Essays & Short Works

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


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…

The Logic of Vegetarianism

Read by Lee Smalley


Henry Salt


With clear logic and entertaining dialogues, the author presents many reasons for a vegetarian rather than a “flesh-eating” diet, and his ar…

Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy …

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


The President'S Commission On The Assassination Of President Kennedy, President'S Commission On The Assassination Of Presiden and President'S Commission On The Assassination Of President Kennedy


The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family…

Ars Poetica and Carmen Saeculare

Read by Leni


Quintus Horatius Flaccus


The Ars Poetica, by Horace, also known as Epistula ad Pisones, is a treatise on poetry written in the form of a letter, and published around…

Essays and Dialogues

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Giacomo Leopardi


"We would no more choose to feed the minds of our countrymen and women with the despairing utterances of the pessimist poet, than we wo…

Insect Stories

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Vernon Kellogg


These 13 essays explore the fascinating world of insects all around us. Vernon Kellogg, an eminent entomologist and natural story teller, an…

Cobb's Anatomy

Read by Carl Vonnoh, III


Irvin S. Cobb


Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on June 23, 1876. At seventeen years of age, he began writing for the Paducah Daily News, his hometown paper…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 032

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.

Pipefuls

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Christopher Morley


A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…

Prejudices, First Series

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


H. L. Mencken


Mencken sharpens his pen and in a collection of short essays delivers acerbic opinions on issues and persons of the time. Among his targets…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 035

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres.Der selbstsüchtige Riese übersetzt von Wilhelm Cremer …

On Nothing & Kindred Subjects

Read by Ray Clare


Hilaire Belloc


“I knew a man once, Maurice, who was at Oxford for three years, and after that went down with no degree. At College, while his friends were …

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Isaac D'Israeli


This is a collection of short essays on literature. Various subjects are discussed, such as libraries, critics, the classics, and all sorts …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 027

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Vom Schweigen" übersetzt von Gustav Landauer (18…

Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


William Hazlitt


This famous Shakespearean exploration illuminates its plays through the frame of character, while also weighing theme, mood, structure and p…

Smoke Bellew

Read by Jim Locke


Jack London


Smoke Bellew, or really Jack London, leaves his less than satisfying writing job in San Francisco for the opportunity to search for gold in …

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 031

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Diese Sammlung umfasst 15 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres."Ein Drama in den Lüften" übersetzt von Mart…

Insomnia Collection Vol. 004

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Various


Soporific dullness is in the ear of the listener, and what's tedium incarnate to one person will be another person's passion and delight. Ho…

De Vulgari Eloquentia

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Dante Alighieri


De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the vernacular) is a short essay written by Dante Alighieri in Latin. The work remains incomplete; on…

硝子戸の中 (Garasudono uchi)

Read by ekzemplaro


Sōseki Natsume


『硝子戸の中』(がらすどのうち)は、『こゝろ』と『道草』の間に書かれた夏目漱石最後の随筆である。'Garasudono uchi' is Natsume Sōseki's last essay, which was written between 'Kokoro' & '…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >