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The History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 1

Read by Ann Boulais


Hartmann Grisar


This present work may be described as history of the medieval Popes, with the history of the city of Rome, and its civilization, as a backgr…

Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy

Read by Gary Gilberd


John Stuart Mill


This is Mill’s first work on economics. It foreshadows his Political Economy which was the standard Anglo-American Economics textbook of the…

Books Fatal to Their Authors

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Peter Hempson Ditchfield


This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…

The Pennycomequicks

Read by Michael Reuss


Sabine Baring-Gould


The Pennycomequicks is the charming and witty story of a dysfunctional English family in the late 19th century, scattered to the winds, scar…

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 19: A Rise in Life

Read by Keith Salis


Frank Tousey


Bob Chambers is a plucky young man who works in the Bayport Woolen Mills. He has a good rapport with nearly everyone he meets, including Rub…

Podcast 3 8: Jewish Followers of Jesus, part 2 - Pseudo-Clement


Philip A. Harland


Here I continue to explore Jewish followers of Jesus by examining key passages in an apocryphal novel attributed to Clement of Rome, also kn…

Pierre and Luce

Read by Roger Melin


Romain Rolland


Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted…

Trader Tales 3: Full Share

Read by Nathan Lowell


Nathan Lowell


The Lois McKendrick runs headlong into trouble when a routine in-system transit goes bad. Ishmael and the rest of the crew must scramble to …

Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 003

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Various


Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…

Moll Flanders - Version 2

Read by Peter Dann


Daniel Defoe


This warm and witty novel presents itself as the first person narration of an immensely likeable and resourceful woman who, born in the most…

Letter from China

Read by Peter James Froning


Peter James Froning


This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…

Unaddressed Letters

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Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham and William James Mcglothlin


“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …

The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers Vol. 1

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Robert Henry Newell


These are a collection of humorous "letters" written by a fictional character to a relation in the north during the Civil War. The…

Three Accounts of Peterloo

Read by Phil Benson


Francis Archibald Bruton


A companion volume to F.A. Bruton's 'The Story of Peterloo', the full title of this short collection is 'Three Accounts of Peterloo by Eyewi…

The Romany Rye

Read by Peter Dann


George Borrow


"The Romany Rye" is a direct continuation of George Borrow's "Lavengro", taking up the latter's story immediately where …

Robert Falconer

Read by Kenneth R. Morefield


George MacDonald


A Victorian novel devoted to beloved character first introduced to readers in MacDonald's David Elginbrod. (Summary by Kenneth R. Morefield)

The Pickwick Papers (version 3)

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Charles Dickens


Mr Pickwick, founder of the Pickwick Club, sets out with his three friends, Tupman, Snodgrass, and Winkle, to observe the world. They inten…

Echoes of the War

Read by James E. Carson


J. M. Barrie


Short stories with dramatic parts about civilian life in London during the First World War. Some humorous moments. By the author of "Pe…

The Lesson of the Master

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


A promising young writer meets an older man whose works have inspired him, as well as a highly intelligent and attractive young woman, at a …

A System of Logic

Read by Chris Greaves


John Stuart Mill


"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the…

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