Short non-fiction

Abraham Lincoln's Inaugural Addresses

Read by John Greenman


Abraham Lincoln


Lincoln's first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. Hi…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4

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Charles Dickens


2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…

The Night Side of New York

Read by Grant Hurlock


Various


This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3

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Charles Dickens


2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the third volume of this collection, which aimed to catalogue as many as possible o…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 011

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Various


A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, articles, speeches and reports included in this collection…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2

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Charles Dickens


This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…

LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had 'six' in the title - in any language. Th…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5

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Charles Dickens


2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poet…

The Columbian Orator

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Caleb Bingham


The Columbian Orator, a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues first published in 1797, was widely used in American schoolroom…

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

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Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…

Sammlung kurzer deutscher Prosa 004

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Various


Diese Sammlung umfasst verschiedene deutschsprachige Texte aller Genres, Fiktion, Non-Fiktion.Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzä…

Vida vertiginosa

Read by Leni


João Do Rio


Vida vertiginosa é uma coletânea de crônicas de João do Rio, autor conhecido por seus retratos da vida carioca na …

The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Read by Maria Kasper


Various


During the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906, newspaper reporters in the stricken city made a heroic effort to keep the public infor…

Mornings at Bow Street

Read by Chris Caron


John Wight


This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

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Various


What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …

LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2

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Various


What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …

Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs

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Various


This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3

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Various


What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …

The Rural Magazine and Literary Evening Fire-Side Vol 1 No 2

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Various


This is the second issue of a monthly agricultural magazine for the year 1820. From the introduction: "A leading object of the Rural Ma…

The Reader's Digest, Volume 1, Issue 1

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Various


Thirty one articles each month from leading magazines - Each article of enduring value and interest, in condensed and compact form.A most co…

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