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00 - PREFACE
Read by Geoff Blanchard
Henry van Dyke
In The Blue Flower
"Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of …
Fox of Derby, Murray of Leeds, Roberts and Whitworth of Manchester
Read by Clive Catterall
Samuel Smiles
In Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
Short Biographies of some of the most influential engineers who developed the modern manufacturing methods behind the Industrial Revolution.…
Ribblesdale
Read by MichaelMaggs
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Version 2)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…
Jesus College
Read by Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg
Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg
University of Oxford Podcasts
on the march of the Highlanders into Lancashire
Read by Phil Benson
John Byrom
In Lancashire Dialogues
A scion of the Byroms of Byrom Hall in Lowton, Lancashire, John Byrom was born and lived in Manchester and Salford for much of his life. Edu…
Preface, by George Sterling
Read by Mike Pelton
Clark Ashton Smith
In Ebony and Crystal
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-…
Chapter XXVI. King Richard's Return To England
Read by JeffReynolds21
G. A. Henty
In The Boy Knight: A Tale Of The Crusades
Follow young Cuthbert on his adventures which lead him on a crusade to the Holy Land and back. - Summary by Sonia
THE FALSE RICHARD THE SECOND OF ENGLAND
Read by Carmen H
John H. Ingram and John Henry Ingram
In Claimants to Royalty
A compilation of chronicles of the numerous impostors and impostures of kings, queens, and rulers. (Summary by Carmen H)
Scotland
Read by Alan Mapstone
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Ulster's Stand for Union
Read by ChadH94
Ronald McNeill
In A to Zed Collection Vol. 001
A collection of pieces, both fiction and non-fiction, that have as its subject a word beginning with a specific letter of the English alphab…
21 - Chapter XXI. The Reconciliation with Warwick
Read by Cate Barratt
Jacob Abbott
In Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30-year civil conflict fuel…
Time
Read by Mark Stansbury
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
To Mr Appleton
Read by Rob Marland
Oscar Wilde
In Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 1 (1868-1890)
This first collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde begins with the Irish playwright's earliest extant letter, thanking his mother fo…
Binsey Poplars - Read by IK
Read by Ian King
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Binsey Poplars
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ.This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 21, 20…
Preface
Read by Rob Marland
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
CHAPTER XI: A VOICE FROM THE GALLERY
Read by Mark Nelson
Clarence Edward Mulford
In The Orphan
Many men swore that The Orphan was bad, and many swore profanely and with wonderful command of epithets because he was bad, but for obvious …
Samuel, Part 2
Read by rwraptor
Jack London
In The Strength of the Strong
Seven short stories, written around the middle of London's writing career. The stories take place in diverse settings and time periods, from…
A Scrap of Paper
Read by Ian King
Henry van Dyke
In The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Pape…
A Visitor
Read by Ian King
George Sterling
In A Wine of Wizardry
A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…
Mr. Nix
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
In The Thirteen Travelers
The year is 1919 and peace has sprung upon the world after the unspeakable carnage of World War I. The place is Hortons, a building of expen…