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LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to life..."
Hugh McGuire, LibriVox's founder, August 9, 2005

In celebration of LibriVox's seventeenth anniversary, here is collection of short works of various kinds and from varied authors which include in their title the words 'seventeen' or 'seventeenth' or the number '17.' Each piece is selected and read by a LibriVox volunteer. (6 hr 17 min)

Chapters

17 septembre 1793 de Jocelyn, 3éme période

1:54

Read by Christiane Jehanne

À Cassandre Ode 17

1:39

Read by Christiane Jehanne

Canto 17 from "Seventeen Cantos from the Inferno", translated by Thomas William…

8:35

Read by KevinS

Christmas in Seventeen Seventy-Six

14:42

Read by Bill Mosley

Appearance of the 17-year Cicada in Rhode Island in 1903

8:43

Read by Sue Anderson

Doctors' Riot, 1788

18:15

Read by Mary in Arkansas

Section 17, from "Doctrine and Covenants"

2:41

Read by Glenn O'Brien

Gertrude the Governess; or, Simple Seventeen

22:08

Read by Winnifred Assmann

New York Times article, July 17, 1917: "Tells How She Hid on Army Transport"

4:19

Read by Colleen McMahon

Houston: Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea

8:09

Read by Devorah Allen

Introduction to "William Oughtred: A Great Seventeenth-Century Teacher of Mathe…

4:15

Read by Ted Perkins

Jeune fille, la grâce emplit tes dix-sept ans

1:52

Read by Isad

Chapter 2: The Earliest Smugglers, from "King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855"

46:05

Read by lightcrystal

Louis Seventeenth: The Boy King Who Never Reigned

59:49

Read by Krista Zaleski

Meditation XVII

6:03

Read by Paula Messina

Number 17

18:32

Read by Ben Tucker

Chapter 1 of "Number Seventeen"

21:04

Read by czandra

Psalm 17, KJV

3:19

Read by mleigh

The Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Chapter 17

4:21

Read by Algy Pug

Roman ou On n’est pas sérieux, quand on a dix-sept ans

2:34

Read by Isad

Volume 1 Part 3 Section 17, "Summary of the Position", of "The Secret Doctrine"

23:50

Read by czandra

A Seventeenth-century Story

7:50

Read by Garfield Dsouza

Die Siebenzehnjährige auf dem Balle

1:44

Read by lorda

Sonnet 17

1:25

Read by Cavaet

Astrophil and Stella, Sonnet 17

1:33

Read by Mark Leder

The Stamp-Act Riot of 1765

18:40

Read by Mary in Arkansas

Sweet Seventeen (Howell)

1:32

Read by Rapunzelina

Sweet Seventeen (Linton)

19:38

Read by Ahana M

The war message of President Woodrow Wilson delivered to the Congress of the Un…

35:55

Read by TriciaG

Preface to "The Working Life of Women in the 17th Century"

6:05

Read by Michele Fry