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The Week
Read by SilasF
Charles Knight
In The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 3
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
What Jimmy Rabbit Saw
Read by KevinS
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Billy Woodchuck
This collection of short stories is about the amusing adventures of Billy Woodchuck and the other animals he encounters around Pleasant Vall…
The Glimpse
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
34 - Chapter XXIX: Waverley's Reception in the Lowlands After His Highland Tour
Read by Felicity C
Sir Walter Scott
In Waverley, Volume 1
Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…
The Week
Read by SilasF
Charles Knight
In The penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 7
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
The Toady Tree, from Household Words, Vol. XI No. 270
Read by Thomas van Iersel
Charles Dickens
In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…
XXIX. NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND. LONDON, MAY 20, 1865.
Read by Bryn Roberts
Charles Dickens
In Speeches: Literary and Social
Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…
To the Lord Chancellor Hyde
Read by Peter Tucker
John Dryden
In The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1
The first of two volumes of collected poetry by this revered and highly influential English restoration poet and playwright. The poems, many…
Chapter 5 Part 5
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
In Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is on…
Mystery
Read by Dale Grothmann
Hartley H. Hepler
In Short Story Collection Vol. 094
Here we give you Librivox Short Story Collection 94. Readers have chosen their own texts and, once again, we have a wide range of topics, fr…
Chapter 16 - Bertie Changes His Mind
Read by KirksVoice
P. G. Wodehouse
In Wodehouse in the Strand - Short Story Collection
This is a collection of P.G. Wodehouse's short stories published in The Strand from 1918 to 1922. (kirk202) Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehous…
CHAPTER VIII RALPH BOYD THE ENGLISHMAN
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Kirk Munroe
In Through Swamp and Glade: A Tale of the Seminole War
The principal incidents in the story of Coacoochee, as related in the following pages, are historically true. The Seminole War, the most pro…
Reading for All
Read by Larry Wilson
Charles Knight
In The Penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Issue 1
The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was published in competition to Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, which …
The Crawfords
Read by aydrogekistky
George MacDonald
In The Elect Lady
Two farmer's sons and a cotter's daughter, though on different rungs of the social scale, formed a close bond in childhood as they learned t…
12 A Cavalier Makes Advances
Read by Grant Hurlock
Grant Allen
In The Type-Writer Girl
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner)"There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young …
The Miniature - Read by GB
Read by Garth Burton
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…
The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher
Read by retswerb
Beatrix Potter
In The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Born in Victorian London on July 28th, 1866, Beatrix Potter created some of the best-loved children’s stories of all time. Starting with Pet…
In The Royal Suite
Read by Phil Chenevert
Charles Goddard and Paul Dickey and Charles Goddard
In The Ghost Breaker (Dramatic Reading)
The Ghost Breaker is a drama and haunted house horror complete with heroes, villains, and a Princess. The Ghost Breaker was originally a scr…
MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Mary Roberts Rinehart
In The Circular Staircase
Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) was a prolific American writer of popular mysteries. The Circular Staircase was originally published in 19…
Lige's legacy 2
Read by Phil Benson
John Ackworth
In Beckside Lights
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…