Herman Melville
Moby Dick, or the Whale
Lu par Stewart Wills
Herman Melville
Few things, even in literature, can really be said to be unique — but Moby Dick is truly unlike anything written before or since. The novel …
Typee
Lu par Michael Scherer
Herman Melville
Typee is Herman Melville's first book, recounting his experiences after having jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands in 1842, and becoming a …
Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street.
Lu par Bob Tassinari
Herman Melville
"Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" is a short story by Herman Melville. The story first appeared, anonymously, in Pu…
Sea Stories
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Various
Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…
Bartleby, the Scrivener (version 2)
Lu par Bob Neufeld
Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is a novella by the American novelist Herman Melville (1819–1891). It first appeared anonymo…
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade
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Herman Melville
The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. Published on Ap…
Benito Cereno
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Herman Melville
On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvio…
White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War
Lu par James K. White
Herman Melville
This is a tale based on Melville's experiences aboard the USS United States from 1843 to 1844. It comments on the harsh and brutal realities…
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Lu par TriciaG
Herman Melville
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is Herman Melville's sequel to Typee, and, as such, was also autobiographical. After leavi…
Redburn: His First Voyage
Lu par James K. White
Herman Melville
Melville wrote of some of his earliest experiences at sea in the story of Wellingborough Redburn, a wet-behind-the-ears youngster whose head…
Billy Budd
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Herman Melville
Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the British navy in the 1790s, framed for conspiracy to mutiny, summar…
Short Story Collection Vol. 053
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Various
A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including short stories by Melville, Bla…
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles
Lu par James K. White
Herman Melville
The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles is a novella by American author Herman Melville. First published in Putnam's Magazine in 1854, it consists…
Moby Dick (CBC, 1949)
Herman Melville
The 1949 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio adaptation, broadcast March 6, 1949 on CBC Stage 49 and starring Lorne Greene as Ahab…
37 American Poems
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Various
Here are 37 distinctively American poems, covering the mid-17th - early 20th Centuries, from Anne Bradstreet to Dorothy Parker's sole PD wor…
Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Lu par Clark University
Herman Melville
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems a…
Mardi Vol. 2
Lu par James K. White
Herman Melville
Mardi is Melville's first purely fictional work. In it he contemplates man's beliefs, and questions whether or not one faith has value over …
The Piazza Tales
Lu par John Greenman
Herman Melville
A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…
Short Poetry Collection 096
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Walter de la Mare, Emily Brontë and Robert Frost
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.
Mardi Vol. 1
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Herman Melville
"Not long ago, having published two narratives of voyages in the Pacific, which, in many quarters, were received with incredulity, the …
First Chapter Collection 001
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Various
"Are you wishing sometimes that you had a good book which you don't know, that you might just read and enjoy? The goal of this collecti…
Short Story Collection Vol. 086
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. Old favorites, such as Oscar Wilde, Lord Dunsany, St…
Pierre, or The Ambiguities
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Herman Melville
The life of a young heir, Pierre is altered when he meets a mysterious woman who claims to be his sister.
Short Poetry Collection 120
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Charles Dickens and Robert Frost
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2013.
Moby Dick (The World's Greatest Novels, NBC, 1947)
Herman Melville
A 4-part radio adaptation, broadcast on NBC's The World's Greatest Novels January 3 - 24, 1947.
Short Poetry Collection 106
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G. K. Chesterton
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2012.
Short Poetry Collection 067
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Various
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 067: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.
Moby Dick (Favorite Story, NBC, 1947)
Herman Melville
The 1947 NBC radio adaptation, broadcast on Favorite Story on February 2, 1947 Host: Ronald Colman Ahab: William Conrad Starbuck: Fran…
Short Poetry Collection 126
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Various
This is a collection of 20 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2013.
Short Poetry Collection 027
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 027: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Moby Dick (American Novels, NBC, 1947)
Herman Melville
The first episode in the NBC radio series American Novels, broadcast on July 4, 1947.
Short Poetry Collection 155
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Various
This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2016.
Moby Dick (Columbia Workshop, CBS,1946)
Herman Melville
A two-part radio adaptation, broadcast on CBS' Columbia Workshop in October 1946 and featuring Neil O'Mally, Sidney Smith and Charles …
Short Poetry Collection 084
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Various
This is an open collection of poems for the months of November and December 2009.
Short Poetry Collection 108
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Walt Whitman
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2012.
Short Poetry Collection 167
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Various and Walter de la Mare
This is a collection of 36 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2017.
Short Poetry Collection 055
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Various
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 055: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Short Poetry Collection 204
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2020.
Short Poetry Collection 075
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Various
This a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers during the month of January 2009.
Short Poetry Collection 207
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Various
This is a collection of 70 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2020.
Short Poetry Collection 047
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 047: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Clarel
Lu par Matthew Muñoz
Herman Melville
An epic poem, the eponymous pilgrim's journey to the Holy Land. - Summary by Matthew Muñoz
The Apple-Tree Table, and Other Sketches
Lu par ShrimpPhish
Herman Melville
A collection of short stories by Herman Melville, including the title story The Apple-Tree Table, I and My Chimney, The Happy Failure, and s…
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Herman Melville
"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is the first book of poems by the American author Herman Melville. Published in 1866, the v…
Short Poetry Collection 226
Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2022.
Short Poetry Collection 236
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Various
This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2023.Note: The poem in Section 27, "On a Lady's pre…
Short Poetry Collection 242
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Various
This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2023.