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Lessons in the Shanghai Dialect

Read by Xiaoyan Arrowsmith


Francis Lister Hawks Pott



A rare textbook on Shanghai dialect by Reverend F. L. H. Pott, an American missionary and educator who lived in China for more than 50 years…

Sec 12 China

Read by Steven Seitel


Sven Hedin


In From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People

This book was first published in 1912. It is a simplified English translation of the author's Från pol till pol: genom Asien och Europ…

CHAPTER XIX. The Old One Yields

Read by cyndajm


Harold L. Goodwin


In The Flaming Mountain: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story

Join the adventure of teenage Rick Brant, and his friend Scotty as they tackle the impending eruption of the volcano El Viejo on the island …

Letter from China

Read by Peter James Froning


Peter James Froning



This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…

Confucius

Read by Chris Masterson


Lieh-Tzu (Tr. by Lionel Giles) and Liezi


In The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…

A CHINAMAN ON OXFORD

Read by Kate Follis


Maurice Baring


In Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches

In this urbane collection of short stories by Maurice Baring, characters ranging from legendary figures to schoolboys find themselves in ste…

Chapter XIX

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Thomas Hardy


In A Pair of Blue Eyes

The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen …

Millie Markham

Read by czandra


Various


In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

The Chinese Nightingale

Read by Tony Addison


Vachel Lindsay


In The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems

This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…

Chapter XXXII. The Chinese New Year

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Katharine Carl


In With the Empress Dowager of China

Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…

The Emperor's Tablets

Read by JamesPVMiller


H. A. Guerber


In The Story of the Romans

A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)

Coming Down from Chung-nan by Li Po

Read by Sonia


Juyi Bai 白居易, Shen Cen 岑參, Zi'ang Chen 陈子昂, Fu Du 杜甫, Bai Li 李白, Haoran Meng 孟浩然, Wei Qui 邱為, Quanqi Shen 沈佺期, Shu Sikong 司空曙, Changling Wang 王昌齡, Wei Wang 王維, Tingyun Wen 溫庭筠, Jiuling Zhang 張九齡, Ji Zhang 張籍 and Various, Translated Byw. J. B. Fletcher


In Gems of Chinese Verse

Translations of various Chinese poets' work. - Summary by KevinS

Denton (Cy) Young

Read by BriaHolmes


Grantland Rice


In Baseball Ballads

Grantland Rice, was a sports journalist with several newspapers, although his Sportlights column, in the New York Tribune was what brought h…

A Chinese Critic

Read by SK


George William Curtis


In From the Easy Chair Vol. 1

George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican p…

Told in China, by Elizabeth Flint Wade

Read by LaurieB


Various


In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 01 October 1897

The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…

Some Fiction; The Baffled Asian

Read by April6090


Ambrose Bierce


In The Fiend's Delight

This book, the fiend’s delight, was published in 1873, during the lifetime of author Ambrose Bierce, 1842-1914, pseudonym Dod Grile.It is a …

The North Wind

Read by Cavaet


Bai Li 李白


In Short Poetry Collection 266

This is a collection of 53 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during July 2025.

Chapter 18

Read by Michele Eaton


Julian Corbett


In For God And Gold

Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent navy historian and geologist. This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the person…

Translation

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


In Hours of Idleness

Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…