Dramatic Readings
Modern Monologues
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Marjorie Benton Cooke
The monologue is a character study in little; the apotheosis of a chosen individuality. All the little studies in this book have stood the t…
The Power of Sympathy; or, the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth
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William Hill Brown
The Power of Sympathy was the first American novel, published in Boston in January 1789. An epistolary novel, it tells the tragic story of t…
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Fergus Hume
Who killed the man in the hansom cab? -- Who is Sal Rawlins? -- What will happen to Madge and Brian? -- Murder and family secrets create the…
The Tower Treasure (Version 3 - Dramatic Reading)
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Franklin W. Dixon
When the wealthy Applegate family have their valuables stolen, the Hardy boys are drawn into the case to save their friend's livelihood and …
Stand By For Mars! (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Carey Rockwell
This is the first book in the “Tom Corbett, Space Cadet” series. In the 24th century every teenager from every planet, moon and rock in the …
The Blind Brother (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Homer Greene
A story of repentance and forgiveness set in the times of the the coal mines. Follow a blind boy and his brother determined to get him cure…
Clouds of Witness (Version 2, Dramatic Reading)
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Dorothy L. Sayers
Lord Peter Wimsey is back for the second installment of Dorothy L. Sayers’s mystery series (published 1927), and this time a death threatens…
On the Trail of the Space Pirates (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Carey Rockwell
Bull Coxine has an diabolical three-step plan. Step one, become the first criminal in history to escape from the Prison Asteroid. Step two, …
A Lost God
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Francis William Bourdillon
The first-century scholar and historian Plutarch tells a strange tale of sailors at sea, who heard a mysterious voice proclaiming: "Pan…
The Spanish Brothers (Dramatic Reading)
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Deborah Alcock
Juan and Carlos Meñaya have longed to find their father ever since they were little. Their dream starts to get lost, though, as they …
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 003
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Various
Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…
The Year When Stardust Fell (Version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Raymond Fisher Jones
Emergency can take any form. Here is a story in which the mechanical foundation of our culture is threatened... But more important, this is …
The History of Emily Montague Vol. II (Dramatic Reading)
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Frances Moore Brooke
The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collecti…
The History of Emily Montague, Vol. III (Dramatic Reading)
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Frances Moore Brooke
The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collecti…
The Bacchanals
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Euripides
Euripides' Bacchae is based on the Greek myth of King Pentheus of Thebes and his mother Agave and their punishment by the god Dionysus who p…
Mäzli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
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Johanna Spyri
Join Mäzli the youngest of five while she befriends the castle steward and brings a happy reunion between a rich, sad, old baron and hi…
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story (Dramatic Reading)
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Anne Carroll Moore
This fanciful children's story was one of the 1925 Newbery Honor books (published in 1924). Moore's novel blends an interesting tour of an e…
The Third Violet
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Stephen Crane
The Third Violet is, in almost every respect, a stark departure from Stephen Crane's previous novels: a light, frothy, summertime tale of lo…
The History of Emily Montague, Vol. IV (Dramatic Reading)
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Frances Moore Brooke
The novel takes place 10 years after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 when Quebec becomes a British colony. Written as a collecti…
A Fourth Form Friendship: A School Story
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Angela Brazil
When Aldred is sent to Birkwood Grange she meets Mabel Farrington the parlor boarder who up until Aldred came had no best friends. To Aldred…