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The Sonnet
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Richard Watson Gilder
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 readings of The Sonnet by Richard Watson Gilder. This was the weekly poetry project for October 5, 2014.
There and Back
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George MacDonald
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …
Phineas Redux (Version 2)
Read by Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
Phineas Finn (hero from an earlier novel in this series) returns to London from Scotland and reenters the political scene. After some hurdl…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Version 6)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Mark Twain
Follow the young boy Huckleberry Finn and the slave Jim on their epic journey down the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War. …
The Pupil
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 2 (version 2)
Read by Tony Addison
Edgar Allan Poe
An eclectic, catholic even, collection from the exquisitely excellent tale-telling of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Hilarious and terrifying. Need…
Opening a Chestnut Burr
Read by LikeManyWaters
Edward P. Roe
Walter Gregory is a gentleman whose health is broken down by the stress of Wall Street and the consequences of his fast lifestyle. Disillusi…
The Wrong Letter
Read by Yoganandh T
Walter S. Masterman
The Home Secretary is found murdered. Even more bizarre is that the fact is communicated to the Scotland Yard before the commission of the d…
The Kingston file by Steve Gallagher
Gary Kingston is just a name on a file until he suddenly appears to be involved in a series of frightening murders Writer: Steve Gallagher D…
The Misses Mallett
Read by Anne Erickson
E. H. Young
The arrival of the eligible Francis Sales disturbs the calm existence of the four Misses Mallett in this social satire. Three women love him…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Andrew Birkin The Lost Boys
SANWAL
The Lost Boys Featuring Ian Holm as JM Barrie Barrie's biographer Andrew Birkin tells the haunting story of Barrie's relationship with the f…
Adam Bede
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George Eliot
Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously,…
The Way to Will-Power
Read by Loren Eaton
Henry Hazlitt
"The Way to Will-Power" is far from a standard self-help book. With ample wit and an occasionally sardonic tone, American journali…
The Peterkin Papers
Read by entada
Lucretia P. Hale
The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. Th…
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lec…
Read by William Allan Jones
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: [i]"It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…
Our Little Irish Cousin
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade
This little book is intended to help American children (and adults) learn more about the children of Ireland, their culture and how they liv…
Simon the Jester
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
Simon de Gex, a wealthy and successful MP, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to use his last few months using his wealth and …
Riverdale Stories: A Story for Little Folks
Read by Scarlett Martin
Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams
A compilation of stories of the children of Riverdale who learn life lessons of how to be kind, polite, and helpful as they grow up. Writte…