Culture & Heritage
In Old Narragansett
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Alice Morse Earle
"Some of these stories of old Narragansett are familiar fireside tales to those who have lived in that picturesque land; some are but v…
His Excellency Eugene Rougon
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
Here, in Zola's sixth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, we get to know Pierre and Felicite's eldest son, Eugene. He's the son that made …
The Wonder-Smith and His Son
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Ella Young
This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smi…
Orpheus with His Lute
Read by Mark Harrington
W. M. L. Hutchinson
In retelling the mythological story of Orpheus the musician, Winifred Hutchinson covers the singer's education by the nine Muses in Part 1, …
By the Sea
Read by Roger Melin
Heman White Chaplin
Questions of guardianship are posed in this interesting short story which takes place in a coastal village on Cape Cod. Would it be more ben…
The Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
William Butler Yeats
The first two tales involve the persona's relationship with a certain Aherne, who has come into possession of a beautiful book by Joachim of…
By Beach and Bog-Land
Read by Gerald Moe
Jane Barlow
"By Beach and Bog-Land: Some Irish Stories" is a collection of short stories written by Jane Barlow and published in 1905. The boo…
Blessings for Chanukah
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Jessie E. Sampter
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Blessings for Chanukah by Jessie E. Sampter.This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 9…
The Heart of Happy Hollow
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Happy Hollow; are you wondering where it is? Wherever Negroes colonise in the cities or villages, north or south, wherever the hod carrier, …
The Old Arcadia
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney wrote two romances which he called Arcadia. The revised version he never finished because of his untimely death on the bat…
As I Lay Dying
Read by John Greenman
William Faulkner
Addie Bundren's declining health and eventual death prompt her impoverished family to honor her wish to be buried in Jefferson, Mississippi.…
Christy and The Pipers
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Jean Mckishnie Blewett
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Christy and The Pipers by Jean McKishnie Blewett.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for N…
Shakespeare's Ovid
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
William Shakespeare
Ovid represents his work as a celebration of mutability in the form of a history of the world's notable transformations. It is a compendium …
Rumbling Wings
Read by KirksVoice
Arthur C. Parker
From these tales much may be learned concerning the mighty League of the Iroquois-the Men of Men-and of the custom and beliefs of the Nunda …
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's
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Marietta Holley
. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, "Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.&…
The Ladies' Paradise, Book Eleven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
This is the sequel to "Piping Hot!", so the eleventh volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle. This is the story of Octave Mouret, …
Joseph and His Friend
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Bayard Taylor
The protagonist in Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania, by Bayard Taylor, is an intelligent and educated young farmer who has led…