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In Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection 001

Read by Veronica Tan


Emil Garleanu and Emil Gârleanu


In LibriVox’s Multilingual Fairy Tale Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favorite public-domain fairy tales. This is a collection of…

The Story of My Childhood

Read by Veronica Jenkins


Clara Barton


Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, recalls growing up in early 19th Century Massachusetts. (Introduction by Veronica Jenkins)

Starved Rock: A Historical Sketch

Read by Veronica Jenkins


Eaton G. Osman


This book is an early history of the Starved Rock Area in Northern Illinois. In the pre-Columbian era, the Starved Rock area was home to Nat…

The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4)

Read by Veronica Maresh Mead


H. G. Wells


The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomer…

The Story of the Wind

In Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Short Stories Volume 4, 1854 to 1859

Read by Michelle Tan


Hans Christian Andersen


A collection of some of Hans Christian Andersen's works. He is a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales. (Summary by Kristin…

05 - PRINCE SNEEZE

In The Firelight Fairy Book

Read by Valerie Tan


Henry Beston


One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of win…

Section XV - Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena

In Theory of Colours

Read by Michelle Tan


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

Of certain Passages upon the Moor

In Micah Clarke

Read by Michelle Tan


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This book tells the story of Micah Clarke's adventures. As a boy he follows his rather romantic notions of what it means to be a soldier and…

Chapter 13

In Ellen Middleton

Read by Michelle Tan


Georgiana Fullerton


Ellen Middleton had a happy childhood with her uncle and aunt. She grew up alongside her cousin Julia. Suddenly, something happened. Her lif…

A Bad Night

In A Thief in the Night - Version 2

Read by Michelle Tan


E. W. Hornung


A Thief in the Night is a 1905 collection of short stories by Ernest William Hornung, featuring his popular character A. J. Raffles. It was …

The Despairing Lover - Read by VT

In The Despairing Lover

Read by Valerie Tan


William Walsh


LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of The Despairing Lover by William Walsh. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 11, …

Chapter 20

In Howards End (version 3)

Read by Michelle Tan


E. M. Forster


Considered Forster's masterpiece and one of the best books of the 20th century, Howards End tackles social conventions of the Edwardian era.…

Part II - Chapter XIX

In My Lady's Money

Read by Michelle Tan


Wilkie Collins


Lady Lydiard has an uncomfortable bit of business to settle, and intends to do so with a five hundred pound note. But just as she is about t…

Fifth Scene - Glasgow - Chapter the Thirtieth

In Man and Wife

Read by Michelle Tan


Wilkie Collins


This 1870 novel by Wilkie Collins centers around a peculiarity of Scottish law of that time, according to which any man and woman 'who were …