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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

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