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Literature and the Bastinado by Ben Hecht
Read by Donald Warren
George Palmer Putnam
In Nonsenseorship
An entertaining collection of humorous essays and poems on the topic of “nonsenseorship” (censorship) in American life circa 1920 by sixteen…
Chapter XIV
Read by Mark Nelson
Harry Harrison
In Planet of the Damned (Version 3)
Two planets are about to engage in a nuclear war that will destroy one of them. Millions will perish. Brion Brandd, who lives on neither pla…
Chapter IV - Carissimo Pt 2
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Emmuska Orczy and Baroness Emma Orczy
In Castles in the Air
Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma ("Emmuska") Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi) (Septe…
Hubert de Burgh
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
H.E. Marshall and Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
In Our Island Story, Part 1
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles…
A visit to Wordsworth, by the Rev. Orville Dewey
Read by Jim Locke
Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 18
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
E-Learning Podcasts
Read by Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca
Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca
University of Oxford Podcasts
Alexander and Bucephalus
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Karl the Great. 768 - 814
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Charlotte Mary Yonge
In Young Folks' History of Germany
An entertaining history for "young folks", covering the history of Germany from the ancient tribes of pre-Roman times to Wilhelm I…
The Seige of la Rochelle
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
In The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…
XII. My Rococo Watch
Read by Michele Fry
Louisa May Alcott
In Silver Pitchers: and Independence, A Centennial Love Story
Here are 9 engaging short stories from Louisa May Alcott (of Little Women fame), all period pieces, some of them somewhat autobiographical, …
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and P…
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Epilogue
Read by Landii
Marcus Clarke
In For the Term of His Natural Life
For the Term of his Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Li…
From Basle to Biel, in Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy
Read by Craig Campbell
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In Coffee Break Collection 032 - Wilderness
This is the 32nd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The Structure
Read by Foon
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels
This book contains 2 poetry bundles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, containing many better- or lesser-known poems. The poems are recorded by a singl…
Chapter 14
Read by Rowan Puttergill
Henry Cadwallader Adams
In Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand
A young man travels to South Africa to find his Mother and sister. He wants to be a clergyman and a farmer when he arrives there. This story…
Philosopher, The
Read by David Rowland
Sherwood Anderson
In Winesburg, Ohio
Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …
John Horace Burleson
Read by Kirk Thomas
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón
Read by mpinedag
Frederick Starr
In Readings from Modern Mexican Authors
Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…
To Harrison S. Morris
Read by Sonia
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
I First See Beatrice
Read by Newgatenovelist
Susan Boogher
In Selected Poems
Susan M. Boogher was twentieth-century poet. These poems were published in Poetry, The Century, Harper's Magazine and The Midland from 1918 …