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THE BACKGROUND
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Part 1, Chapter 6 - Retribution
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
H. C. McNeile and Sapper
In Men, Women and Guns
World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…
Vol. 3 - Chapter 4
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Maria Edgeworth
In Helen
Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…
Home
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gerald Bullett
In Mice & Other Poems
Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote bot…
The Difference
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
John Evereldown
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
In Children of the Night
This is a collection of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, titled the Children of the Night, and including, besides the famous title poem, s…
Lariat Bill by G W H
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
G. W. H.
In The Coo-ee Reciter
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practic…
Selected poems
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gottfried August Bürger
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07
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…
Trusty John
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Andrew Lang
In The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was f…
Enter Mitchell
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Henry Lawson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 008
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Psalm 50 (4 versions)
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Isaac Watts
In Psalms of David
Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…
Homeward Bound
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Henry van Dyke
In The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Pape…
John Horace Burleson
Read by Kirk Thomas
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…
A Deed of Mercy
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Lord Dunsany
In Short Story Collection Vol. 063
This collection comprises 20 short stories of various genres, chosen by the readers. Authors include Saki, Lord Dunsany, Rudyard Kipling, Re…
William's Burglar
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
Richmal Crompton
In More William (version 2)
More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just…
The heart of John Middleton
Read by Phil Benson
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
In Short Stories (Household Words 1850-53)
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1853 In addition to …
A Spring Morning
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
William Wordsworth
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…
King John and the Abbott
Read by Wayne Cooke
James Baldwin
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 034
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 034: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Sir Walter Raleigh
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
The Letter
Read by LikeManyWaters
Grace Livingston Hill
In The Man of the Desert
Fleeing from an aggressive suitor, Hazel Radcliffe becomes hopelessly lost in the Arizona desert. Exhausted, she falls unconscious from her …