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12 - Gordon, part 2
Read by hearhis
J. Walker McSpadden
In Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
These 12 stories give a personal portrait of twelve famous soldiers from the past two centuries. Each story explores the early life of the s…
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
A Postscript to our First Readers
Read by Larry Wilson
Charles Knight
In The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Issue 1
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
I Understand
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Edythe Mae Gordon
In Selected Poems (Gordon)
Edythe Mae Gordon was a poet and short story author who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. (Summar…
The Code
Read by KevinS
Robert Frost
In Selected Poems
These are poems selected by the publisher, Henry Holt & Company reprinted from "Mountain Interval" "North of Boston"…
A Story
Read by KevinS
Ernest Hemingway
In Short Story Collection Vol. 105
This collection is for any short story in the English Language in the public domain, selected and read by Librivox volunteers. This collecti…
Over Back
Read by KevinS
Robert Frost
In West-Running Brook
A collection of 38 of Robert Frost's early poems apparently compiled in 1923 but not published until 1928. This was not Frost's most popular…
Deep In The Quiet Wood - Read by IK
Read by Ian King
James Weldon Johnson
In Deep In The Quiet Wood
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered f…
Letter 49
Read by KevinS
William Hill Brown
In The Power of Sympathy; or, the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth
The Power of Sympathy was the first American novel, published in Boston in January 1789. An epistolary novel, it tells the tragic story of t…
Tradition
Read by KevinS
Herbert Read
In English Prose Style
Read's book describes the basic elements of composition and rhetoric: narrative form, eloquence, rhythm, and other important elements of wha…
Dr. Johnson
Read by David Wales
Charles Maclaurin
In Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays
This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…
Letter to Lord Chesterfield
Read by Daniel Davison
Samuel Johnson
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 074
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…
One and Twenty
Read by David Federman
Samuel Johnson
In Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose
A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English languag…
CHARLES BERTRAM JOHNSON
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.
In The Book of American Negro Poetry
The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…
Section 2
Read by KevinS
Robert Graves
In Augustan Books of Modern Poetry: Robert Graves
Poems from Robert Graves published by the Augustan Books of Poetry. - Summary by KevinS
31 - A Substitute, Chapter 2
Read by Kevin Alix
Richard Marsh
In Amusement Only
This is a collection of 12 short stories of mystery and humor, which are, as the title says, for amusement only. (Summary by Carolin)
A Question
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
On Dan Jackson's Picture and Replies
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…
Andrew Johnson, December 4, 1865, part 2
Read by realisticspeakers
Abraham Lincoln
In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1861 - 1868)
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,…
Version 10
Read by Kevin Lavin
Thomas S. Jones, Jr. and Thomas S. Jones Jr.
In A Song in Spring
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Song in Spring by Thomas S. Jones, Jr. This was the weekly poetry project for March 15th, 2…