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THE GOLDEN GONDOLA
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
E. Nesbit
In New Treasure Seekers
Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether tell…
Gorgias
Read by Kevin Johnson
Plato
This dialogue brings Socrates face to face with the famous sophist Gorgias and his followers. It is a work likely completed around the time …
Lepanto
Read by Phil Chenevert
G. K. Chesterton
In Poems
Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war po…
Selected excerpts from the "Deipnosophistae"
Read by Leni
Athenaeus
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Canossa
Read by jennycbnyn
Saki
In The Toys of Peace
This is the fifth collection of short stories by Saki (H.H. Munro), and was published posthumously in 1923. Even so, many of the stories are…
The Royal Tombs Of Golconda
Read by Anusha Iyer
Sarojini Naidu
In The Golden Threshold
Sarojini Naidu was a remarkable woman. Known as the Nightingale of India, she started writing at the age of thirteen and throughout her life…
Sappho: A New Rendering
Read by Libby Gohn
Sappho
Sappho lived in the Greek-speaking Aeolian islands off the coast of Turkey. She is one of the very few female poets from antiquity. Although…
Chapter 1
Read by Caroline Fokke
Herodotus
In Herodotus' Histories Vol 2
The Histories of Herodotus of Halicarnassus is considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC, the Histori…
Her Lover
Read by Cavaet
Maxim Gorky
In Love Stories Volume 4
Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, offered by Librivox volunteers, covering all kinds of experiences involving romance or oth…
Third Valli or the chapter on Bhrigu (son of Varuna)
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller, Translated Byf. Max Müller and Unknowntranslated By F. Max Müller
In Taittriyaka Upanishad
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
Book 25, Chapters 8-25: Moly; the paeonia; the panaces; hyoscyamos; linozostis;…
Read by Leni
Pliny the Elder
In The Natural History Volume 5
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
Partheneia - Didaktika
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Sappho
In The Poems of Sappho: An Interpretative Rendition into English
Who shall strike the wax of mystery from those priceless amphoræ, and give to the unsophisticated nostrils of the average reader the r…
The Writer by Maxim Gorky
Read by Neslihan Stamboli
Maxim Gorky
In Short Story Collection Vol. 084
And so we present the 84th Librivox Short Story Collection! Each tale is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. Once again, we have a wi…
05 Goso, the Teacher
Read by Venita
George W. Bateman
In Zanzibar Tales
If you have read any accounts of adventure in Africa, you will know that travelers never mention animals of any kind that are gifted with th…
01 - Book 6, Chapters 1-5: The Euxine and the Maryandini; Paphlagonia; Cappadoc…
Read by Chris Danes
Pliny the Elder
In The Natural History Volume 2
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …
IKTOMI AND THE FAWN
Read by Robert Scott
Zitkala-sa and Zitkala-Sa
In Old Indian Legends
Fourteen Old Indian Legends by Native American (Dakota) Author Zitkala-sa. These Legends feature the exploits of Iktomi the Native American …
MajjimaNikaya-SuttaReading
Ranjith Daluwatta
Reading of the Middle Length Discourses of Buddha as translated by Ven Bhikku Bodhi, from the original transcriptions by Ven Maha Thero Gnan…
Lono and Kaikilani.
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
David Kalakaua
In The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
A collection of legends and myths of the Hawaiian islands and their 'strange people' as told by His Majesty King Kalakaua, the last king of …
Bk III, Ch 9: Sayonara
Read by Availle
Kenjiro Tokutomi and Kenjiro Tokutomi
In Nami-ko
Nami-ko, a young woman of a noble Japanese family, has recently married the naval officer Takeo, the only heir of a friend of her father's. …
Goliah
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Jack London
In Short Science Fiction Collection 012
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…