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19 - Anonymity and Further Counsels, 20 - On the Cryptic and the Elliptic, 21 -…
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
In All Things Considered
Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of this day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. These r…
The Aims of Education - A Plea for Reform
Read by PPerez
Alfred North Whitehead
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029
Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy,…
Some Materials and a Possibility
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Cecil Chesterton
In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 085
"A regard for decency, even at the cost of success, is but the regard for one's own dignity" was novelist Joseph Conrad's take on …
Cobbler and Castle
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
In Donal Grant
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
05 - Advice from a Caterpillar
Read by Eric Leach
Lewis Carroll
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (version 4)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dod…
Sea Change
Read by Ben Tucker
Henry S. Whitehead
In Short Story Collection Vol. 104
Old favorites, such as Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway and O. Henry make appearances in this 104th edition of the Librivox Short Story Col…
A Fragment
Read by Ellies
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
As Student
Read by MaryAnn
Mrs. Howard Taylor
In One of China's Scholars
The first of two volumes telling the life story of Pastor Hsi, a Confucian scholar from Shanxi province in Northern China who became a Chris…
Echoes
Read by MichaelMaggs
Lewis Carroll
In Rhyme? And Reason? (Version 2)
An 1883 selection of Lewis Carroll's satirical and comic verse. The collection ranges from the well-known and well-loved The Hunting Of The …
Cornelli
Read by Jael Baldwin
Johanna Spyri
Cornelli lives in Iller-Stream with her widowed father, who calls on two Ladies of Culture to come spend time with Cornelli during one of hi…
Chapter XIV
Read by Helen Taylor
E. M. Delafield
In Tension
When the role of ‘Lady Superintendent’ becomes available at the Commercial and Technical College for South West England, the calm and capabl…
Legon Awakening
Read by Nicholas Taylor
Nicholas Taylor
Set in a world that is not our own, Legon Awakening takes you through an epic journey into a land full of imagination and innovation. Join L…
Chapter XIV In which Bertha visits her Father's Office, and answers an Advertis…
Read by Scarlett Martin
William Taylor Adams and Oliver Optic
In Rich and Humble; The Mission of Bertha Grant
This is the first story in the Woodville collection of tales about the interesting people in Woodville. As the characters grow, they learn …
The Return by A. G. Taylor
Read by Desiree Dunning
Nina Wilcox Putnam
In The Thrill Book Vol. II No. 1, July 1, 1919
It's the dawn of a new era with this first issue of The Thrill Book Volume 2, and the influential pulp magazine is back and twice as big as …
Chapter LII: The Greek Page—Song of the Greek Page—A Revelation
Read by clarinetcarrot
George W. M. Reynolds
In Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
Wagner is a poor, lonely old shepherd living on the edge of the Black Forest. In a devil's pact he gains youth and wealth for the price of t…
Answers to Knot IV
Read by Availle
Lewis Carroll
In A Tangled Tale
Lewis Carroll is best known for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. It is less widely known that he worked as a lecturer for mathematics at …
Frau Fischer
Read by Peter Dann
Katherine Mansfield
In In a German Pension, Version 2
Katherine Mansfield was only 22 years old when these stories were first published in book form. Mansfield was later reluctant to see them re…
Chapter 16
Read by Taylor W
Frances Hodgson Burnett
In T. Tembarom
The story of a Boy living in New York as a street waif, who sells newspapers eventually finds himself to be the heir of an ancient manor. Th…
Technical Education and its Relation to Science and Literature
Read by PPerez
Alfred North Whitehead
In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the Faust Legend, Stephen Crane, Su…
Epistle Dedicatory
Read by Peter Dann
Ford Madox Ford
In A Man Could Stand Up
'A Man Could Stand Up' is the third, and culminating, part of Ford Madox Ford's 'Parade's End' tetralogy of novels, which begins with 'Some …