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A Leaf from the Past

In Our Southern Highlanders

Read by Brize C


Horace Kephart


Our Southern Highlanders is a memoir of the Pennsylvania-born writer and librarian Horace Kephart, documenting his experiences and cultural …

The Man of Law's Tale

In The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

Read by Brize C


Geoffrey Chaucer


Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or Italian), Chaucer's magnum opus is a collection o…

Chapter XII - Drops From Cloudland

In Stories Of Balloon Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


In the following pages will be found brief narratives of some of the more famous incidents and exciting episodes which mark the history of b…

Part 3. Chapter 2

In Ladies Whose Bright Eyes: A Romance (1911 version)

Read by Brize C


Ford Madox Ford


After a train accident, one Mr. Sorrell finds himself transported back to the Middle Ages, where he is mistaken for a Greek slave who works …

Mr. Samuel Slick, from The Clock Maker by Thomas C. Haliburton

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17

Read by Brize C


Thomas Chandler Haliburton


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…

Spiritual Culture

In A Year's Prayer-Meeting Talks

Read by Steve C


Louis Albert Banks


This is a series of 52 talks, all of which were delivered by Rev. Banks in the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Cleveland, Ohio on a week…

Seventeen: August 22nd. On the Sacramento River.

In The Adventures of a Woman Hobo

Read by Brize C


Ethel Grace Lynn


Ethel and Dan Lynn wed in San Francisco in the immediate aftermath of the 1906 earthquake. The young couple soon moved to Chicago where she …

Fifth Sunday in Lent.—Christ Our Great High Priest. Hebrews 9, 11-15

In Epistle Sermons, Volume 2

Read by Brize C


Martin Luther


Sermons from Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost preached by the famous German reformer Martin Luther.All who retain the good old custom of the f…

The Centurion's Story

In Short Story Collection Vol. 107

Read by C. Rowley


David James Burrell


We are back with another diverse short story collection. All stories were selected and read by Librivox readers. This collection includes wo…

The Commerce of the Ancients with the East Indies Part 1

In Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce

Read by Steve C


James William Gilbart


"There are few in this room who have not attended [Gilbart's] excellent lectures on 'Ancient Commerce.' I feel what a train of agreeabl…

The Harlot's House - Read by BC

In The Harlot's House

Read by Brize C


Oscar Wilde


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Harlot's House by Oscar Wilde.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 9, 2024. …

The Story of Tremsin, the Bird Zhar, and Nastasia, the Lovely Maid of the Sea

In Cossack Fairy Tales

Read by C. Morey


Robert Nisbet Bain


This is a volume of fairy tales and folk tales from the Cossack people, compiled and translated by Robert Nisbet Bain. The tales are special…

TOM HICKATHRIFT

In More English Fairy Tales

Read by Steve C


Joseph Jacobs


"This volume will come, I fancy, as a surprise both to my brother folk-lorists and to the public in general. It might naturally have be…

Preface and Introduction

In The Bee-Master of Warrilow

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…

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