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Chapter 6. "Sirs, ere the week was out,"
Read by Tony Oliva
Robert Browning
In The Ring and the Book
"Better translate--"A Roman murder-case:"Position of the entire criminal cause"Of Guido Franceschini, nobleman,"Wit…
Stagecoaching in England
Read by Garth Burton
Charles E. Bolton
In Coffee Break Collection 007 - Travel
This is the seventh collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in le…
Commentaries
Read by Sheridan Alistair
Charles Williams
In Divorce
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.Although Williams' p…
Chapter One. III His Tonic
Read by Phil Benson
Chester Francis Cobb
In Mr. Moffatt
Mr. Moffatt owns a chemist's business in suburban Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife, Florence, and adult daughter, Naomi. The …
Commentaries
Read by Alan Mapstone
Charles Williams
In Poems of Conformity
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Although Williams' …
When the Minister Calls
Read by Stan Hargrove
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
Charles Dickens
Read by Alan Mapstone
Mary Hannay Foott
In Morna Lee, and Other Poems
Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…
The Inevitable by Sarah Knowles Bolton
Read by Larry Wilson
Montrose L. Barnet
In Poems We All Love
This is a collection of familiar poems from beloved poets from Tennyson and Shakespeare to Longfellow and Emerson. Some are fragments but w…
Part 5. The monk of Chester - A scene in the time of the Normans; A talk in Fur…
Read by Phil Benson
Ann Hawkshaw
In Poems for my Children
Published in 1847, five years after her epic poem, 'Dionysus the Areopagite', 'Poems For My Children' was Ann Hawkshaw's second collection o…
Chapter XV
Read by Dawn Sutton
Charlotte Brontë
In Jane Eyre: An Autobiography (version 4)
Jane Eyre is an extraordinary orphan girl who is treated horribly by her aunt Mrs. Reed and her children. She is sent away to a girl’s board…
Chapter 18
Read by Michele Eaton
Julian Corbett
In For God And Gold
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent navy historian and geologist. This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the person…
Forward
Read by BettyB
Bolton Hall
In Three Acres and Liberty
It (this book) shows what is needed for a city man or woman to support a family on the proceeds of a little bit of land; it shows how in tru…
Oliver Twist
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Charles Dickens
In First Chapter Collection 002
LibriVox First Chapter Collection 002 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, chosen by LibriVox volunteers. This volume…
England part 2: Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire
Read by Christine Rottger
Horatio Edward Norfolk
In Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs
Interesting, witty, and unusual epitaphs found in graveyards in England, Wales, Scotland, and more. Feast on this gem:Dr. I. Letsome wrote …
Preface
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
The Glorious Fourth
Read by Alan Mapstone
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
New Prince, New Pomp
Read by Paula Messina
Robert Southwell
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2024
As we approach Christmas 2024, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting carols and poems. We wish you compliments …
From Mr. Chesterton and Others, Gerald Gould, The Observer
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …
Minister of Justice Palmer, A Bastile Builder
Read by KHand
Edward Doyle
In Freedom, Truth and Beauty
A collection of sonnets that celebrates patriotism and nationalism loosely arranged in a chronological order based on world conflicts. While…
A Hero's Decision
Read by LaurieB
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…