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Read by Roger Melin
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
In The Courage of the Commonplace
The short story of a young man who came to terms with himself and became a man on a day when he had proven to be a failure to his family, hi…
A Ballade of the "How To" Books
Read by Carolyn Frances
John James Davies
In Short Poetry Collection 050
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 050: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Davies
Read by Gesine
Erskine Childers
In The Riddle of the Sands
Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yach…
Beowoulf
Read by Henry Frigon
Hamilton Wright Mabie
In Young Adults Short Works Collection Vol. 001
LibriVox’s Young Adults Short Story Collection 001: a collection of 9 short works of Young Adult fiction in the public domain read by a grou…
Bibliographical Note
Read by David Wales
Charles Dickens
In Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'
Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stori…
Chapter 10 - The Greedy Red Fox
Read by Jude Somers
Clara Dillingham Pierson
In Among the Night People
No need to be afraid of the dark - here is a wonderful collection of stories about the creatures and personalities who live at night and sle…
Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Read by Daniel Davison
Samuel Johnson
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…
The Posie
Read by Alan Mapstone
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…
Chapter 1
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Mystery of Cabin Island version 2
The Hardy Boys find a trespasser on an island belonging to Elroy Jefferson, whose stolen car they helped recover in a previous adventure. Th…
In Flanders Fields
Read by Carol Box
John McCrae
In Short Poetry Collection 125
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2013.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…
His Mate
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Corporal Dick's Promotion
Read by Jeanie
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of Action
This is a collection of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle centering around the theme of war, action and adventure. - Summary by Carolin
Pt. II Ch. IX Evening At Richmond
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
John Galsworthy
In The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1)
'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Pro…
Part 1
Read by David Wales
Henry James
In Collaboration
It is Paris sometime after the Franco-Prussian War (1870--Germany won--the French Second Republic collapsed--France embittered). A French po…
The Squirrels
Read by Marianne Wallin
Frank W. Boreham
In Shadows on the Wall
Frank W. Boreham was a Baptist preacher from England who spent many years in New Zealand and Australia, but also traveled extensively in the…
Henry Fielding
Read by David Wales
Charles Maclaurin
In Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays
This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…
Part 2
Read by David Wales
Coningsby Dawson
In Christmas Outside Of Eden
A delightful Christmas fantasy told with inimitable charm and delicate humor. It is "the story the robins tell as they huddle beneath t…
The Rain
Read by Livia F.
William Henry Davies
In Short Poetry Collection 154
This is a collection of 35 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2016.
Peters, Detective
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
In The Human Boy Again
Published in 1908, this is a further collection of twelve humorous short stories about English school boys. The author wrote two other book…