Culture & Heritage
Sowing Seeds in Danny
Read by Atul Sharma
Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
Little Peachling and Other Tales of Old Japan
Read by KirksVoice
Georgene Faulkner
Eleven fun tales from Japan for young and old folks. - Summary by kirk202
Porgy
Read by Denise Ray
DuBose Heyward and Dubose Heyward
Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray
Longshanks
Read by Warren Bergmann
Stephen W. Meader
In 1828, young Tad Hopkins takes an adventure-filled trip down the Mississippi River to meet his father in New Orleans. Along the way he bef…
The Soldiers' Recessional
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Huston Finley
Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…
The Blacker the Berry
Read by James K. White
Wallace Thurman
An exploration into the life of young African American, Emma Lou, whose self-image is negatively impacted by the stigmas of colorism and int…
Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William James Mcglothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas by Anomymous.This was the Fortnightly Poetry proje…
A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
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Frederick Cornell
A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)
The Man of Feeling
Read by Jim Locke
Henry Mackenzie
A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…
The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
The placid Provencal lives of Francois Mouret and his wife Marthe are irreparably impacted by the arrival of a suspicious cleric, Abbe Fauja…
The Story of Gisli the Outlaw
Read by Alison Sawers
Unknowntranslated Bysir George Webbe Dasent and Unknowntranslated By Sir George Webbe Dasent
The Story of Gisli the Outlaw is a translation of the medieval Icelandic Gísla saga súrssonar, the tale of a family feud and o…
Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Read by John Greenman
Multatuli
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World
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Ella Young
This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smi…
In Old Narragansett
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Alice Morse Earle
"Some of these stories of old Narragansett are familiar fireside tales to those who have lived in that picturesque land; some are but v…
His Excellency Eugene Rougon, Book Six of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …
Winnebago Stories
Read by KirksVoice
Oliver Lamere
Winnebago Stories is a collection of traditional tales from the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe, offering insight into the rich oral traditions o…
Blessings for Chanukah
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Jessie E. Sampter
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Blessings for Chanukah by Jessie E. Sampter.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 9…
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Happy Hollow; are you wondering where it is? Wherever Negroes colonise in the cities or villages, north or south, wherever the hod carrier, …
The Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
William Butler Yeats
The first two tales involve the persona's relationship with a certain Aherne, who has come into possession of a beautiful book by Joachim of…