Biography & Autobiography

Joseph Conrad

by Hugh Walpole Read by David Wales 4.2
This is a literary biography of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English. He was granted Brit…

The Life of Florence Nightingale

by Edward Tyas Cook Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A history of Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), the founder of modern nursing. Here's the definitive biography, gleaned from a lifetime of he…

Henry D. Thoreau

by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thorea…

Prophets, Priests, And Kings

by Alfred George Gardiner Read by David Wales 4.1
These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as …

Shakespeare

by John Munro Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
William Shakespeare: actor, poet, playwright. He is often called England's greatest writer, the Bard of Avon, a national treasure. But who w…

The Life of Washington

by John James Marshall Read by Jim Locke 4.5
If it be true that it takes a great man to interpret the life of a great man then Bushrod Washington made no mistake in the selection of a b…

The Life of Samuel Johnson

by James Boswell Read by Barbara Baker 3.2
This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been an…

An American in the Making

by Marcus Eli Ravage Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
“The sweat-shop was for me the cradle of liberty. . . It was my first university.” Attending lectures and the New York theatre at night; by …

A Japanese Boy

by Shigemi Shiukichi Read by Phil Chenevert 4.5
The life of a Japanese boy in the late 1800's and early 1900's, told simply and beautifully. This isn't about civilizations and governments,…

Abraham Lincoln: A History

by John Hay and John George Nicolay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

Abraham Lincoln: A History

by John Hay and John George Nicolay Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who…

The Life of Charles G. Finney

by Aaron Merritt Hills Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A.M. Hills, theologian and preacher in the Wesleyan holiness tradition, gives us a detailed biography of Charles G. Finney, one of the most …

Edward the First

by Thomas Frederick Tout Read by Pamela Nagami 4.6
Edward I of England (1239-1307) will always be remembered as the "Hammer of the Scots" who condemned William Wallace (Braveheart) …

Vaninka

by Alexandre Dumas Read by John Van Stan 4.5
The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric…

My Chinese Marriage

by Mae Franking Read by Danielle Cartwright 4.7
Mae Watkins, a University of Michigan student, unexpectedly falls in love with a Chinese international law student in the midst of World War…

The Story of My Childhood

by Clara Barton Read by Veronica Jenkins 4
The Story of My Childhood offers a vivid glimpse into the formative years of Clara Barton, the pioneering founder of the American Red Cross.…

Life of Edward the Black Prince

by Louise Creighton Read by Pamela Nagami 4.9
Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376) was the eldest son of King Edward III of England. He commanded the vanguard at the Battle of Créc…

A Waterbiography

by Robert C. Leslie Read by Peter Kelleher 3.4
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…

The Story of John Wesley Told to Boys and Girls

by Marianne Kirlew Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Marianne Kirlew tells the story of John Wesley, English revivalist and founder of Methodism, in short chapters in simple language and an eng…

Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi

by Hester Lynch Piozzi Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 3.5
Born into the influential Welsh Salusbury family and married to the rich brewer Henry Thrale, Hester Piozzi was associated to the most illus…

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