Art and Heart
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This special poetry collection was assembled to celebrate the first anniversary of the creation of LibriVox. LibriVox volunteers bring you 38 different recordings of Art and Heart, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This poem, originally suggested by Betsie Bush, was chosen for this special collection due to a general consensus that the message of the poem corresponds with the spirit of LibriVox.
The poem asserts that, “It is not art, but heart, that wins the wide world over.” And so it is with LibriVox: it is not only the books, the poetry, the literature that make LibriVox what it is; but it is also the people, the diversity of voices, and all of the different lives and experiences that affect the way a person reads a piece of text. The art is the foundation of LibriVox, but the many hearts behind it are the true essence and spirit of LibriVox.
For more information on the the first anniversary of LibriVox, and to hear a one hour special audio program featuring interviews, bloopers, and samplers, please visit the Anniversary homepage: http://librivox.org/librivox-anniversary-2006/ (1 hr 10 min)
Chapters
| Version 1 | 2:27 | Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) |
| Version 2 | 2:12 | Read by Anna Maria Stone |
| Version 3 | 2:06 | Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
| Version 4 | 1:55 | Read by Anita Roy Dobbs |
| Version 5 | 2:07 | Read by Betsie Bush |
| Version 6 | 1:56 | Read by Catharine Eastman |
| Version 7 | 1:54 | Read by Christiane Levesque |
| Version 8 | 1:43 | Read by Christie Nowak |
| Version 9 | 2:09 | Read by David Barnes |
| Version 10 | 1:33 | Read by David Jaquay |
| Version 11 | 2:06 | Read by Dexnell Peters |
| Version 12 | 1:45 | Read by Elizabeth Palmer |
| Version 13 | 1:47 | Read by Ezwa |
| Version 14 | 2:15 | Read by Graham Williams |
| Version 15 | 1:42 | Read by Hugh McGuire |
| Version 16 | 2:09 | Read by John Gonzalez |
| Version 17 | 1:55 | Read by JemmaBlythe |
| Version 18 | 1:49 | Read by Joy Chan |
| Version 19 | 1:42 | Read by Juho Fröjd |
| Version 20 | 1:34 | Read by featherheadfop |
| Version 21 | 1:55 | Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021) |
| Version 22 | 2:08 | Read by Kristin LeMoine |
| Version 23 | 1:33 | Read by Kristen McQuillin |
| Version 24 | 1:51 | Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
| Version 25 | 1:32 | Read by Kathleen Dang |
| Version 26 | 1:44 | Read by Lotte Claire |
| Version 27 | 1:48 | Read by Linton |
| Version 28 | 1:50 | Read by Laura M.D. |
| Version 29 | 1:36 | Read by Martin Clifton |
| Version 30 | 1:44 | Read by Mary Anderson |
| Version 31 | 1:33 | Read by Maddie |
| Version 32 | 1:48 | Read by Patricia Oakley |
| Version 33 | 1:59 | Read by Peter Yearsley |
| Version 34 | 1:40 | Read by Rainer |
| Version 35 | 1:42 | Read by Sean McKinley |
| Version 36 | 2:06 | Read by Ted Delorme |
| Version 37 | 1:45 | Read by Tracy Hall |
| Version 38 | 1:45 | Read by Tears on Roses |