LibriVox Audio Books
Japanese Fairy Tales
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Yei Theodora Ozaki
First published in 1908, this is a book of "beautiful legends and fairy tales of Japan" that were collected, translated and retold…
The Shortstop
Read by Rowdy Delaney
Zane Grey
Zane Grey (Pearl Zane Gray) born in 1872 in Zanesville, Ohio was best known for his western stories, most notably Riders Of The Purple Sage …
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Read by Bob Neufeld
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published i…
Anna Karenina
Read by MaryAnn
Leo Tolstoy
Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in Tsarist Russia. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn …
The Phoenix and the Carpet
Read by Helen Taylor
E. Nesbit
Five children discover a mysterious egg in their new nursery carpet - an egg which hatches into a magical talking Phoenix! The carpet is a m…
A Peep Behind the Scenes
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Mrs. O. F. Walton
Rosalie is the daughter of a traveling theater master and is envied by many young girls as she appears to live a life full of glamour, glitz…
Donal Grant
Read by Devorah Allen
George MacDonald
After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…
The Namura Stone
Read by Gillian Andrews
Gillian Andrews
Six and Diva are coming to terms with family life on Xiantha, but on the other side of the galaxy storm clouds are gathering.The Dessites ha…
Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St Macarius the Egyptian
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Macarius
Macarius the Great of Egypt (c. 300 – 391) was one of the Desert Fathers of early Christian history. A wealth of wisdom and joy can be found…
Dan, the Newsboy
Read by DaleBarkley
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Dan and his mother are poor, so he begins selling newspapers on the streets of New York City. His perseverance, hard work, and honesty are q…
A Thousand Miles up the Nile
Read by Sibella Denton
Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
Amelia B. Edwards wrote this historical, egyptological, and cultural study in in 1877, and it became an immediate best-seller, reprinted in …
Humility
Read by Nathan
Andrew Murray
A book on the all importance of humility, how Jesus was humble, and how we also can become humble. Murray wrote "Without humility, ther…
The Time Machine
Read by Mark F. Smith
H. G. Wells
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…
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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Louisa May Alcott
When country girl Polly Milton comes to visit her friend Fanny Shaw, city life isn’t all she had hoped it would be. Thrown in the middle of …
Bleak House
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…
Among the Meadow People
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Clara Dillingham Pierson
Lovely book of nature written for children by teacher and naturalist Clara Dillingham Pierson. This book in the "Among the People"…
The Life of St. Teresa
Read by MariaS
Frances Alice Forbes
Teresa of Ávila, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, baptized as Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada (28 March 1515 – 4 October …
A Little Princess
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Little Princess is a classic of children's literature by the author of The Secret Garden. Seven-year-old Sara Crewe comes to London to att…
Come Out of the Kitchen!
Read by Margaret Espaillat
Alice Duer Miller
A novel about a man who rents a house for the season and keeps having problems with the servants, especially the attractive cook. - Summary …
Discourses of Epictetus
Read by Christine Rottger
Epictetus
Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear eve…