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Beacon Lights of History
Volume Two of the series, this book focuses on the leaders of the Jewish faith from Abraham to Saint Paul. Summary by KHand
Andrew's proposal
In Doxie Dent
Following the short story collections, Clog Shop Chronicles and Beckside Lights, John Ackworth completed the adventures of clogger Jabez Cle…
Selected Verses from the Gospel According to Matthew
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2014
This year's Christmas collection of short stories and non-fiction, a play, poems, and bible readings features readings in English, Bulgarian…
The Falcon and the Raven
In The Fables of Pilpay
These moralistic stories within stories date back to the Sanskrit text Panchatantra (200 BC – 300 AD). They were first translated into Arabi…
Christ Triumphant
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this collection of fifteen short nonfiction works. Curated by LibriVox Volunteers, these es…
Walton's Book of Lives: From 'Ecclesiastical Sonnets,' Part III by William Wordsworth
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 7: Descriptive and Narrative (Part 1)
The seventh of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, con…
Sir Philip Sidney
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Memoirs of Jacob Ritter (1757-1841)
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 097
"One does not care to walk over a rug or carpet that displays a scene in perspective, neither does one wish to gaze into a landscape wr…
Anecdote of the Jar …
In Harmonium
This is the first edition of Stevens's first book, with poetry written between 1914 and 1923. A later edition was printed with the inclusion…
Luke 2:1-20
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2025
As we approach Christmas 2025, we invite you to join us in some heart-warming tales and uplifting stories, nonfiction, and poetry. We wish y…
The Gospel of Luke 1:26-56 and 2:1-20
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2009
Librivox volunteers from around the world bring you Christmas stories, carols and poems in English, German, Hungarian, Latin, Portuguese, Ru…
Read, And You Will Know
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
18 - As Told by the Rabbi
In Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
Part Three
In Far Above Rubies
Proverbs 31:10-11 says, "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust i…
The Pleasures of Reading
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 03
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
David and Goliath
In The Beacon Second Reader
In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…
04 - Out of Nazareth
In Waifs and Strays
These 12 O. Henry stories all deal with waifs and strays in one way or another; people who have somehow become adrift in the current of life…
Julius Cæsar
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold (version 2)
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a captivating collection that brings together a variety of tales from history, folklore, and…
Luke 2:1-20
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2008
The multilingual Christmas Short Works Collection 2008, containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, hymns, and scripture passages…
Arabah
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton