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Jane Lee
Read by Mari Patterson
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
13 - A Letter Home
Read by Martin Clifton
Arnold Bennett
In Tales of the Five Towns
This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of t…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
The Nineteenth Hat
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
From a Letter
Read by Jacquelyn Bengfort
Clark Ashton Smith
In Ebony and Crystal
As stated in L'Alouette: A Magazine of Verse, "Ebony and Crystal is an artist's intrepid repudiation of the world of trolleys and cash-…
05 - Chapter V The Mission of Jane
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Edith Wharton
In The Descent of Man and Other Stories
This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtshi…
Sir Walter Raleigh
Read by Laura Caldwell
James Baldwin
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…
To Lady Jane
Read by Nancee Cline
Vachel Lindsay
In The Chinese Nightingale and Other Poems
This is a collection of poems on various topics by Vachel Lindsay.Please note that the Booker T. Washington trilogy had to be omitted from t…
Laura's Lesson
Read by Elsie Selwyn
Amanda Minnie Douglas
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 052
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 052: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Fragment
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Anne Brontë
In Complete Poems
Anne Brontë was the youngest of the three famous literary sisters and is best known for her novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. She wrot…
During Dinner
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In Elsie And The Child; A Tale Of Riceyman Steps And Other Stories
Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular wi…
The Jilting of Jane
Read by Peter Yearsley
H. G. Wells
In The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
Preface
Read by Melissa Jane
Emily Beesly
In Stories from the History of Rome
Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…
A Leaf From Life's Notebook
Read by Dale Grothmann
Lillian Bennett-Thompson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 097
We return with the 97th Librivox Short Story Collection, with twenty chosen and recorded by Librivox volunteers. This collection features s…
Our Village
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
In Our Village, Volume 1
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
Chloe
Read by Christie Crews
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…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Hon. Henry Bennett
Read by Heather Lambert
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
The Letters
Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems
A collection of poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, his first book of poetry after having become poet laureate in 1850. Among the "other po…
A Pause of Thought
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Christina Rossetti
In Goblin Market and Other Poems
Goblin Market and Other Poems (1862) is British writer Christina Rossetti's first book of poetry. The title poem is her most famous work: a …