dragon of Wantley, was written by Owen Wister (best known as the author of The Virginian) in 1892. Published by Lipincott Press, the story is a comic "burlesque" (in the author's words), concerning the "true" story of the Dragon. It is...
The Boy Scout Aviators - George Durston
The Boy Scout Aviators - George Durston
- Author: George Durston
- Genre: Historical Fiction
Follow the adventures of Harry Fleming, Dick Mercer, and Jack Young in this exciting Boy Scout adventure! Harry is an American Boy Scout separated from his country and hometown when his father has to go on a trip to England for business. He joins a...
In Search of Mademoiselle - George Gibbs
In Search of Mademoiselle - George Gibbs
- Author: George Gibbs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Historical Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Preface note by George Gibbs: There were no more vivid episodes in the colonization of the New World than those resulting from the attempts of the French people to gain a permanent foothold on our shores.... The most thrilling chapter in all this...
The Passionate Friends - H. G. Wells
The Passionate Friends - H. G. Wells
- Author: H. G. Wells
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle against social convention, the...
Diana - Susan Warner
Diana - Susan Warner
- Author: Susan Warner
- Genre: General Fiction
Diana Starling is the beautiful and quiet daughter of a cold and mentally abusive mother. She falls in love with Evan Nolton, but her mother wishes her to marry someone else. Yet, despite her mother's strong objections, she chooses her own husband....
Out of Bohemia: A Story of Paris Student-Life - Gertrude Christian Fosdick
Out of Bohemia: A Story of Paris Student-Life - Gertrude Christian Fosdick
- Author: Gertrude Christian Fosdick
- Genre: Literary Fiction
Beryl Carrington is a naïve young American artist following her ideals to Paris, where she meets three young men, all also artists and all in love with her. Georges is French-American and a bit wild, with a French mistress on the side. Clayton is a...
Apology - Plato
Apology - Plato
- Author: Plato
- Genre: Ancient / Other religions
The Apology of Socrates is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he unsuccessfully defended himself in 399 BC against the charges of "corrupting the young, and by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other...
Twelve Years a Slave - Solomon Northup
Twelve Years a Slave - Solomon Northup
- Author: Solomon Northup
- Genre: Memoirs
Twelve Years a Slave is the memoir of a freeborn African American from New York who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. After being held for twelve years on a Louisiana plantation, he is eventually freed and reunited with his family. (Summary by...
The Lone Wolf - Louis Joseph Vance
The Lone Wolf - Louis Joseph Vance
- Author: Louis Joseph Vance
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction / Romance
The Lone Wolf is the first of eight books in a series featuring the jewel thief turned private detective Michael Lanyard. With his identity betrayed and the police on his heels, he must fly from Paris, which is made much more difficult by his...
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite - Anthony Trollope
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
Sir Harry Hotspur’s only son and heir dies young which means that the title goes to a cousin, George Hotspur. Sir Harry wants the ancestral property to go to his daughter, Emily, and hopes that a future husband will adopt the family name. George is...
The Revolt of the Angels - Anatole France
The Revolt of the Angels - Anatole France
- Author: Anatole France
- Genre: Religious Fiction
Anatole France, in his satirical and allegorical fashion, weaves a tale of fantasy which finds a mischievous guardian angel stealing books from his earthly charge, who happens to be an archbishop in possession of a plethora of literature, mostly...
Short Poetry Collection 066 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 066 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 066: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, selected and read by Librivox volunteers....
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Short Stories
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
His Family - Ernest Poole
His Family - Ernest Poole
- Author: Ernest Poole
- Genre: General Fiction
The 1910s is historically considered the decade of greatest social change in history. It saw the advent and proliferation of the automobile, electricity, lighting, radio, telephone and cinema. Our present time of change is actually quite tame in...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the smell of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
