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Chapter Three

Read by Tony Addison


Fyodor Dostoyevsky


In The Crocodile

Ivan Matveich, the most ordinary person you might hope to meet, is swallowed alive by a crocodile at a sideshow. Finding life inside the be…

Part 1 Sevastopol in December 1854

Read by David Wales


Leo Tolstoy


In Sevastopol

Sevastopol Sketches (Russian: Севастопольские рассказы, Sevastopolskiye rasskazy) are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and publish…

What's He Doing in There?

Read by Thomas Ermon


Fritz Leiber


In Short Science Fiction Collection 063

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Theo and his Horses; Jane, Betsy, and Blanche by Théophile Gautier

Read by Winnifred Assmann


Théophile Gautier


In Coffee Break Collection 038 - Horses

This is the 38th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Answer Me

Read by Newgatenovelist


Adah Isaacs Menken


In Infelicia

Adah Isaacs Menken's short life was full and eventful. Probably born in the American South, she travelled, wrote journalism, became famous a…

Exerpt from The Genius by Theodore Dreiser

Read by ChadH94


Theodore Dreiser


In Short Story Collection Vol. 082

A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan D…

Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

Read by ChadH94


Leo Tolstoy


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…

To Roosevelt

Read by Newgatenovelist


Rubén Darío


In Selected Poems

Rubén Darío was a Nicaraguan poet and the founder of the modernismo literary movement. These English-language translations are…

The Corpus Delicti

Read by Dale Grothmann


Eli Colter


In Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 016

We are back with the 16th Librivox Short Mystery and Suspense Collection! Readers are invited to select and submit mystery or suspense stori…

The Ermine

Read by Larry Wilson


Various


In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 30, May 25, 1880

Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, po…

Selected excerpts

Read by ereidhsd


Charles Dudley Warner, ed. and Walter Bagehot


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 03

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…

The Readers' Corner Part 1

Read by esheffield


various and Ray Cummings


In Astounding Stories 10, October 1930

Issue no. 10 of the magazine brings you:- Stolen Brains by Captain S.P. MeekThe Invisible Death by Victor Rousseau Prisoners on the Electro…

To a Pianist

Read by Newgatenovelist


Theodore Wratislaw


In Orchids

Theodore Wratislaw was a fin de siècle poet and a less famous Decadent author than some of his contemporaries.This short collection o…

Paulus Epigram and The Answer

Read by Arthur Krolman


Jonathan Swift


In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…

Written on a Fly-Leaf of Theocritus by Maurice Thompson

Read by Craig Franklin


Maurice Thompson


In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 2)

The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…

The Great Bear

Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)


Leo Tolstoy


In Short Story Collection Vol. 030

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 030: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

The Earth-Errand

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Arthur Upson


In Sonnets and Songs

Arthur Upson's insightful and sensitive poetic art is grandly displayed in this selection of some of his best work. As a tribute to Upson, R…

Alexander

Read by ErinK


Walter De La Mare


In Motley, and Other Poems

From English poet Walter De la Mare comes an early collection of poems reflecting on loss, mortality, and universal questions. - Summary by …

On Dr. Rundle and Epigram

Read by Arthur Krolman


Jonathan Swift


In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two

He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…

Chester A. Arthur, December 1, 1884, part 2

Read by realisticspeakers


Rutherford B. Hayes


In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1877 - 1884)

The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

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