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Chapter 22
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
George Sand
In Mauprat
Bernard Mauprat was raised by lawless brigands and knows no other way of life until age 17. Then everything changes for him when his cousin …
The Hostess House
Read by Carol Sutton
Laura Lee Hope
In The Outdoor Girls in Army Service
This 8th book in the "Outdoor Girls" series, find the girls and boys again at Pine Island, but under very much altered conditions.…
13 - Pavilion V Tells of an Interview with Northmour, Clara and Myself
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Robert Louis Stevenson
In New Arabian Nights
New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories which include Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest fiction as well as those considered his …
Chapter 2: Old Man Minick, Part 2
Read by Kirsten Wever
Edna Ferber
In Gigolo
Gigolo is a collection of short stories by Edna Ferber, best known for her novels Show Boat and So Big (for which she won the Pulitzer Prize…
Dotage
Read by Suzanne Carol
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…
Wild Swans
Read by Larry Wilson
Edna St. Vincent Millay
In Poems
This volume of poems was published in 1923, the year Edna St. Vincent Millay became the third woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. I…
Listening
Read by CJ Plogue
Amy Lowell
In A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass
This is a collection of lyrical poems, sonnets and verses for children by Amy Lowell."For quaint pictorial exactitude and bizarrerie of…
Familiar Talk with my Fellow-Housekeeper and Reader
Read by Foon
Marion Harland
In Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery
This is a practical guide to running a household in 1883. Marion Harland not only walks us through a number of important topics such as how …
The Finish Of Patsy Barnes
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
Riddle
Read by Ratandeep Singh
Harriet Monroe, Editor and Lee Wilson Dodd
In Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, Vol 18, April-September 1921
Spring through Fall 1921 in Poetry, edited by Harriet Monroe. 2012 is the 100th Anniversary of Poetry magazine. (Summary by BellonaTimes)
Adelina Patti
Read by Newgatenovelist
Adah Isaacs Menken
In Infelicia
Adah Isaacs Menken's short life was full and eventful. Probably born in the American South, she travelled, wrote journalism, became famous a…
A New England Nun
Read by Nick Strudwick
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
In Short Story Collection Vol. 042
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 042: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
An Echo From Willow-Wood
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Christina Rossetti
In Sonnets
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…
Nanny Who Wouldn't Go Home to Supper
Read by Evan Smith
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. …
Selected excerpts by Edwad Fitzgerald
Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Various
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 14
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…
The Sparrow
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
Friend
Read by Kerry Adams
Jeannette Fraser Henshall
In Rain and Roses
One reviewer describes these poems as "dainty." Each reflect a delicacy of feeling and sentiment of home, love and nature. Jeanne…
The Wood-pigeon
Read by Inkell
Mary Howitt
In Birds and Their Nests
Short descriptions of different kinds of English birds and their nests. The following birds are discussed: wren, goldfinch, song thrush, bla…
Little Susan
Read by James R. Hedrick
Julia A. Moore
In The Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its …
Noon
Read by Bruce Kachuk
John Cunningham
In English Poems
Occasionally a compilation of poetry is conceived in which each poem, as a tribute to its theme or subject or elegant prosody, is one to be …