Essays & Short Works

The Three Great Virtues

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by Robert Scott 3.3
In this thought-provoking essay, Ralph Waldo Emerson explores the foundational principles of human character through the lens of the three g…

The Black Experience in America

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.9
This is not the copyrighted work by Norman Coombs currently on Project Gutenberg but a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, drama, an…

The Little Tea Book

by Arthur Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
After all, tea is the drink! Domestically and socially it is the beverage of the world. There may be those who will come forward with their …

The Conduct of Life

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
This is the best of Emerson's later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one and two, with the heavier hand of experience. T…

LibriVox Language Learning Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections cont…

Sammlung kurzer Werke

by Karl May Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Sammlung von 19 kurzen Werken von Karl May: • Die beiden Kulledschi. Eine Orienterzählung aus Ägypten. Veröffentlicht in: D…

The Awful German Language

by Mark Twain Read by Rainer 4.1
If you’ve ever studied German (and maybe even if you haven’t), you’re likely to find this short essay to be hilarious. Published as Appendix…

Sermões

by Padre Antonio Vieira Read by Leni 4.8
O Padre Antônio Vieira foi um religioso português – mas mais do que isso, foi um exímio escritor e elemento influente na …

Theory of Colours

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

An Address to Free Colored Americans

by An Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.7
The first Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women met in New York City in May, 1837. Members at the Convention came from all walks of life…

Lo perecedero

by Sigmund Freud Read by Alba 4.4
Hace algún tiempo me paseaba yo por una florida campiña estival, en compañía de un amigo taciturno y de un joven…

The Gettysburg Address

by Abraham Lincoln Read by Jim Cadwell 4.3
The Gettysburg Address is the most famous speech of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and one of the most quoted speeches in United States hist…

Ein Sommer in London

by Theodor Fontane Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Diese 35 kurzen Reiseberichte entstanden, als Theodor Fontane 1852 zum zweiten Mal nach London reiste. Die Stadt faszinierte ihn, und sowohl…

Discours sur les sciences et les arts

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Read by Aldor 4.3
Le Discours sur les sciences et les arts est un texte de Jean-Jacques Rousseau écrit dans le cadre du concours de l’Académe de…

On the Nature of the Gods

by Marcus Tullius Cicero Read by Geoffrey Edwards 3.4
De Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods) outlines Stoic, Epicurean and Academic (Skeptical) views on religious questions. Problems discu…

Como Se Filosofa A Martillazos

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by chusa 4.5
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche. (Röcken, cerca de Lützen, 15 de octubre de 1844 – Weimar, 25 de agosto de 1900) filósofo, poet…

English as She is Wrote

by William James McGlothlin Read by TriciaG 3.8
"...Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them." A collection of unintentional…

L'Art de Lire

by Emile Faguet Read by Christiane Jehanne 4.2
Un ouvrage passionnant sur la Littérature, comment lire et aborder différents textes, romans, philosophiques, poétiques…

LibriVox Language Learning Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This collection is part of an initiative to create a language learning resource at LibriVox. The LibriVox Language Learning Collections cont…

J'accuse...!

by Émile Zola Read by Ezwa 4.6
J'accuse est le titre d'un article rédigé par Émile Zola lors de l'affaire Dreyfus et publié dans le journal L'A…

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