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Without the Cane and the Derby

Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)


Carl Sandburg


In Slabs of the Sunburnt West

Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard

The Forging of the Anchor by Samuel Ferguson

Read by Craig Franklin


Various


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 2)

The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, co…

The Prince ward, by Claude M. Girardeau

Read by Helen R. Taylor


Various


In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 05 February 1896

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Chapter X, Cyril's Friend

Read by Jacquerie


Richard Marsh


In The Datchet Diamonds

Oh dear! The Duchess of Datchet's diamonds, worth a quarter of a million pounds, have been stolen. Just as Mr. Paxton, a ne'er do well gambl…

Chapter 2 - Citizen-Deputy

Read by Annie Kirkpatrick


Baroness Emma Orczy


In I Will Repay

This is a sequel novel to the Scarlet Pimpernel. The second Pimpernel book written by Orczy, it comes (chronologically) third in the series …

The Miniature - Read by GB

Read by Garth Burton


George Pope Morris


In The Miniature

George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…

South-West Wind, Esq.

Read by Linda Ferguson


John Ruskin


In The Ontario Readers: Third Book

The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…

Dotage

Read by Suzanne Carol


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…

The Lady In White

Read by Scotty Smith


G. T. Fleming-Roberts


In The Whispering Eye, A Black Hood Novel

Hunted by the police ... framed for robbery and murder by the Eye, master fiend and vicious ruler of the underworld ... loathed by Barbara S…

Chelsea

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Paul Bewsher


In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator

Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…

Scenes 7: Hackney-Coach Stands

Read by nihilist00


Charles Dickens


In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…

Chapter XIV. The palace eunuchs

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Katharine Carl


In With the Empress Dowager of China

Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…

Selected excerpts

Read by Bruce Pirie


Marie-Louis-Antoine-Gaston Boissier


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 05

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Excerpts from Mansfield Park

Read by Amanda Friday


Charles Dudley Warner, ed. and Jane Austen


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 03

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Cynosure

Read by Betsie Bush


Charlotte Perkins Gilman


In What Diantha Did

Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …

Charlie the Cox

Read by Pam Castille


Hall Caine


In Princess Mary's Gift Book

In 1914, Princess Mary, then 17 years of age, gave her name to this collection of short stories and essays from the most prominent authors o…

Plessy v. Ferguson

Read by Matthew Datcher


US Department of Homeland Security, United States Department Of Homeland Security, United States Of America and U. S. Citizenship And Immigration Services


In The Citizen's Almanac - Fundamental Documents, Symbols, and Anthems of the Unit…

New citizens of the United States were given this pamphlet when they became citizens. The Citizen's Almanac contains information on the hist…

Illustrated Newspapers by G.H.Derby

Read by Zames Curran


George Derby


In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2

Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…

Version 11

Read by lisa


James Weldon Johnson


In Mother Night

LibriVox volunteers bring you fifteen different readings of Mother Night, by James Weldon Johnson. This weekly poetry project (for the week …

Lethe

Read by Rosslyn Carlyle


Clark Ashton Smith


In The Star-Treader and Other Poems

Clark Ashton Smith, referred to as one of the big three of Weird Tales, was a romantic-style poet, a Lovecraftian-style writer and a literar…

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