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The Raven

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 012

Read by Melodie C


Edgar Allan Poe


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

A Few Figs from Thistles

In Long Poems Collection 007

Read by Melodie C


Edna St. Vincent Millay


LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 007: a collection of 15 public domain poems greater than 10 minutes in length.Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging: …

Autumn - Read by MC

In Autumn

Read by Melodie C


John Clare


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Autumn by John Clare . This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 17th, 2010.

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


The sun shines — you know it has always shone, changeless as Time itself. With such a faith — unfounded and therefore incontestable — I cam…

The Bee-Master of Warrilow

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…

Stories of North Pole Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


This volume does not pretend to be a history of Artic exploration. My aim has been to narrate some of the most thrilling incidents of Polar …

Stories of the Victoria Cross

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


The Victoria Cross is the highest military award that can be made to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces for acts of gallan…

The Art Of Cookery Made Plain And Easy

Read by Steve C


Hannah Glasse


Although this recording has been made using the 1784 version, the original book of The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy was first publish…

The Daredevil of the Army - Experiences as a ''Buzzer'' and Despatch Rider

Read by Steve C


Austin Patrick Corcoran


At just twenty-six years of age, the author – A P Corcoran had already led an adventurous life, having twice sailed around the world, experi…

Stories of the Lifeboat

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


There's fury in the tempest,And there's madness in the waves;The lightning snake coils round the foam,The headlong thunder raves;Yet a boat …

The London and Country Brewer

Read by Steve C


Anonymous


The unknown author of this book, appears to have experienced too many unwholesome and unpleasant beers and ales on his numerous travels in L…

With The Royal Army Medical Corps in Egypt

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


Throughout the First World War, members of the Royal Army Medical Corps provided constant support for British and Allied military troops whe…

Lift-Luck on Southern Roads

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


Here for you is the tale of my latest solitary ramble. The journey covers, as you shall see, some two hundred odd miles, through five southe…

The Story of Edison and The Wonders of Electricity

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


Despite not having attended conventional school for more than a few months during his childhood, Thomas Alva Edison received a good groundin…

Private Pinkerton Millionaire

Read by Steve C


Harold Ashton


The sketches and stories in this little volume must be read as fiction. But they are all, or nearly all, founded on fact, and built up from …

Neighbourhood – A Year’s Life in and About an English Village

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


If you love the quiet of the country - the real quiet which is not silence at all, but the blending of a myriad scarce-perceptible sounds yo…

Heroines of Travel

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


Heroines of Travel documents the bravery and fortitude of a number of Victorian-era women who showed that adventure and exciting experiences…

The Complete Confectioner

Read by Steve C


Hannah Glasse


The original version of Hannah Glasse’s ‘The Complete Confectioner’ was first produced about 1760 but the publication referenced here is fro…

The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns

Read by Steve C


Harold Ashton


Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…

First From the Front

Read by Steve C


Harold Ashton


In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…

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