LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 6)

A sweet, simple tale of how friendship and honesty triumph over money. The protagonist’s pun of a name—Ernest Bliss—foreshadows the plot in …

Reginald

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Saki

Saki (December 18, 1870 - November 14, 1916) was the pen name of the British author Hector Hugh Munro. His witty, biting and occasionally od…

The Inspector-General

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

The Governor and Officials of a small provincial town in Russia are worried. They have received word that a Government Inspector is on his w…

Brewster's Millions

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

George Barr Mccutcheon

The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Read by Phil Chenevert

Mark Twain

Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. T…

Obras Clásicas españolas y extranjeras

Read by Victor Villarraza

Francisco De Quevedo

Esta recopilación se publicó en 1865 bajo el nombre de Obras clásicas y en ella se incluye: El marido engañado d…

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven

Read by Kevin LaVergne

Mark Twain

"Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" is a short-story written by American writer Mark Twain and published in 1909. The story fol…

Snarleyyow

Read by Arnold

Frederick Marryat

This is a quite amusing nautical tale of the British Navy of the around the year 1700. While, as with much early 'humor', it is somewhat h…

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

Read by Mark F. Smith

Frank Gelett Burgess

Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…

Miss Marjoribanks

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Margaret O. Oliphant

One of the so-called "Chronicles of Carlingford", of which there were two short stories and five novels written from 1861 to 1876 …

Святочные рассказы

Read by Mark Chulsky

Nikolai Leskov

Николай Семёнович Лесков, русский писатель и публицист, из-за своих оригинальных и принципиальных взглядов был не принят по достоинству в ли…

Fables in Slang

Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)

George Ade

While a columnist for The Chicago Record humorist George Ade penned numerous “fables” which were subsequently collected into books. Fables i…

Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (version 3)

Read by John Greenman

Mark Twain

This was the last story published by Twain, a few months before he died. The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his extremely long co…

Perfect Behavior

Read by Samanem

Donald Ogden Stewart

A humorous guide to manners and etiquette for ladies and gentlemen in a social "crises," published in 1922. (Introduction by Saman…

An Amiable Charlatan

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…

Is He Popenjoy ?

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Anthony Trollope

Trollope returns in Is He Popenjoy to two of his favorite subjects: property and inheritance. As in "Doctor Thorne," the issues ar…

Love Insurance

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Earl Derr Biggers

A young man came to Lloyds of London. He knew they took out policies on unusual risks... And what he wanted was love insurance. What follows…

Göteborgsflickor

Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)

Sigge Strömberg

Sigge Strömberg, född som Sigfrid Strömberg 22 december 1885 i Göteborg, död 3 mars 1920, svensk författare oc…

Winter (Shakespeare)

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William Shakespeare

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Winter by William Shakespeare. This poem is from "Love's Labour's Lost". This was t…

Who Was Who: 5000 BC - 1914 Biographical Dictionary of the Famous and Those Who…

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Irwin Leslie Gordon

A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to in…

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Humor (Fiction)