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Some Materials and a Possibility
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Cecil Chesterton
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085
"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …
Chapter 2 The First Lecture
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
In Harmer John; An Unworldly Story
Hjalmar Johanson (novel, 1926) is a boyish unworldly Swedish body builder come to Walpole’s fictional cathedral town of Polchester. His name…
Time
Read by Mark Stansbury
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Hugh Tells a Story
Read by Cheryl Adam
Laura Lee Hope
In The Blythe Girls: Margy's Queer Inheritance
Helen, Margy and Rose Blythe, displaced from their family home in Long Island, have struggled to carve out a new life in their tiny apartmen…
Nimble's Mistake
Read by Foon
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Nimble Deer
Another Sleepy Time Tale from Arthur Scott Bailey, this time Nimble Deer is the focus of the story and how he was such a tiny, frail, spotte…
The Result
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
In Agincourt: A Romance
The Battle of Agincourt provided a surprise English victory in the Hundred Years' War. It took place in 1415 and brought a turning point in …
Imagination
Read by Andy Sames
Algernon Blackwood
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 052
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Marianne
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
In Our Village, Volume 2
This volume continues Miss Mitford's reflections on the changes to village life and characters when she returns two years after the end of V…
Eadem
Read by Julian Pratley
Joyce Kilmer
In Summer of Love
Joyce KIlmer may yet be an obscure poet had he not had his poem, Trees, published in Poetry in 1913. But, this book precedes that, and show…
Part 9
Read by David Wales
Alexander K. Mcclure
In Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
“A Complete Collection of the Funny and Witty Anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln Famous as America’s Greatest Story Teller With Introductio…
29 - Reform Through Reading
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Heywood Broun
In Seeing Things at Night
This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)
Ghosts in Deptford
Read by Fenman
C. Fox Smith
In Short Poetry Collection 260
This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during January 2025.
Selected excerpts
Read by Alan Weyman
Charles Dudely Warner, ed. and William Beckford
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 04
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
England Pt. 3
Read by Michele Eaton
Charles A. Ward
In Oracles of Nostradamus
Charles A. Ward was considered one of the most knowledgeable in his studies of the prophecies of Nostradamus. Ward viewed the prophecies of …
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Story 1 The Dwarf's Chamber: 2 A Family Legend
Read by David Wales
Fergus Hume
In The Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories
Short Stories by Fergus Hume, a prolific English novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia
What Happened at Aunt Polly's
Read by KevinS
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Billy Woodchuck
This collection of short stories is about the amusing adventures of Billy Woodchuck and the other animals he encounters around Pleasant Vall…
ChapterVIII
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
In The Smuggler
The county of Kent, situated in the south eastern corner of England is ideally placed for the smugglers' trade. Close to London, with its ma…
XIII. Time
Read by Ben Tucker
Ward Moore
In Bring the Jubilee
Hodgins "Hodge" Backmaker, a bumbling but curious and fiercely intelligent bookworm who has never felt at home with his family, le…
The Explanations
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
In The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants
The time of French king Louis XIV was a time of religious conflict. His father, Louis XIII had tried to suppress the teachings and followers…