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Poetical Works of Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood
This is a collection of Thomas Hood's poems. Hood was an eminent British poet, regarded in particular for his humorous poetry, as well as hi…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 024
Various
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 024: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Practical Religion
J. C. Ryle
The present volume contains a series of papers about "practical religion," and treats of the daily duties, dangers, experience, an…
Why do we need a public library?
Various
Internet Archive, which hosts our audio books, is in the midst of their annual fund-raising. They have also begun a drive to provide a mirr…
Purple Land
William Henry Hudson
In W.H. Hudson’s first novel, an Englishman wandering on horseback across the pampas finds adventure and romance in Uruguay. The full title…
Introduction to the Devout Life
Saint Francis de Sales
First published in the early 17th century, it has proven its value as a daily spiritual guide and helpful reference for living an authentic …
Three Weeks
Elinor Glyn
Three weeks was Elinor Glyn's most popular and most scandalous book, published in 1907, and made into an even more scandalous movie in 1914.…
Short Poetry Collection 194
Various
This is a collection of 51 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2019.
Gentle Art of Faking
Riccardo Nobili
IIn analysing the Faker one must dissociate him from the common forger; his semi-artistic vocation places him quite apart from the ordinary …
Tales from the Works of G.A.Henty
G. A. Henty
George Alfred Henty was an English newspaper correspondent who became a prolific author of, predominantly, adventure stories for boys. Most …
Obscure Night of The Soul
Saint John of the Cross
The Obscure Night of the Soul, better know today as The Dark Night of the Soul, is the distilled teaching of St John of the Cross, who reint…
Complaint; or Night Thoughts
Edward Young
A book-length poem, often associated with the Graveyard School of poetry, musing upon life and death. - Summary by Karen Joan Kohoutek
Enterprise of the ''Mayflower''
Amice MacDonell
"Welcome to all! We show the story of how, nearly three hundred years ago, when this country was not so happy as it is now, some people…
Obermann
Étienne Pivert de Senancour
This is a 1903 translation of Étienne Pivert de Senancour's immensely influential work Obermann. Although it was almost completely ig…
Poetry of South Africa
Alexander Wilmot
Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…
Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist
Marjorie Bowen
Witches, spells, ghosts, pacts with the Devil, occult rituals, love triangles, popes and the Anti-Christ are some of the ingredients of this…
Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
Various
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
History of the Suez Canal
Ferdinand de Lesseps
A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859 and 1869) and his architect, Vicomte de Lesseps. This is…
Ben King's Verse
Benjamin King
This is a volume of Benjamin King's collected verse, published shortly after his sudden death in 1894. The American humorist was very famous…
Animal Heroes
Ernest Thompson Seton
A hero is an individual of unusual gifts and achievements. Whether it be man or animal, this definition applies; and it is the histories of …