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The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
Read by Peter Yearsley
H. G. Wells
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
Heretics
Read by G.K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton
"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905.
Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense …
My First Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
A Mathematician's Holiday
Read by Thomas Woolley and William Binzi
Thomas Woolley and William Binzi
University of Oxford Podcasts
Child Whispers
Read by KevinS
Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why
The Coming of Bill (or: Their Mutual Child; or: The White Hope, Version 2)
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
P. G. Wodehouse
Their Mutual Child (aka The Coming of Bill and The White Hope) is full of the loveable characters, preposterous situations, and opportunitie…
The Splendid Wayfaring
Read by Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
Quote:"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansio…
Essays and Literary Studies
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
A collection of wry looks at literature, education, and other social phenomena by Canadian humourist and economics professor, Stephen Leacoc…
More William
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Richmal Crompton
The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to …
De Kinderen van Kapitein Grant
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Jules Verne
Een fles spoelt aan bij Schotland met daarin een zwaar gehavend bericht van Kapitein Grant die schipbreuk heeft geleden. Een Schotse Lord en…
Dietegen
Read by Karlsson
Gottfried Keller
Die lebenslustigen Seldwyler leben seit alter Tradition in einem ständigen Streit mit ihren Nachbarn in Ruechenstein, einem finsteren u…
His Books
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Robert Southey
LibriVox volunteers offer you 8 different recordings of His Books by Robert Southey. This was the fortnightly poetry project for April 11th,…
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
Pansies for Thoughts
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Grace Livingston Hill and Pansy
The young Grace Livingston compiled this book using quotes from her aunt's works; Isabella Macdonald Alden (who wrote under the pen name &qu…
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent and Other Essays
Read by Beeswaxcandle
John Erskine
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Ella Cheever Thayer
A telegraph operator meets a mysterious stranger 'on the wire'. Throw in the most clumsy gent in literature, a stern matron, an actress with…
The Scrap Book (volume 1) Sampler
Read by Bellona Times
Various
18 works -- two non-fic articles & one short fiction or poetry each -- from issues March, April, May, June, July, & August 1906 of T…