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18 - In the Tules
In Selected Stories of Bret Harte
Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in Californi…
The Hands of the Betrothed
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
Illustrated Newspapers by G.H.Derby
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor gathers short comic pieces by American writers, bringing together tales, observations, and ane…
16 - The Chances
In Poems
A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…
Chapter 2 Political Economy
In Sketches New and Old
This collection of 63 writings by Mark Twain was published in 1882. Among other sketches, it contains "The Jumping Frog" in the or…
Polly by William Brighty Rands
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1)
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
A New Regime
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury & Amended Obituaries
In The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (Version 2)
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a 1906 collection of 30 comic short stories by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. Published j…
12 - As a Candidate
In A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Inaugural Address by the 16th President of the United States
In LibriVox 16th Anniversary Collection
"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…
Foreword
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Portion 6: Section 28: Fifth Annual Message, 'To the Senate and House of Representatives,' Part I
In A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant
The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…
Political Economy
In Short Story Collection Vol. 036
A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by a group of LibriVox members.The story of The Lamplighter (…
The Flowering Bush
In Edgewater People
Edgewater People is a captivating collection of interrelated short stories that paints a vivid portrait of life in small New England village…
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In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Section 1
In A Little Garland of Christmas Verse
A collection of Christmas carols and poems. (Summary by Gillian Hendrie)
A Bird of Baghdad
In Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characte…
18 - Picking And Choosing
In Poems of Marianne Moore
In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore…
The Bet
In Short Story Collection Vol. 110
For our 110th Short Story Collection, we have a feast for fans of O. Henry, with several of his stories included. We also have stories from …
Franklin Pierce, December 2, 1856, part 1
In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1849 - 1856)
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…