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Sir Philip Sidney
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…
NEXT TO READING MATTER
Read by Scott Foster
O. Henry
In Roads of Destiny
This is another collection of O. Henry short stories. - Summary by Sid
February
Read by Bill Boerst
Page Andrews and Matthew Page Andrews
In The Dixie Book of Days
The author used a yearly calendar to focus on pieces written by Southern authors. Many of these writers are little known, having created for…
Edwin
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
Read by Peter Tucker
William Butler Yeats
In The Wild Swans at Coole (Version 2)
A collection of poems from the mid-career of this renowned Irish poet, the title poem referring to the estate of his friend and mentor, Lady…
Dusk
Read by Andrew Coleman
Saki
In Beasts and Super-Beasts
Saki (December 18, 1870 – November 14, 1916) was the pen name of British author Hector Hugh Munro. Saki's world contrasts the effete convent…
To You Who Read My Book
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
06 - Learning to Read
Read by Sibella Denton
William James Mcglothlin
In Tiny Story Book
Short and sweet stories for children. (Summary by Dr. Heather A. D. Mbaye)
About the Author
Read by Larry Wilson
Robert W. Service
In Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. Hi…
Bramley Maying
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…
The Greenwood Tree
Read by Rosalind Walsh
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…
The Miniature - Read by EBL
Read by Erin B. Lillis
George Pope Morris
In The Miniature
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
To the Reader
Read by Andy Glover
Mary Elizabeth Brown
In Dedications
Dedications is an anthology of the forms used from the earliest days of book-making to the present time. My purpose in the following antholo…
Chapter XV
Read by Sibella Denton
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and Meriwether Lewis
In The Journal of Lewis and Clarke (1840)
"The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocea…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Epilogue to Asolando
Read by April Gonzales
Robert Browning
In Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection
For this collection, LibriVox volunteers made their own selections from Robert Browning's poetry and prose to celebrate the 200th anniversar…
Prologue
Read by Ben Adams
Sherwood Anderson
In The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions from American Life In Tales and Poems
“The Triumph of the Egg” is a collection of stories and poems by Sherwood Anderson. Abandoning the interconnected quality of his more famous…
Prologue
Read by Larry Wilson
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…
26 - OLD NORTH WIND
Read by April Gonzales
Abbie Phillips Walker
In Sandman's Goodnight Stories
Have you every read a bed time story to a child? Or had one read to you? Fun, isn't it? These 28 delightful, short, well written and whimsic…
The Novelette Reader
Read by Newgatenovelist
Tom Maguire
In Machine-Room Chants
Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…