Essays & Short Works

The Uses of Diversity

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A collection of 35 essays by G.K. Chesterton originally published in his weekly columns in "The Illustrated London News" and the &…

Other People's Money

by Louis D. Brandeis Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It is a collection of essays written by Louis Brandeis published as a book in 1914. The book at…

The Philippics

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Read by ontheroad 4.5
A philippic is a fiery, damning speech delivered to condemn a particular political actor. The term originates with Demosthenes, who delivere…

The Ghosts of Piccadilly

by G. S. Street Read by Peter Yearsley 4.7
Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived…

Essays in Radical Empiricism

by William James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Essays in Radical Empiricism presents a thought-provoking exploration of the nature of experience and reality through the lens of William Ja…

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde Read by John Gonzalez 4.7
Wilde’s meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross inde…

The Gamekeeper at Home

by Richard Jefferies Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.6
Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …

Anti-imperialist Writings

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.5
Anti-imperialist Writings presents a thought-provoking collection of Mark Twain's reflections on imperialism, drawn from his diverse body of…

A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity

by John Bunyan Read by Scarlett Martin 4.6
Written in the late 1600s by John Bunyan, author of The Pilgrim's Progress, this treatise exhorts Christians to holy living. Bunyan takes as…

The Natural History of Selborne

by Gilbert White Read by Peter Yearsley 4.6
The Reverend Gilbert White was the curate of the village of Selborne, a village in Hampshire, from 1784 to his death in 1793, living most of…

The Letters of Mark Twain

by Mark Twain Read by James K. White 4.8
These letters were arranged in two volumes by Albert Bigelow Paine, Samuel L. Clemens's literary executor, as a supplement to Mark Twain, A …

Etiquette in Society

by Emily Post Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
From advice on planning the perfect wedding to eating an artichoke correctly, Emily Post offers instruction on how to live a well-mannered l…

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories

by Hans Christian Andersen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Step into the enchanting world of Hans Christian Andersen, a master storyteller whose fairy tales have captivated readers for generations. T…

The French Revolution

by Hilaire Belloc Read by Ray Clare 4.5
“It is, for that matter, self-evident that if one community decides in one fashion, another, also sovereign, in the opposite fashion, both c…

The Defendant

by G. K. Chesterton Read by Ray Clare 4.5
A collection of reprinted articles on a wide-range of subjects, all in the unique style of G. K. Chesterton. Using wit, paradox, and good hu…

Democracy in America

by Alexis De Tocqueville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful …

Pioneers of Science

by Oliver Lodge Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book takes its origin in a course of lectures on the history and progress of Astronomy arranged for Sir Oliver Lodge in the year 1887. …

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Prince is a foundational political treatise by Niccolò Machiavelli, exploring the complexities of power and governance. Written i…

Perpetual Peace

by Immanuel Kant Read by D.E. Wittkower 4.5
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace…

How To Tell A Story, and Other Essays

by Mark Twain Read by John Greenman 4.7
The complete collection of works using this title. Other versions, including the Project Gutenberg version, have been radically shortened. M…

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