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Chapter 1: Topographical
Read by Alisson Veldhuis
H. G. Wells
In A Modern Utopia
H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the …
Part 04
Read by Expatriate
Conrad Aiken
In The House of Dust: A Symphony
The House of Dust is a poem written in the four-movement format of a classical symphony. Hauntingly beautiful despite its bleak post-World …
The Boarded Window
Read by Alisson Veldhuis
Ambrose Bierce
In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 026
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Alibi Ike
Read by Ryan Lohner
Ring Lardner
In Short Story Collection Vol. 098
This is the 98th edition of Librivox Short Stories. Each story is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. The french author Guy de Maupas…
Harsk, Harsk
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Carl Sandburg
In Slabs of the Sunburnt West
Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard
Ilya Meets with Svyatogor and Parts with Him
Read by Lynne T
Richard Wilson
In The Russian Storybook
Reverend Richard Wilson went to the heart of Russia to find stories from the eastern outposts of Christianity, untouched by the renaissance …
Het dunne alibi
Andre du Bois
Het dunne alibi-Hoorspel Deel 1 Detective waarin inspecteur Versteeg de moord op financieel deskundige en kredietverstrekker Reinders onderz…
Vertue
Read by KevinS
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…
Hartmut Captures Gudrun
Read by Steven Fellows
Ferdinand Schmidt
In Gudrun
The charming story of “Gudrun” is a romance of the old heroic period, written by some unknown poet of Austria or Bavaria in the thirteenth c…
Idyll
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Siegfried Sassoon
In Selected Poems
Siegfried Sassoon, best known for his outspoken opinions on the futility of war, is portrayed in these poems as an observer, an observer of …
Picture-Show
Read by KevinS
Siegfried Sassoon
In Picture-Show
One of Sassoon's earlier collections of poems. This book is particularly interesting as Sassoon begins a transition toward poetry unrelated …
Even Schuilen
A Burke
Even schuilen Martin Croner heeft zojuist afscheid genomen als inspecteur bij Scotland Yard. Op weg naar huis wordt hij overvallen door een …
The Fellowship of Books
Read by Krista Zaleski
Edgar A. Guest
In When Day is Done
Edgar A. Guest is sometimes known as the "people's poet," noted for his homespun verses of everyday American life and traditional …
Elegy
Read by iloveyu
D. H. Lawrence
In Amores: Poems
Amores is one of D. H. Lawrence's earliest works of poetry, published in 1916, was a precursor to his delving in free verse in later collect…
Laus Veneris
Read by Kazbek
Algernon Charles Swinburne
In Poems and Ballads (First Series)
Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems …
The Snayl
Read by Alan Mapstone
Richard Lovelace
In Lucasta
"Lucasta" is of Latin origin meaning "Pure Light". Besides the dedication of the first poem to his wife, Anne Lovelace, …
Het Dunne Alibi [Dutch]
Het Dunne Alibi [Dutch] The Thin Alibi Three episodes From Sunday, February 19, 1961 Part 1: A telephone alarm Part 2: An Incredible A…
Valenciennes
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