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With Paderewski—A Modern Pianist on Tour

In How to Appreciate Music

Read by Dick Summerfield


Gustav Kobbé


Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…

Version 9

In Poème du Mois - 001 Chanson d'autommne

Read by Dick Summerfield


Paul Verlaine and Paul-Marie Verlaine


Chaque mois, nous choisissons un poème qui est enregistré par un maximum de librivoxeurs !Chanson d'automne est un des plus fa…

Verses on a Young Lady - Read by DSD

In Verses on a Young Lady

Read by Dick Summerfield


Tobias Smollett


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Verses on a Young Lady Playing on a Harpsicord and Singing by Tobias Smollett. This was the W…

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (version 3)

Read by Dick Bourgeois-Doyle


Stephen Leacock


Widely considered a classic of Canadian humorous literature, Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town tells stories set in the fictional town of M…

Chapter LXI: Partition Of The Empire By The French And Venetians Part I

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. VI

Read by Dick Durette


Edward Gibbon


The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Chapter XLIX: Conquest of Italy by the Franks Pt. II

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. V

Read by Dick Durette


Edward Gibbon


The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

Village of Sing-Sing

In American Scenery, Vol. 1

Read by Dick Thomas


Nathaniel Parker Willis


Although the focus of this book is the engravings depicting scenic sites of 19th century America, each is accompanied by a short description…

ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS

In Charles Dickens

Read by Dick Durette


G. K. Chesterton


G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inim…

Sixty-Two Little Tadpoles

In The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children

Read by Colleen Dick


Jane Andrews


"You may think that Mother Nature, like the famous "old woman who lived in the shoe," has so many children that she doesn't k…

Doornenroosje

In Sprookjes Verzameld door de Gebroeders Grimm, deel twee

Read by Dick Vestdijk


Gebroeders Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


De volledige verzameling van sprookjes, die de gebroeders Grimm samenbrachten. In dit tweede deel staan een aantal zeer bekende sprookjes, m…

Vol I Ch 4: From Madeira to the Barrier, pt 1

In The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the Fram, 1…

Read by Dick Durette


Roald Amundsen


In contrast to Scott's South Pole expedition, Amundsen's expedition benefited from good equipment, appropriate clothing, and a fundamentally…

Chapter 12, part 1

In A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great, Vol II

Read by Dick Durette


John Bagnell Bury


J.B. Bury wrote his “History of Greece” before World War I, but it is such a good overview of classical Greek history that the third edition…