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03 - Celebrities
In In a North Country Village
M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell fami…
Andrew's proposal
In Doxie Dent
Following the short story collections, Clog Shop Chronicles and Beckside Lights, John Ackworth completed the adventures of clogger Jabez Cle…
The Outcast
In Visible and Invisible
The second collection of short stories from the pen of E.F. Benson. Found within are stories with a touch of the authors penchant for melodr…
The Benson Murder Case
New York dilettante Philo Vance decides to assist the police in investigating the death of another man-about-town because he finds the psych…
A Dream
In Prose Romances from the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine (1856)
William Morris initiated the genre of high fantasy in a number of short novels written toward the end of his life. But he had already experi…
From Four Easter Letters by Anon.
In The Evergreen, A Northern Seasonal. Spring 1895
The Evergreen was a short lived seasonal magazine, edited by William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) and published by Patrick Geddes, which proposed a…
The Benson Murder Case
The original text of this recording is in the Public Domain in countries where copyright expires 70 years or less after the author’s death, …
A Farewell by E. C. S.
In Athenaeum Souvenir
The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection …
Miscellaneous poems, continued
In Songs for the Millions, and other poems
Born in Manchester, and a bookbinder by trade, Benjamin Stott was an active trade unionist and member of the Chartist movement. Songs of the…
The Child of the Dawn
Ready to explore the depths of the human mind and soul? This book explores the themes of morality, spirituality, and the search for meaning …
The Poet
In Poems by Charles Harpur
Charles Harpur was arguably the first major Australia-born poet, best known for Australia-themed poems such as 'The Kangaroo Hunt' and the '…
Introduction & The Student
In Beckside Lights
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
Prologue
In A Mirror Of Shalott
Fourteen stories of the strange by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of stori…
Warrington Ale
In Ancient Songs and Ballads of Lancashire
Traditional songs and ballads from Lancashire in the north-west of England from the opening section of John Harland's collection, Ballads an…
The Watcher
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.
The Novels by Hugh Walpole
In The Blue Review, Number 2
The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…
Liverpool
In Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
11 - A diplomatic reverse
In Clog Shop Chronicles
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
Epilogue
In Coniston Tales
A selection of poems and short prose pieces grounded in the landscape, history and legends of Coniston in the English Lake District. W. G. C…
The Watcher
In Short Story Collection Vol. 108
It's time to enjoy our 108th Librivox Short Story Collection. All stories have been selected by the readers and include gems by O. Henry, Le…