Biography & Autobiography

Letters from Great Musicians

by Anna Alice Chapin and Alethea Crawford Cox Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The object of this little book is to bring the reader nearer to the great masters in the realm of music, and make him or her acquainted with…

The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

by Mrs. Julian Marshall Read by PhyllisV 4
Letters and excerpts of journals of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley were given to Florence Marshall by her son, Sir Percy Shelley in order to cr…

The Life and Works of Joseph Wright

by William Bemrose Read by Rapunzelina
Joseph Wright, commonly called "Wright of Derby", was an English landscape and portrait painter. In this book, something of an aca…

Journal of Francis Asbury

by Francis Asbury Read by Brian Keenan
As one of the first two bishops of the Methodist church in America and one of the most well-known circuit riders during the spread of Method…

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Read by mkirkpat 5
This volume, the second volume of a two-volume set, contains over 125 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1781-1791. It has been…

A Friend of Marie-Antoinette

by Frédéric Barbeytranslated Byunknown and Frédéric Barbeytranslated By Unknown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 1.5
Charlotte Atkyns (née Walpole) was an English actress. She was widowed while still in her 20s, and became an agent in the French Revo…

Great Men and Famous Women

by Charles F. Horne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
This is volume 6 in this series about the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent people in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton

Mirrors of Moscow

by Louise Stevens Bryant and Louise Bryant Read by Denis Gagné 4.5
"Mirrors of Moscow" by Louise Bryant is a collection of journalistic sketches and profiles that examines the political and social …

John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides

by John Paton Read by AletheiaCharis 5
“Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to…

Rossini

by W. Armine Bevan Read by Mozartjr 5
A brief summary of the life of the opera king, Rossini. - Summary by Mozartjr

Eminent Doctors: Their Lives and Their Work

by George Thomas Bettany Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Short biographies of doctors who were leaders in their profession. In this collection, we learn about men who developed specialities, of ten…

Caroline the Illustrious

by William Henry Wilkins Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relation…

Whitman: An Interpretation

by Emory Holloway Read by Jim Locke
"You want to know in a word the sum total of my life philosophy as I have tried to live it and as I have tried to put it in my book. I …

John Hancock

by Lorenzo Sears Read by Robert Morel 4
This book sheds light on one of the greatest men in the American history, an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Pa…

Robert Browning

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Owlivia
This mystery of the unconscious man, far deeper than any mystery of the conscious one, existing as it does in all men, existed peculiarly in…

A Daughter of the Seine

by Jeanette Eaton Read by Ciufi Galeazzi 4.8
This biography of Madame Roland was written for young adults but can be equally enjoyed by adult readers. Madame Roland was a key figure in …

Cicero and the Fall of the Roman Republic

by James Leigh Strachan-Davidson Read by Ann Boulais 5
"The purpose of this volume is to tell the story of Cicero's life, and at the same time to set forth from his writings a presentation o…

Life and Times of Joseph Warren

by Richard Frothingham, Jr. Read by Robert Morel
Joseph Warren was one of the popular leaders of Boston during the early stage of the American Revolution. He grasped its basis idea of civil…

Stories of the Lives of Noble Women

by W. H. Davenport Adams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The object of the present volume is to illustrate from the Lives of Noble Women those higher qualities which elevate the character of the se…

Hawthorne

by Henry James Read by James Hutchisson
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-centu…

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