Household Words
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's Henry V: "Familiar in his mouth as household words." The subject matter was varied, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction and opinions. - Summary by LynneT
Chapters
Select a chapter to play
| From the Raven in the Happy Family | 10:47 | Read by Barbara Torrey Workman | |
| How We Went Fishing in Canada | 19:22 | Read by Brize C | |
| A Wish | 1:10 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| The Black Diamonds of England Chapter I The Diamonds | 8:53 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Black Diamonds of England Chapter II The Emancipation of the Diamond | 9:46 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Black Diamonds of England Chapter III The Coal Exchange | 17:30 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Great Penal Experiment | 16:47 | Read by Lynne T | |
| The Orphan's Voyage Home | 3:31 | Read by Larry Wilson | |
| Illustrations of Cheapness — Tea | 22:21 | Read by Beeswaxcandle | |
| The Sickness and Health of the People of Bleaburn in three parts Chapter VI | 21:51 | Read by Brize C | |
| The Sickness and Health of the People of Bleaburn in three parts Part III Chapter VII | 13:34 | Read by Brize C | |
| Young Russia | 20:31 | Read by Lynne T |