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Lilacs

In Short Poetry Collection 249

Read by Anna Shirey


Amy Lowell


This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during February 2024.

A Mother’s Grief

In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs

Read by Anna Shirey


Marie Hedderwick Browne


Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…

The Enemies to Each Other

In Debits and Credits

Read by Anna Shirey


Rudyard Kipling


This is a collection of short stories, poems, and play fragments published in 1926. Many of them are set during World War I. Many have stron…

I, Being Born a Woman - read by AS

In I, Being Born a Woman

Read by Anna Shirey


Edna St. Vincent Millay


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of I, Being Born a Woman by Edna St. Vincent MillayThis was the Weekly Poetry project for Septem…

The Yellow Wallpaper

In Short Story Collection Vol. 108

Read by Anna Shirey


Leo Tolstoy and Charlotte Perkins Gilman


It's time to enjoy our 108th Librivox Short Story Collection. All stories have been selected by the readers and include gems by O. Henry, Le…

The Grand Babylon Hotel

Read by Anna Simon


Arnold Bennett


Theodore Racksole, a rich American multi-millionaire, buys the Grand Babylon Hotel, a luxurious hotel in London, as a whim - and then finds …

A Silent Witness

Read by Anna Simon


R. Austin Freeman


In this detective novel, the young doctor Humphrey Jardine stumbles upon a corpse during a walk near Hampstead Heath in the middle of the ni…

Patricia Brent, spinster

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…

Malcolm Sage, Detective

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A collection of short stories that chronicles the first year of the Malcolm Sage Detective Bureau.Sequel or companion story of John Dene of …

The Praise of Folly

Read by Anna Simon


Desiderius Erasmus


The Praise of Folly (Greek title: Morias Enkomion (Μωρίας Εγκώμιον), Latin: Stultitiae Laus, sometimes translated as In Praise of Folly, Dut…

Anarchy

Read by Anna Simon


Errico Malatesta


Anarchy explained by the anarchist Errico Malatesta. (Summary by Vineshen Pillay)

The Return of Alfred

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


The hero of the book is at a loose end, weary and bored of his old life after returning from the Great War. After an argument with his uncle…

The Rain-Girl

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


Richard Beresford has recently returned from the WW-I trenches. He feels he can't go back to his old life in the Foreign Office. Instead, he…

Anthony Trent, Master Criminal

Read by Anna Simon


Wyndham Martyn


In 1918, Anthony Trent, a well-educated young man in his late twenties, lives an unsatisfactory life in a New York boarding house. He writes…

The Secret of the Silver Car

Read by Anna Simon


Wyndham Martyn


Before he went to join the Armed Forces in World War I France, Anthony Trent had a successful secret 'career' as a master criminal in the U…

St. Bartholomew's Eve

Read by Anna Christensen


G. A. Henty


Set in the days of the religious wars of Europe, St. Bartholomew's Eve is the tale of the Huguenot's desperate fight for freedom of worship …

The Crimson Circle

Read by Anna Simon


Edgar Wallace


The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …

Hide and Seek

Read by Anna Simon


Wilkie Collins


The artist Valentine Blyth has a very generous heart. He lovingly cares for his invalid wife, rescues a deaf orphan girl from maltreatment i…