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Chapters XIV-XXIII

In The Worshipper of the Image

Read by Holly McGuire


Richard le Gallienne and Richard Le Gallienne


"The Worshipper of the Image," by Richard Le Galliene first published in 1900. The protagonist Antony, a poet buys a death mask i…

Chapter 6

In Typhoon

Read by Hugh McGuire


Joseph Conrad


Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…

Version 1

In The Voice of the Ancient Bard

Read by Hugh McGuire


William Blake


LibriVox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (…

Book 07

In The Odyssey

Read by Hugh McGuire


Homer, transl. Samuel Butler and Homer


The Odyssey is one of the two major ancient Greek epic poems (the other being the Iliad), attributed to the poet Homer. The poem is commonly…

Preface

In Beyond Good and Evil

Read by Hugh McGuire


Friedrich Nietzsche


First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not initially considered important. In it, Nietzsche denounced what he cons…

A Valentine (from an Old Lover) - Read by HBM

In A Valentine (From an old Lover)

Read by Holly McGuire


Emily Dickinson and Jessie Pope


Jessie Pope was an extremely patriotic English poet, writer and journalist, who remains best known for her patriotic motivational poems publ…

Sonnet 73 - read by HMG

In Sonnet 073

Read by Hugh McGuire


William Shakespeare


To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of Sonnet 73. This was the weekly poetry project…

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

In The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

Read by Hugh McGuire


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…

Ch. 17-18

In The Prince

Read by Hugh McGuire


Niccolò Machiavelli


ll Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine writer Niccolò Machiavelli, originally called “De Principatibus” (…

Of A Particular Providence and of a Future State

In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

Read by Hugh McGuire


David Hume


The Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a shortened and simplified version of Hume's masterpiece A Treatise of Human Nature. It sough…

Remix: Sonnets 141-148

In Shakespeare's Sonnets

Read by Hugh McGuire


William Shakespeare


Shakespeare’s sonnets comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality.…

Tact - Read by JJ

In Tact

Read by James


Ralph Waldo Emerson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Tact by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for April 22, 2012.Ralph…

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Asleep My Love (Act 05, Scene 01)

In Shakespeare Monologues Collection vol. 06

Read by James


William Shakespeare


LibriVox readers present the sixth collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 20 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, 15…

'Rubber Will Not Keep in this Country' - Failed Development in Benin, 1897-1921 …

In African Studies Centre

Read by James Fenske


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Vacuum Comes Alive

In Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Read by James Binney


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The impact of black holes on the Universe

In Oxford Physics Alumni

Read by James Binney


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

1. Arguments from Beneficence, Part 1

In Global Poverty: Philosophical Questions

Read by James Grant


James Grant


University of Oxford Podcasts

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