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Hannibal Crosses the Alps, pt.2
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Jacob Abbott
In Hannibal
There are certain names which are familiar, as names, to all mankind; and every person who seeks for any degree of mental cultivation, feels…
Thinker, The
Read by John Lieder
Sherwood Anderson
In Winesburg, Ohio
Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …
The Cobbler
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In Donal Grant
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
Fable
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 07
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the seventh volume, 43 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 autho…
27 - Mr. and Mrs. Helmer
Read by MaryAnn
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
16 - Our Roof Garden among the Tenements
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Jacob A. Riis
In Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
The Bookbinder and His Pupil
Read by csinclair
George MacDonald
In There and Back
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …
Characters 5: The Parlour Orator
Read by ravenotation
Charles Dickens
In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…
Foreword & Biographical Sketch
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Abraham Lincoln
In Noted Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
A few of Lincoln's most famous speeches and the Lincoln-Douglas debate make for historic reading. (summary by David O)
Essay on Henry Ward Beecher
Read by MaryAnn
Charles Dudely Warner, ed. and Lyman Abbott
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…
18 - A Reading List
Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016)
Jennie Hall
In Viking Tales
Viking tales are tales from Iceland, featuring the king Halfdan and his son Harald. (Summary by Nadine)
Chapter 19 - The Reader Is Brought Into Communication With Some Professional Pe…
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
In Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Old Martin Chuzzlewit has heaps of money that has never brought him anything but misery. Estranged from his grandson and namesake, when word…
Dialogue
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
Thoughts
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alfred Castner King
In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…
Mrs. Tompkyns, excerpt from The Education of Uncle Paul by Algernon Blackwood
Read by Michele Fry
Algernon Blackwood
In Coffee Break Collection 036 - Cats
This is the 36th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The Grocery
Read by nbvoices
Amy Lowell
In Men, Women and Ghosts
This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin
The Requiter
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Victor Daley
In Wine and Roses
"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…
The Spinster Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Myrtle Reed
A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…
The Impercipient (At a Cathedral Service)
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
22 - Chapter IX - The Conservation of Archaic Traits, Part Three
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Thorstein Veblen
In The Theory of the Leisure Class
Originally published by the Norwegian-American economist Thorstein Veblen while he was a professor at the University of Chicago in 1898, the…