Literary Collections

The World's Best Orations

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…

Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN

by Robert G. Ingersoll Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and …

De Smet's Letters and Sketches

by Fr. Pierre-Jean De Smet Read by Carol Pelster 4.5
In 1841 and 1842, Fr. Pierre-Jean DeSmet traversed the wide and wild American West to bring the gospel to the Flatheads, who had sent multip…

State of the Union Addresses

by Ulysses S. Grant Read by LibriVox Volunteers 1.5
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Clarence Darrow, Selected Works

by Clarence Darrow Read by William Allan Jones 5
This is a collection of 8 works by Clarence Darrow written between 1893 and 1917. Clarence Darrow was most noted in his time as an enormousl…

Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman

by Various Read by Ed Humpal
On the occasion of Walt Whitman's 70th Birthday a "Committee of Citizens" in Camden, NJ held a special commemoration in his honor.…

State of the Union Addresses

by James K. Polk Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Ulysses S. Grant

by James D. Richardson and Ulysses S. Grant Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents is an eleven-volume series of tomes comprising of proclamations, special messag…

The Lady's Museum

by Charlotte Lennox Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the A…

Introducing Irony

by Maxwell Bodenheim Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2.5
Maxwell Bodenheim was once known as the King of Greenwich Village Bohemians after moving to New York after being one of the founders of the …

The Anzac Book

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 2
A collection of prose, poetry, jokes, special orders, et cetera written by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps combatants of the Galli…

State of the Union Addresses

by Rutherford B. Hayes Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer

by Alice Dunbar Nelson Read by Jim Locke 5
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…

The World's Best Orations

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…

State of the Union Addresses

by Millard Fillmore Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Debits and Credits

by Rudyard Kipling Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is a collection of short stories, poems, and play fragments published in 1926. Many of them are set during World War I. Many have stron…

Tales of 1928

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
This anthology of folktales, fables, and legends has been selected from twenty different books published in 1928, covering a range of Europe…

Speeches

by Charles Dickens Read by Bryn Roberts 5
Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…

The Dial

by Charles Haslewood Shannon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Dial was an art magazine, which ran to five issues between 1889 and 1897. It was edited and published by Charles Ricketts and Charles Sh…

State of the Union Addresses

by Martin Van Buren Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

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