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Chapter 8
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In The Great Gatsby
Set in 1925, this is a novel of the Jazz Age; of ambition, of the careless rich, of wild parties and flappers and bootleg booze; and the eff…
Chapter IX - Natural and Supernatural
Read by Peter John Keeble
Wilkie Collins
In The Two Destinies
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…
The Maple
Read by Abby
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
Pretending Not to See
Read by Patrick Randall
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
Chapter 3 The Peevish Printer
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Rae
In New Adventures of Alice (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book,…
09 - The Green Isle
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Kate Douglas Wiggin
In New Chronicles of Rebecca
This book tells further stories from the period of Rebecca's sojourn in Riverboro.
Book 3, prologue
Read by KirksVoice
John Campbell, John Wood Campbell Jr. and John Wood Campbell, Jr.
In The Black Star Passes
A sky pirate armed with superior weapons of his own invention... First contact with an alien race dangerous enough to threaten the safety of…
01 - Contradictory Letters
Read by Patrick Wells
Jules Verne
In The Underground City or the Child of the Cavern
Covering a time span of over ten years, this novel follows the fortunes of the mining community of Aberfoyle near Stirling, Scotland. Receiv…
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Pickering Serves Notice
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Meredith Nicholson
In The House of a Thousand Candles
A top ten bestseller of 1906, The House of a Thousand Candles is part adventure/mystery and part romance. The book begins with young Jack Gl…
Biltmore Oswald
Read by Nigel Boydell
J. Thorne Smith, Jr.
The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …
The Miniature - Read by DL
Read by David Lawrence
George Pope Morris
In The Miniature
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
06 – Mr.Gray Squirrels Mistake
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale Of Tommy Fox
Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insec…
Tom Tiddler's Ground, Chapters 6 and 7
Read by Kevin Green
Charles Dickens
In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2
This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…
Chapter 19 - The Reader Is Brought Into Communication With Some Professional Pe…
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
In Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Old Martin Chuzzlewit has heaps of money that has never brought him anything but misery. Estranged from his grandson and namesake, when word…
Simple Simon
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Various
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 002
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Coming of Saint Patrick
Read by John
Sophia Morrison
In Manx Fairy Tales
A collection of fairy tales regarding myths and legends of the Isle of Man. Sophia was considered one of the key figures of the Manx cultur…
Frederic Larsan's Cane
Read by Stuart Bell
Gaston Leroux
In The Mystery of the Yellow Room
This crime novel was possibly the first to involve a 'locked room mystery', in which an attempted murder takes place, but with no obvious wa…
06 - Chapter 6
Read by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
Paul Creswick
In Robin Hood
"Well, Robin, on what folly do you employ yourself? Do you cut sticks for our fire o' mornings?" Thus spoke Master Hugh Fitzooth, …
Writing A Book
Read by Patrice DeHart
Lucy Clifford
In Very Short Stories And Verses For Children
Very Short Stories And Verses For Children is a children's book by Lucy Clifford compiling stories and poems informing the little ones about…