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The Elves and the Shoemaker

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 024

Read by Mary Jane Conlon


Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 024: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Hamlet At The Lyceum

In Coffee Break Collection 012 - The Performing Arts

Read by Mary Jane Conlon


Oscar Wilde


This is the twelfth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in le…

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

In Children's Short Works, Vol. 023

Read by Mary Jane Conlon


Peter Christen Asbjørnsen


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 023: a collection of 16 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

The Christmas Princess

In A Budget of Christmas Tales

Read by Mary Jane Conlon


Charles Dickens


This is a 1895 collection of christmas-themed short stories and poems by various authors, Charles Dickens himself being the most prominent f…

The Grey Woman

Read by Jane Greensmith


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill he…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane


Emily Beesly


Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

The Hawaiian Archipelago

Read by Jane Bennett


Isabella L. Bird


Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird

Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV

Read by Jane Bennett


Frantz Funck-Brentano


The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…

Psychopathology of Everyday Life

Read by Mary Schneider


Sigmund Freud


Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria an…

Totem and Taboo

Read by Mary Schneider


Sigmund Freud


Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud published in German in 1913 under…

Pollyanna

Read by Mary Anderson


Eleanor H. Porter


Pollyanna tells the story of Pollyanna Whittier, a young girl who goes to live with her wealthy Aunt Polly after her father's death. Pollyan…

Pollyanna Grows Up

Read by Mary Anderson


Eleanor H. Porter


Pollyanna, now cured of her crippling spinal injury, and able to walk again, goes to live in Boston with Mrs. Carew, a heart-broken woman se…

Jack and Jill

Read by Mary Anderson


Louisa May Alcott


Jack and Jill went up a hillTo coast with fun and laughter.Jack fell down and broke his crown,And Jill came tumbling after.When Jack and Jil…

The Mysterious Rider

Read by Mary Bard


Zane Grey


This book has all the elements of a classic Western, including rustling and gunfights, but at its heart is the battle between good and evil,…

Just David

Read by Mary Anderson


Eleanor H. Porter


David and his father set out from their idyllic mountain home to go to meet family, but enroute, David's father, who is sick dies, and David…

Pathological Lying, Accusation, and Swindling – A Study in Forensic Psychology

Read by Mary Schneider


William Healy


This work describes and analyzes several cases of pathological behavior. The interest comes not only from the cases themselves, but also fro…

Lost Man's Lane

Read by Mary Bard


Anna Katharine Green


After several people apparently vanish into thin air while walking along the same country road, New York detective Mr Gryce calls on the ski…

Michael O'Halloran

Read by Mary Anderson


Gene Stratton-Porter


The story of a plucky, optimistic newsboy, Michael O’Halloran, who has been orphaned from a young age and asks nothing of the world but to “…

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Read by Mary Reagan


Nellie Bly


This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne…

The Wonderful Visit

Read by Mary Bard


H. G. Wells


An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…

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