Culture & Heritage
The Literature of Arabia
Read by PaulW
Epiphanius Wilson
A collection of many romantic stories: it has no epic unity. It will remind the reader of the "Morte d'Arthur" of Sir Thomas Malor…
The Rush for the Spoil, Book Two of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
Book Two of Zola's 20-volume Rougon-Macquart Cycle. "The Rush for the Spoil" ("La Curee") concerns Aristide Siccard (on…
Longshanks
Read by Warren Bergmann
Stephen W. Meader
In 1828, young Tad Hopkins takes an adventure-filled trip down the Mississippi River to meet his father in New Orleans. Along the way he bef…
Stanton White: A Romance of the New South
Read by James K. White
Asa Zadel Hall
In this tome the Northern narrator, Harold Edson, visits the American South with his college friend, Stanton White, in order to study first …
Sowing Seeds in Danny
Read by Atul Sharma
Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
Little Peachling and Other Tales of Old Japan
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Georgene Faulkner
Eleven fun tales from Japan for young and old folks. - Summary by kirk202
Porgy
Read by Denise Ray
DuBose Heyward and Dubose Heyward
Story about Southern African American man with disabilities and the life he leads in the 1900's. - Summary by Denise Ray
The Soldiers' Recessional
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John Huston Finley
Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…
The Blacker the Berry
Read by James K. White
Wallace Thurman
An exploration into the life of young African American, Emma Lou, whose self-image is negatively impacted by the stigmas of colorism and int…
Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas
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William James Mcglothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Santa Claus, Kriss Kringle or St. NIcholas by Anomymous.This was the Fortnightly Poetry proje…
The Man of Feeling
Read by Jim Locke
Henry Mackenzie
A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…
A Rip Van Winkle of the Kalahari, and Other Tales of South-West Africa
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Frederick Cornell
A collection of stories set in South-West Africa, several of which are set in the desert. (Summary by ShrimpPhish)
El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
La gran novela de D. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra se ha leído, estudiado, analizado, representado, comentado a lo largo y ancho de to…
The Conquest of Plassans, Book Four of Rougon-Maquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
The placid Provencal lives of Francois Mouret and his wife Marthe are irreparably impacted by the arrival of a suspicious cleric, Abbe Fauja…
Nicholas Nickelby Band 4
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Charles Dickens
Der junge Nikolas Nickleby muss sich Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in England durch den Verlust seines Vaters plötzlich in einer gefä…
The Story of Gisli the Outlaw
Read by Alison Sawers
Unknowntranslated Bysir George Webbe Dasent and Unknowntranslated By Sir George Webbe Dasent
The Story of Gisli the Outlaw is a translation of the medieval Icelandic Gísla saga súrssonar, the tale of a family feud and o…
Max Havelaar; or, the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Read by John Greenman
Multatuli
Called "the Book that Killed Colonialism", Max Havelaar is an indictment of the Dutch colonial policies of the 1850s that were des…
Cuentos populares en Chile
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Ramón Laval
“Cuentos Populares en Chile” (1923) es un texto fundamental en el ámbito de las tradiciones orales en Chile. Su autor, Ramón A…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
Krysař
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Viktor Dyk
Krátká novela českého spisovatele Viktora Dyka, jejímž námětem je staroněmecká saská pověst…