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Catherine De' Medici
Honoré de Balzac
The Philosophical Studies from The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine) are a series of works that are intended as a reflection on history in p…
The Grey Lady
Read by Sandra Cullum
Henry Seton Merriman
A tale of romance, greed, blackmail, secrets, Spain and ships. Loss and intrigue too as we follow twin brothers along their life paths. Sum…

Chicago Princess
Robert Barr
After working several years in foreign affairs, and after winning and then losing a fortune, Rupert Tremorne is stranded in Nagasaki, at the…

It Is Never Too Late to Mend
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charles Reade
A ruthless squire becomes obsessed with a younger woman and conspires against her lover, George Fielding, so that the squire can win her. Wi…

Lady Sybil's Choice
Emily Sarah Holt
This historical novel is set in the 1100s in France and Jerusalem, following the First Crusade. Part of the story of Guy of Lusignan (a real…

Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
Maurice Leblanc
The story of an exciting test of wits between world-class thief Arsène Lupin and master detective Herlock Sholmes. Translated from th…

Tale of Buster Bumblebee (version 2)
Arthur Scott Bailey
This charming collection of short stories features a bumblebee called Buster, his (extensive) family, and a great number of other animals wh…

Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 4
Max Arthur Macauliffe
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. MacAuliffe had exte…

That Unfortunate Marriage
Frances Eleanor Trollope
This is the funny, romantic, slightly tongue-in-cheek story of how little May Cheffington makes her way in the world despite being the sole …

Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
Alexander Berkman
In 1892, anarchist and Russian émigré Alexander Berkman was apprehended for the failed assassination of industrialist Henry Cl…

State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1837 - 1844)
John Tyler and Martin Van Buren
The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

Child of the Moat
Ian Bernard Stoughton Holborn
Ian Holborn (professor of archaeology and a writer) was on board the RMS Lusitania when it was torpedoed, and as it sank he rescued a 12 yea…

Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World
Snorri Sturleson
Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings' sagas. It was written in Old Norse in Ice…

Budget of Christmas Tales
Various
This is a 1895 collection of christmas-themed short stories and poems by various authors, Charles Dickens himself being the most prominent f…
England Since Waterloo
Read by Pamela Nagami
John Arthur Ransome Marriott
"England Since Waterloo" by Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (1859-1945) was first published in 1913 and went through many edition…

Unmasked, or the Science of Immorality. To Gentlemen
Mary Edwards Walker
Mary Edwards Walker was a physician and surgeon who served in the Civil War. An abolitionist, prohibitionist, and cross-dressing leader of t…

Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, and Others
Jeannette Augustus Marks and Julia Moody
These short stories about crickets, ants, bees, beetles and other little busybodies are intended by the two authors to show their children t…
The Chemistry of Cookery
W. Mattieu Williams
This book, written in the late 1800s, is a book of chemistry that explains the whys and hows of cooking to trained chefs and laymen alike. T…

Gadsby
Ernest Vincent Wright
Fifty-year-old John Gadsby is alarmed by the decline of his hometown, Branton Hills, and rallies the city's young people to form an "Or…

Short Poetry Collection 179
Various
This is a collection of 39 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2018.