Essays & Short Works
The Emancipation Proclamation
Read by John Greenman
Abraham Lincoln
After having written and released an initial draft of this proclamation in September of 1862, minor changes were made and Lincoln signed it …
The Letters of Mark Twain
Read by James K. White
Mark Twain
These letters were arranged in two volumes by Albert Bigelow Paine, Samuel L. Clemens's literary executor, as a supplement to Mark Twain, A …
Areopagitica
Read by Moira Fogarty
John Milton
A prose tract or polemic by John Milton, published November 23, 1644, at the height of the English Civil War... Milton, though a supporter o…
Essays
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Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …
Short Story Collection
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 001: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Written for the Atlantic magazine in 1877, this is a collection of stories about a trip Mark Twain made with some friends to Bermuda. (Summa…
Three Essays on Religion
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John Stuart Mill
The Three Essays on Religion were written at different times during Mill's life, and only published after his death. The first two, 'Nature'…
George Bernard Shaw
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good…
Lectures on Landscape
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John Ruskin
A series of lectures on landscape painting delivered at Oxford in 1871, by artist, critic, and social commentator, John Ruskin.
Treatises On Friendship And Old Age
Read by David Wales
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Friendship. Old Age. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, and philosopher. He is considered one …
The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment
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Élisabeth Celnart
A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll
Read by Ted Delorme
Robert G. Ingersoll
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for…
Love and Relationships
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Various
This is a collection of 20 short works (between 3 and 15 minutes long) that are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time…
A Miscellany of Men
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was among the world's most prolific writers who incorporated relentless logic, wonderful humor, and a clear view of…
Southern Horrors
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Thoroughly appalled and sickened by the rising numbers of white-on-black murders in the South since the beginning of Reconstruction, and by …
Short Story Collection
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 005: a collection of 20 works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
The Art of Fiction
Read by Julie VW
Henry James
A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American write…
朝花夕拾
Read by Jing Li
Xun Lu
这个集子收录了鲁迅早年“从记忆中抄出来的“记录自己童年往事的散文。这些文章于1926年陆续发表在《莽原》杂志，1927年经鲁迅重新编订，加上小引和后记，于1928年在广州以《朝花夕拾》为名结集出版。这十篇散文长短不一，秉承鲁迅一贯隽永辛辣的文风，于生动刻画民俗众生的同时针砭时事，…
The Appetite of Tyranny
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G. K. Chesterton
“Unless we are all mad, there is at the back of the most bewildering business a story: and if we are all mad, there is no such thing as madn…