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Quest of the Golden Ape
Read by Mark Nelson
Randall Garrett and Stephen Marlowe
How could this man awaken with no past—no childhood—no recollection except of a vague world of terror from which his mother cried out for ve…
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
Read by Arnold
Anthony Trollope
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business…
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
Books Fatal to Their Authors
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Peter Hempson Ditchfield
This is a collection of stories of authors who have lost their fortunes and sometimes their lives after writing a book. The liberty of a per…
An American Robinson Crusoe
Read by Allyson Hester
Samuel B. Allison
An American Robinson Crusoe is a short version of the original story. An indolent, rebellious teen goes on a marine voyage against his paren…
Africa, O Africa
Read by Louise Robinson Chapman
Louise Robinson Chapman
This is the story of Louise Robinson Chapman, a missionary in Africa. From 1920 until 1940 she ministered to the dark continent, coming to t…
Winning His Game
Read by Howard Skyman
Ralph Henry Barbour
Dudley Baker is new to Grafton School. Like many rookie students he finds himself feeling out of place amongst the strange new faces he enco…
Opening a Chestnut Burr
Read by LikeManyWaters
Edward P. Roe
Walter Gregory is a gentleman whose health is broken down by the stress of Wall Street and the consequences of his fast lifestyle. Disillusi…
Lotgevallen van Robinson Crusoë
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoë weet 27 jaren, 2 maanden en 20 dagen te overleven op een onbewoond eiland, met een papagaai, een regenscherm en een gro…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 039
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Various
Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include literary figures--Alice Mangold Di…
The Tale of Major Monkey
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books.Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worl…
Watchbird
Read by Phil Chenevert
Robert Sheckley
3 Robert Sheckley short stories that demonstrate the breadth of his fantastic imagination. In Watchbird, the question "can machines so…
The Human Machine
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Bennett
Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. A…
Through the Looking-Glass (version 2)
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Lewis Carroll
The sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” finds Alice back in Wonderland and a piece in a surreal chess game. This weird and wonderfu…
The Delafield Affair
Read by Bill Boerst
Florence Finch Kelly
New Mexico's hot, dry winds are taking their toll: cattle suffer long treks to get food and water. But it is not just a hard time for them. …
Robinson Crusoe's Story
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Charles Edward Carryl
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of Robinson Crusoe's Story by Charles Edward Carryl, published in "Modern America…
The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1664
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
Pepys continues to live life to the hilt, juggling extra-marital shenanigans with a complicated homelife, difficulties with staff, power str…
A Brief History of English and American Literature
Read by Kalynda
Henry A. Beers
Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bi…
In the Heart of Africa
Read by Steven Seitel
Samuel White Baker
A wonderfully readable condensation of two of Baker's earlier, longer works recounting his self-sponsored expeditions into the Dark Continen…
The Hunting of the Snark
Read by Robert Garrison
Lewis Carroll
This is a whimsical poem that takes the reader on a sailing hunt for the mythical Snark. The Bellman, the Butcher, the Baker, the Beaver and…