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'Goe, Little Booke!'

Read by heeheekitty


James Russell Lowell


In Early Poems

This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…

Lines

Read by Libby Gohn


Thomas Hardy


In Wessex Poems

A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn

The Glugs of Gosh

Read by Chris Goringe


C. J. Dennis



First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

Christopherson

Read by Kirsten Wever


George Gissing


In The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories

George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…

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

Chapter 1 Part 3 - The Gorgon's Head

Read by Clive Catterall


Nathaniel Hawthorne


In A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys

A Yankee student stays at a country house called Tanglewood during a golden New England fall. Also at the house are about a dozen children: …

Advertisement to the Original Edition

Read by Chris Caron


John Wight


In Mornings at Bow Street

This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

Go Show Tom Watson


Robert Farrell


In News From The 30's Through The 70's

Explore the fascinating world of news from the 1930s through the 1970s. This collection offers a unique glimpse into the events and stories …

A Strange Gobble

Read by Lynda Marie Neilson


Arthur Scott Bailey


In The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (version 2)

Another Slumbertown and Tuck-Me In Tale book by Arthur Scott Bailey, this time we meet Turkey Proudfoot at Farmer Greens farm in Pleasant Va…

21 - Radical

Read by Oscar Goff


Marianne Moore


In Poems of Marianne Moore

In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore…

Preface

Read by Libby Gohn


Thomas Hardy


In A Group of Noble Dames

The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…

The Tryst

Read by Tomas Peter


Victor Daley


In Wine and Roses

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

Three Crowns, Scotland

Read by Claire Goget


Andrew Lang


In The Lilac Fairy Book

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although And…

09 - “Idolatry”

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Christopher Morley


In Pipefuls

A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…

Words and Music

Read by Matt Braymiller


Thomas Thursday


In Short Story Collection Vol. 060

LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories in various genres by authors including Edna Ferber, Charlotte Brontë, Stephan Crane, W. Som…

The Burning of the "Goliath"

Read by Laura Caldwell


Dean Stanley


In The Ontario Readers: Third Book

The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…

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…

Prologue

Read by Ben Adams


Sherwood Anderson


In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems

“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…

Sarah Brown

Read by Claire Goget


Edgar Lee Masters


In Spoon River Anthology

This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…

Gullible's Travels

Read by Winston Tharp


Ring Lardner


In Gullible's Travels, Etc.

Humorous stories of social climbing in America's "classless" society. - Summary by Winston Tharp

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