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Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
Morning on the Lievre
Read by BettyB
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
A Parable
Read by Amanda Vickery
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Songs of Action
This is a collection of poems by Arthur Conan Doyle centering around the theme of war, action and adventure. - Summary by Carolin
Soaked In Seaweed and 7 other nonsense novels
Read by Phil Chenevert
Stephen Leacock
8 great spoofs of 'types' of fiction by the premier Canadian humorist Leacock, taken from his book Nonsense Novels. The title of each parody…
"Belgium," Lester B. Granger
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
In The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
Chapter 06 - First Aid for Looney Biddle
Read by asterix
P. G. Wodehouse
In Wodehouse in the Strand - Short Story Collection
This is a collection of P.G. Wodehouse's short stories published in The Strand from 1918 to 1922. (kirk202) Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehous…
Rondeau Redoublé
Read by Tomas Peter
Dorothy Parker
In Enough Rope
A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…
The Silly Jelly-Fish
Read by Pam Splitt
Basil Hall Chamberlain
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 041
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 041: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The Oubliette
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Ellis Parker Butler
In Short Mystery Story Collection 007
Librivox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 007: a collection of 16 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of …
65. Revealing
Read by Kathleen Moore
Gilbert Parker
In A Lover's Diary
A collection of 83 rather besotted love sonnets by Gilbert Parker, written early in his career, with an accompanying interesting and someone…
The Good-Morrow by John Donne
Read by Paula Messina
John Donne
In Dreams Collection 3 - Stories and Poems
This is a collection of 20 stories and/or poems, contributed by LibriVox volunteers, pertaining to dreams. - Summary by Michele Fry
When "Wifey" Reads Dope
Read by EliseDee
Grantland Rice
In Baseball Ballads
Grantland Rice, was a sports journalist with several newspapers, although his Sportlights column, in the New York Tribune was what brought h…
Pink and Scarlet
Read by Bridget Gaige
Susan Coolidge
In Not Quite Eighteen
Not Quite Eighteen is a delightful collection of children’s stories that range from moral to whimsical. From unfinished fairy tales and dayd…
Doxology (6 versions)
Read by Jael Baldwin
Isaac Watts
In Psalms of David
Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…
07 - He Made This Screen
Read by Oscar Goff
Marianne Moore
In Poems of Marianne Moore
In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore…
The Gift Bearer
Read by Bellona Times
Charles L Fontenay and Charles L. Fontenay
In Short Science Fiction Collection 016
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Day 2, Conclusion
Read by miette
Giovanni Boccaccio
In The Decameron
The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and…
Barter
Read by Bellona Times
Sara Teasdale
In 30 American Poems
This is a sequel of sorts to 37 American Poems, one of my first solos. Concentration here is on late 19th to early 20th Century works by US …
Get Ready the Wreaths. By Fannie Hurst Part 1
Read by Doreen Marcotte
Various
In The Best Short Stories of 1917
I deny that the American short story is at a low ebb, and I offer the present volume as a revelation of the best that is now being done in t…
The Name
Read by Ken Masters
Julia Caroline Dorr
In Earlier Poems
This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin