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King Wren
Read by Lynne T
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
In Tales of Laughter
Time to exercise your funny bone. This fun collection of stories from around the world will make children of all ages smile and chuckle. …
Spook Stories, Chapter 3: The Ape
Read by Kate Follis
E. F. Benson
In The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories
A collection of fourteen short stories, grouped under the headings of "Blackmailing Stories", "Spook Stories", "Cat…
An Apology to Lady Carteret
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
From the National Intelligencer
Read by Karen Margaret
Various
In The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2
This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…
54 - Extract from Speech to Colored People in Charleston by Hon. Judge Kelly
Read by Rhonda Federman
Lydia Maria Child
In The Freedmen's Book
Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …
Kelvin
Read by Michelle Angell
Thomas Frederick Young
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Japan
Read by mleigh
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Release
Read by Newgatenovelist
Muna Lee
In Sea-change
Muna Lee was a poet, novelist, translator and activist. This collection, first published in 1923, explores themes of love and place. - Summa…
Guest Expert
Read by Dale Grothmann
Allen Kim Lang
In Short Science Fiction Collection 073
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Malay Krise
Read by Ben Tucker
Clark Ashton Smith
In Short Story Collection Vol. 105
This collection is for any short story in the English Language in the public domain, selected and read by Librivox volunteers. This collecti…
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Chapter 5, Part I: Home Notes
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In The Sunny Side (Version 2)
A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…
Chapter 3 - At Play
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In The Holiday Round
Alan Alexander Milne, popularly known as A. A. Milne, is best known – perhaps to most people only known – for his children’s book, Winnie th…
Ellen's Letter
Read by Tihirih Lopez
William James Mcglothlin and William James McGlothlin
In Kitty's Picnic and other Stories
Kitty's Picnic is a delightful collection of short stories designed to inspire young minds and impart valuable life lessons. Each tale invit…
Sis' Becky's Pickaninny
Read by James K. White
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
In The Conjure Woman
Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "P…
Section 3
Read by Kirsten Wever
Dorothy Parker
In Men I'm Not Married To (Stories)
Dorothy Parker was a poet, writer and satirist of the foibles of the early 20th century (not least, of Prohibition), and a founding member o…
The South Country
Read by Sarah Brown
Hilaire Belloc
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Marie
Read by Newgatenovelist
Thomas Parker Sanborn
In Selected Poems
Thomas Parker Sanborn was an American poet from Massachusetts. In this collection of his work, published from 1883 to 1886 in The Harvard Mo…
Reading a Letter
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
In New Poems
This is an exceptional collection of superb and introspectively distinct poems from the pen of master author D. H. Lawrence. Never failing t…
Spring
Read by Tasha C Mapes
Seba Smith
In The Rover Vol. 01 No. 05
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…