Essays & Short Works

Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton



“These papers were originally published as prefaces to the separate books of Dickens in one of the most extensive of those cheap libraries o…

Revolution, and other Essays

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Jack London



A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, "Revolution", outlines how and why Lon…

Short Story Collection Vol. 008

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

For Every Music Lover

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Aubertine Woodward Moore



A series of essays for music lovers, covering many topics. From music appreciation, to violin and symphony, music education, to piano and, i…

Essays book 3

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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 …

A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity

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John Bunyan



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

Faces and Places

Read by Ruth Golding


Sir Henry W. Lucy



Faces and Places is a collection of articles on nineteenth century travel, events and personalities by the British journalist Henry Lucy, wh…

Alarms and Discursions

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton



Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…

Woman in the Nineteenth Century

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Margaret Fuller



Margaret Fuller was an American feminist, writer, and intellectual associated with the Transcendentalist movement. Her book Woman in the Nin…

The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



As the title reveals, these stories are a collection of some of Mark Twain's more fanciful and eccentric works. They run the gamut from poli…

The I.W.W. - Its History, Structure, and Method

Read by P. J. Taylor


Vincent St. John



“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’”The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), membe…

Has a Frog a Soul?

Read by Carl Manchester


Thomas Henry Huxley



Thomas Huxley, known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his championing and development of Darwinism, was perhaps the most important Victorian biolog…

Selected Essays

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Voltairine De Cleyre



Voltairine de Cleyre (1866–1912) was, according to Emma Goldman, "the most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced.&…

The Ethics of Belief

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William Kingdon Clifford



This is an essay on decision biases and a critique on prejudices, neatly written and thought provoking. (Summary by sidhu177)

Christmas Short Works Collection 2007

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Various



LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a…

Fathers of Biology

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Charles Mcrae



An account given of the lives of five great naturalists (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Vesalius and Harvey) will not be found devoid of int…

The Early History of the Airplane

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Orville Wright



The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They…

The Sunny Side

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A. A. Milne



The Sunny Side is a collection of short stories and essays by A. A. Milne. Though Milne is best known for his classic children's books, espe…

Newspaper Articles by Mark Twain

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain



This is a collection of newspaper articles written by Samuel Clemens, for various newspapers, between 1862 and 1881. After Feb 3rd 1863, he …

Fighting France, from Dunkerque to Belfort

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Edith Wharton



American novelist Edith Wharton was living in Paris when World War I broke out in 1914. She obtained permission to visit sites behind the li…

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