Single Author Collections

A Selection of Poems

by Sir Walter Raleigh Read by Algy Pug 4.8
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also wel…

A Spring Harvest

by Geoffrey Bache Smith Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…

Orientations

by W. Somerset Maugham Read by OCTL7 4.4
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…

The Blue Flower

by Henry van Dyke Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"Sometimes short stories are brought together like parcels in a basket. Sometimes they grow together like blossoms on a bush. Then, of …

Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War

by Herman Melville Read by Clark University 4.7
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems a…

Wine and Roses

by Victor Daley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…

The Wind Among the Reeds

by William Butler Yeats Read by Newgatenovelist 5
The Wind Among the Reeds was first published in 1899 and features short, personal lyrics on subjects such as Irish legends and personal rela…

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

by Gerard Manley Hopkins Read by MichaelMaggs 4.8
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) was one of the most innovative of English Victorian poets, best known now for his vivid and original image…

The Human Boy And The War

by Eden Phillpotts Read by David Wales 4.5
Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fic…

Rhyme? And Reason?

by Lewis Carroll Read by MichaelMaggs 4.5
An 1883 selection of Lewis Carroll's satirical and comic verse. The collection ranges from the well-known and well-loved The Hunting Of The …

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

by Robert W. Service Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…

Beauties of Tennyson

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Sam Stinson 4.5
Beauties of Tennyson is a curated collection showcasing the lyrical genius of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, one of the most celebrated poets of the…

A Dozen Ways of Love

by Lily Dougall Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
A Dozen Ways of Love presents a captivating collection of romantic short stories by Lily Dougall, each exploring the multifaceted nature of …

Emily Dickinson on Death

by Emily Dickinson Read by Libby Gohn 4.5
Emily Dickinson is one of the most intriguing of American poets. Since she grew increasingly reclusive, very few of her poems were published…

The Doves' Nest

by Katherine Mansfield Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Doves' Nest and Other Stories is a collection of complete stories and fragments by the writer Katherine Mansfield. The book was publishe…

December Tales

by William Harrison Ainsworth Read by Ben Tucker 2.8
December is a time of winding down and of nature resetting itself. In this volume of so-titled December Tales, we listen to stories of human…

The Mermaid of Druid Lake

by Charles Weathers Bump Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A collection of offbeat stories. Some are a bit out of the ordinary as suggested by the title story about a freshwater mermaid; some are not…

Otherworld: Cadences

by F. S. Flint Read by Nemo 5
English author Frank Stuart Flint was a prominent poet in the Imagist movement, along with Ezra Pound and T E. Hulme. Flint abandoned school…

Jonah

by Aldous Huxley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Though Aldous Huxley gained popularity from his novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. Jonah, his second compilation of…

Riders of the Stars

by Henry Herbert Knibbs Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
A collection of poems by novelist, short story writer and poet Henry Herbert Knibbs. Another of his books of verse, "Songs of the Outla…

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