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Chapter 5 Part 5
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
In Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is on…
A SHREWD GUESS
Read by Yoganandh T
Nicholas Carter
In The Stolen Brain
A racy, pulpy dime detective novel featuring the famous New York detective, Nick Carter and his team, full of action and intrigue - Summary …
Gideon
Read by David Wales
Alexander Jessup (editor) and Wells Hastings
In The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omi…
04 Sharon's Choice
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
In The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories
This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises ei…
Chapter 29 - At Merle Park No. 1
Read by tabithat
Anthony Trollope
In Ayala's Angel
Lucy and Ayala Dormer are left penniless by the death of their parents. Ayala is taken in by their rich aunt Lady Tringle and Lucy by their …
Near Hastings
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Toru Dutt
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
David
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
In Sidney Martin's Christmas (and Other Stories)
Sixty-two short pieces, many/most of them originally published in The Pansy, a magazine for children. The topics are many and varied, but mo…
The Mysterious Destruction Of Mr. Ipple
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In Elsie And The Child; A Tale Of Riceyman Steps And Other Stories
Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular wi…
St. David of Wales
Read by Kerry Adams
G. K. Chesterton
In The Queen of the Seven Swords
A collection of poems by G.K. Chesterton, centered around the Blessed Virgin Mary. The title is in reference to the seven sorrows of Mary. “…
The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap
Read by Greg Elmensdorp
Lord Dunsany
In The Book of Wonder
"Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know:…
Mirrors
Read by S.A. Judasin
Clark Ashton Smith
In Ebony and Crystal
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-…
Rumours
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In White April
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…
Mr. Arabin Reads Himself in at St. Ewold's
Read by Nick Whitley
Anthony Trollope
In Barchester Towers (version 2)
Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…
On the Heath
Read by MaryAnn
David Whitelaw
In The Man with the Red Beard, A Story of Moscow and London
A journalist just back from a year covering the simmering, not-yet-revolution in Russia, a dissident (or is he a spy?) with a stolen gem, a …
Three Guesses by David Goodis
Read by Chris Pyle
David Goodis
In Short Story Collection Vol. 078
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. The ever-popular detective stories of Arthur Conan D…
Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin
Read by Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill
Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Sylph
Read by Larry Wilson
Francis Ledwidge
In The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet, served in an Irish battalion ("The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers") of the British Army during World W…
To the Morn
Read by Winston Tharp
Wallace Stevens
In The Collected Public Domain Poems of Wallace Stevens, Volume 2
A collection of Wallace Stevens poems written before 1923.These poems originally appeared in a variety of magazines (Others, Rogue, The Soil…
Snip Meets the Blanks
Read by Phil Chenevert
Ruth Plumly Thompson
In The Lost King of Oz
"Princess Ozma has ruled so wisely and happily in the wonderful Land of Oz for so long that most of us have forgotten the strange story…
Darwin 200
Read by Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman
Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman
University of Oxford Podcasts