E. Nesbit
Ghost Story Collection 001
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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
The Railway Children
Read by Karen Savage
Edith Nesbit’s classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with their …
The Enchanted Castle
Read by Peter Eastman
Three children, forced to remain at school during the holidays, go in search of adventure. What they find is a magic castle straight out of …
The Book of Dragons
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
A dragon who flies out of a magical book; one whose purr quiets a fussy baby; another who eats an entire pack of tame hunting-hippopotomuses…
The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Read by Karen Savage
This is the story of the Bastable children and their attempts to help the family finances by searching for treasure. (Summary by Karen Savag…
Ghost Story Collection 002
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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
The Magic City
Read by Ruth Golding
Philip and Lucy discover that the city Philip has built using toys, books and household objects, has come alive. This is the account of thei…
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
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Edith Nesbit, the author of Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, felt passionately that young children should enjoy Shakespeare's great works…
The Magic World
Read by Ruth Golding
Talking cats, birds, fish and bells, wicked fairies, uglified princesses - adventure, magic, and more magic. A delightful collection of sto…
Five Children and It
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This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…
The Wonderful Garden
Read by Ruth Golding
Do you believe in magic? Caroline, Charles and Charlotte do, and nothing that happens during their summer holiday at their great uncle's hou…
Grim Tales
Read by Peter Yearsley
A collection of gentle stories that draw us into that hidden world where fear is just around the next corner, and where loving hands can tou…
Ghost Story Collection 004
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A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyo…
Five Children and It (Version 2)
Read by Jenny Lundak
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…
The Wouldbegoods, Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers
Read by Alan Chant
The Bastable children, first met in The Treasure Seekers, are sent to stay in the countryside; is it large enough to contain their exuberant…
Nine Unlikely Tales
Read by Cori Samuel
Nine original and, yes, unlikely fairy-tales, which include stories of the arithmetic fairy, the king who became a charming villa-residence …
The Phoenix and the Carpet
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The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began…
Antología de Cuentos Fantásticos
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El cuento fantástico es la narración de la realidad que mezcla elementos reales e irreales, extraños e inexplicables, c…
The Story of the Amulet
Read by Helen Taylor
The third of the series featuring Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane: four children who are, as they often say, "the sort of people that wo…
The Children's Shakespeare
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This children's book retells twelve of Shakespeare's most popular plays as stories for children. Each of the plays are rewritten as short st…
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 018
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …
My School Days
Read by Cori Samuel
A short memoir about the author's school days, serialised in The Girl's Own Paper from October 1896 to September 1897. It includes stories a…
Wings and the Child
Read by Cori Samuel
"When this book first came to my mind it came as a history and theory of the building of Magic Cities on tables, with bricks and toys a…
The Phoenix and the Carpet (version 2)
Read by Helen Taylor
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…
The House of Arden
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This novel describes how Edred and Elfrida Arden and their Aunt Edith embark on a treasure hunt through time - for the famous Arden family t…
Royal Children of English History
Read by Cori Samuel
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the thin…
New Treasure Seekers
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Oswald, Dora, Dicky, Alice, H.O, and Noel fill their free time with entertainments that don't always turn out as they plan. But whether tell…
Five Children and It (Dramatic Reading)
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Finding a Psammead (sand-fairy) to grant any wish your heart desires seems like the beginning of endless delights, but as Cyril, Anthea, Rob…
In the Nursery of My Bookhouse
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Full of delightful nursery rhymes, charming poems and engaging stories, folk and fairy tales, this is the first volume of the "My Bookh…
Wet Magic
Read by Phil Chenevert
A book about children who find magic in every day life .. and discover that mermen and mermaids actually have a whole underwater kingdom wit…
Pussy and Doggy Tales
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Charming Tales about cats and dogs. (Summary by Elli)
Christmas Short Works Collection 2007
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LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 016
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LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 016: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Harding's Luck
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Harding's luck is sequel to E. Nesbit's "The House of Arden". It tells the story of Dickie Harding, a disabled boy, who one day ac…
Five Children and It (version 4)
Read by James Pyle
When four children (and their baby brother makes five) manage to uncover the long-dormant Psammead (in plain English, then, Sand-Fairy) in a…
The Lark
Read by Grant Hurlock
"The Lark" has all the charm and freshness which have made Miss Nesbit's former novels so justly popular, and yet the story ts ent…
Coffee Break Collection 008 - Animals
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This is the eighth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in len…
The Railway Children (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are suddenly yanked out of their comfortable lives and removed to live in the country with only their mother and …
Short Story Collection Vol. 066
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Another great collection of short stories in English, selected and read by Librivox readers.
The Railway Children (version 3)
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
When their father mysteriously goes away, three children and their story-writing mother leave their comfortable life in London and move to a…
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 008
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This is the eighth Librivox Mystery and Suspense Collection, and the first in eight years. Similar to our Short Story Collections, this anth…
The Story of the Amulet (version 2)
Read by Padraig O'hIceadha
The Story of the Amulet is a novel for children, written in 1906 by E. Nesbit. It is the final part of a trilogy of novels that also include…
The Literary Sense
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A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoe…
The Phoenix and the Carpet (version 3 Dramatic Reading)
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Cyril, Robert, Anthea and Jane need a new carpet for the nursery, but it turns out to be a magic carpet containing a phoenix egg! They disco…
Short Story Collection Vol. 019
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 019: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
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This book, published in 1918 by the Atlantic Monthly Press, is a collection of 23 "modern short stories", written by various autho…
For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of For Dolly, who does not Learn her Lessons by E. Nesbit. This was the Weekly Poetry project fo…
Ruby Wedding Collection
Read by Ruth Golding
This collection comprises short stories, poems, a little bit of history and a little bit of ornithology, all with ruby connections. The read…
The Story of the Amulet (version 3 dramatic reading)
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The Five Children (from Five Children and It) are once again on holidays, but this time with no sand fairy to grant wishes - or is there? In…
Through the Wood
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Through the Wood by E. Nesbit. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 11th, 2009.
Short Story Collection Vol. 083
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And so we present the 83rd installment of the Librivox Short Story Collection! Each tale is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. This …
Wet Magic (version 2)
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Are mermaids real? Well of course they are! Just ask the four very English children who, when on vacation by the sea, find out about one b…
The Rainbow and the Rose
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A collection of poetry in the whimsical style of Edith Nesbit, author of "The Five Children and It" and "The Railway Children…
Short Mystery and Suspense Collection 011
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We present you with our 11th collection of short mystery and suspense stories. Several are taken from the magazine Weird Tales and they are …
All Round the Year
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A light and whimsical collection of poems by the celebrated children's author E Nesbit, in collaboration with Saretta Nesbit. (Summary by Da…
Five Children and It (Version 5)
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The book follows the journey of five children who discover a mysterious creature (called by them as It) who grants them their wishes. Join i…
Short Story Collection Vol. 101
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[quote]Here we present another diverse collection of short stories. We bring you classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Volodya, a little bit…
Love Stories Volume 1
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Here are 20 love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in heartb…
Short Poetry Collection 083
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This is a collection of poems submitted by LibriVox volunteers for the months of September and October 2009.
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 052
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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…
Short Poetry Collection 106
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2012.
LibriVox 5th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2
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What do you do for a fifth anniversary? We decided to have a collection of short works with a difference. We challenged our readers to find …
Many Voices (selection from)
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E. Nesbit (Edith Bland) was a prodigious 19th century children’s writer who produced over 60 books of fiction for children. This book of poe…
Children's Short Works, Vol. 022
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LibriVox's Children's Short Works Collection 022: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Short Poetry Collection 087
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of March 2010.
Coffee Break Collection 029 - Dogs
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This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
The Rainbow and the Rose (Version 2)
Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker
Although Edith Nesbit is best known for her innovative children's books and classic ghost stories, she was at heart a poet. She began writin…
Short Poetry Collection 103
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2011.
Short Poetry Collection 200
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This is a collection of 65 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2020.
LibriVox 9th Anniversary Collection
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This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the numbe…
Short Poetry Collection 084
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This is an open collection of poems for the months of November and December 2009.
Children's Short Works, Vol. 031
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 031: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
LibriVox 12th Anniversary Collection
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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…
The Story of The Treasure Seekers (version 2)
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The 6 Bastable children are great at thinking up ways to restore a fallen family fortune, they soon find they had more fun and problems with…
The Enchanted Castle (Version 2)
Read by Damerel
The Enchanted Castle follows the adventures of Jerry, Jimmy and Kathleen, three children who stumble upon a mysterious hidden castle with a …
Short Poetry Collection 214
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This is a collection of 59 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2021.
Children's Short Works, Vol. 043
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 043: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - version 2
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Adaptations of Shakespearian plays for young readers. - Summary by ShrimpPhish
Short Poetry Collection 209
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This is a collection of 64 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2020. October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this …
Short Poetry Collection 078
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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of April 2009.
The Story of the Treasure Seekers (version 3)
Read by Sarah Hill
This story follows the six Bastable Children; Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius, on their adventures to help their widowe…
Christmas Short Works Collection 2015
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This year's Christmas collection of short stories, poems and non-fiction features readings in English, French, German and Romanian - Summary…
Short Poetry Collection 227
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This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2022.
Short Poetry Collection 235
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This is a collection of 37 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2022.
Children's Short Works, Vol. 055
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Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 055: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
LibriVox 17th Anniversary Collection
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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…
First Chapter Collection 011
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The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…