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THE BACKGROUND
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Saki
In The Chronicles of Clovis
This is the third collection of short stories by Saki, following on from “Reginald” and “Reginald in Russia”. Although some of the stories h…
Home
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gerald Bullett
In Mice & Other Poems
Gerald William Bullett was a British man of letters. He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet. He wrote bot…
Part 1, Chapter 6 - Retribution
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
H. C. McNeile and Sapper
In Men, Women and Guns
World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…
To Meet, or Otherwise
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Thomas Hardy
In Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries, with Miscellaneous Pieces
Published in 1914, this is a compilation of 107 poems by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), who is probably better known as the author of such famous…
Vol. 3 - Chapter 4
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Maria Edgeworth
In Helen
Maria Edgeworth was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children…
Trusty John
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Andrew Lang
In The Blue Fairy Book
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889) was a beautifully produced and illustrated edition of fairy tales that has become a classic. This was f…
Third Epistle of John
Read by Sam Stinson
American Standard Version
In Bible (ASV) NT 25: 3 John
The New Testament Third Epistle of John (often referred to as 3 John) is the 64th book of the Bible. Written in the form of an epistle, it i…
12 - Uncle John Gets Acquainted
Read by Laura Caldwell
L. Frank Baum
In Aunt Jane's Nieces
Jane Merrick is a wealthy, elderly, difficult invalid woman who is preparing for her approaching death. In her youth, she inherited her mone…
Lariat Bill by G W H
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
G. W. H.
In The Coo-ee Reciter
Recitation was a vital part of the curriculum in education in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It not only enabled students to gain practic…
The heart of John Middleton
Read by Phil Benson
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
In Short Stories (Household Words 1850-53)
Elizabeth Gaskell was a regular contributor to Charles Dickens's weekly magazine, Household Words, from 1850 through to 1853 In addition to …
John Evereldown
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
In Children of the Night
This is a collection of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, titled the Children of the Night, and including, besides the famous title poem, s…
Psalm 138
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Isaac Watts
In Psalms of David
Isaac Watts was a poet, hymn-writer and musician. He wrote many of what we regard as "classical hymns" such as "Joy to the Wo…
Selected poems
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Gottfried August Bürger
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 07
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…
King John and the Abbott
Read by Wayne Cooke
James Baldwin
In Children's Short Works, Vol. 034
Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 034: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Homeward Bound
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
Henry van Dyke
In The Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time
These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task.Two of the poems, "A Scrap of Pape…
Chapter 3 The Peevish Printer
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Rae
In New Adventures of Alice (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
After reading and re-reading the book many time as a boy and wishing that Lewis Carroll would have written another Alice In Wonderland Book,…
Enter Mitchell
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Henry Lawson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 008
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Trusty John
Read by Clarica
Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book and Andrew Lang
In Short Story Collection Vol. 014
Librivox’s Short Story Collection 014: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Blue Eyes by John Keats
Read by John Burlinson (1950-2024)
John Keats
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 2: Love (Part 1)
The second of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
John Horace Burleson
Read by Kirk Thomas
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…