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THE BACKGROUND
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Part 1, Chapter 6 - Retribution
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
H. C. McNeile and Sapper
In Men, Women and Guns
World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…
Vol. 3 - Chapter 4
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Maria Edgeworth
In Helen
Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…
Home
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gerald Bullett
In Mice & Other Poems
Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote bot…
The Difference
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
John Evereldown
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
In Children of the Night
This is a collection of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, titled the Children of the Night, and including, besides the famous title poem, s…
Lariat Bill by G W H
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
G. W. H.
In The Coo-ee Reciter
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practic…
Selected poems
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gottfried August Bürger
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07
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…
Part 10, Chapter 5
Read by John
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
In The Caxtons: A Family Picture
The quiet country life of the Caxton family is interrupted by a visit to London. There the son, Pisistratus, is offered the position of secr…
Trusty John
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Andrew Lang
In The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was f…
2 John 1
Read by Ron Altman
American Standard Version
In Holy Bible (ASV), Complete
What can be said? It's the ASV Bible, copyrighted 1901 by Thomas Nelson & Sons. I have previously recorded the New Living Translation …
Epilogue
Read by Cbteddy
John Buchan
In John MacNab
Sir Edward Leithen and his friends Lord Lamancha, Palliser-Yeates, and Archie Roylance are bored of life. After Leithen's doctor recommends …
Enter Mitchell
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Henry Lawson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 008
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
12 - Uncle John Gets Acquainted
Read by Laura Caldwell
L. Frank Baum
In Aunt Jane's Nieces
Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…
Psalm 50 (4 versions)
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Isaac Watts
In Psalms of David
Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…
Homeward Bound
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Henry van Dyke
In The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Pape…
In the Old John House
Read by Rachel
Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Emily Climbs, Version 3
Teenage orphan Emily Starr of New Moon has always wanted to be a great writer. But her old-fashioned aunt, who has never liked Emily’s writi…
The Outlaw
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Charles Badger Clark
In Short Poetry Collection 159
This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2016.
19 – Pleasant Praise
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Benny Badger
"Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worlds, weaving natural history into the stories in a way that won ed…
09 - Unexpected News
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
In The Tale of Betsy Butterfly
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was the author of more than forty children's books. "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal,…