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Mother Carey’s Chickens - Kate Douglas Wiggin
Mother Carey’s Chickens - Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Author: Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Genre: Family
“When Captain Carey went on his long journey into the unknown and uncharted land, the rest of the Careys tried in vain for a few months to be still a family, and did not succeed at all. They clung as closely to one another as ever they could, but...
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 10) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 2, Chapter 10) - Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
This chapter begins with the flight of James II and then moves on to the downfall of Judge Jeffreys and the arrival of Dutch troops in London. James flees again and we see the establishment of the Jacobean court in France at Saint Germains. The...
Let'em Breathe Space (version 2) - Lester del Rey
Let'em Breathe Space (version 2) - Lester del Rey
- Author: Lester del Rey
- Genre: Science Fiction
Eighteen men and two women in the closed world of a space ship for five months can only spell tension and trouble—but in this case, the atmosphere was literally poisoned. Who is trying to kill them and sabotage the mission? And why would they be...
Mappo, the Merry Monkey - Richard Barnum
Mappo, the Merry Monkey - Richard Barnum
- Author: Richard Barnum
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Mappo lived in a tree in the jungle with his family. He is the oldest of his siblings, and very smart, which would explain why he has so many adventures! But Mappo finds himself on a very long adventure, bringing him to a new land, new friends and...
Nicholas Nickleby (Version 4) - Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby (Version 4) - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Literary Fiction
After the death of his father, Nicholas must provide for his mother and sister. His wealthy uncle provides him with employment at a boys' school, run by the villainous Mr. Squeers. But when Nicholas has seen enough of the brutal manner in which...
The Story of a Sawdust Doll - Laura Lee Hope
The Story of a Sawdust Doll - Laura Lee Hope
- Author: Laura Lee Hope
- Genre: General
This is the first in the series of twelve Make Believe Stories about a sawdust doll who begins her life in Toy Town with the other dolls and toys, until she goes to live with a little girl. And then her adventures begin! - Summary by Nan Dodge...
Bible (YLT) 16: Nehemiah - Young's Literal Translation
Bible (YLT) 16: Nehemiah - Young's Literal Translation
- Author: Young's Literal Translation
- Genre: Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah is the story of a man determined to restore the Temple, as well as the strength and integrity of the Nation of Israel. A lowly butler to a mighty king, Nehemiah rises to a postition of prominence among his people as he reminds them of their...
October - A Sonnet - William Cullen Bryant
October - A Sonnet - William Cullen Bryant
- Author: William Cullen Bryant
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant edited the very successful Picturesque America which was published between 1872 and 1874. This two-volume set was lavishly...
Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog - Alexander Pope
Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog - Alexander Pope
- Author: Alexander Pope
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epigram by Alexander Pope. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 8th, 2010....
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London - William Le Queux
Hushed Up! A Mystery of London - William Le Queux
- Author: William Le Queux
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
A young man, Owen Biddulph, is drawn to a beautiful young woman with a mysterious past... a past that seems to have returned to cause her disappearance! Is she his new found love or his nemesis? And who is this mysterious clergyman that warns him to...
The Eye of Dread - Payne Erskine
The Eye of Dread - Payne Erskine
- Author: Payne Erskine
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
The Civil War is upon the United States, and the town of Leauvite has sent away its young men, among them Peter Junior and Richard Kildene. When they leave, Betty Ballard is but a child, but by the time the war has ended, she has become something...
The Unbearable Bassington - Saki
The Unbearable Bassington - Saki
- Author: Saki
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Satire
The Unbearable Bassington was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). It also contains much of the elegant wit found in his short stories. Comus (The Unbearable) Bassington, is a charming young man about town. His perversity however thwarts...
A Daughter of the Snows - Jack London
A Daughter of the Snows - Jack London
- Author: Jack London
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie," who heads to the Yukon gold fields after creating a stir in her hometown by being strong and forthright...
Gifts - James Thomson
Gifts - James Thomson
- Author: James Thomson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Gifts by James Thomson. This was the weekly poetry project for August 9th, 2009....
Bible (KJV) NT 21-22: 1,2 Peter - King James Version
Bible (KJV) NT 21-22: 1,2 Peter - King James Version
- Author: King James Version
- Genre: King James Version
The First Epistle of Peter, usually referred to simply as First Peter and often written 1 Peter, is a book of the New Testament. The author claims to be Saint Peter the apostle, and the epistle was traditionally held to have been written during his...
American Cookery - Amelia Simmons
American Cookery - Amelia Simmons
- Author: Amelia Simmons
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Self-Help
American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons, was the first known cookbook written by an American, published in 1796. Until this time, the cookbooks printed and used in what became the United States were British cookbooks, so the importance of this book is...
A Half Century of Conflict - Francis Parkman, Jr.
A Half Century of Conflict - Francis Parkman, Jr.
- Author: Francis Parkman Jr.
- Genre: Early Modern
Francis Parkman (1823-1893) is one of the great nineteenth century United States historians along with William Prescott, John Lothrop Motley, George Bancroft, and Henry Adams. Parkman has been hailed as one of America's great historians and as a...
Captain William Kidd And Others Of The Buccaneers - John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Captain William Kidd And Others Of The Buccaneers - John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott
- Genre: History
Pirate stories galore! Pirate life was not always what it seemed from the outside. - Summary by david wales...
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail - Ezra Meeker
Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail - Ezra Meeker
- Author: Ezra Meeker
- Genre: Memoirs / Modern (19th C)
This is a memoir by an early 19th Century American settler in the Pacific Northwest. (Description by BellonaTimes)...
Tension - E. M. Delafield
Tension - E. M. Delafield
- Author: E. M. Delafield
- Genre: General Fiction
When the role of ‘Lady Superintendent’ becomes available at the Commercial and Technical College for South West England, the calm and capable Pauline Marchrose is the successful applicant. This is good news for Sir Julian, the college director, who...
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 - Frances M. A. Roe
Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 - Frances M. A. Roe
- Author: Frances M. A. Roe
- Genre: War & Military / Memoirs / Letters
"There appeared from the bushes in front of me, and right in the path, two immense gray wolves . . . Rollo saw them and stopped instantly, giving deep sighs, preparing to snort, I knew . . . To give myself courage, I talked to the horse, slowly...
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience - Ike Matthews
Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience - Ike Matthews
- Author: Ike Matthews
- Genre: Animals
No big city without rats, particularly back in Ike Matthews' time. The professional rat catcher explains to us in this little volume the best way to catch and exterminate those little rodents. - Summary by Carolin...
When Lighthouses are Dark: a Story of a Lake Superior Island - Ethel C. Brill
When Lighthouses are Dark: a Story of a Lake Superior Island - Ethel C. Brill
- Author: Ethel C. Brill
- Genre: Action & Adventure
The story of four children stranded on a Lake Superior island. They take refuge in a deserted lighthouse hoping to survive the winter. (Summary by Betsie Bush)...
To The Next Christmas - T. W. H. Crosland
To The Next Christmas - T. W. H. Crosland
- Author: T. W. H. Crosland
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Thomas William Hodgson Crosland was a British author, poet, journalist and friend of royalty. Thomas was a humanitarian who frequently wrote in his poems about the impoverished and sick and unemployed, especially caring about returned soldiers in...
Tarzan and the Golden Lion - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Golden Lion - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction / Published 1900 onward
Tarzan's amazing ability to establish kinship with some of the most dangerous animals in the jungle serves him well in this exciting story of his adventures with the Golden Lion, Jad-bal-ja, when the great and lordly animal becomes his ally and...
The Haunted Woman - David Lindsay
The Haunted Woman - David Lindsay
- Author: David Lindsay
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Isabel Loment is engaged to the affectionate, but unemotional, Marshall Stokes. House-hunting for her aunt, she comes to Runhill Court, an ancient home with a mysterious staircase that is only visible to those with eyes to see it. Ascending the...
Short Poetry Collection 178 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 178 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 44 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2018...
Ester Ried Yet Speaking - Pansy
Ester Ried Yet Speaking - Pansy
- Author: Pansy
- Genre: Christian Fiction
Authored by Isabella M. Alden under the pen name "Pansy." Fourth in the Chautauqua Girls series. Alfred Ried (brother of Ester Ried from that series) wants to help the hundreds of poor street boys in his city to come to faith and improve their...
Emma (version 2) - Jane Austen
Emma (version 2) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Romance
Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1816, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome, clever, and rich" but is also rather spoiled. Prior to...
A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga - William Walker Atkinson
A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: Philosophy
The Book talks on the internal world of the self. The real nature of the subconscious mind, the way to control it, how ego comes into play and most frequently asked questions like "Who am I" are attempted to answer. (Summary by Uday Sagar) Note:...
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: Published 1800 -1900
The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but she lives a lonely existence...
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
The Schoolmaster and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- Genre: Single Author Collections
Anton Chekhov, perhaps better known as a world famous classical playwright for works such as "Uncle Vanya" and "The Cherry Orchard" was also a prolific short story writer. "The Schoolmaster and Other Stories" is one of several of his collections....
The Book of Hallowe'en - Ruth Edna Kelley
The Book of Hallowe'en - Ruth Edna Kelley
- Author: Ruth Edna Kelley
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / *Non-fiction / History
This book is intended to give the reader an account of the origin and history of Hallowe'en, how it absorbed some customs belonging to other days in the year,—such as May Day, Midsummer, and Christmas. The context is illustrated by selections from...
Clergymen Of The Church Of England - Anthony Trollope
Clergymen Of The Church Of England - Anthony Trollope
- Author: Anthony Trollope
- Genre: Religion / Modern (19th C)
This 1866 book was published in a time of great change in the Church of England. Trollope began as a High Church adherent and then worked his way to a Broad Church stance, a theological liberalism (toleration of belief and interpretation, regard for...
The Early Poems of Hart Crane - Hart Crane
The Early Poems of Hart Crane - Hart Crane
- Author: Hart Crane
- Genre: Single author
A collection of Hart Crane poems published before 1923.These poems originally appeared in a variety of magazines (The Pagan, The Double Dealer, Bruno’s Weekly, Bruno’s Bohemia, Gargoyle, The Little Review, The Modernist, The Double Dealer, Dial, The...
Astounding Stories 06, June 1930 - Undefined
Astounding Stories 06, June 1930 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Science Fiction
Issue six of this seminal science-fiction magazine concludes the Ray Cummings story "Brigands of the Moon", and continues Murray Leinster's "Murder Madness". In addition there are three short stories, by various authors, and a short novel by Charles...
A Photograph - John Charles McNeill
A Photograph - John Charles McNeill
- Author: John Charles McNeill
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of A Photograph by John Charles McNeill.This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 11, 2019. ------ McNeill was considered the unofficial poet laureate of his home state North Carolina until this...
Midsummer - William Cullen Bryant
Midsummer - William Cullen Bryant
- Author: William Cullen Bryant
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Midsummer by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 23, 2013. This poem taken from the Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant, Household Edition. (Summary by David Lawrence)...
The Singing Man: A Book of Songs and Shadows - Josephine Preston Peabody
The Singing Man: A Book of Songs and Shadows - Josephine Preston Peabody
- Author: Josephine Preston Peabody
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of a number of long narrative poems. Ms. Peabody's poetry is marked by vivacity and living images. The poems contained in this collection are a great example of Ms. Peabody's style. - Summary by Carolin...
The Poetry of Sa'di - A Selection - Saadi
The Poetry of Sa'di - A Selection - Saadi
- Author: Saadi
- Genre: Poetry
Shaikh Sa’di, also known as Saadi Shirazi, the nightingale of Shiraz, as Jami poetically calls this gifted poet, was born at Shiraz, the capital of Persia, near the end of the twelfth century. By turns, a student, a water-carrier, a traveller, a...
