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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2) - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (version 2) - Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Author: Joseph Sheridan LE FANU
- Genre: Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
Maud Ruthyn, the young, naive heroine, has a governess who is an enigmatic older woman, a liar, bully, and spy, who takes a dark secret with her when she leaves. Maud is then orphaned and moves in with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious...
The Antiquary - Andrew Lang
The Antiquary - Andrew Lang
- Author: Andrew Lang
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Illegitimacy, false identity, and bankruptcy are the major elements of Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel, The Antiquary. Set in the period of the French Revolution, the novel's hero, Lovel, struggles to gain repute and the hand of his beloved despite...
Short Science Fiction Collection 060 - Various
Short Science Fiction Collection 060 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Science Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative nature of the genre inspires...
House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies - Louis Compton MIALL
House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies - Louis Compton MIALL
- Author: Louis Compton MIALL
- Genre: Nature
"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. Miall This book contains a collection of short essays on numerous nature and natural history subjects. While they were collected together as...
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3) - Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3) - Alexandre Dumas
- Author: Alexandre Dumas
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Historical Fiction
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of the most adored French musketeer of that period, Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan. Volume 1 introduces...
Coffee Break Collection 002 - Faith - Various
Coffee Break Collection 002 - Faith - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Religion
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is Multi-Faith in various genres.(Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Recollections of Oscar Wilde - Franz BLEI
Recollections of Oscar Wilde - Franz BLEI
- Author: Franz BLEI
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
This 1906 collection of memories of Oscar Wilde is by friends. Wilde said that his genius was his life; only his talent was in his works. (Summary by david wales)...
Red Shadows - Robert E. Howard
Red Shadows - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Historical Fiction
Red Shadows is the first of a series of stories featuring Howard's puritan avenger, Solomon Kane. Kane tracks his prey over land and sea, enters the jungles of Africa, and even faces dark Gods and evil magic -- all to avenge a woman he'd never met...
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India - Edgar THURSTON
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India - Edgar THURSTON
- Author: Edgar THURSTON
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / *Non-fiction / Philosophy
This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin.(Summary by Edgar Thurston)...
Ronicky Doone - Max Brand
Ronicky Doone - Max Brand
- Author: Max Brand
- Genre: Westerns
Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), is best known today for his western fiction. Faust was born in Seattle, Washington and at an early age moved with his parents to the San Joaquin Valley in California where he worked as a ranchhand. After a...
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. - Washington Irving
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. - Washington Irving
- Author: Washington Irving
- Genre: Travel Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book famous - other tales include "Roscoe", "The Broken Heart", "The Art of Book-making", "A Royal Poet", "The Spectre Bridegroom",...
Old Rose And Silver - Myrtle Reed
Old Rose And Silver - Myrtle Reed
- Author: Myrtle Reed
- Genre: Published 1900 onward
The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend and neighbour Colonel Kent, and his grown son, Allison. Other...
The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers - Catherine CROWE
The Night-Side of Nature; Or, Ghosts and Ghost-Seers - Catherine CROWE
- Author: Catherine CROWE
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The stories in Volume 1 centre on dreams, psychic presentiments, traces, wraiths, doppelgängers, apparitions, and imaginings of the after-life. Crowe's vivid tales, written with great energy and imagination, are classic examples of...
Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature - Various
Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Short Stories / Essays & Short Works
This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. The theme for this collection is Nature in various genres -- fiction and non-fiction. Botany, geology, biology,...
Collected Prose - James Elroy FLECKER
Collected Prose - James Elroy FLECKER
- Author: James Elroy FLECKER
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Literary Criticism
Best remembered for his poetry, James Elroy Flecker was also a playwright, novelist and prose writer. This collection of his idiosyncratic prose writings includes The Last Generation (a short science fiction story), short sketches, a dialogue, and...
The Lineman - Chan GARDINER
The Lineman - Chan GARDINER
- Author: Chan GARDINER
- Genre: Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
This poem by Chan Gardiner pays tribute to the Linemen working on America's high voltage lines, working in dangerous conditions so that the average citizen can enjoy his time at home. (Summary by David Lawrence...
Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
- Author: Zane Grey
- Genre: Westerns
The year is 1871, and wealthy ranch owner Jane Withersteen is in trouble. She has incurred the displeasure of her Mormon church leaders by refusing to marry a church elder and by befriending Gentiles (non-Mormons). In rides Lassiter, the...
Coffee Break Collection 22 -- Days Gone By - Various
Coffee Break Collection 22 -- Days Gone By - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Anthologies
This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this...
War and Peace, Book 08: 1811-1812 - Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace, Book 08: 1811-1812 - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: Historical Fiction
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the...
Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be - Irwin Leslie GORDON
Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who Wanted to Be - Irwin Leslie GORDON
- Author: Irwin Leslie GORDON
- Genre: Humorous Fiction / *Non-fiction / Biography & Autobiography
A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to inform the public that only persons who can produce proper evidence of their demise will be admitted to Who Was Who....
The Madman: His Parables And Poems and The Forerunner: His Parables And Poems - Kahlil Gibran
The Madman: His Parables And Poems and The Forerunner: His Parables And Poems - Kahlil Gibran
- Author: Kahlil Gibran
- Genre: Philosophy
Two short books by the Lebanese-American writer, poet, and mystic. Reflections on existence and life, purpose and meaning. His most famous work is The Prophet (1923). The Madman, Part 1: Introduction; God; My Friend; The Scarecrow; The...
Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
Flash Evans, Camera News Hawk - Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Author: Mildred A. Wirt Benson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction
Jimmy 'Flash' Evans, 17, ace photographer for The Brandale Ledger, tries his hand at the newsreel game in this upbeat, pre-war adventure. The listed author, Frank Bell, was actually the prolific Mildred Wirt Benson, most famous for writing the early...
Commentaries on the Gallic War - Gaius Julius CAESAR
Commentaries on the Gallic War - Gaius Julius CAESAR
- Author: Gaius Julius CAESAR
- Genre: War & Military / Antiquity
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar describes the battles and intrigues that took place in the nine years...
The Song My Paddle Sings - E. Pauline Johnson
The Song My Paddle Sings - E. Pauline Johnson
- Author: E. Pauline Johnson
- Genre: Poetry
Librivox’s weekly poetry project for the week of February 5, 2006 offers fourteen versions of "The Song My Paddle Sings" from the collection Flint and Feather by E. Pauline Johnson. E. Pauline Johnson, also known as Tekahionwake, was born to the...
The Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland - Frances Alice Forbes
The Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland - Frances Alice Forbes
- Author: Frances Alice Forbes
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography / Christianity - Biographies
Saint Columba (521 – 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for...
Essay on the Creative Imagination - Théodule-Armand RIBOT
Essay on the Creative Imagination - Théodule-Armand RIBOT
- Author: Théodule-Armand RIBOT
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Philosophy / Psychology
"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attempts at scientific formulization. For a long time it has been the "spook science" per se, and the imagination, now...
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great - Elbert Hubbard
Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great - Elbert Hubbard
- Author: Elbert Hubbard
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Elbert Hubbard visits the homes of authors, politicians, poets, philosophers and other prestigious people. If they are still living he speaks with them about their work. If they are dead he reflects on how their surroundings may have influenced...
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States - Charles Godfrey Leland
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States - Charles Godfrey Leland
- Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
- Genre: Biography & Autobiography
The book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on how his personality and beliefs impacted the history of the American Emancipation and its causes. The book is very well written, easy to read and includes incredible historical information...
Mrs. Raffles - John Kendrick Bangs
Mrs. Raffles - John Kendrick Bangs
- Author: John Kendrick Bangs
- Genre: General Fiction / Detective Fiction
Mrs. Raffles, widow of the now deceased A. J. Raffles (who was the gentleman thief pursued at one time by Sherlock Holmes), continues the family legacy of crime—but this time in America. These stories are narrated by her cohort, Harry “Bunny”...
The Apology - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Apology - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 different recordings of The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 2, 2007....
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two - Jonathan Swift
The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two - Jonathan Swift
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- Genre: Single author
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheridan, for one, Jonathan Swift delighted in the 18th century equivalent of a rap off – going back and forth in...
Little Dramas for Primary Grades - Ada M. Skinner
Little Dramas for Primary Grades - Ada M. Skinner
- Author: Ada M. Skinner
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / Short works
37 short and very short plays for young children - David OReaders: Linette Geisel: Camel(1), Big Black Dog(2), First Child(4), Camel(5), Grandma(6), Red Fox(11), Child(12), First Pig(13), Mrs. Dove(14), Third Chick(15), Littlest Fir Tree(16), French...
Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs - Cardinal Nicholas Patrick WISEMAN
Fabiola or The Church of the Catacombs - Cardinal Nicholas Patrick WISEMAN
- Author: Cardinal Nicholas Patrick WISEMAN
- Genre: Historical Fiction / Religious Fiction / Published 1800 -1900
This historical novel is set in Rome in the early 4th century AD, during the time of the cruel persecution of Christians under the Emperor Diocletian. The heroine of the book is Fabiola, a young pagan beauty from a noble Roman family. Fabiola seems...
The Siege of Belgrade - Alaric Alexander WATTS
The Siege of Belgrade - Alaric Alexander WATTS
- Author: Alaric Alexander WATTS
- Genre: Poetry / Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of The Siege of Belgrade by Alaric Alexander Watts, an abecedarian poem that begins each line with the next letter of the alphabet. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of May 25th,...
2 Maccabees - Douay-Rheims Version
2 Maccabees - Douay-Rheims Version
- Author: Douay-Rheims Version
- Genre: Douay-Rheims Version
The Book of 2 Machabees (more commonly rendered 2 Maccabees) is an abridgement of another work, now lost, which describes the events surrounding the defeat of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and the rededication of the Jewish temple in the 2nd Century BCE....
Miss Grantley's Girls, and the Stories She Told Them - Thomas ARCHER
Miss Grantley's Girls, and the Stories She Told Them - Thomas ARCHER
- Author: Thomas ARCHER
- Genre: General Fiction
The author Thomas Archer lived 1830 – 1893; he wrote several juvenile stories, and this book: Miss Grantley’s Girls – And the Stories She Told Them, was published in 1886. It is a book in 7 chapters. Miss Grantley is a teacher and works as a...
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord - John WESLEY
Collection of Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord - John WESLEY
- Author: John WESLEY
- Genre: Single author / Christianity - Other
A collection of poems reflecting on Christmas and the New Year, written by the founder of the Methodist denomination....
Pagan Papers - Kenneth Grahame
Pagan Papers - Kenneth Grahame
- Author: Kenneth Grahame
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Humor
We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered musings on the human condition...everything from loafing about and old book collecting, to heavier topics like...
Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy - Edward ARMITAGE
Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy - Edward ARMITAGE
- Author: Edward ARMITAGE
- Genre: Art / Design & Architecture
This 1883 book contains chapters on ancient costumes, Byzantine and Romanesque art, David and his school, modern schools of Europe, drawing, color, decorative painting, finish, choice of subject, composition of decorative and historical pictures,...
Jungle Tales of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jungle Tales of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Short Stories
Jungle Tales of Tarzan is a collection of twelve loosely-connected short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, comprising the sixth book in order of publication in his series about the title character Tarzan. Chronologically, the events recounted...
