Essays & Short Works
London Tradesmen
This book is a series of sketches written by Anthony Trollope near the end of his life, reprinted and collected. Each sketch is an essay on …
Live, From Milwaukee, It's Tuesday Night
"Live, From Milwaukee, It's Tuesday Night," is an eclectic collection of essays and short stories, some of them humorous, some of…
LibriVox Collection
This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the numbe…
From the Easy Chair
George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican p…
Journeys to Bagdad
In these 10 short and witty essays, author Charles S. Brooks (1878-1934) muses on various topics, as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, travelling…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Twenty short nonfiction works, chosen by the readers. "That thing up there on the stand with the American flag on top is a machine gun,…
Short Nonfiction Collection
"It was about the month of May...that I received information ...that two photographs of fairies had been taken in the North of England …
G.K. Chesterton
Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)
Essays in Idleness
Agnes Repplier was a popular and highly regarded essayist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who was also well known on the lecture ci…
Arrows of Freethought
In these 21 short essays, George William Foote shoots "Arrows of Freethought" in which he lays down his views on atheism, seculari…
Éloge de la main
« Regardez vivre librement les mains, sans l’appel de la fonction, sans la surcharge d’un mystère – au repos, les doigts l…
Librivox Multilingual Short Works
This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages. All chosen and recorded by L…
Short Nonfiction Collection
"With opinions, possession is more than nine points of the law. It is next to impossible to dislodge them." Woodrow Wilson's Study…
The Web of Indian Life
The Web of Indian Life, written by Sister Nivedita (Irish-born Margaret E. Noble) and published in 1904, is a collection of essays that desc…
Plum Pudding
Chrisopher Morley was an American literary luminary whose prolific writings included novels, essays, poetry, plays and great journalistic ou…
Short Nonfiction Collection
"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …
Freedom's Battle
A collection of writings and speeches by Gandhi during the British rule of India following World War I. - Summary by KHand
Short Nonfiction Collection
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of seve…
Short Nonfiction Collection
"From vocalists you may learn much, but do not believe all that they say." Robert Schumann's Advice to Young Musicians is replete …