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MRS. BARTON'S SURPRISE
Read by Ed Humpal
Horatio Alger, Jr.
In Helping Himself; or Grant Thornton's Ambition (version 2)
“wish we were not so terribly poor, Grant," said Mrs. Thornton, in a discouraged tone. "Is there anything new that makes you say s…
Chapter 1 Found in the Attic
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Rae
In New Adventures of Alice (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book,…
Chapter 15
Read by Andy Harrington
Ray Cummings
In Wandl the Invader (version 2)
There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began…
A Channel Passage
Read by David Wales
Rupert Brooke
In Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic Selection
Seventeen poems about the sea or in which the sea plays an important role. - Summary by david wales
Conclusion from Life and Letters of Robert Browning
Read by Martin Geeson
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
In Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection
For this collection, LibriVox volunteers made their own selections from Robert Browning's poetry and prose to celebrate the 200th anniversar…
Ch 1 Sec 4
Read by Kurt
John Steinbeck
In Cup of Gold
Steinbeck's first novel, a historical fiction account of Henry (Captain) Morgan. The title comes from his sacking of Panama City which was …
Part 1
Read by Gesine
Jane Austen
In The Watsons
This fragment of a novel was written by Jane Austen in 1804 and remained untitled and unpublished until her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh…
Chapter 12
Read by Kerry Adams
Edward Healy Thompson
In The Life and Glories of St. Joseph
A wonderful work on the life of St. Joseph, the true husband of the Virgin Mary, and foster-father of Jesus Christ. - Summary by Mozartjr
CHAPTER 5. MRS. WALKER'S OPINION
Read by Courtney Miller
Fergus Hume
In The Amethyst Cross
Things look bleak for Lesbia Hales. Her father does not let her marry the man she loves. Her mother is dead. She has to keep secrets in orde…
XVII. Letty's Tramp, Chapter 2
Read by Erin Harkey
Louisa May Alcott
In Silver Pitchers: and Independence, A Centennial Love Story
Here are 9 engaging short stories from Louisa May Alcott (of Little Women fame), all period pieces, some of them somewhat autobiographical, …
That Bell!
Read by Donald Cummings
Horatio Alger, Jr.
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 026
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 026: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Chapter V - The Reporter of "The Item"
Read by Grant Hurlock
Gelett Burgess and Frank Gelett Burgess
In Find the Woman
Who was Belle Charmion? If you really care to know, as John Fenton did, you must go with him on his quest, hither and yon over New York, int…
The Familie
Read by Sheridan Alistair
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
June
Read by Kaye Burke
Palmer Cox
In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture
Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…
CHAPTER V. Tomty
Read by Marcus Locke
Laura E. Howe Richards
In Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon
There are five of these children, and I call them my Five Mice; and the queer house that they live in I call the Mouse-trap. They are such f…
A Channel Passage
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …
By Way of a Preface
Read by Adrian Stephens
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Book 2, Chapter 4, George Eliot's Maggie Tulliver and Hetty Sorrel
Read by Jim Locke
William Dean Howells
In Heroines of Fiction
This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…
Her Choice
Read by Thomhand
O. Henry
In O. Henry Encore
These 45 early stories, sketches and poems by the famed O. Henry, nearly all published under the pseudonym of the "Post Man", were…
What Was It?, by Fitz-James O'Brien - Part I
Read by PhyllisV
Thomas Hardy
In Great Ghost Stories
A great collection of 12 classic stories about ghosts and the supernatural. Included are stories by Thomas Hardy, Fitz-James O'Brien, and Ma…