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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
Read by Tadhg
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
Read by Inkell
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…