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40 - Christian's Fight With The Monster Apollyon

In The Junior Classics Volume 5: Stories That Never Grow Old

Read by Lucretia B.


William Patten and Variousandwilliam Patten


A selection of famous tales selected and re-worked for a junior audience. Stories are taken from Arabian Nights, Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver's…

Margaret of Angouleme, Queen of Navarre - Part 1

In The Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen of Navarre, Volume 1

Read by Lucretia B.


Margaret of Navarre and Marguerite Of Navarre


THE HEPTAMERON, first published posthumously in 1558, is divided into seven complete days containing 10 stories each, and an eighth day cont…

If

In Short Poetry Collection 248

Read by B. Talbot


Rudyard Kipling


This is a collection of 52 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during January 2024.

Gelimer

In Wine and Roses

Read by Sarah B


Victor Daley


"Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his…

The Will

In The Mind And Its Education

Read by Lucretia B.


George Herbert Betts


"We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material thing…

Lesson V. Class of Fishes

In The Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

Read by Lucretia B.


William Ruschenberger


This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is sti…

The Voice of the Winds

In The Houses of Sin

Read by Tanya B.


Vincent O'Sullivan


This is a volume of poetry by notable American horror story author Vincent O'Sullivan. These poems are as dark as most of his other writings…

Part 1. Chapter 5: The Disagreeable Man

In Ships That Pass in the Night

Read by Amy B


Beatrice Harraden


This short novel by Beatrice Harraden, who was known for her work as a suffragist, was a bestseller in its time. In it, teacher and activis…

00 - Instructions

In Mince Pie

Read by Lucretia B.


Christopher Morley


Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…

An April Girl

In A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia

Read by Allison B


Amanda Minnie Douglas


The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…

09 Chapter VII

In Herndon's Lincoln

Read by Lucretia B.


William H. Herndon and Jesse William Weik and William H. Herndon


A biography of Abraham Lincoln by his long-time law partner, William Herndon and Herndon's collaborator, Jesse Weik. The book is notable for…

19 - THAT TO STUDY PHILOSOPY IS TO LEARN TO DIE

In Essays book 1

Read by Lorraine B


Michel de Montaigne and Michel Eyquem De Montaigne


Michel Eyquem de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary …

JAMES EDWIN CAMPBELL

In The Book of American Negro Poetry

Read by Kahlil B


James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.


The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…

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