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May 20 St. Bernardine of Siena
Read by Connie Bettison
John Gilmary Shea
In Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Volume 2 (April-June)
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
Roma Aeterna
Read by Newgatenovelist
Adelaide Crapsey
In Verse
Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and e…
From "Constantinople"
Read by inkling
Various
In Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and br…
Book 1, Chapter 1, Part 2
Read by KHand
Catherine Carswell
In Open The Door
This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Luigi Pirandello
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …
Italian Hours
Read by Barbara Baker
Henry James
A loving recollection of the writer’s experiences, over many decades, of Italian places, people and art. - Summary by barbara2
A Dream, after Reading Dante's Episode of Paolo and Francesca
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…
A Dinner At The Louvre
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In The Loot Of Cities
Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century.…
18 - Santa Caterina of Siena
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Selma Lagerlöf
In From a Swedish Homestead
”From a Swedish Homestead” by the Swedish author Selma Lagerloef (translated by Jessie Brochner) is a varied collection of stories, mostly s…
Catarina
Read by Sarah Wouters
Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
In Poems
Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish natio…
Isabella: or The Pot of Basil
Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)
John Keats
In John Keats: Selected Poems
John Keats is perhaps the most talented poet of the English Romantic Period. Although his life was cut short by disease at the age of 25, he…
Chapter 6 - At Rome
Read by tabithat
Anthony Trollope
In Ayala's Angel
Lucy and Ayala Dormer are left penniless by the death of their parents. Ayala is taken in by their rich aunt Lady Tringle and Lucy by their …
Venice
Read by Grace
Olive Beaupre Miller, Variousandolive Beaupre Miller and Various And Olive Beaupre Miller
In The Treasure Chest of My Bookhouse
Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fourth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for li…
To Tintoretto in Venice
Read by Sonia
Alice Meynell
In A Father of Women and Other Poems
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Françou
Read by Cate Barratt
Elisabeth Charlotte Pauline Guizot
In Moral Tales
Short stories written by the first wife of French statesman Francois Guizot for young readers. - Summary by Cate Barratt
Italy (part 2)
Read by BettyB
Louisa May Alcott
In Shawl-Straps: A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag
Unlike the other volumes in this series, which are books of childrens' stories, Shawl-Straps is a novel. It is the story of Amanda, Matilda,…
Bianca's Dream
Read by Sonia
Thomas Hood
In The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood
This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as hi…
chapter 27
Read by Gina Marie
George Eliot
In Felix Holt, The Radical
"Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is …
Chapter IV. Italy and Her Invaders by Stanley Leathes (part 4)
Read by Linda Johnson
Various
In The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 01, The Renaissance
The Cambridge Modern History is a universal history covering the period from 1450 to 1910. It was published in 14 volumes between 1902 and 1…
Two Letters
Read by czandra
Nina Rhoades
In The Little Girl Next Door
A delightful story of true and genuine friendship between an impulsive little girl in a fine New York home and a little blind girl in an apa…