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Chapter IV. Her Majesty's throne-room
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Katharine Carl
In With the Empress Dowager of China
Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…
THE EARLY GOTHIC NOVEL
Read by Piotr Nater
H. P. Lovecraft
In Supernatural Horror in Literature
In this essay Lovecraft traces the history of hair-raising fictional stories with a focus on things that go bump in the night, starting with…
A Reading List
Read by Gillian Hendrie
Jennie Hall
In Viking Tales (Version 2)
The story follows the life of the Viking Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It focuses on the Vikings' eagerness for adv…
Fairyland
Read by Olivereading
Edgar Allan Poe
In Miscellaneous Poe: Poems and Short Stories
Come and hear some of the wonderful, magical, fantastic and macabre works of the inestimable Edgar Allan Poe. This collection contains the w…
Flowers
Read by Ben Tucker
G. Ranger Wormser
In The Scarecrow and Other Stories
G. Ranger Wormser was a forgotten master of horror fiction, specializing in a kind of creeping dread and subtle psychological horror that wo…
Chapter X: The Adventures of An Old English Book
Read by Faerie Book Mama
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
In English Literature for Boys and Girls
"Has there ever been a time when no stories were told? Has there ever been a people who did not care to listen? I think not."Thus …
Winter Beauty
Read by Alan Mapstone
Ivor Gurney
In Severn and Somme
The English poet Ivor Gurney wrote these poems while serving in the First World War. In them he contrasts the wartime desolation of the area…
The Haunter
Read by Sonia
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
Chapter 9
Read by thechapterbrook
Margaret Warde
In Betty Wales, Sophomore
Betty Wales returns to Harding College as a more knowledgeable sophomore living in the Belden House. Betty matures over the course of the ye…
Chapter XIX: Molly Looks Through Miss Lydia’s Window
Read by Winnifred Assmann
Marion St. John Webb
In Knock Three Times!
“Jack and Molly were twins, and this was their ninth birthday. Such a happy, exciting day it had been; it felt like a birthday all day long,…
Tuaa
Read by Ryan Fahey
Leigh North
In Predecessors of Cleopatra
This book provides such information as was known at the onset of the 20th Century about Egyptian queens in antiquity. Much has been learned …
Barney Hainsfeather
Read by Maddie
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
The Isle of Sorcerers
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Abraham Merritt
In The Ship of Ishtar
Imaginative, sensual, gory.John Kenton, WWI veteran and wealthy archaeologist, receives stone artifact from a friend in Babylon. Surprisingl…
The Coffin of Lissa
Read by Dale Grothmann
August Derleth
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 059
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Amaranth
Read by Alan Mapstone
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
The Unready
Read by Michael Fassio
Alice Meynell
In Ceres’ Runaway & Other Essays
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Amabel
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
Chapter 11: A Hero of Platæa
Read by Christine Rottger
Clare Winger Harris
In Persephone of Eleusis
A romance of Ancient Greece featuring the hero's journey and evil plotting. Will either succeed? - Summary by Christine Rottger
Book IX - Cato, part 2
Read by Elsie Selwyn
Lucan
In Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars
Lucan's only surviving work, De Bello Civili, more generally known as the Pharsalia, is an epic poem about the civil war between Julius Caes…
The Wanderer
Read by mleigh
Zoe Akins
In Short Poetry Collection 254
This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during July 2024.