Search Results

18 - Chapter IX - Mark Twain's Humor, Part 2

In The Ordeal of Mark Twain

Read by Lucretia B.


Van Wyck Brooks


This book, published in 1920, analyzes the literary progression of Samuel Clemens and his shortcomings (which are debatable). Brooks attribu…

Buddha

In A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines

Read by Lucretia B.


Clayton Edwards


It would be pleasant indeed to gather the characters of this book together and listen to the conversation of wholly different but interested…

Chapter 09 - The Fatal Ten-Srtike part 1

In The Abominations of Modern Society

Read by Lucretia B.


Thomas Dewitt Talmage and Thomas De Witt Talmage


The title gives an accurate description of the book! It is full of old and forgotten words and phrases, Amusing at times, but addressing the…

Ch 6, Religious Persecution in New England, Part 1

In Poems of American History, The Colonial Era

Read by Lucretia B.


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


A History through Poetry of the exploration and settling of North American by Europeans. Beginning with Leif Erikson, and continuing throug…

Book IX Chapter 11: An Enterprise

In Cecilia: Memoirs of an Heiress

Read by Becca B


Frances Burney


The plot of Cecilia revolves around the heroine, Cecilia Beverley, whose inheritance from her uncle comes with the stipulation that she find…

No2 - The Rivers of Northern New Jersey, Part 2

In The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 No. 1-2

Read by Lucretia B.


William Morris Davis and National Geographic Society


National Geographic Magazine Volume 2 Number 1 April 1890.: * On the Telegraphic Determinations of Longitude by the Bureau of Navigation* Re…

03 - Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship.

In Baboo Jabberjee, B.A.

Read by Lucretia B.


F. Anstey


Another delightful example of an English writer poking fun at his countrymen, or maybe all races' reactions to someone from a different back…

August

In A Calendar of Sonnets (Version 2)

Read by Lucretia B.


Helen Hunt Jackson


Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet …

The Song of Wandering Aengus

In Short Poetry Collection 250

Read by B. Talbot


William Butler Yeats


This is a collection of 30 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during March 2024.

Gelimer

In Wine and Roses

Read by Sarah B


Victor Daley


"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…

21 - Above Rubies

In How to Succeed

Read by Lucretia B.


Orison Swett Marden


In this volume, Orison Swett Marden explains the road to success in simple terms for the benefit of anyone, who wishes to follow in his foot…

< 1 2 3 4 5