Biography & Autobiography
A Memoir on the Life and Character of the Rev. Prince Demetrius A. de Gallitzin
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Thomas Heyden
Prince Demetrius of Gallitzin (1770-1840), or "Father Smith," as he was known on the eighteenth century American frontier, was one…
George Frideric Handel
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Herbert Francis Peyser
Handel’s long career resembles a gigantic tapestry, so bewilderingly crowded with detail, so filled with turmoil and vicissitude, with vast …
Schubert And His Works
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Herbert Francis Peyser
This is a short introduction to Franz Schubert’s life and works. “…to give the casual radio listener a slight idea of Schubert’s inundating…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 3: Nisida
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Alexandre Dumas
This story details the many crimes (attempted rape, assault, filicide, etc.) surrounding a significant historical confrontation between a fi…
Growth of a Soul
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August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright who has had many of his works read into LibriVox by volunteers. From his earliest work, Str…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings m…
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable
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Jean S. Remy
Lives of the Presidents Told in Words of One Syllable is a halting account in presidential history - quite literally! From Washington to Jac…
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Karl-Ludwig Sand (version 2)
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Alexandre Dumas
This is the fourth volume of Alexandre Dumas' studies of celebrated crimes and their perpetrators. This volume is concerned with the story o…
Mark Twain: A Biography - Volume II
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Albert Bigelow Paine
Until recently, this work has been considered the "go-to" bio of Mark Twain. Albert Bigelow Paine (July 10, 1861 – April 9, 1937) …
Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 3: Mary Stuart (version 2)
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Alexandre Dumas
The contents of these volumes of 'Celebrated Crimes', as well as the motives which led to their inception, are unique. They are a series of …
Lady Jane Grey and Her Times
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Ida Ashworth Taylor
Lady Jane Grey was an English noblewoman, great-granddaughter of Henry VII. As her cousin, Edward VI, lay on his death-bed, he nominated he…
A Glimpse of India
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Clara Swain
A Glimpse of India: being a collection of extracts from the letters Dr. Clara A. Swain, first medical missionary to India of the Woman's For…
Jeanne D'Arc, de Maagd van Orléans
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Henri Emile Koopmans Van Boekeren
Een historisch overzicht van het leven van Jeanne D'Arc: haar wapenfeiten, haar proces dat leidde tot de brandstapel en haar latere rehabili…
''Tell It All'': The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism
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Fanny Stenhouse
Fanny relates the experiences of a 19th century missionary as she and her young husband proselytize throughout Europe in search of converts …
A Handful of Stars
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Frank W. Boreham
This is the second of a five volume series called "Texts That Made History". As with the first volume, "A Bunch of Everlastin…
The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha, The Lily of the Mohawks
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Ellen Walworth
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha's lifespan of only about 24 years was spent in utter humility and penitence. In spite of her natural diffidence, she…
Jane Austen and her Country-House Comedy
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William Henry Helm
Written for the centenary of Jane Austen's death, W. H. Helm reflects poetically on the timelessness of her work: the must of age has not se…
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes Of The Civil War
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Various
Seven narratives published in the late nineteenth century and assembled in this 1913 collection. - Summary by david wales
Historic Girlhoods Volume 1
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Rupert S. Holland
Biographical sketches of ten girls who became famous before becoming women - some not even making it to womanhood. From Joan of Arc to Cathe…