Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 mill…

Great Expectations

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Charles Dickens



This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice an…

Ghost Story Collection 001

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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…

A Tale of Two Cities

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Charles Dickens



A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, …

Oliver Twist

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Charles Dickens



Oliver Twist is an 1838 novel by Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial.Like most of Dickens' work, the book is used to ca…

A Tale of Two Cities (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 2…

A Christmas Carol

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Charles Dickens



A classic tale of what comes to those whose hearts are hard. In a series of ghostly visits, Scrooge visits his happy past, sees the difficul…

Horror Story Collection 001

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An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusi…

David Copperfield (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first Dickens …

Bleak House (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



The Chancery Court had jurisdiction over all matters of equity, including administration of estates, the guardianship of orphans, and disput…

A Christmas Carol (version 08 dramatic reading)

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Charles Dickens



A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells …

A Christmas Carol (version 02)

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Charles Dickens



A Christmas Carol (full title: A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being a Ghost Story of Christmas) is A Christmas Carol is a Victorian morality ta…

Bleak House

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Charles Dickens



Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…

Oliver Twist (version 4)

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Charles Dickens



Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by Charles Dickens. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a…

Great Expectations (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often pain…

David Copperfield

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Charles Dickens



"David Copperfield" or "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger of Blun…

Little Dorrit (Version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Little Dorrit, one of the three great novels of Charles Dickens’ last period, was produced in monthly installments from 1855 to 1857, and is…

Our Mutual Friend, Version 3

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Charles Dickens



Our Mutual Friend, the last novel completed by Charles Dickens, has many plots, twists and turns, from the murky river Thames to the gold an…

A Christmas Carol (version 04)

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Charles Dickens



A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells …

Hard Times

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Charles Dickens



Hard Times, the shortest of Dickens's full-length novels, is set in the fictitious Victorian-England city of Coketown, where facts are the r…

The Old Curiosity Shop (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Written in the years 1840 to 1841, when Dickens was twenty-eight years old, this is a ‘Road’ tale in the very best tradition. Little Nell Tr…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Nicholas Nickleby is a young Devonshire man of nineteen, handsome and hot headed, devoted to his sister Kate and his parents. Following the …

Three Ghost Stories

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Charles Dickens



As a gifted writer with a strong interest in supernatural phenomena, Charles Dickens produced a string of ghost stories with enduring charm.…

The Pickwick Papers

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Charles Dickens



The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, better known as The Pickwick Papers, is the first novel by Charles Dickens. Written for publicat…

Great Expectations (Version 3)

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Charles Dickens



In one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved stories, Philip Pirrip, known as “Pip”, narrates his own journey, from the hindsight of 50 years.Pip…

Dombey and Son

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Charles Dickens



Charles Dickens the author of Dombey and Son, originally wrote the book in installments which were published from October 1846 to April 1848…

The Old Curiosity Shop

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Charles Dickens



The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of cur…

Oliver Twist (version 6)

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Charles Dickens



"Please sir, I want some more," the famous line spoken by Oliver Twist at age nine, becomes the tipping point of a huge change in …

A House to Let

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Charles Dickens



A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Each of the cont…

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories

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Various



Many librarians have felt the need and expressed the desire for a select collection of children's Christmas stories in one volume. This book…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 015

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

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Charles Dickens



The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…

Barnaby Rudge (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



One of the two Historical novels Charles Dickens wrote, Barnaby Rudge is set around the ‘Gordon’ riots in London in 1780. The story begins i…

A Christmas Carol (version 05)

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Charles Dickens



The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. B…

Ghost Story Collection 004

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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…

The Seven Poor Travellers

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Charles Dickens



One of Dickens' Christmas stories, this was first published as part of the Christmas number of Household Words for 1854. The first chapter r…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 007

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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

A Christmas Carol (version 06)

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Charles Dickens



The tale begins on a Christmas Eve exactly seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner. Scrooge has no place in his l…

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

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Charles Dickens



The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers h…

Sea Stories

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Various



Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirat…

Short Mystery Story Collection 004

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LibriVox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 004: a collection of ten short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of…

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



The last of Dickens' Christmas novellas (1848), The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain centres around Professor Redlaw, a teacher of chemis…

The Chimes

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Charles Dickens



The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, publ…

The Cricket on the Hearth (Version 2)

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Charles Dickens



The tale of John Peerybingle, the good-hearted carrier, and his young wife Mary ('Dot'), interwoven with the story of poor toymaker Caleb Pl…

Little Dorrit

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Charles Dickens



Born in the Marshalsea Prison for Debtors, Amy—Little Dorrit—the daughter of the ruined, but self-respectful William Dorrit, has put her ent…

Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading)

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Charles Dickens



Charles Dickens' 1854 novel opens with the philosophy of education espoused by the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, who prizes "facts…

A Tale of Two Cities (version 4)

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Charles Dickens



A small group of people become embroiled in the tumultuous events of the French Revolution. - Summary by Brad Filippone

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 016

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

Short Story Collection Vol. 003

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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 003: a collection of 20 short fictional works in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

No Thoroughfare

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Charles Dickens



Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, with disastrous consequences in adulthood. Two associates, wishing to right th…

A Child's History of England

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Charles Dickens



A Child's History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in th…

Bleak House (version 4)

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Charles Dickens



Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

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Charles Dickens



Old Martin Chuzzlewit has heaps of money that has never brought him anything but misery. Estranged from his grandson and namesake, when word…

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 012

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

The Pickwick Papers (Version 2)

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Charles Dickens



A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 018

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

Our Mutual Friend

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Charles Dickens



Dickens' last complete novel was published serially 1864-5. It begins with an intriguing fortune offered to John Harmon by his late father, …

Short Story Collection Vol. 006

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LibriVox's Short Story Collection 006: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 019

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

The Battle of Life

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Charles Dickens



While "The Battle of Life" is one of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books - his annual release of a story just before Christmas - this…

Horror Story Collection 005

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Various



An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusi…

Oliver Twist (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The…

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…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 3)

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Charles Dickens



Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…

Hard Times (version 3), Locked Out and On Strike

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Charles Dickens



Hard Times was Dickens's shortest novel and the only one to be set in the industrial north of England. A fast moving story with a typical ca…

The Cricket on the Hearth

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Charles Dickens



John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his wife Dot (who is much younger than he), their baby, their nanny Tilly Slowboy, and a mysterious …

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

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Charles Dickens



The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters…

Oliver Twist (version 5 Dramatic Reading)

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Charles Dickens



When orphaned Oliver Twist asks for more food, the workhouse board are horrified and immediately pack him off to work for an undertaker, who…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 022

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A collection of nineteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers u…

Christmas Books

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Charles Dickens



From 1843 to 1848, Charles Dickens wrote a series of five novellas to be published at Christmas. Most people are familiar with the first, &…

Pictures from Italy

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Charles Dickens



Dickens takes time off his novels to give an account of travels which he and his family undertook in France and Italy. There are vivid descr…

Mudfog and Other Sketches

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Charles Dickens



The Mudfog Papers was written by Victorian era novelist Charles Dickens and published from 1837–38 in the monthly literary serial Bentley's …

The Strange Gentleman

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Charles Dickens



Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, “A Comic Burletta in Two Acts…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 016

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E. Nesbitt and Charles Dickens



LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 016: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Barnaby Rudge

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Charles Dickens



A wayside tavern where the local men drink and gossip; an unsolved, twenty year old murder at a nearby mansion; a very talkative black raven…

Oliver Twist (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradatio…

A Christmas Carol (Version 03)

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Charles Dickens



Old miser Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a major transformation after being visited by his deceased colleague Jacob Marley, who warns him to cha…

The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain

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Charles Dickens



The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time, (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain) is a novella …

Our Mutual Friend, Version 2

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Charles Dickens



Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 1864–65) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, …

A Christmas Carol (version 07)

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Charles Dickens



The classic Christmas story of an old miser and the astonishing effect a series of ghostly visitors has upon him. This version has been rea…

The Uncommercial Traveller

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Charles Dickens



The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

Short Story Collection Vol. 077

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A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan D…

Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

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Charles Dickens



Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…

International Short Stories Volume 2: English Stories

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The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of th…

Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'

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Charles Dickens



Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stori…

A Tale of Two Cities (Version 5)

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Charles Dickens



Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities is a novel that views the eighteenth century French Revolution through the lens of nineteenth century…

The Wreck of the Golden Mary

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Charles Dickens



A short story of a ship wreck in 1851 trying to round Cape Horn on its way to the California gold fields. Poignant and well written. ( Summa…

David Copperfield - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings in America

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Charles Dickens



"This short collection of 6 selected scenes from "David Copperfield" were abridged and performed by Dickens himself during hi…

American Notes for General Circulation

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Charles Dickens



American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. Wh…

Short Story Collection Vol. 036

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A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain chosen and read by a group of LibriVox members.The story of The Lamplighter (…

Short Story Collection Vol. 057

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 057: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.A …

The Lock and Key Library: Old TIme English

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LOCK AND KEY LIBRARY OLD TIME ENGLISHA collection of classic mystery and detective stories, collected and edited by Julian Hawthorne.Note: t…

Dombey and Son (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



To Paul Dombey, the business is everything, and he must have a son who will learn the business and eventually inherit it. Will his newborn, …

A Christmas Carol (Version 09)

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Charles Dickens



"A Christmas Carol" has been credited with relaunching the celebration of Christmas as we know it. It relaunched Charles Dickens' …

Nicholas Nickleby (Version 4)

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Charles Dickens



After the death of his father, Nicholas must provide for his mother and sister. His wealthy uncle provides him with employment at a boys' s…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 028

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

The Old Curiosity Shop (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



Nell and her elderly grandfather must flee from home after losing their shop and home to the evil Mr. Quilp. Her good-for-nothing brother, c…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4

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Charles Dickens



2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…

Short Story Collection Vol. 054

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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 054: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Oliver Twist (version 7)

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Charles Dickens



Orphan boy Oliver is forced into child labor at an early age, and after a simple plea for more food, finds himself alone in the streets of L…

A Christmas Carol - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings

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Charles Dickens



This very special abridged version was written and performed by Dickens himself during his American Tour of 1862. Without the more terrifyin…

Short Story Collection Vol. 070

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Various



Mysteries, fantasy, family and hardship all make appearances in this, the 70th volume of short stories in the English language, selected and…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 032

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

One-Act Play Collection 004

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This collection of twelve one-act dramas features plays by James Allen, John Kendrick Bangs, Gordon Bottomley, Charles Dickens, Lord Dunsany…

Short Story Collection Vol. 013

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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 013: a collection of 11 short fictional works in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3

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Charles Dickens



2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible o…

Dombey and Son (version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…

The Village Coquettes

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Charles Dickens



Before he started writing novels, Charles Dickens tried his hand at theater. The Village Coquettes is a two act musical. Sadly the music was…

David Copperfield (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



David Copperfield, like all of Dickens' novels, is filled with many memorable characters (because they are hyperbolic representations of cha…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2

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Charles Dickens



This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…

Short Story Collection Vol. 084

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And so we present the 84th Librivox Short Story Collection! Each tale is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. Once again, we have a wi…

Master Humphrey's Clock

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Charles Dickens



Between April of 1840 and December of the following year, Charles Dickens published Master Humphrey's Clock - a weekly periodical that prese…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5

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Charles Dickens



2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poet…

Some Short Christmas Stories

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Charles Dickens



Here are some classic, short Christmas stories from Charles Dickens, who, one may easily argue, was the greatest Christmas storyteller to da…

CBC Mystery Theatre


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CBC Mystery Theatre The Mystery Theater was a radio series that was written, adapted, produced and broadcast by the CBC from 1966 to 1968. C…

A Christmas Carol (Version 11)

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Charles Dickens



The classic Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley an…

Short Story Collection Vol. 088

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Once more, we bring you a stellar collection of short stories, selected and read by Librivox readers. Joining regular favorites, such as Kat…

Charles Dickens' Children Stories - Retold by His Grandaughter

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Charles Dickens



These re-tellings of well known stories originally written by Charles Dickens are all focused on the children in them. Their humor and path…

Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection

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This collection includes 40 different Christmas carols collected and read by Douglas D. Anderson, the creator of The Hymns and Carols of Chr…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 040

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Revenge, fear, petri…

Coffee Break Collection 024 - Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things

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This is the twenty-fourth Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes…

The Ontario Readers: Third Book

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The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…

American Notes (Version 2)

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Charles Dickens



Charles Dickens records his impressions of America during his 1842 journey. - Summary by Brad "Hamlet" Filippone

Short Story Collection Vol. 031

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 031: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

A Budget of Christmas Tales

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This is a 1895 collection of christmas-themed short stories and poems by various authors, Charles Dickens himself being the most prominent f…

A Christmas Carol (version 10)

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Charles Dickens



Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four spirits on Christmas Eve, and it changes his life forever. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler

Coffee Break Collection 013 - Weather

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This is the thirteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…

Barnaby Rudge (version 3)

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Charles Dickens



The Protestant Sir John Chester and the Catholic Geoffrey Haredale have been feuding for years. In "Romeo and Juliet" fashion, Che…

Martin Chuzzlewit (Version 3)

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Charles Dickens



Dickens portrayal of selfishness, in this case in the Chuzzlewit family. Old Martin has a great fortune, and everyone wants in on it, espec…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2019

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2019 collection of items with a Christmas theme containing traditional stories, Christmas traditions, Christmas cakes. We hope you will enj…

Short Story Collection Vol. 100

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A milestone in Librivox short story collection history! It is edition 100 and to celebrate, we have some wonderful stories. Old favorites, s…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 054

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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 2)

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The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…

Short Poetry Collection 120

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Charles Dickens and Robert Frost



This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2013.

A Christmas Carol (Version 14)

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Charles Dickens



A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob …

Favourite Chapters Collection 001

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Friedrich Nietzsche



A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…

Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 013

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We are back with the 13th Librivox Short Mystery and Suspense Collection! Curl up with Conan Doyle, Saki, Poe and others. All stories were s…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 11

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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…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 024

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 024: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Sketches by Boz, version 2

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Charles Dickens



A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, "Boz." They first appeared in various publications f…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071

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Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was …

Short Story Collection Vol. 104

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Various



Old favorites, such as Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway and O. Henry make appearances in this 104th edition of the Librivox Short Story Col…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 065

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Various



A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 041

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm



Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 041: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (version 12)

Read by Geoffrey Venin


Charles Dickens



Marley was dead, to begin with...until his ghost visits his miserly business partner, Ebenezer Scrooge, with a dire warning. Will Scrooge b…

A Christmas Carol (Version 13)

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Charles Dickens



Ebenezer Scrooge is a covetous, miserable old man who lives his life apart from his fellow man and is incapable of showing love or understan…

Short Poetry Collection 041

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 041: a collection of 20 public-domain poems

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 082

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Various



"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…

A Christmas Carol (Quicksilver Radio Theater, 1995)


Charles Dickens



A radio adaptation of Charles Dickens' seasonal classic, adapted by Craig Wichman and performed by the Quicksilver Radio Theater. Narrator/J…

Mugby Junction

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Charles Dickens and Variousandcharles Dickens



Originally published in 1866 in the Christmas edition of Dickens's magazine, "All the Year Round.", "Mugby Junction" off…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 030

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Various



Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 030: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 075

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Various



A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…

Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (version 4)

Read by Mark Leder


Charles Dickens



Charles Dickens' fifth published novel is set in the village of Cligwell. Romances are thwarted. A ghost is spotted. A raven speaks. A m…

Dreams Collection 3 - Stories and Poems

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Various



This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by LibriVox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. - Summary by Michele Fry

Coffee Break Collection 034 - Vacations

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Various



This is the 34th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…

Speeches: Literary and Social

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Charles Dickens



Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…

What Christmas Is as We Grow Older, and other stories

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Charles Dickens



A delightful collection of stories about Christmas and what it is by literary geniuses such as Dickens, Martineau, and Buckley. - Summary b…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2024

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Various



As we approach Christmas 2024, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting carols and poems. We wish you compliments …

Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 005

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Various



LibriVox readers bring you 10 full-cast productions: from stories and fables for children, to a comical, self-satirizing play; from short my…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 053

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Various



Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 053: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…