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30 - An Ambitious Man
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Stendhal
In The Red and the Black, Volume I
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Ba…
Tim's Vacation, by L. E. Shattuck
Read by MrTurttle
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 01 No. 11 August 1896
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
The Raven
Read by Leon Mire
Edgar Allan Poe
In Short Poetry Collection 064
LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 064: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.
02 - The Reading Public
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
In Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)
Lotta Schmidt
Read by Belinda Mc
Anthony Trollope
In Lotta Schmidt and Other Stories
In this collection of short stories by Anthony Trollope: A Viennese musician courts a much younger woman. A young man must choose between pu…
The Question
Read by Inkell
Stephen Phillips
In Poems
A short collection of poems by the Oxford-born poet and playwright Stephen Phillips including his two major works Marpessa and Christ In Had…
82. The Passing
Read by Michele Fry
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
Broom-Crowberry (Corema)
Read by Alan Mapstone
Emily Shaw Forman
In Wild-flower Sonnets
A delightful calendar of sonnets celebrating wildflowers. A charming and fanciful collection of poems for every month of the year. - Summar…
Omelets, Soups, and Souffles
Read by Tim Rowe
Minute Tapioca Co.
In Faster Ways to Favorite Dishes With the New Minute Tapioca
The Instant Tapioca Company started in 1894 in Orange, Massachusetts, quickly became a staple of American desserts. Eventually the company …
A Family Row
Read by Molly Murphy
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
The Reading Man
Read by Sonia
Thomas Frederick Young
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
On reading HUTCHINSON on the PASSIONS.
Read by Stacey Malcolm
Charlotte Lennox
In The Lady's Museum, Volume 2
Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the A…
Villanelle
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marion Cummings
In Selected Poems
Marion Cummings was an American poet and academic. Born in San Jose, she graduated from the University of California and taught at the Unive…
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Read by ChadH94
Beatrix Potter
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 033
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 033: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Amateur Authors
Read by Drew Barton
Andrew Lang
In Lost Leaders
Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…
The Tailor of Gloucester
Read by edenwillow
Beatrix Potter
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 059
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 059: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Hawke
Read by Alan Mapstone
Sir Henry Newbolt
In Admirals All
A short collection of poems on Naval and other military themes by the English poet and military historian Sir Henry Newbolt published in1897…
At Pittsford, Vermont
Read by TimoleonWash
Elizabeth Porter Gould
In Stray Pebbles From The Shores Of Thought
A collection of poetry by the Boston poetess. Sections are nature, love, miscellaneous, sonnets and 'for my nieces and nephews'. - Summary b…
Little Nell
Read by Gemma L Myers
Marietta Holley
In Poems
This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin