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Read by Kurt
John Steinbeck
In Cup of Gold
Steinbeck's first novel, a historical fiction account of Henry (Captain) Morgan. The title comes from his sacking of Panama City which was …
Episode of Nisus and Euryalus
Read by Inkell
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
The Green Robe; The Watcher
Read by David Wales
Robert Hugh Benson
In The Light Invisible
Fifteen short ghost stories by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of an old En…
The Wooer
Read by Joanna Michal Hoyt
George MacDonald
In The Elect Lady
Two farmer's sons and a cotter's daughter, though on different rungs of the social scale, formed a close bond in childhood as they learned t…
Canto 1
Read by czandra
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In The Prophecy of Dante
Byron wrote this tribute to the great 14th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri after visiting his tomb in Ravenna in 1819. It envisages Dan…
00 To My Readers
Read by Phil Chenevert
George W. Bateman
In Zanzibar Tales
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…
The Favourite Plot
Read by SK
Leonard Merrick
In The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …
The Blood Of The Dragon
Read by David Wales
Thomas Grant Springer
In O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)
Darby and Joan
Read by Phil Chenevert
St. John Honeywood
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors…
Picture-Show
Read by KevinS
Siegfried Sassoon
In Picture-Show
One of Sassoon's earlier collections of poems. This book is particularly interesting as Sassoon begins a transition toward poetry unrelated …
The Alarm
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
The White Witch
Read by Brian Fullen
Various
In Short Story Collection Vol. 113
Here we present the 113th edition of the Librivox Short Story Collection. Once again, readers selected their own texts, and, as always, have…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
06 - Learning to Read
Read by Sibella Denton
William James Mcglothlin
In Tiny Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
Chapter XX JANIG Closes In
Read by cyndajm
Harold L. Goodwin
In The Electronic Mind Reader: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
Rick, Scotty and Barby concoct a plan to use hidden technology in a quiz show. In the background, the Coast Guard contacts Spindrift Scient…
Book 2, Chapter 16, Mr. Bret Harte's Miggles and Mr. T. B. Aldrich's Marjorie D…
Read by Jim Locke
William Dean Howells
In Heroines of Fiction
This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…
07 - VI. 'Enery
Read by Cynthia Moyer
Hugh Walpole
In The Golden Scarecrow
Toying with the distinctions between reader and narrator, author and character, imagination and perception, Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole's The G…
Pointers for the Lords of Creation
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Myrtle Reed
In Threads of Grey and Gold
This is a collection of short stories and poems by Myrtle Reed. Many of the stories are short romances, and they share the unique, nostalgic…
The Caravan
Read by Tomas Peter
Théophile Gautier and George Murray
In Poems
George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…