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Read by De Anna Lee
W. H. Fawcett
In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 18, March, 1921
"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…
Chapter IX
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
Her Mouth
Read by ChadH94
Rainer Maria Rilke
In Short Poetry Collection 196
This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019.
Zwei Könige
Read by Katharina21
Matthias McDonnell Bodkin
In Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 056
Diese Sammlung umfasst 10 deutschsprachige Prosa-Texte verschiedener Genres. - Summary by schrm
Courtesy
Read by Erin Stone
Hilaire Belloc
In Verses
A collection of poetry by Hilaire Belloc ranging from religious verses to drinking songs. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Pictures
Read by Stephanie Kydd
Katherine Mansfield
In Movies and Hollywood Short Story Collection, Volume 1
Fiction about (or involving) motion pictures started appearing in the late nineteenth-century, when writers first became aware of early kine…
Work
Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020)
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…
"Katherine Spelled with a K"
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
In What They Couldn't: A Home Story
The Cameron family tries to keep up in society despite their more limited finances, by "making a dollar look to [their] friends as thou…
Königs Geburtstag
Read by Yessy
Fritz Mauthner
In Aus dem Märchenbuch der Wahrheit
Sammlung meist sehr tiefsinniger bzw hintergründiger Kurzgeschichten, oft mit philosphischem oder sozialem Gehalt und Bezug zu mancher …
Chapter XV
Read by KimberlyB
Katherine Keene Galt
In The Girl Scouts Rally
The continuation of the story of Rosanna, a spirited young girl, and her friends who are determined to help a less fortunate girl in need of…
Chapter 27 – A Lemon
Read by Kirsten Wever
P. G. Wodehouse
In The Prince and Betty (version 2)
The story moves from a royal palace in Europe to a squalid tenement in New York. The European action centers on the efforts of an uncouth mi…
Chapter LIV
Read by Nancy Gorgen
Anna Katharine Green
In The Step on the Stair
Green's last published detective novel, The Step on the Stair is typical of her earlier mysteries. Quenton is in love with Orpha, and thinks…
Part 2
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Anna Katharine Green
In The Thief
At a dinner party, a valuable coin is lost while being passed around among the guests to look at. One of the gentlemen insists to empty his …
Kilo
Read by DaleBarkley
Ellis Parker Butler
In Kilo: Being the Love Story of Eliph' Hewlitt, Book Agent
Traveling salesman Eliph' Hewlitt finds the love of his life in Kilo, Iowa and decides to settle down there. - Summary by Dale Barkley
'Pop'
Read by Kate Follis
Alice Hegan Rice
In Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories
This is a volume of very cute short stories. Miss Mink for instance invites a lonely soldier to her place for dinner and realises that with …
Marie (Beschluß)
Read by Yessy
Sophie Friederike Mereau
In Marie
Der Roman „Marie“ wurde 1798 von Sophie Friederike Mereau (* 27. März 1770 in Altenburg; † 31. Oktober 1806 in Heidelberg), Wiederverhe…
The Mouse Nibbles at the Net
Read by Jenn Broda
Anna Katharine Green
In The Woman in the Alcove (Version 2)
Rita Van Arsdale falls in love and is proposed to by the gentleman Mr. Durand during a fancy high society party. She has landed the man of h…
Der Schäferssohn und die zauberische Königstochter
Read by Katharina21
Johann Wilhelm Wolf
In Deutsche Hausmärchen
Johann Wilhelm Wolf war Germanist und Schriftsteller, sein Schwager Wilhelm von Ploennies war Leutnant, Militärschriftsteller und Ü…
Kona Storm
Read by Newgatenovelist
Genevieve Taggard
In Hawaiian Hilltop
Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1923 and deals with topics such as pe…