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Dr. Koch on the Cholera

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884

Read by Leslie Frank


Various


The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

The Science of Sociology (1882)

In The Forgotten Man and Other Essays

Read by Leslie Frank


William Graham Sumner


Sumner's popular essays were to give him a wider audience to distribute his anti-imperialism, his advocacy of free markets and the gold stan…

The Gentle Grafter

Read by Leslie Walden


O. Henry


If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…

A Phantom Lover

Read by Anthony Leslie


Vernon Lee


A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in 1886. Set in a Kentish manor house, t…

On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara

Read by Frank Lennon


Samuel Gamble Bayne


This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the n…

Griffin's Daughter

Read by Leslie Ann Moore


Leslie Ann Moore


The humans of Soldara generally view the elves of Alasiri through a prism of superstition and hate; nevertheless, in the borderlands, both r…

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Read by L. Frank Baum


L. Frank Baum


The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has been called "the first true American fairy tale" and it richly deserves the title. The story of Do…

The Marvelous Land of Oz

Read by L. Frank Baum


L. Frank Baum


First issued in 1904, L. Frank Baum's The Marvelous Land of Oz is the story of the wonderful adventures of the young boy named Tip as he tra…

The Dragon of Wantley

Read by D. A. Frank


Owen Wister


The "true" story of the Wantley Dragon. Set at Christmas time, it is a tale of a Baron, his daughter, a brave knight, True Love, a…

Chapter 05

In Virginia's Adventure Club

Read by Leslie


Grace May North


Following the adventures of a girls school as they form their adventure club. - Summary by Michele Eaton

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

In The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

Read by Frank


Beatrix Potter


Born in Victorian London on July 28th, 1866, Beatrix Potter created some of the best-loved children’s stories of all time. Starting with Pet…

Version 5

In I Do Not Love Thee

Read by Frank


norton_c and Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton


LibriVox volunteers bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton’s I Do Not Love Thee, a weekly poetry project. (S…

The Waiting Place

In The Country of the Pointed Firs

Read by Frank


Sarah Orne Jewett


The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…

Auf der Galerie

In Ein Landarzt. Kleine Erzählungen

Read by Frank


Franz Kafka


Die Erzählung Ein Landarzt von Franz Kafka entstand im Jahr 1917 und wurde 1918 veröffentlicht. Im Jahre 1919 erschien das Buch Ei…

11 - LORD GRENVILLE'S BALL

In The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

Read by Leslie Walden


Baroness Emma Orczy


In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

The Old Roller Towel - Read by LB

In The Old Roller Towel

Read by Leslie Bridgewater


Bert Leston Taylor


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Old Roller Towel by Bert Leston Taylor. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 2…