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Book 2: Starting from Paumanok
Read by Foon
Walt Whitman
In Leaves of Grass (version 2)
In honour of Walt Whitman's 200th birthday (31 May 2019) we bring you a solo recording of his seminal work Leaves of Grass.Originally publis…
Preface
Read by Christine Rottger
John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor
In Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories
Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…
Preface
Read by Alan Mapstone
Ivor Gurney
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
Preface
Read by Shriya
Various
In A Christmas Hamper: Full of Pictures and Tales
This book contains stories, tales, and pictures from Christmas for little folks! - Summary by Shriya (spatel2)
Selected excerpts by Jonathan Edwards
Read by MaryAnn
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 13
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Preface, by George Sterling
Read by Amy Gramour
Clark Ashton Smith
In Odes and Sonnets
Clark Ashton Smith, nicknamed one of the "big three" of Weird Tales (the famous pulp fiction magazine), was also a romantic-style …
A Farewell - Aelred
Read by tonette2695
Various
In The World's Best Orations, Volume 1
Who does not delight in oratory? How we gather to hear even an ordinary speaker! How often is a jury swayed and controlled by the appeals of…
Selected excerpts by John William Draper
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 12
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Preface
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald and Sir Philip Sidney
In A Cabinet of Gems
A Cabinet of Gems, cut and polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more radiance, presented without their setting by George MacDonald.&q…
Preface
Read by Larry Wilson
Frederick Starr
In Readings from Modern Mexican Authors
Starr visited Mexico in 1894 and became acquainted with a wide array of contemporary writers. This work is a compendium of 29 of those write…
Section III
Read by Frédéric Surget
Various
In The Jade Flute
A collection of mindful ancient Chinese poetry by Li Po, Wan Ts’u, Mei Chang and other masters set in English prose by anonymous translators…
Preface to III
Read by Kyle James Maclean
William Butler Yeats
In J. M. Synge and the Ireland of His Time
William Butler Yeats recounts his experiences with friend and colleague, John Millington Synge. - Summary by Kyle James Maclean
Work
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Norman Macleod
In Good Words: January 1870 (vol 11)
Good Words was an English monthly magazine directed at evangelicals and nonconformists, particularly of the lower middle classes. It contain…
The Discontent
Read by Arthur Krolman
Anne Killigrew
In Poems (1686)
These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…
Reviews And Essays: On The Art Of Fiction
Read by David Wales
Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather
In A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays
Stories and essays by Willa Cather - Summary by david wales
To a Critic
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3
This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…
Preface
Read by Clive Catterall
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Yankee student stays at a country house called Tanglewood during a golden New England fall. Also at the house are about a dozen children: …
Chapter 6
Read by realisticspeakers
Various
In Poems of American History, The Period of Growth
This volume covers the age of expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War, including the creation of the Constitution, the Presidency of …
The Critic
Read by Bigmouth
William J. Lampton
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a delightful anthology that captures the essence of American humor through a diverse collection of short sto…
INTRODUCTION
Read by Anna Simon
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
The Chronicles of Clovis brings together a delightful collection of short stories by Saki, featuring the mischievous and witty Clovis Sangra…