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The Red and the Black, Volume I - STENDHAL
The Red and the Black, Volume I - STENDHAL
- Author: STENDHAL
- Genre: General Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Balzac and Flaubert, Stendhal is quite often considered a writer that doesn't seem to fit a defined genre. Some...
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains - Katharine Berry Judson
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains - Katharine Berry Judson
- Author: Katharine Berry Judson
- Genre: Culture & Heritage Fiction / Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Nature & Animal Fiction
Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short stories, and also quite a few songs and poems. Each tale is tagged with what culture it is from - (Summary by...
The Eye of Osiris - R. Austin Freeman
The Eye of Osiris - R. Austin Freeman
- Author: R. Austin Freeman
- Genre: Detective Fiction
The Eye of Osiris is an early example from the Dr. Thorndyke series of detective stories written by R. Austin Freeman. In these stories, the author drew on his extensive medical and scientific knowledge for his main character, a medico-legal expert...
Short Poetry Collection 150 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 150 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2015....
Anne of Green Gables (version 7) (dramatic reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables (version 7) (dramatic reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Family Life
Red-haired Anne Shirley, the orphan girl mistakenly sent to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, has been one of the world's most beloved characters since the publication of Anne of Green Gables in 1908. In this dramatic reading, Librivox readers...
The Intoxicated Ghost And Other Stories - Arlo BATES
The Intoxicated Ghost And Other Stories - Arlo BATES
- Author: Arlo BATES
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A charming collection of short stories, dealing with ghosts, magic, and other-worldly events that even the faint of heart will enjoy. 1. The Intoxicated Ghost - a woman tries to outsmart a ghost to save the family from financial ruin. 2. A Problem...
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection) - Thomas Hardy
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection) - Thomas Hardy
- Author: Thomas Hardy
- Genre: Poetry
Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporaries as his novels, Hardy's poetry has been applauded considerably in recent years. Most of his poems deal with...
Emma: A Fragment of a Story - Charlotte Brontë
Emma: A Fragment of a Story - Charlotte Brontë
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Miss Mabel Wilcox, the owner of a newly opened girl's boarding school, meets the wealthy Mr. Conway Fitzgibbon, who drops off his frail daughter to be educated there. When background checks are made, it is discovered that no well-to-do family by the...
The Seasons - James THOMSON
The Seasons - James THOMSON
- Author: James THOMSON
- Genre: Poetry
The Seasons is a series of four long poems in blank verse by the Scottish poet James Thomson, each poem describing one of the four seasons. The poems are replete with various scenes of nature described with loving detail, as well as Thomson's view...
The Secret of the Silver Car - Wyndham MARTYN
The Secret of the Silver Car - Wyndham MARTYN
- Author: Wyndham MARTYN
- Genre: Detective Fiction
Before he went to join the Armed Forces in World War I France, Anthony Trent had a successfull secret 'career' as a master criminal in the USA, never caught by the police (see 'Anthony Trent, Master Criminal'). The war has just ended - but now...
The Chronicles of America Volume 01 - The Red Man's Continent - Ellsworth HUNTINGTON
The Chronicles of America Volume 01 - The Red Man's Continent - Ellsworth HUNTINGTON
- Author: Ellsworth HUNTINGTON
- Genre: Early Modern
Characteristics of the peoples and environment of the earliest stages of America. - Summary by Jim Locke Group: Chronicles of America Series...
Spurgeon's Sermons May 1858 - Charles H. Spurgeon
Spurgeon's Sermons May 1858 - Charles H. Spurgeon
- Author: Charles H. Spurgeon
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
Charles Spurgeon was a popular Baptist minister in London in mid-Victorian times; his ministry was highly influential and had a significant effect on many families in London and further afield. It was difficult to find a hall large enough to...
The Little Colonel - Annie Fellows Johnston
The Little Colonel - Annie Fellows Johnston
- Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
- Genre: Family
The scene of this story is laid in Kentucky. Its heroine is a small girl, who is known as the Little Colonel, on account of her fancied resemblance to an old-school Southern gentleman, whose fine estate and old family are famous in the region....
Short Poetry Collection 131 - Various
Short Poetry Collection 131 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Poetry
This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2014....
Heaven - Rupert Brooke
Heaven - Rupert Brooke
- Author: Rupert Brooke
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Heaven by Rupert Brooke. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 16th, 2008....
The Trespasser - D. H. Lawrence
The Trespasser - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Romance / Published 1900 onward
Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde - on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for one of the parties, Siegmund, when he sacrifices family life for a few days’ transcendent rapture. His lover,...
Iola Leroy - Frances E. W. HARPER
Iola Leroy - Frances E. W. HARPER
- Author: Frances E. W. HARPER
- Genre: Historical Fiction
This is the story of Iola Leroy, a free-born, mixed-race woman who passed as white. Her true racial identity eventually discovered, she was kidnapped and sold into slavery. Later freed by the Union Army, she journeyed to find others of her family...
A Night-Rain in Summer - Leigh HUNT
A Night-Rain in Summer - Leigh HUNT
- Author: Leigh HUNT
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
James Henry Leigh Hunt, best known as Leigh Hunt, was an English critic, essayist, poet, and writer. - Summary by Wikipedia...
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune - Howard R. Garis
Uncle Wiggily's Fortune - Howard R. Garis
- Author: Howard R. Garis
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily story every day (except Sundays) for more than...
Mrs. Balfame - Gertrude Atherton
Mrs. Balfame - Gertrude Atherton
- Author: Gertrude Atherton
- Genre: Crime & Mystery Fiction
Enid Belfame: 42 years old, 22 of them as a married woman; eminently respectable; founder of The Friday Club; small town dignitary; a paragon of virtue. But does she have what it takes to commit murder? And will the young and handsome Dwight Rush...
The Universal Religion: Bahaism - Its Rise and Social Import - Hippolyte DREYFUS-BARNEY
The Universal Religion: Bahaism - Its Rise and Social Import - Hippolyte DREYFUS-BARNEY
- Author: Hippolyte DREYFUS-BARNEY
- Genre: Other religions
“Bahaism is not a new religion,” writes Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, “It is religion renewed… it does not pretend to represent the whole Truth; on the contrary, it recognises Truth in fundamental principles which are the basis of all former...
Ode (Bards Of Passion And Of Mirth) - John Keats
Ode (Bards Of Passion And Of Mirth) - John Keats
- Author: John Keats
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Ode (Bards Of Passion And Of Mirth) by John Keats. This was the weekly poetry project for May 17th, 2009....
Insomnia Collection Vol. 002 - Various
Insomnia Collection Vol. 002 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Essays & Short Works
Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. However, it is hoped that at least one from the range of topics here presented will lull the busy mind to a...
5 Science Fiction Stories by Mac Reynolds - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
5 Science Fiction Stories by Mac Reynolds - Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Author: Dallas McCord REYNOLDS
- Genre: Science Fiction
Five early stories by one of my favorite SF writers, Mack Reynolds. Medal of Honor is an intriguing look into the mind of someone who is above the law; who cannot commit a crime. How will he act? especially if he is a self centered drunk? Potential...
The Longest Journey - E. M. Forster
The Longest Journey - E. M. Forster
- Author: E. M. Forster
- Genre: General Fiction
Frederick Elliot is a student at early 20th century Cambridge, a university that seems like paradise to him, amongst bright if cynical companions, when he receives a visit from two friends, an engaged young woman, Agnes Pembroke, and her older...
The Book of Cats - Charles Henry ROSS
The Book of Cats - Charles Henry ROSS
- Author: Charles Henry ROSS
- Genre: Animals & Nature
One day, ever so long ago, it struck me that I should like to try and write a book about Cats. I mentioned the idea to some of my friends: the first burst out laughing at the end of my opening sentence, so I refrained from entering into further...
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3) - Henry David Thoreau
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3) - Henry David Thoreau
- Author: Henry David Thoreau
- Genre: Political Science
"That government is best which governs least" is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England in the 1840s and 1850s. The environment became especially tense after the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. A lifelong...
The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelation by Peter Z. Easton - Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl GULPÁYGÁNÍ
The Brilliant Proof (Burhäne Lämé) in reply to an attack upon the Bahai Revelation by Peter Z. Easton - Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl GULPÁYGÁNÍ
- Author: Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl GULPÁYGÁNÍ
- Genre: Modern / Other religions
“In these days,” writes the renowned Bahá’í scholar, Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, “which are the latter days of 1911, A. D. and the early days of 1330 A. H., I have seen a curious article which astonished me. What did I see? I find that one of the missionaries...
The Consolation - Anne Brontë
The Consolation - Anne Brontë
- Author: Anne Brontë
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Consolation by Anne Brontë. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 14th, 2010....
Embankment at Night, before the War: Outcasts - D. H. Lawrence
Embankment at Night, before the War: Outcasts - D. H. Lawrence
- Author: D. H. Lawrence
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This was the Weekly Poem for 20 May 2006. We stretched our poetry-reading muscles with five versions of this much longer selection than usual (some 96 lines), in which D.H. Lawrence evokes a gritty yet sensitive picture of urban poverty before the...
My Own Story - Emmeline PANKHURST
My Own Story - Emmeline PANKHURST
- Author: Emmeline PANKHURST
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. She was widely criticized for her militant tactics, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. In her...
The Mysteries of Marseilles - Émile Zola
The Mysteries of Marseilles - Émile Zola
- Author: Émile Zola
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
The elopement of Philippe Cayol, an aspiring liberal, poor and untitled with Blanche De Cazalis, niece of a powerful millionaire and politician sets the stage in this novel full of twists and turns with villains a plenty. Philippe's brother Marius...
The Little Mud-Sparrows - Elizabeth Stuart PHELPS
The Little Mud-Sparrows - Elizabeth Stuart PHELPS
- Author: Elizabeth Stuart PHELPS
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Little Mud-Sparrows by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December, 4, 2011. This poem is taken from CHRISTMAS IN LEGEND AND STORY; A Book for Boys and Girls,...
The Lost Art of Reading - Gerald Stanley LEE
The Lost Art of Reading - Gerald Stanley LEE
- Author: Gerald Stanley LEE
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Crafts & Hobbies
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects of modern civilization on the individual. - Summary by Joseph Tabler...
Canzoniere - Dante ALIGHIERI
Canzoniere - Dante ALIGHIERI
- Author: Dante ALIGHIERI
- Genre: Single author / Lyric
Le Rime (in English, The Rhymes) are the collection of lyric poems written by Dante Alighieri throughout his life. While the rest of Dante's works were prepared by himself for publication, these poems were written by him in letters, as parts of...
Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora - George HAMILTON
Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora - George HAMILTON
- Author: George HAMILTON
- Genre: Nautical & Marine Fiction / *Non-fiction / History
George Hamilton was the surgeon assigned to the frigate Pandora. The British Admiralty ordered the ship to the Pacific to arrest the Bounty mutineers and bring them back to England for trial. The commander, Captain Edward Edwards, also was ordered...
Peer Gynt - Henrik Ibsen
Peer Gynt - Henrik Ibsen
- Author: Henrik Ibsen
- Genre: Plays / Poetry
Peer is a dreamer, liar, excellent storyteller and an irresponsible person who avoids all problems. He uses and discards women and looks towards the grandiose, the unattainable. Despite of this, one can't help but like and feel sorry for Peer, as it...
Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages - Various
Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Family Life / Literary Fiction
A delightful collection of short stories by some of the luminary authors of the Victorian era. These stories explore the truth behind the victorian marriage. - Summary by Gina Belmonde...
The People of the Crater - Andre Norton
The People of the Crater - Andre Norton
- Author: Andre Norton
- Genre: Science Fiction
An air force pilot adrift in peacetime is recruited to join an Antarctic expedition. When a strange mist downs his plane he discovers an ancient alien civilization which has prophesized his arrival. Now he and his faithful pet Ana must descend to...
Daddy-Long-Legs Version 2 - Jean Webster
Daddy-Long-Legs Version 2 - Jean Webster
- Author: Jean Webster
- Genre: Family
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to wear other people's cast-off clothes. Jerusha's unusual first name was selected by the matron off a grave...
