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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…