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Dr. Johnson

Read by David Wales


Charles Maclaurin


In Post Mortems Two: Mere Mortals: Medico-Historical Essays

This 1925 collection of extensive essays (a second book following the first of similar title) comprises well written biographies of a few fa…

Mr. Julius Rosenwald Interviewed

Read by KevinS


Carl Sandburg


In The Chicago Race Riots, July 1919

Carl Sandburg's succinct reporting on and reflections upon the race riots that broke out In Chicago in July 1919. - Summary by KevinS

Patient Neddy

Read by David Niles


Anonymous


In Bed-Time Stories: A collection in verse and in prose

This book is a collection of short stories and poems for children to enjoy at bedtime. - Summary by SaraHale

The Hammers, V

Read by John Van Stan


Amy Lowell


In Men, Women and Ghosts

This is a collection of long poems and short stories by Amy Lowell. - Summary by Carolin

In the Morning

Read by Devorah Allen


Paul Laurence Dunbar


In Coffee Break Collection 014 - New Beginnings

This is the fourteenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in…

An ODE

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)


Charlotte Lennox


In The Lady's Museum, Volume 1

Published in 11 issues between 1760 and 1761 and believed largely to be written and edited by Charlotte Lennox (it was marketed as “by the A…

Book 2, Chapter 9

Read by Debra


Robert Grant


In Unleavened Bread

A businessman's selfish wife forces her way into upper society. (Summary by Wikipedia)

The Doctors of Hoyland

Read by shellykess


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


In Short Story Collection 112

Here we present the 112th edition of the Librivox Short Story Collections. In this group of stories, we visit an obscure Welsh publication f…

Written

Read by Newgatenovelist


Earl Lawson Sydnor


In Selected Poems (Sydnor)

Earl Lawson Sydnor was an actor and poet. These poems were published in 1929. - Summary by Newgatenovelist

Delight in Disorder - Read by LLW

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Robert Herrick


In Delight in Disorder

Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674[1]) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for …

Excerpts from the Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)


Various


In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 16

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…

Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill, Read by PJW

Read by Patrick Wallace


George Gordon, Lord Byron


In Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill

Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon …

Haven

Read by Newgatenovelist


Donald Jeffery Hayes


In Selected Poems (Hayes)

Donald Jeffery Hayes was a poet who was born in North Carolina. These poems were published between 1927 and 1929. - Summary by Newgatenoveli…

From Mr. Chesterton and Others, Gerald Gould, The Observer

Read by Phil Benson


Various


In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)

Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …

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