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31 - Letters in Conclusion - Letter 1

In Basil

Read by Kenny B


Wilkie Collins


Basil, son of a father who values the family pedigree and who would not let him marry below his station, falls in love at first sight with a…

Chapter II

In The Deluge Volume 1

Read by Lucretia B.


Henryk Sienkiewicz


The Deluge (Polish: Potop) is a historical novel by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1886. It is the second volume of a th…

The Chariots Go Forth to War by Tu Fu

In Gems of Chinese Verse

Read by Lucretia B.


Juyi Bai 白居易, Shen Cen 岑參, Zi'ang Chen 陈子昂, Fu Du 杜甫, Bai Li 李白, Haoran Meng 孟浩然, Wei Qui 邱為, Quanqi Shen 沈佺期, Shu Sikong 司空曙, Changling Wang 王昌齡, Wei Wang 王維, Tingyun Wen 溫庭筠, Jiuling Zhang 張九齡, Ji Zhang 張籍 and Various, Translated Byw. J. B. Fletcher


Translations of various Chinese poets' work. - Summary by KevinS

Chapter 21

In A Woman Of Yesterday

Read by Cadia B


Caroline Atwater Mason


Anna is the daughter of a clergyman in a small town in Vermont. She is very happy with her lot. But when she goes to nurse a woman in the bi…

21 - Part 4, Chapter 2 - Of Duties toward the Unfortunate

In The Gentleman and Lady's Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment

Read by Lucretia B.


Elisabeth Celnart and Élisabeth Celnart


A mid-nineteenth century book of etiquette. (Summary by Libby Gohn)

Address to Certain Goldfishes - Read by LB

In Address to Certain Goldfishes

Read by Lucretia B.


Hartley Coleridge


LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Address to Certain Goldfishes by Hartley Coleridge. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…

04 - Chapter 1D

In John Quincy Adams

Read by Lucretia B.


John T. Morse


This biography contains three main sections. the first covers Adams's early years and his time as a diplomat--both in America and overseas. …

03 - Simeon Stylites the Syrian

In The Mintage

Read by Lucretia B.


Elbert Hubbard


Elbert Hubbard is best known as the author of the "Little Journeys To The Homes of Famous People". These 11 short stores show the …

10 - Sacrifice and Prayer

In Israel's Faith

Read by Lucretia B.


Nathan Solomon Joseph and George Alexander Kohut


A series of short readings (lessons, if you will) for Jewish youth and others. This book ought not to be viewed as a kind of catechism, but …

PART I CHAPTER I THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË, CREATED BY A FA…

In The Secret of Charlotte Brontë

Read by Lucretia B.


Frederika Richardson Macdonald


Twenty years ago, now, I attempted (but was not especially successful in the task) to establish upon the personal knowledge that my own resi…

Section 1

In Galateo

Read by Lucretia B.


Giovanni della Casa and Giovanni Della Casa


A book on the practice of mannerly behaviour at Court, originally written in Italian but translated into English for the Elizabethan court. …

Treatise I, Chapters 9-13

In The Convivio

Read by Lucretia B.


Dante Alighieri


Convivio (The Banquet) is a work written by Dante Alighieri roughly between 1304 and 1307. This unfinished work of Dante consists of four tr…

Snow-Flakes - Read by MB

In Snow-Flakes

Read by Matthew B.


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Snow-Flakes by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 20…

00 - Introduction

In Creative Unity

Read by Lucretia B.


Rabindranath Tagore


Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore talks of the many things he feels is necessary for creativity through joy of unity, he covers many topics like t…

Version 3

In History of a Life

Read by David B.


Barry Cornwall


LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of History of a Life by Bryan Waller Procter (pseud. Barry Cornwall). This was the Weekly Poetry…

The Gettysburg Address - read by LB

In The Gettysburg Address 150th Anniversary

Read by Lucretia B.


Abraham Lincoln


On Thursday, November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave a brief address at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pen…

Book IV, Chapter I: Influence of the Progress of Industry and Population on Val…

In Principles of Political Economy

Read by Josip B.


John Stuart Mill


The Principles of Political Economy, first published in 1848, was one of the most important texts on the subject of economy at that time. I…

Of the Nature and Properties of Hops

In The Theory and Practice of Brewing

Read by Lucretia B.


Michael Combrune


This is an elaborate treatise on how to brew beer. That art is as noble today as it was in 1761, when this book was first published, and Mr.…

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