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Prologue
Read by Phil Surette
George Bernard Shaw
In Androcles and the Lion (Version 2)
Androcles and the Lion satirical play written in 1912 by George Bernard Shaw. It is set in Ancient Rome, and on the surface it appears to be…
Lazy Lawrence
Read by HalieMoon
Maria Edgeworth
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 049
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 049: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Paroo
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular And Humorous (Version 2)
Verses, Popular and Humorous (1900) was the second collection of poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. It features some of the poet's earli…
CHAP. 4 - O'SHAH - PART TWO
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
In Europe and Elsewhere
This collection of articles came from Mark Twain's travels and experiences abroad. While many had been previously published, there also were…
Viney's Free Papers
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
To the Reader
Read by Andy Glover
Mary Elizabeth Brown
In Dedications
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…
Parrhasius by Nathaniel Parker Willis
Read by Tomas Peter
Nathaniel Parker Willis
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 1)
The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
The Miniature - Read by DL
Read by David Lawrence
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…
His America
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Susan Glaspell
In Lifted Masks
In this collection of short stories, Susan Glaspell examines the unique character of America and its people. (Summary by wildemoose)
Acknowledgements
Read by David Lawrence
Various and Unknown
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…
Ezra Bartlett
Read by Sean McGaughey
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
The Failure of Professor Palbeck
Read by Greg Giordano
Barry Pain
In Stories without Tears
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…
Parpon the Dwarf
Read by Kate Follis
Gilbert Parker
In The Lane that had no Turning, and Other Tales concerning the People of Pontiac
This is a collection of short stories by Gilbert Parker. Parker was a Canadian writer who wrote a number of bestsellers that had a lasting i…
Idylle, par Henry Gréville
Read by Christiane Jehanne
Various
In La Lecture, tome 4
La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…
19 - Aristocratic Education
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
In Literary Lapses
Short sketches relating the humourous side of life in 1910. "Professor Leacock has made more people laugh with the written word than an…
DIsquietude
Read by Kathleen Moore
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
In Mary Anerley
It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two si…
The Mutability of Literature
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
In Washington Irving's Visit to England
Famed American humorist Washington Irving published a series of short stories telling of his adventures traveling from America to England. T…
82. The Passing
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
On the March
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
In Bay: A Book of Poems
The superb skill and dexterity of D.H. Lawrence, a writer who profoundly influenced the literature of the twentieth century, is very evident…
Shonny Schwartz
Read by Nicholette Bryant
Charles Follen Adams
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 06
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the sixth volume, 55 short stories and poems have been gathered from 42 authors…