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Bill Watson's Idea

Read by Gerald Moe


Vance Barnum


In Joe Strong on the Trapeze; Or, The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer

Joe Strong was a favorite hero and could ride any horse, juggle most anything, and climb buildings, all with a steel reserve. He was the chi…

Chapter 37: Return to Lord Kew

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)


William Makepeace Thackeray


In The Newcomes

The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family was written in serial form in 1854- 1855 by the author of such works as Vanity Fair, The …

The Life of MARY ROBINSON, a Shoplift

Read by Tasfia T Ahmed


Arthur L. Hayward


In Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for…

This is the second volume in this collection of reports and newspaper stories regarding notorious criminals and their punishment, assembled …

A Ramble in Aphasia

Read by Warren Kati


O. Henry


In Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million

O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characte…

Part 4

Read by Elizabeth Klett


James Joyce


In The Dead (version 2)

This novella is the final story in Joyce's collection Dubliners. It describes a Christmas party given by Kate and Julia Morkan, two elderly …

A bachelor's letters

Read by KevinS


Walter Germain Robinson


In The Complete Bachelor

This volume was written by the author to help people with proper etiquette for certain social dilemma issues.i.e. male manners while being s…

The First Printer

Read by Emily Maynard


James Baldwin


In Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, the sequel to the popular Fifty Famous Stories Retold, retells the stories of legendary people and mythol…

Read, And You Will Know

Read by Jacqueline Burrell Walton


James Baldwin


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…

Epiphany

Read by Matthew D. Robinson


Madison Cawein


In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 3

This is Volume 3: Nature Poems of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It's arranged in four sectio…

Ch 14 In which Mr. Jebb and His Friend Robinson Owe Their Lives to Frank Morris

Read by Keith Salis


Frank Tousey


In Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 7: Winning His Way

The recent death of Frank Morris' father, Owner and Editor of the Green River Argus, has left his 18 year-old son, Frank to take up the chal…

The Lane

Read by Hannah Mary


George MacDonald


In Paul Faber, Surgeon

In this sequel to "Thomas Wingfold, Curate" we follow an athiest who prides himself on being better than the Christians he knows a…

A Visit from Francis Gordon

Read by Hannah Mary


George MacDonald


In Heather and Snow

Set in the barren lowlands of Scotland with a small cast of characters, both lives and landscape are vividly portrayed and masterfully inter…

A Leaf From the Past Part 1

Read by Lyndon Ashworth


Horace Kephart


In Our Southern Highlanders (Version 2)

"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart delves into the lives and landscapes of the Appalachian region, focusing particularly…

Kew Gardens

Read by Rachel May Ferriman


Virginia Woolf


In Coffee Break Collection 033 - Gardening

This is the 33rd Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read Public Domain stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction p…

Boston

Read by Laurie Banza


Edwin Arlington Robinson


In Short Poetry Collection 231

This is a collection of 38 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2022.

Prologue

Read by Simon Evers


Robert Keable


In Simon Called Peter

Peter, a conventional Anglican priest, becomes a padre in northern France during the First World War. He is posted to a hospital on the coas…

Robinson Crusoe

Read by Kurt


David Cory


In Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe

David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This is the one in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots fo the legend of Pus…

Pip, Pop, and Pepper

Read by Carrie Robinson


Anonymous


In Bed-Time Stories: A collection in verse and in prose

This book is a collection of short stories and poems for children to enjoy at bedtime. - Summary by SaraHale

Cornelia Robinson

Read by fshort


Various


In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume I, Alabama Narratives

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

I Observe

Read by Peter John Keeble


Charles Dickens


In David Copperfield (version 3)

David Copperfield, like all of Dickens' novels, is filled with many memorable characters (because they are hyperbolic representations of cha…

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