Spoon River Anthology
Edgar Lee Masters
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, gossiping about their neighbors' lives. It's interesting to hear how other people perceive a particular character, and how that character responds. (6 hr 10 min)
Chapters
| Hill, The | 2:53 | Read by Lokon |
| Hod Putt | 1:09 | Read by Matthew Shepherd |
| Ollie McGee | 1:00 | Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021) |
| Fletcher McGee | 1:32 | Read by Forrest Beal |
| Robert Fulton Tanner | 1:30 | Read by Joshua Young |
| Cassius Hueffer | 0:56 | Read by Kurt Copeland |
| Serepta Mason | 0:53 | Read by Gesine |
| Amanda Barker | 0:54 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Constance Hately | 0:46 | Read by Westwinds12 |
| Chase Henry | 0:50 | Read by Kurt Copeland |
| Harry Carey Goodhue | 1:20 | Read by Anthony Craine |
| Judge Somers | 1:05 | Read by David Barnes |
| Kinsey Keene | 1:17 | Read by Jessica Orlando |
| Benjamin Pantier | 1:10 | Read by Samantha Hayes |
| Mrs. Benjamin Pantier | 1:27 | Read by Gesine |
| Reuben Pantier | 1:50 | Read by Betsie Bush |
| Emily Sparks | 1:31 | Read by Kristin LeMoine |
| Trainor, the Druggist | 1:32 | Read by Marlo Dianne |
| Daisy Fraser | 1:13 | Read by Westwinds12 |
| Benjamin Fraser | 1:24 | Read by Kurt Copeland |
| Minerva Jones | 1:39 | Read by Marlo Dianne |
| Indignation Jones | 1:47 | Read by Gesine |
| Doctor Meyers | 1:25 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
| Mrs. Meyers | 0:50 | Read by Westwinds12 |
| Butch Weldy | 1:20 | Read by Joshua Young |
| Knowlt Hoheimer | 1:31 | Read by Marlo Dianne |
| Lydia Puckett | 0:33 | Read by chriss the girl |
| Frank Drummer | 0:55 | Read by Lokon |
| Hare Drummer | 1:53 | Read by David Barnes |
| Conrad Siever | 1:01 | Read by Kurt Copeland |
| Doc Hill | 1:08 | Read by Matthew Shepherd |
| Andy the Night-Watch | 0:58 | Read by Anthony Craine |
| Sarah Brown | 0:53 | Read by Claire Goget |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | 0:51 | Read by Samantha Hayes |
| Flossie Cabanis | 1:16 | Read by Gesine |
| Julia Miller | 1:15 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Johnnie Sayre | 1:10 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Charlie French | 0:57 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Zenas Witt | 1:16 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Theodore the Poet | 1:21 | Read by Phil Bordelon |
| Town Marshal, The | 1:04 | Read by Jessica Orlando |
| Jack McGuire | 1:15 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Dorcas Gustine | 1:12 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Nicholas Bindle | 0:54 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Jacob Goodpasture | 1:26 | Read by Sean McKinley |
| Harold Arnett | 2:02 | Read by David Barnes |
| Margaret Fuller Slack | 1:27 | Read by Gesine |
| George Trimble | 1:02 | Read by Everett Thompson |
| Dr. Siegfried Iseman | 1:04 | Read by Matthew Walton |
| Ace Shaw | 0:54 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Lois Spears | 1:16 | Read by Kristin LeMoine |
| Justice Arnett | 1:23 | Read by Sean McKinley |
| Willard Fluke | 1:45 | Read by David Barnes |
| Aner Clute | 1:14 | Read by Calliope |
| Lucius Atherton | 1:14 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Homer Clapp | 1:26 | Read by Westwinds12 |
| Deacon Taylor | 0:34 | Read by Joshua Young |
| Sam Hookey | 0:52 | Read by Westwinds12 |
| Cooney Potter | 0:56 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Fiddler Jones | 1:07 | Read by chriss the girl |
| Nellie Clark | 0:54 | Read by Alys AtteWater |
| Louise Smith | 1:16 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Herbert Marshall | 1:03 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| George Gray | 1:05 | Read by Anthony Craine |
| Hon. Henry Bennett | 1:05 | Read by Heather Lambert |
| Griffy the Cooper | 1:01 | Read by Calliope |
| Sexsmith the Dentist | 1:27 | Read by Matthew Shepherd |
| A. D. Blood | 0:47 | Read by Victoria Grace |
| Robert Southey | 1:52 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Dora Williams | 1:53 | Read by Fae Haldane |
| Mrs. Williams | 1:04 | Read by chriss the girl |
| William and Emily | 0:58 | Read by Hollylyn |
| Circuit Judge, The | 1:03 | Read by Ken Hallenius |
| Blind Jack | 1:00 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| John Horace Burleson | 1:11 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Nancy Knapp | 1:19 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Barry Holden | 1:25 | Read by David Barnes |
| State's Attorney Fallas | 1:05 | Read by Anthony Craine |
| Wendell P. Bloyd | 1:41 | Read by petespaw |
| Francis Turner | 0:53 | Read by Victoria Grace |
| Franklin Jones | 0:54 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| John M. Church | 1:11 | Read by Lokon |
| Russian Sonia | 1:37 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Isa Nutter | 1:26 | Read by Persephone Munt |
| Barney Hainsfeather | 0:49 | Read by Maddie |
| Petit, the Poet | 1:07 | Read by Andrea L |
| Pauline Barrett | 1:50 | Read by Heidi Mo Hawkins |
| Mrs. Charles Bliss | 1:41 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Mrs. George Reece | 1:03 | Read by Joyce Nussbaum |
| Rev. Lemuel Wiley | 0:46 | Read by Victoria Grace |
| Thomas Ross, Jr. | 1:09 | Read by Heather Lambert |
| Rev. Abner Peet | 0:46 | Read by Rob Howard |
| Jefferson Howard | 1:27 | Read by Victoria Grace |
| Judge Selah Lively | 1:25 | Read by Tina Tilney |
| Albert Schirding | 1:22 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Jonas Keene | 1:01 | Read by quieteyes |
| Eugenia Todd | 1:24 | Read by Kristin LeMoine |
| Yee Bow | 1:16 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Washington McNeely | 1:52 | Read by Maddie |
| Paul McNeely | 1:25 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Mary McNeely | 1:09 | Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021) |
| Daniel M'Cumber | 1:17 | Read by petespaw |
| Georgine Sand Miner | 1:38 | Read by Victoria Long |
| Thomas Rhodes | 0:54 | Read by Dan Threetrees |
| Ida Chicken | 0:58 | Read by chriss the girl |
| Penniwit, the Artist | 1:11 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Jim Brown | 1:36 | Read by Ralph Klapis |
| Robert Davidson | 1:29 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Elsa Wertman | 1:43 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Hamilton Greene | 0:49 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Ernest Hyde | 1:10 | Read by Thomas Rappel |
| Roger Heston | 1:00 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Amos Sibley | 0:53 | Read by Dan Threetrees |
| Mrs. Sibley | 0:46 | Read by Andrea L |
| Adam Weirauch | 1:27 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Ezra Bartlett | 1:04 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Amelia Garrick | 1:24 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| John Hancock Otis | 1:16 | Read by Dann Denning |
| Anthony Findlay | 1:12 | Read by Simon Keating |
| John Cabanis | 1:20 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Unknown, The | 0:52 | Read by Elizabeth Palmer |
| Alexander Throckmorton | 0:34 | Read by Maddie |
| Jonathan Swift Somers (Author of the Spooniad) | 0:55 | Read by Samantha Hayes |
| Widow McFarlane | 1:21 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Carl Hamblin | 1:45 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Editor Whedon | 1:29 | Read by Matthew O'Meara |
| Eugene Carman | 1:37 | Read by petespaw |
| Clarence Fawcett | 1:05 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| W. Lloyd Garrison Standard | 1:58 | Read by David Barnes |
| Professor Newcomer | 1:02 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Ralph Rhodes | 1:21 | Read by Deb Bacon-Ziegler |
| Mickey M'Grew | 1:09 | Read by Joshua Young |
| Rosie Roberts | 0:51 | Read by chriss the girl |
| Oscar Hummel | 1:19 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Roscoe Purkapile | 1:30 | Read by Everett Thompson |
| Mrs. Purkapile | 1:08 | Read by Kristin LeMoine |
| Josiah Tompkins | 1:24 | Read by Ralph Klapis |
| Mrs. Kessler | 1:38 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Harmon Whitney | 2:00 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Bert Kessler | 1:11 | Read by Matthew Walton |
| Lambert Hutchins | 1:50 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Lillian Stewart | 1:28 | Read by Calliope |
| Hortense Robbins | 0:57 | Read by Joyce Nussbaum |
| Batterton Dobyns | 1:03 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Jacob Godbey | 1:20 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Walter Simmons | 1:17 | Read by quieteyes |
| Tom Beatty | 1:24 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Roy Butler | 1:43 | Read by David Barnes |
| Searcy Foote | 1:41 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Edmund Pollard | 1:36 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Thomas Trevelyan | 1:38 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Percival Sharp | 1:44 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Hiram Scates | 1:36 | Read by Linda Leu |
| Peleg Poague | 1:09 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Jeduthan Hawley | 1:26 | Read by frankjf |
| Abel Melveny | 1:21 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Oaks Tutt | 1:49 | Read by quieteyes |
| Elliott Hawkins | 1:45 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Voltaire Johnson | 1:08 | Read by Linda Leu |
| English Thornton | 1:33 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Enoch Dunlap | 1:12 | Read by Maddie |
| Ida Frickey | 1:33 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Seth Compton | 1:17 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Felix Schmidt | 1:32 | Read by Betsie Bush |
| Schroeder the Fisherman | 1:22 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Richard Bone | 1:24 | Read by Joshua Young |
| Silas Dement | 1:14 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Dillard Sissman | 1:36 | Read by Linda Leu |
| Jonathan Houghton | 1:39 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| E. C. Culbertson | 1:24 | Read by Linda Leu |
| Shack Dye | 1:22 | Read by Glen Hallstrom |
| Hildrup Tubbs | 1:24 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Henry Tripp | 1:43 | Read by quieteyes |
| Granville Calhoun | 1:16 | Read by frankjf |
| Henry C. Calhoun | 1:31 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Alfred Moir | 1:06 | Read by Samantha Hayes |
| Perry Zoll | 0:59 | Read by quieteyes |
| Dippold the Optician | 2:13 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Magrady Graham | 1:32 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Archibald Higbie | 1:29 | Read by Linda Leu |
| Tom Merritt | 0:49 | Read by Thomas Hoover |
| Mrs. Merritt | 1:09 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Elmer Karr | 0:50 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Elizabeth Childers | 1:38 | Read by Maddie |
| Edith Conant | 1:32 | Read by Alys AtteWater |
| Charles Webster | 1:55 | Read by Linda Leu |
| Father Malloy | 1:33 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Ami Green | 0:48 | Read by Elizabeth Palmer |
| Calvin Campbell | 1:09 | Read by frankjf |
| Henry Layton | 1:10 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Harlan Sewall | 1:16 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Ippolit Konovaloff | 1:28 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Henry Phipps | 1:51 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Harry Wilmans | 1:27 | Read by Anthony Craine |
| John Wasson | 1:34 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Many Soldiers | 1:31 | Read by frankjf |
| Godwin James | 1:54 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Lyman King | 1:02 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Caroline Branson | 3:03 | Read by Kristin LeMoine |
| Anne Rutledge | 1:01 | Read by Linda Leu |
| Hamlet Micure | 1:43 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Mabel Osborne | 1:31 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| William H. Herndon | 1:44 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Rebecca Wasson | 2:27 | Read by Caitlin Kelly |
| Rutherford McDowell | 1:42 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Hannah Armstrong | 1:46 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| Lucinda Matlock | 1:20 | Read by Alys AtteWater |
| Davis Matlock | 1:13 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Herman Altman | 1:10 | Read by Matthew O'Meara |
| Jennie M'Grew | 1:13 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Columbus Cheney | 0:54 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Wallace Ferguson | 1:33 | Read by frankjf |
| Maria Bateson | 0:57 | Read by Joyce Nussbaum |
| Tennessee Claflin Shope | 1:07 | Read by Rob Howard |
| Plymouth Rock Joe | 2:11 | Read by Betsie Bush |
| Imanuel Ehrenhardt | 1:07 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Samuel Gardner | 1:35 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
| Dow Kritt | 1:08 | Read by Linda Leu |
| William Jones | 1:19 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| William Goode | 0:58 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| J. Milton Miles | 1:11 | Read by Cori Samuel |
| Faith Matheny | 1:17 | Read by Joyce Nussbaum |
| Scholfield Huxley | 1:43 | Read by Phil Bordelon |
| Willie Metcalf | 1:29 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Willie Pennington | 1:15 | Read by quieteyes |
| Village Atheist, The | 0:57 | Read by Alys AtteWater |
| John Ballard | 1:25 | Read by Eveleaf |
| Julian Scott | 0:59 | Read by Samantha Hayes |
| Alfonso Churchill | 1:02 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Zilpha Marsh | 1:50 | Read by Fox in the Stars |
| James Garber | 1:51 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Lydia Humphrey | 1:03 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Le Roy Goldman | 1:13 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Gustav Richter | 1:56 | Read by Lokon |
| Arlo Will | 1:26 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Captain Orlando Killion | 1:19 | Read by Deb Bacon-Ziegler |
| Jeremy Carlisle | 1:29 | Read by Kirk Thomas |
| Joseph Dixon | 1:30 | Read by Eveleaf |
| Judson Stoddard | 0:54 | Read by Greg Aughe |
| Russell Kincaid | 1:29 | Read by Betsie Bush |
| Aaron Hatfield | 1:36 | Read by Aaron Decker |
| Isaiah Beethoven | 2:04 | Read by Matthew Walton |
| Elijah Browning | 2:28 | Read by Eveleaf |
| Webster Ford | 2:16 | Read by Sean McGaughey |
| Spooniad, The | 17:13 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
| Epilogue, The | 27:47 | Read by LibriVox Volunteers |
Reviews
outstanding
Edward Storm
this book was given to me at the age of 15 under the direction that the book had changed the person's life and handed it. now the book has changed my life.