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15 - The Mutability of Literature
Read by Grant Hurlock
Washington Irving
In The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book fa…
Stille der Nacht
Read by Sebastian Scharnagl
Gottfried Keller
In Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 019
Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Nr. 7 Spleen übersetzt von Frtz Koegel (1860-1904)Nr. 8 Spleen übersetz…
12 - THE LOVE-PHILTRE OF IKEY SCHOENSTEIN
Read by rdmagpie
O. Henry
In The Four Million (Version 2)
The man with the surprise endings: that was O. Henry's trademark. This is the second published collection of short stories by O. Henry origi…
Dialogue
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…
29 - Reform Through Reading
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Heywood Broun
In Seeing Things at Night
This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
An Odd Character
Read by Phil Schempf
O. Henry
In O. Henry Encore
These 45 early stories, sketches and poems by the famed O. Henry, nearly all published under the pseudonym of the "Post Man", were…
Humanity's Stream
Read by Andrew Gaunce
Alfred Castner King
In Mountain Idylls, and Other Poems
"The author of this unpretentious volume has long questioned the advisability of adding a book to our already inflated and overloaded l…
Preface
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In A Group of Noble Dames
The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…
Gregory and the Scuttle
Read by Mike Pelton
Charles Haskins Townsend
In Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
This book is composed of 24 short stories, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, and is the second collection of "modern sho…
To Pfrimmer
Read by Andrew Kennedy
Paul Laurence Dunbar
In Oak and Ivy
"Oak and Ivy" is Paul Laurence Dunbar's first collection of poetry. He was by far the most successful Black American to write poet…
THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD." SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE
Read by czandra
Various
In Successful Recitations
A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity,…
The Favourite Plot
Read by SK
Leonard Merrick
In The Man who Understood Women, and Other Stories
This is a collection of 20 short stories by English novelist and playwright Leonard Merrick. The stories concern varied topics, and succeed …
The Watcher
Read by Campbell Schelp
Madison Cawein
In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4
This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …
Tod vor Schrecken
Read by Hans Otto Kroeger
Johann Peter Hebel
In Schatzkästlein des Rheinischen Hausfreundes (Auswahl)
Der Kalender "Rheinländischer Hausfreund" erschien erstmals 1807, in dem „lehrreiche Nachrichten und lustige Geschichten“ ve…
The Perfect Reader
Read by Carol Box
Christopher Morley
In Christmas Short Works Collection 2013
A selection of poems, short stories and other prose for the Christmas season in English, Finnish and German.
A Satirical Elegy
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
Postponement
Read by Libby Gohn
Thomas Hardy
In Wessex Poems
A collection of poetry by Thomas Hardy, some of which were previously published or adapted into his prose works. - Summary by Libby Gohn
Hialmar speaks to the Raven
Read by Jill Clancy
James Elroy Flecker
In Forty-Two Poems
This is a collection of poems by James Elroy Flecker. - Summary by Carolin
The Latest Decalogue
Read by Newgatenovelist
Arthur Hugh Clough
In Selected Poems
During his short but eventful life, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote poems on subjects as varied as religious doubt, European politics and social in…