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The Good-Natured Man - Oliver GOLDSMITH
The Good-Natured Man - Oliver GOLDSMITH
- Author: Oliver GOLDSMITH
- Genre: Romance
By the playwright of the more popular She Stoops to Conquer, The Good-Natured Man is the comedic story of misguided philanthropy, mistaken identity, and secret romance. Will Honeywell, The Good-Natured Man, see through the lies and trickery...
Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward - John Donne
Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward - John Donne
- Author: John Donne
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
John Donne was an English poet and cleric in the Church of England.Despite his great education and poetic talents, Donne lived in poverty for several years, relying heavily on wealthy friends. He spent much of the money he inherited during and after...
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Romance
The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gives her whole heart to every endeavor. When the Dashwoods - mother Mrs. Dashwood, Elinor, Marianne, and...
The Australian Sunrise - James Lister CUTHBERTSON
The Australian Sunrise - James Lister CUTHBERTSON
- Author: James Lister CUTHBERTSON
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Australian Sunrise by James Lister Cuthbertson. This was the weekly poetry project for August 16th, 2009....
The Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading) - John Kendrick Bangs
The Inventions of the Idiot (dramatic reading) - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Humorous Fiction
"It was before the Idiot's marriage, and in the days when he was nothing more than a plain boarder in Mrs. Smithers-Pedagog's High-class Home for Single Gentlemen, that he put what the School-master termed his "alleged mind" on plans for the...
Bernice Bobs Her Hair - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bernice Bobs Her Hair - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Pretty but socially clueless Bernice lets her know-it-all cousin push her around, but eventually, something's gotta give! (Introduction by BellonaTimes)...
Twenty Two Goblins - Anonymous
Twenty Two Goblins - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Short Stories
These 22 stories are told by the Goblin to the King Vikram. King Vikram faces many difficulties in bringing the vetala to the tantric. Each time Vikram tries to capture the vetala, it tells a story that ends with a riddle. If Vikram cannot answer...
Little Miss Joy-Sing - John Luther LONG
Little Miss Joy-Sing - John Luther LONG
- Author: John Luther LONG
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
A pleasant kind of fantasy set in Japan concerning a woman and a prince. - Summary by KevinS...
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Anonymous
True Stories of Wonderful Deeds - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: Historical / General
37 short pieces perfect for newer recorders. These one page Stories of (mostly) Wonderful Deeds were written for Little Folk to teach them about famous incidents in their history. Bonnie Prince Charlie, Nelson and Hardy, Bruce and the Spider, David...
Flood Tide - Sara Ware BASSETT
Flood Tide - Sara Ware BASSETT
- Author: Sara Ware BASSETT
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction
Willie Spence may have been a bit eccentric by most standards, but he had a knack for creating gadgets in his small workshop at his home on Cape Cod. Whenever he was 'ketched' by an 'idee' he had to see it to completion, and always did. His small...
The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath - William Walker Atkinson
The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath - William Walker Atkinson
- Author: William Walker Atkinson
- Genre: *Non-fiction
Increase your awareness about the forgotten art of breathing as researched, practiced and written by our Eastern brothers. Inside you will find how our Western society has perhaps forgotten the proper way to breath, hence leaving us more susceptible...
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians - Pope CLEMENT I
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians - Pope CLEMENT I
- Author: Pope CLEMENT I
- Genre: Christianity - Other
"First Clement is one of the oldest Christian documents outside the New Testament canon. The epistle was written by Clement, one of the elders of the church of Rome, to the church in Corinth, where it was read for centuries. Indeed, historians...
Cradock Nowell Vol. 1 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Cradock Nowell Vol. 1 - Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Author: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- Genre: Family Life / Romance / Published 1800 -1900
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family home by his father following the...
Short Poetry Collection 095 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 095 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of February and March 2011....
Arm of the Law - Harry Harrison
Arm of the Law - Harry Harrison
- Author: Harry Harrison
- Genre: Science Fiction
A quiet backwater outpost on Mars gets a surprise in the form of a new police recruit - in a box! Yep, it's a prototype robot cop sent to the backwater station for testing. And Harrison tells the strange, funny and scary things that begin to happen...
The Devil's Garden - William Babington MAXWELL
The Devil's Garden - William Babington MAXWELL
- Author: William Babington MAXWELL
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Risque for its time, but tame by today's standards, The Devil's Garden is a story of passion and mystery. William Dale, the main character of the story is Postmaster of Rodhaven. He is introduced as an honest peasant of uncompromising temper, whose...
Bible (ASV) 05: Deuteronomy - American Standard Version
Bible (ASV) 05: Deuteronomy - American Standard Version
- Author: American Standard Version
- Genre: Bibles
"Deuteronomy (Greek: Δευτερονόμιον, "second law") or Devarim (Hebrew: דְּבָרִים, literally "things" or "words") is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible, and the fifth of five books of the Jewish Torah/Pentateuch. A large part of the book consists of...
Bible Passages Collection 001 - Undefined
Bible Passages Collection 001 - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Bibles
Librivox's Bible Passages Collection 001: a collection of passages, verses, and chapters from multiple public domain editions of the Holy Bible. - Summary by Kangaroo692...
The Bush Debate - Undefined
The Bush Debate - Undefined
- Author: Undefined
- Genre: Poetry
In 1892, two of Australia's best poets came up with a scheme to make some money. They arranged to have an argument in the Weekly Bulletin, and since they were being paid by the word, this let them fire back and forth, being sent beer money with each...
Gretchen - Mary Jane HOLMES
Gretchen - Mary Jane HOLMES
- Author: Mary Jane HOLMES
- Genre: Romance
Rich and sophisticated Arthur Tracy returns to Tracy Park after several years abroad confused and mentally unstable. Initially claiming that Gretchen accompanied him on the boat and train back he then expects her to arrive at any moment. Meanwhile a...
Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic - Herbert Francis Peyser
Robert Schumann, Tone Poet Prophet And Critic - Herbert Francis Peyser
- Author: Herbert Francis Peyser
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Music
[This is] the sketchiest outline of Robert Schumann’s short life but amazingly rich achievement. Together with Haydn and Schubert he was, perhaps, the most completely lovable of the great masters. It is hard, moreover, to think of a composer more...
Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana - William BEEBE
Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana - William BEEBE
- Author: William BEEBE
- Genre: Animals / Nature / Memoirs
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and collecting live birds for the New York Zoological Park. They then collaborated on a book about their "search...
The Adopting of Rosa Marie - Carroll Watson Rankin
The Adopting of Rosa Marie - Carroll Watson Rankin
- Author: Carroll Watson Rankin
- Genre: Family
In this charming girl's book we meet again the four chums of Dandelion Cottage. Their friendship knit closer than ever by their summer at playing house, the girls enlarge their activity by mothering a pretty little Indian baby. "Those who have read...
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages - John Lord
Beacon Lights of History, Vol 5: The Middle Ages - John Lord
- Author: John Lord
- Genre: Middle Ages/Middle History / Christianity - Other
Volume 5 continues the commentary on world history begun in the first four volumes. This volume looks at some of the main religious figures of the Middle Ages, as well as social issues like the Crusades and the feudal system. - Summary by KHand...
Gleanings in Buddha Fields - Lafcadio HEARN
Gleanings in Buddha Fields - Lafcadio HEARN
- Author: Lafcadio HEARN
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Essays & Short Works
Lafcadio Hearn was one of the first Westerners to live in Japan during the early Meiji era, and a prolific writer. Although chiefly known for his collections of Japanese ghost stories (in particular Kwaidan), he also wrote many non-fiction essays...
Letters of Pliny - PLINY THE YOUNGER
Letters of Pliny - PLINY THE YOUNGER
- Author: PLINY THE YOUNGER
- Genre: Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)
The largest surviving body of Pliny's work is his Epistulae (Letters), a series of personal missives directed to his friends, associates and the Emperor Trajan. These letters are a unique testimony of Roman administrative history and everyday life...
The New Physics and Its Evolution - Lucien POINCARÉ
The New Physics and Its Evolution - Lucien POINCARÉ
- Author: Lucien POINCARÉ
- Genre: Astronomy / Physics & Mechanics
The end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century marked a new era in the study of physics. It seemed as though everything that was thought to be known was being called into question. This book attempts to summarize some of the most critical...
Sidelights on Relativity - Albert EINSTEIN
Sidelights on Relativity - Albert EINSTEIN
- Author: Albert EINSTEIN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Nature / Science
Sidelights on Relativity contains ETHER AND THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY, an address delivered on May 5th, 1920, in the University of Leyden; and GEOMETRY AND EXPERIENCE, an expanded form of an address to the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin on...
The Wendigo - Algernon Blackwood
The Wendigo - Algernon Blackwood
- Author: Algernon Blackwood
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Another camper tale, this time set in the Canadian wilderness. A hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the Wendigo of legend. Robert Aickman regarded this as "one of the (possibly) six great masterpieces in the...
Uncle Wiggily on the Farm - Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggily on the Farm - Howard R. Garis
- Author: Howard R. Garis
- Genre: Animals & Nature
Uncle Wiggily is not feeling very well and Dr. Possum suggests a unique treatment. He tells Uncle Wiggily that he needs to get out in the country to a farm! Thus begins the adventures of Uncle Wiggily on his newly purchased farm. The publishers note...
The Creature from Beyond Infinity - Henry Kuttner
The Creature from Beyond Infinity - Henry Kuttner
- Author: Henry Kuttner
- Genre: General Fiction / Science Fiction
A lone space traveler arrives on Earth seeking a new planet to colonize, his own world dead. At the same time a mysterious plague has infected Earth that will wipe out all life. Can a lone scientist stop the plague and save the world? Or will the...
A Memoir on the Life and Character of the Rev. Prince Demetrius A. de Gallitzin - Thomas HEYDEN
A Memoir on the Life and Character of the Rev. Prince Demetrius A. de Gallitzin - Thomas HEYDEN
- Author: Thomas HEYDEN
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Christianity - Biographies
Prince Demetrius of Gallitzin (1770-1840), or "Father Smith," as he was known on the eighteenth century American frontier, was one of the glories of early Catholicism in America. Though a prince by birth, Demetrius discreetly concealed the glory of...
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales - Sir Arthur Thomas QUILLER-COUCH
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales - Sir Arthur Thomas QUILLER-COUCH
- Author: Sir Arthur Thomas QUILLER-COUCH
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Nautical & Marine Fiction / Single Author Collections
This lively collection of stories by Q, aka the imaginative and prolific man of letters Arthur Quiller-Couch, includes tales of mystery, horror, and adventure. Beware. There will be ghosts, pirates, scholars, death, taxes, at least one princess, and...
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages - George HODGES
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages - George HODGES
- Author: George HODGES
- Genre: Religion
Though these stories of the lives of twenty saints and heroes of the faith, we have an introduction to the history of the church from 3rd century A.D. to the Reformation. These stories chronicle their lives and sacrifices for the faith. These saints...
Aunt Jane's Nieces In The Red Cross - L. Frank Baum
Aunt Jane's Nieces In The Red Cross - L. Frank Baum
- Author: L. Frank Baum
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / War & Military Fiction
The 10th and final book in the series for adolescent girls sees two of the three cousins react to atrocities in World War I by volunteering in the Red Cross. Written under the pseudonym of Edith Van Dyne, this is the 1915 version, which reflects...
Worth While - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Worth While - Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers offer you 15 different recordings of Worth While, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March 28, 2010....
Night Watches - W. W. JACOBS
Night Watches - W. W. JACOBS
- Author: W. W. JACOBS
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
A most popular Jacobs character, a night watchman along the English coast, remembers troubles his friends got into during shore leave. At least part of the fault lay with those friends, who were both careless and naïve. But not all the stories are...
Humorous Poems - Ignatius BRENNAN
Humorous Poems - Ignatius BRENNAN
- Author: Ignatius BRENNAN
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of fun poems by West Virginia poet M. Ignatius Brennan. In his poems, the poet makes fun of the people in his surroundings, and the society in which he lived. In most instances his humor is benevolent, but can turn malicious,...
His Master's Voice - Randall Garrett
His Master's Voice - Randall Garrett
- Author: Randall Garrett
- Genre: Science Fiction
This is a follow up story to Randal Garrett's original story, A Spaceship Named McGyer. The intrepid protagonist, now that he has become the completely unintended and unwilling master of the robot spaceship McGyer, is called in by the owners, very...
The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle - Wilmer M. ELY
The Boy Chums in the Florida Jungle - Wilmer M. ELY
- Author: Wilmer M. ELY
- Genre: Action & Adventure
Late entry in the Boy Chums series set in WWI-era Florida focuses on four working-class adventurers: young adults Charley & Walter, manservant Chris, and man of the world, Captain Westfield. Has the distinction of Chris being black; he's a...
