H G Wells
The Time Machine (Version 3)
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Read by Mark Nelson
H.G. Wells' classic science fiction-fantasy story, in which a scientist known only as “The Time Traveller” tells the tale of his journey to …
The Invisible Man
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Read by Alex Foster
The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story…
The War of the Worlds (Version 3)
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Read by Cori Samuel
No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that the Earth was being scrutinised and studied from across the gu…
The Island of Doctor Moreau
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The Island of Doctor Moreau is an 1896 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, addressing ideas of society and community, human nature…
The War of the Worlds
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H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be…
The Time Machine (Version 2)
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Read by Mark F. Smith
Surely the Time Traveler threw great dinner parties! His guests were treated to a once-in-forever trial of a miniature time machine - an exq…
Short Science Fiction Collection 046
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Sleeper Awakes
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The Sleeper Awakes is a dystopian novel about a man who sleeps for two hundred years, waking up in a completely transformed London, where, b…
The Time Machine
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The Time Machine is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895, later made into two films of the same title. This novel is generally cr…
La Guerra de los Mundos
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Read by Victor Villarraza
Las fábulas ideadas por H.G. Wells (1866-1946), uno de los padres, acaso el más notable, de la ciencia ficción, han dem…
The War of the Worlds (version 2)
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Read by Rebecca Dittman
War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells) was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number …
Ghost Story Collection 002
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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
The First Men in the Moon
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Read by Mark F. Smith
Britain won the Moon Race! Decades before Neal Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind" two intrepid adventurers from Lympne, E…
Horror Story Collection 003
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An occasional collection of 10 horror stories by various readers. We aim to unsettle you a little, to cut through the pink cushion of illusi…
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 2)
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Read by Bob Neufeld
In this classic of H. G. Wells, Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on a beautiful island in the South Seas and is drawn into the wild and cruel …
A Modern Utopia
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H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the …
Anticipations
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Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine.…
Tales of Space and Time
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Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)
Five short Science Fiction stories. - Summary by Richard Kilmer
In the Days of the Comet
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William ("Willie") is a student living in the British town of Clayton. As a Socialist, he tries to move power from the upper class…
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02
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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The World Set Free
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Read by LivelyHive
The World Set Free is a novel published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is considered a prophetical novel foretelling the advent of nuclear…
The Invisible Man (Version 2)
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Read by Cate Barratt
Terrifically popular science fiction novel by renowned writer HG Wells, about a scientist discovering how to achieve invisibility. But, in h…
The History of Mr. Polly
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Read by Adrian Praetzellis
A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…
The War in the Air
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War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time…
The Time Machine (Version 4)
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The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two featu…
A Story of the Stone Age
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Read by James Christopher
This story is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history. . .(Summary from the text)
Short Science Fiction Collection 017
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
God, the Invisible King
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Wells wrote in his book God the Invisible King that his idea of God did not draw upon the traditional religions of the world: "This boo…
The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
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Read by Alex C. Telander
Two stuffy English scientists, always looking to further their scientific knowledge, create a substance called Herakleophorbia, which in its…
Ghost Story Collection 005
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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
Antología de Cuentos Fantásticos
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El cuento fantástico es la narración de la realidad que mezcla elementos reales e irreales, extraños e inexplicables, c…
Short Science Fiction Collection 006
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Short Science Fiction Collection 010
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Short Science Fiction Collection 048
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Ghost Story Collection 006
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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 012
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Short Science Fiction Collection 050
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Wheels of Chance
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The Wheels of Chance - A Bicycling Idyll follows the adventures of a draper's assistant who, having brought an ancient bicycle, sets off on …
Short Science Fiction Collection 015
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Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and case) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves sociological an…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 014
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006
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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Ann Veronica
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Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, …
Short Story Collection Vol. 006
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LibriVox's Short Story Collection 006: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…
Floor Games
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Read by Mark F. Smith
H.G. Wells had so much fun playing with his children on the floor of their playroom, he decided to write a jovial little book to inspire oth…
The Passionate Friends
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Read by Peter Eastman
H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love sto…
Short Science Fiction Collection 038
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Wonderful Visit
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An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Vict…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 001
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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Little Wars
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Read by Mark F. Smith
A Game for Boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books…
Twelve Stories and a Dream
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Thirteen short stories by HG Wells, the master of speculative fiction! Included in this collection is "Mr Skelmersdale in Fairyland&quo…
Short Science Fiction Collection 039
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Lovecraft's Influences and Favorites
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In 1927, H. P. Lovecraft wrote a long essay on "Supernatural Horror in Literature" in which he discussed the history of what came …
The World Set Free (version 2)
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Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay…
Kipps
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Read by Anthony Ogus
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles b…
The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
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A collection of short stories by H. G. Wells, author of "The Time Machine" and "War of the Worlds". The science fiction …
Short Science Fiction Collection 043
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 003
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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…
Short Story Collection Vol. 052
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 052: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 023
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Short Science Fiction Collection 033
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
El hombre invisible
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Read by Victor Villarraza
El hombre invisible (The Invisible Man es el título original en inglés) es una novela de ciencia ficción escrita por H.…
A Short History of the World
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Read by Kristine Bekere
A Short History of the World is a non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells, largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work T…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 027
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
Short Science Fiction Collection 032
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Science Fiction Collection 023
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Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 024
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
The Discovery Of The Future
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Read by David Wales
The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally …
Short Science Fiction Collection 049
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Secret Places of the Heart
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Richard Hardy, a member of the British gentry, tries to resolve problems in his marriage as he travels with a psychiatrist. The book is to a…
Tono-Bungay
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Tono-Bungay is a realist semi-autobiographical novel. It is narrated by George Ponderevo, a science student who is drafted in to help with t…
A Story of the Days to Come
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Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do wo…
The Sea Lady (Version 2)
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Read by Thomas A. Copeland
A mermaid contrives to have herself "rescued from drowning" and adopted by a respectable family on the English coast. Her motive,…
Short Story Collection Vol. 067
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A collection of 20 short stories selected and read by Librivox readers in English.
Short Story Collection Vol. 044
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 044: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Short Science Fiction Collection 057
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Short Story Collection Vol. 009
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Librivox’s Short Story Collection 009: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…
The War of the Worlds (Version 4)
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Read by johnnyenglish
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and…
El alimento de los dioses
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Read by Epachuko
Dos científicos británicos consiguen crear en un laboratorio un suero que provoca un crecimiento desmesurado en el ser vivo qu…
Cuando el dormido despierte...
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Read by Carlos Lombardi
Novela de ciencia ficción distópica del escritor inglés H. G. Wells, sobre un hombre que duerme durante doscientos tres…
International Short Stories Volume 2: English Stories
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The second volume of a 3 volume anthology, this work focuses on 'English' short stories, although it includes writers from other parts of th…
The War That Will End War
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Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
.About the First World War, and the author's conclusions. Whether or not you agree with these articles/essays, H G Wells does make many vali…
The New Machiavelli
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Read by Anthony Ogus
About a political idealist who changes his colours and engages in a sexual adventure, this novel by H.G. Wells generated controversy when it…
La maquina exploradora del tiempo
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Read by Victor Villarraza
La primera novela de H. G. Wells, el primer libro de ciencia ficcion moderna, el primer viaje en el tiempo hacia el futuro y una obra maestr…
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 3)
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Read by Tom Haire
In 1896 HG Wells produced the Island of Doctor Moreau. After a fateful shipwreck, a chance rescue, and offer of safe harbor, Edward Prendick…
The Sea Lady
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The Sea Lady is a novel written by H. G. Wells. It was serialized from July to December 1901 in Pearson's Magazine before being published by…
Love and Mr Lewisham
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Read by Anthony Ogus
The teaching profession, science and politics in late 19th century England. H. G. Wells’ humorous early novel, drawing on his own life, show…
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
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Read by Peter Eastman
"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" is H. G. Wells' attempt to make sense of World War I. It begins with a lighthearted account of an …
The Stolen Bacillus and other stories
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A collection of 15 humorous short stories by the original master of speculative fiction: H. G. Wells. This was the first collection of short…
The Food of the Gods, and How It Came to Earth (version 2)
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Read by Catharine Eastman
Mr. Bensington and Professor Redwood have invented a substance that causes living things to grow - and grow - and grow! As their experiment…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 029
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 01
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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the first volume, 53 short stories and poems have been gathered from 44 authors…
The War of the Worlds (Version 5)
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Read by Cliff Stone
An original masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying race of Martians who devastate the Earth and f…
Short Story Collection Vol. 040
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 040: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
The Time Machine (version 5)
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Read by Phil Chenevert
Our dystopian future is revealed by H.G.Wells. In this famous story, an unnamed scientist of the 1800s invents a machine to travel through …
Certain Personal Matters
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Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…
Men Like Gods
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In the summer of 1921, a disenchanted journalist escapes the rat race for a drive in the country. But Mr. Barnstaple's trip exceeds his expe…
Short Story Collection Vol. 021
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol.021: A collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox memb…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 035
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
The Invisible Man (Version 3)
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Read by Andrew Gaunce
A mysterious, bandaged stranger arrives in the small English village of Iping - and chaos follows close behind. H.G. Wells' classic story of…
Short Science Fiction Collection 076
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03
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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors…
Short Story Collection Vol. 084
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And so we present the 84th Librivox Short Story Collection! Each tale is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. Once again, we have a wi…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 02
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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the second volume, 44 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 author…
A Dozen Short Stories from H. G. Wells
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Read by Krista Zaleski
Twelve of H. G. Wells' early short stories (1894-1925) originally printed in various magazines and papers. His earlier works delve into the …
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 036
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Short Story Collection Vol. 090
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Here we present the 90th Collection of Short Stories selected and read by Librivox volunteers. For your enjoyment, we bring gems by Hemingwa…
Short Story Collection Vol. 033
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 033: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Short Science Fiction Collection 081
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Coffee Break Collection 011 - Science
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This is the eleventh collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in l…
Short Science Fiction Collection 084
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
1916: First Chapters Collection
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These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the yea…
Short Story Collection Vol. 080
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A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of H.G. Wells, Os…
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 4)
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Read by Veronica Maresh Mead
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells follows shipwreck victim, Edward Prendick, as he explores a strange island his rescuer, Montgomer…
The Time Machine (Version 7)
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Read by Cliff Stone
The story follows a Victorian scientist, who claims that he has invented a device that enables him to travel through time, and has visited t…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 042
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, furry beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spi…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 049
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
The Plattner Story and Others
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A collection of short science fiction stories, written by H.G. Wells. - Summary by Krista Zaleski
The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories
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Read by Peter Yearsley
A collection of Wells' short stories, with a short introductory essay by the author- "Essentially it is a miscellany of inventions, man…
The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 09
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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the ninth volume, 37 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 authors…
The Time Machine (Version 6)
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The Time Traveller entertains the guests at a dinner party with the tale of his journey forward in time to A.D. 802,701 using his new invent…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 051
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 054
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Short Story Collection Vol. 096
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We are back with the 96th LibriVox Short Story Collection. All stories were selected and read by LibriVox volunteers. One of Sir Arthur Cona…
HG Wells A Dream Of Armageddon
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The Seventh Dimension - A Dream of Armageddon From Sun 13th May 2007, 18:30 on BBC 7 Two Episodes By H.G. Wells Describe…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 059
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences
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Select Conversations with an Uncle, published in 1895, was H.G. Wells's first literary publication in book form. It consists of reports of t…
Short Science Fiction Collection 085
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
The First Men in the Moon (Version 2)
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Read by Cliff Stone
The novel tells the story of a journey to the Moon undertaken by the two protagonists: a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford; and an eccentric…
Washington and the Riddle of Peace
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Read by Lee Smalley
As an observer at the WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FOR THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS held in 1921 and attended by the victorious nations of The Great…
Dramatic Reading Scene and Story Collection, Volume 002
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Librivox readers present a collection of their favorite chapters and short stories, with the original author’s words all brought to life wit…
Bealby; A Holiday
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Bealby is the comical story of the escapade of a thirteen-year-old boy when he rebels against his placement as a steward's-room boy in the g…
Short Story Collection Vol. 098
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This is the 98th edition of Librivox Short Stories. Each story is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. The french author Guy de Maupas…
Short Science Fiction Collection 091
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Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Short Story Collection Vol. 101
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[quote]Here we present another diverse collection of short stories. We bring you classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Volodya, a little bit…
The Dream: a novel
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The story is set in a Utopian future. On an excursion, Sarnac, relates his vivid dream to his friends and recounts how he lived the entire l…
The Treasure In The Forest
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A BBC Radio adaptation by Michael Robson of H. G. Well's 1894 short story. The year is 1900, somewhere in the East Indies . Three men of vas…
In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace
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Read by John Schuurman
In the Fourth Year is a collection H.G. Wells assembled in the spring of 1918 from essays he had recently published discussing the problem o…
Christmas Short Works Collection 2012
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The worldwide LibriVox community brings you 26 Dutch, English, French, German and Japanese recordings of short stories, poems, non-fiction a…
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul 2006
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A two-part BBC Radio adaptation by Mike Walker of H.G. Well's 1905 "rags-to-riches" novel about a young man's battle to improve hi…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 062
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Weird Tales Presents: Web of the Spider!
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My dear friends... Do you find that you suffer from the condition known as ARACHNOPHOBIA? Do you cower in fear at the feeling of those hair…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 065
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Short Poetry Collection 050
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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 050: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Joan and Peter
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This is satirical look at the English educational system and society in the early twentieth century and the effect of World War I on them by…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 066
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 067
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul 1984
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A five-part BBC Radio adaptation by Michelene Wandor of H.G. Well's 1905 "rags-to-riches" novel about a young man's battle to impr…
The Future in America: A Search After Realities
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A series of travel essays by one of the most well known antiquarian authors focused on America and its persistent social, economic and devel…