Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe



Daniel Defoe’s The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner (1719) is considered by many the first English…

Robinson Crusoe (version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Daniel Defoe



Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoe’s hard-luck character is still the standard for “growing where you’re planted.” Captured by pirates, …

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

Read by David Leeson


Daniel Defoe



“THE FARTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE; Being the Second and Last Part OF HIS LIFE, And of the Strange Surprizing Accounts of his Travel…

Ghost Story Collection 004

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Various



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…

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…

A Journal of the Plague Year

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe



The novel is a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London. The boo…

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders

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Daniel Defoe



Defoe wrote this novel after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist, with the success …

The Life, Adventures & Piracies of Captain Singleton

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe



The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton is a "bipartite adventure story whose first half covers a traversal…

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Daniel Defoe



The full title of the novel is Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Bele…

Robinson Crusoe Written Anew for Children

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe



Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the…

Short Story Collection Vol. 050

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Various



LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 050: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

The Storm

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe



The Storm (1704) holds a special place in the writings of Daniel Defoe. Widely considered a founding document of modern journalism, The Sto…

Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3

Read by Ellen Preckel


Hamilton Wright Mabie



Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tale…

The History of the Devil

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Daniel Defoe



Also known as "A Political History of the Devil"This book is divided into two parts: first, the history of the devil from his fall…

Short Story Collection Vol. 084

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Various



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…

Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Daniel Defoe



Mary Godolphin was the pseudonym of Lucy Aikin who undertook translating great literature into single-syllable words so that young readers c…

Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable (Version 2)

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Daniel Defoe



This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character — a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, en…

Travels in Lancashire

Read by Phil Benson


Various,William Roscoe



A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…

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

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Various



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…

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…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 098

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Various



"The moment a man attempts to tell the truth as he not only thinks but feels it, what he says becomes charged with that man himself.&qu…