George Eliot
Middlemarch (version 2)
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Anne Evans, later Marian Evans. It is her seventh n…
Silas Marner (version 2)
Read by Tadhg
Reputed as Eliot’s favourite novel Silas Marner is set in the early years of the 19th century. Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small cong…
Daniel Deronda
Read by Becky Miller
In this enduring Victorian classic written in 1876, two stories weave in and out of each other: The first is about Gwendolen, one of Eliot's…
Silas Marner
Read by rachelellen
Silas Marner (originally published in 1861): Betrayed by a beloved friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit, awkward Silas Marner is e…
Middlemarch
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The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Rosamon…
The Mill on the Floss
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The novel details the lives of Tom and Maggie Tulliver, a brother and sister growing up on the river Floss near the village of St. Oggs, evi…
Adam Bede
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Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously,…
The Lifted Veil
Read by Bruce Pirie
The Lifted Veil is a novella by George Eliot, first published in 1859. Quite unlike the realistic fiction for which Eliot is best known, The…
The Lifted Veil (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
George Eliot’s 1859 novella, The Lifted Veil, departs radically from the grounded realism of her longer and better known works, such as Midd…
Romola
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George Eliot's own favorite among her novels, this novel tells the story of Romola, the intelligent daughter of a blind scholar, who is fall…
Scenes of Clerical Life
Read by Bruce Pirie
Scenes of Clerical Life, which appeared in book form in 1858 (after serial publication in the previous year), was the first published fictio…
The Mill on the Floss (Version 2)
Read by Tom Denholm
The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot’s second novel, and was published in 1860, only a year after her first, Adam Bede. It centres on the l…
Adam Bede (version 2)
Read by Tom Denholm
George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans – an ironic ‘deception’ given that Adam Bede, her first novel, is written unashamedly from a…
Felix Holt, The Radical
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"Harold Transome is a landowner who goes against his family's political tradition (much to his mother's distress), while Felix Holt is …
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 5: Nature (Part 1)
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The fifth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…
Brother Jacob
Read by Lynne T
Brother Jacob is a short story by George Eliot, in which she explores the relationship between the selfish, self-centered and ambitious Davi…
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…
The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 2)
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The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 016
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A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
Read by Josh Mitteldorf
Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and he…
Silas Marner (Version 3)
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Silas Marner is a hermit-style weaver who keeps to himself and is eyed with suspicion by those in the nearby town of Raveloe. Dispelled from…
Favourite Chapters Collection 002
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A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
Favourite Chapters Collection 003
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A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
Short Poetry Collection 166
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This is a collection of 36 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2017.
Short Poetry Collection 205
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This is a collection of 69 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2020.
Short Poetry Collection 163
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This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2016. It also includes a long poem, The Legend of Jubal by George …
Short Poetry Collection 213
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This is a collection of 66 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2021.
Poems Recorded in Deptford and Greenwich
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Armed with a hand-held digital recorder and the Penguin Book of English Verse, LibriVox’s UK Chapter set out one Sunday afternoon to capture…
O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems
Read by Bruce Kachuk
These magical and timeless poems conceived by four of the world's master poets are crafted with the enchanting thoughts, superb imagery and …
Impressions of Theophrastus Such (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
The ruminations and reflections of a minor scholar. - Summary by Mark Leder