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Childhood – Chapters 3, 4, and 5
Read by Kristin LeMoine
L. Frank Baum
In The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …
Chapter V, Part 2
Read by Kristin LeMoine
Thomas Babington Macaulay
In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)
This chapter of Macaulay’s History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to su…
Chair Cover 11 - Leaf Pattern
Read by Kristin LeMoine
Cornelia Mee
In Exercises in Knitting
Mrs. Mee, her husband, and her sister ran a yarn and needlework import/warehouse business in Bath, England. Her books primarily contain prac…
The Golden Fish
Read by Kristin LeMoine
William Patten
In The Junior Classics Volume 1: Fairy and Wonder Tales
The purpose of The Junior Classics is to provide, in ten volumes containing about five thousand pages, a classified collection of tales, sto…
Lemoine
Read by Larry Wilson
Marietta Holley
In Poems
This is a collection of poems by Marietta Holley, better known as Josiah Allen's Wife. - Summary by Carolin
Eugenia Todd
Read by Kristin LeMoine
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
42 - The Leper
Read by Marea Brook
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
Chapter XXXII. Conclusion
Read by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
Hope Mirrlees
In Lud-in-the-Mist
Nathaniel Chanticleer, staid and respectable mayor of Lud-in-the-Mist, wants nothing more than to preserve the traditions of his city and th…
The Next Morning
Read by Devorah Allen
Johanna Spyri
In Little Miss Grasshopper
The Feland family go on a holiday in Switzerland. While there, their impulsive younger daughter gets into a scrape that teaches the whole fa…
Version 08
Read by Kristin LeMoine
William Butler Yeats
In Where My Books Go
LibriVox volunteers bring you thirteen different readings of the short poem Where My Books Go by William Butler Yeats, a weekly poetry proje…
L’Envoi
Read by Maddie Ruth
Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather
In April Twilights and Other Poems
A selection of thirty-six poems by American writer Willa Cather. (summary by mleigh)
Fun
Read by Kristin G.
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 02, Nov. 11, 1879
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Polite
Read by Kristin G.
Unknown
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 1
Volume 1 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
Mary Lemaine
Read by Ellies
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular and Humorous
This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin
Hiram’s Bedesmen
Read by Kristin LeMoine
Anthony Trollope
In The Warden
Amongst the great popular novelists of the nineteenth century who are still read today, Anthony Trollope stands alongside his contemporary, …
The Cupboard of the Yesterdays
Read by Kristin G.
Saki
In The Toys of Peace
This is the fifth collection of short stories by Saki (H.H. Munro), and was published posthumously in 1923. Even so, many of the stories are…
To Iris
Read by Jacquelyn Bengfort
E. Nesbit
In The Rainbow and the Rose
A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
Drugged Esquimo
Read by Kristine Bekere
Zachariah Atwell Mudge and Zachariah Atwell Mudge
In North-Pole Voyages
For more than three hundred years an intense desire has been felt by explorers to discover and reveal to the world the secrets of the immed…
11- Little Marie of Lehon
Read by Angel5
Louisa May Alcott
In Aunt Jo's Scrapbag
A collection of short stories by Louisa May Alcott that were written with the intent to entertain the whole family and to fill children's he…
Chapter XXVII - Conversation with Mrs. Van Brandt
Read by Miyune
Wilkie Collins
In The Two Destinies
Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesies. Destiny at first doesn't se…