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Clark Ashton Smith
In Ebony and Crystal
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-…
The John-Betty Table
Read by Bev J Stevens
Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards
In Three Minute Stories
This is a delightful collection of little stories for little people, just right to be listened to at bed time by a sleepy boy or girl. Som…
King Arthur's Table
Read by BettyB
Frances Roberta Sterrett
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 070
Twenty short nonfiction works selected by the readers. “Shall we ever be able to visit the moon?” queries journalist Charles Nevers Holmes i…
The Celebrity
Read by Joseph Tabler
Winston Churchill
Satirizes the rise of a young novelist (thought to be Richard Harding Davis, but denied as such by Churchill). - Summary by Joseph Tabler
Thirteen at Table
Read by Sandra Cullum
Lord Dunsany
In Tales of Wonder
The Last Book of Wonder, originally published as Tales of Wonder, is the tenth book and sixth original short story collection of Irish fanta…
Author's Note
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …
The Plattner Story
Read by Peter Yearsley
H. G. Wells
In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
Joseph and Mary
Read by Joseph Schnebelen
James Elroy Flecker
In Forty-Two Poems
This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. - Summary by Carolin
The Tables Turned
Read by Maria Grazia Tundo
E. Nesbit
In Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
An Answer
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alfred Castner King
In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…
Judah's Supplication to Joseph
Read by Rosalind Walsh
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
The Secret Sharer: Chapter 1
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
In 'Twixt Land and Sea
While the central figures in each of the three stories in this collection are sailing captains, the main action in two of them takes place o…
The Tea-Table (Part I)
Read by Greg Giordano
Arthur Gray
In The Little Tea Book
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 …
An Oracle That Warned the Writer When on Pilgrimage
Read by Larry Wilson
Hilaire Belloc
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
A Word to the Wise
Read by Nemo
Caroline King Duer and Alice Duer Miller
In Poems
Alice Duer was a successful American author who wrote poetry, novels and screenplays and campaigned tirelessly for women's suffrage. Her si…
04 - Karain: A Memory, chapter 4
Read by Jhiu
Joseph Conrad
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest (1898) is the first collection of short stories by Joseph Conrad published in his lifetime.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), a Poli…
Epistle
Read by Ruth Golding
Sir Thomas More and Thomas More
In Utopia (Robinson translation)
Originally entitled A frutefull pleasaunt, and wittie worke of the beste state of publique weale, & of the newe yle, called Utopia: writ…
Wiser than Lesbia
Read by Mary Herndon Bell
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
In Phantom Fortune, A Novel
Lady Maulevrier was once a beautiful socialite, beloved and welcomed in London high society. But her life took a turn for the worse when her…
Chapter 4: Table Talk
Read by Steve Gough
Thomas Mann
In The Magic Mountain (Volume One)
Thomas Mann’s epic novel depicts a decaying, corrupted European society on the eve of the First World War. Set in a luxurious sanatorium hig…
THE UNREST-CURE
Read by Joseph Tabler
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…