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A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
Read by TriciaG
Mark Twain
In The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)
Benediction
Read by mb
F. Scott Fitzgerald
In Flappers and Philosophers
Flappers and Philosophers was the first collection of short stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It includes eight sto…
11-Uncle Josh's Comments on the Signs Seen in New York
Read by Philip Martin
Cal Stewart
In Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories
A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)
Markson's House
Read by David Wales
John Habberton
In Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pathetic And Humorous
These 37 short stories were authored by John Habberton (1842–1921), an American writer. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and dr…
Society as I Have Found It
Read by John Greenman
Ward Mcallister
Mark Twain illustrator Dan Beard recalled discussing McAllister’s book with Twain. “It was before Webster & Company failed that Ward McA…
Books and Reading
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Noah Porter
[The author] hopes that the effect of these discussions may lead to more comprehensive and elevated estimates of authors and of literature o…
Reading a Letter
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
In New Poems
This is an exceptional collection of superb and introspectively distinct poems from the pen of master author D. H. Lawrence. Never failing t…
Markheim
Read by Larry Greene
Robert Louis Stevenson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 059
LibriVox readers bring you 20 short stories including lesser known works by Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson and Edgar Allan Poe, an ear…
23. Blind Bartimeus
Read by Michele Fry
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In Voices Of The Night - And Other Poems
Longfellow's first collection of early poems, published in 1895, with a short biography by the editor, a chronological list of his works, pl…
Patterns
Read by Little Tee
Amy Lowell
In Men, Women and Ghosts
This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin
The Scribe
Read by Anthony Will
Walter De La Mare
In Motley, and Other Poems
From English poet Walter De la Mare comes an early collection of poems reflecting on loss, mortality, and universal questions. - Summary by …
The Finding Of Zach
Read by KirksVoice
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…
The Yellow Sign
Read by Eva Staes
Robert W. Chambers
In The King in Yellow (Version 2)
A collection of stories that inspired the works of many writers such as HP Lovecraft, "The King in Yellow" revolves around the pla…
The Blind Harper
Read by Alan Mapstone
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 1: Lyrics and Old World Idylls
A collection of poems by Madison Cawein. It has been said that his vocation to poetry was irresistible. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Signs Of The Times
Read by Adrian Stephens
Lady Jane Francesca Wilde
In Poems
Jane Wilde, the mother of Oscar Wilde, was an Irish poet who wrote under the pen name Speranza. She was politically active as an Irish natio…
The Given Case Chapters I - III
Read by Mark Leder
Henry James
In The Soft Side
Lauded author Henry James, best known for his seminal and highly influential novella The Turn of the Screw and his highly literate trans-con…
In Examination
Read by Graham Redman
Rupert Brooke
In The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke
Rupert Chawner Brooke was an English poet known for his idealistic War Sonnets written during the First World War (especially The Soldier), …
"No Use in Signs"
Read by Jim Locke
James Ephraim Mcgirt
In For Your Sweet Sake
This work is a collection of lyric poems - Summary by Jim Locke
The Bobolink
Read by Scott Bennett
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…