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A Letter on Pear Tree Blight
Read by Melanie T
Jared Potter Kirtland
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 053
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include History--Jocelyn de Brakelond's 13th…
Chapter XIII
Read by Phil Chenevert
E. E. “Doc” Smith
In The Skylark of Valeron
The Skylark of Valeron is the third volume in the classic Skylark trilogy by E.E. ‘Doc’ Smith. DuQuesne has survived to become Master of t…
The Friend
Read by David Wales
Cyrus Townsend Brady
In And Thus He Came
These short stories, perhaps we might call them modern parables, are not the usual fare of warm and fuzzy Christmas stories (pleasing as tho…
Open All Night and Other Tales
Read by David Collins-Rivera
David Collins-Rivera
A teenage girl with a choice to make; a stand-up comic running from his past; a woman giving birth while her world is torn to pieces. Space …
Introduction & The Student
Read by Phil Benson
John Ackworth
In Beckside Lights
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
The R.M.
Read by David Wales
Unknown
In Tales Of The Royal Irish Constabulary
The Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC, simply called the Irish Constabulary 1836–67) was the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland…
Chapter 2
Read by Phil Benson
Arnold Bennett
In The Old Adam
Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…
November
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Pepys
In The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1665
Pepys' diary continues with his trademark engaging frankness, as he jockeys for favour, criticises his colleagues on the Navy Board for thei…
Letter XV
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Richardson
In Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 5
Volume 5 continues the story in epistolary form of the despoliation of Clarissa, as all the forces of society and the personal nefariousness…
Forest and Field
Read by Phil Schempf
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…
SMITH
Read by Eric Metzler
O. Henry
In Cabbages and Kings
This work is O. Henry's first published volume and is considered to be his only novel. The plot is composed of several short stories, which …
December
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Lewis V. F. Randolph
In Survivals
The unique poetry of Lewis V.F. Randolph is brilliantly brought to life in this wide-ranging collection of some of his best work. A business…
Beginning The New Year
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
Which is Best
Read by Sonrisa Jones
Howard Pyle
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 053
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 053: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Chapter 17
Read by Phil Chenevert
E. E. “Doc” Smith
In Gray Lensman
Kimball Kinnison becomes a Gray Lensman. This name comes from the simple gray leathers these superior lensmen wear that has no insignia of…
Part 4
Read by Phil Chenevert
Gerald Vance
In Equation of Doom
A world weary space pilot on the lam from earth for crimes unspecified; the most beautiful (earthly) tri-D woman in the universe who is dete…
01 - The Forest
Read by Sheldon Greaves
Ben Jonson
In The Forest
The Forest is a short collection of Ben Jonson's poetry. This collection of fifteen poems first appeared in the 1616 first folio of his coll…
Chapter V
Read by Mayah
Kate Sanborn
In The Wit of Women
It is refreshing to find an unworked field all ready for harvesting.While the wit of men, as a subject for admiration and discussion, is now…
03 - Celebrities
Read by Phil Benson
M. E. Francis
In In a North Country Village
M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell fami…
He Also Serves
Read by Aaron Walsh
O. Henry
In Options
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…