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'Goe, Little Booke!'
Read by heeheekitty
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…
37 - Fixed Ideas
Read by Libby Gohn
Christopher Morley
In Mince Pie
Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…
Lines
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
The Glugs of Gosh
Read by Chris Goringe
C. J. Dennis
First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…
Christopherson
Read by Kirsten Wever
George Gissing
In The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
Chapter 1 Part 3 - The Gorgon's Head
Read by Clive Catterall
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In A Wonder Book for Girls and Boys
A Yankee student stays at a country house called Tanglewood during a golden New England fall. Also at the house are about a dozen children: …
Advertisement to the Original Edition
Read by Chris Caron
John Wight
In Mornings at Bow Street
This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…
Go Show Tom Watson
Robert Farrell
In News From The 30's Through The 70's
Explore the fascinating world of news from the 1930s through the 1970s. This collection offers a unique glimpse into the events and stories …
A Strange Gobble
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot (version 2)
Another Slumbertown and Tuck-Me In Tale book by Arthur Scott Bailey, this time we meet Turkey Proudfoot at Farmer Greens farm in Pleasant Va…
21 - Radical
Read by Oscar Goff
Marianne Moore
In Poems of Marianne Moore
In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore…
Preface
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In A Group of Noble Dames
The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…
The Tryst
Read by Tomas Peter
Victor Daley
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
Three Crowns, Scotland
Read by Claire Goget
Andrew Lang
In The Lilac Fairy Book
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books are a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Although And…
09 - “Idolatry”
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Christopher Morley
In Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
Words and Music
Read by Matt Braymiller
Thomas Thursday
In Short Story Collection Vol. 060
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories in various genres by authors including Edna Ferber, Charlotte Brontë, Stephan Crane, W. Som…
The Burning of the "Goliath"
Read by Laura Caldwell
Dean Stanley
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…
Prefatory Note
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Adam Luke Gowans
In The Hundred Best English Poems
This wonderful collection of poems showcases the incredible talent of the some of the greatest poets in the world. These creative masterpiec…
Simple Simon
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Various
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 002
Librivox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 002: a collection of 10 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
David and Goliath, by Ellis Meredith
Read by Beeswaxcandle
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 05 No. 08 May 1900
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…