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Robin and Harry

Read by Arthur Krolman


Jonathan Swift


In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two

He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…

The Linnet

Read by K. Merrill Emmons


Walter De La Mare


In Motley, and Other Poems

From English poet Walter De la Mare comes an early collection of poems reflecting on loss, mortality, and universal questions. - Summary by …

Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Leary

Read by Lynne T


Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith


In Tales of Laughter

Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. …

Introductory Note

Read by Rob Marland


Katherine Mansfield


In Something Childish and Other Stories

This posthumous collection of stories and sketches by the New Zealand modernist author was published the year after her death from tuberculo…

Introductory Note

Read by Rob Marland


Katherine Mansfield


In The Doves' Nest and Other Stories

The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…

Irish Manuscripts

Read by Kate Follis


Joseph Dunn


In The Glories of Ireland

A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…

Five Students, The

Read by James Gladwin


Thomas Hardy


In Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection)

Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporari…

Book Tenth

Read by Peter Tucker


William Wordsworth


In The Prelude, Version 2

Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…

Reading: An Essay

Read by David Wales


Hugh Walpole



A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

The Inkwell

Read by phineas2000


Robert Blatchford


In The Sorcery Shop: An Impossible Romance

A jolly fantasy novel in which a retired General and a Financier, having drinks at an aristocratic London club, meet Mr. Fry, a whimsical so…

Book 1, Chapter 4, Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet

Read by Jim Locke


William Dean Howells


In Heroines of Fiction

This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…

Chapter IX

Read by Jan Moorehouse


Kate Sanborn


In The Wit of Women

It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…

Near Dover

Read by Bruce Kachuk


William Wordsworth


In A Selection from the Sonnets of William Wordsworth

This is a very impressive collection of some of the best sonnets from the pen of the incomparable William Wordsworth. The appreciation that …

Trees

Read by brianna


Joyce Kilmer


In Short Poetry Collection 178

This is a collection of 44 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2018

All is well

Read by Newgatenovelist


Arthur Hugh Clough


In Selected Poems

During his short but eventful life, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote poems on subjects as varied as religious doubt, European politics and social in…

Dedication of the Volume of 1817 to Leigh Hunt

Read by Bruce Kachuk


John Keats


In The Sonnets of John Keats

The superb poetic skill and exquisite sensitivity of John Keats is brilliantly illustrated in this collection of meticulously selected sonne…

Cora Lee

Read by Alan Mapstone


Palmer Cox


In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…

Under the Holly Bough

Read by Sonia


Clinton Scollard


In Lyrics and Legends of Christmas-Tide

American author and poet, Clinton Scollard, presents a charming collection of poetry to brighten the Christmas season. - Summary by Larry Wi…

Uneasy Reflections

Read by Sarah Brown


Maxwell Bodenheim


In Introducing Irony (Version 2)

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 Foolish Elm

Read by Julian Pratley


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


In How Salvator Won and Other Recitations

Ella Wheeler Wilcox is an American poet known for her popular lyrics that capture positive and uplifting themes. This volume is quite divers…

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