John Galsworthy
The Best British Short Stories of 1922
Read by David Wales
Twenty-four short stories by famous and not-so-famous British authors. (Summary by David Wales) Note: A shortened section 21 was replaced on…
The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1)
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'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Pro…
Short Story Collection Vol. 052
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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 052: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Five Tales
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This 1918 book consists of five short stories or novelettes by Galsworthy. They are The First and Last (1914), A Stoic, The Apple Tree (1916…
Beyond
Read by Simon Evers
Gyp, the daughter of ex-Major Charles Claire Winton, at the age of 23 marries Fiorsen, a Swedish violin virtuoso. Her mother, the wife of an…
The Patrician
Read by Simon Evers
The book revolves around the story of two love affairs. Miltoun (an aspiring politician) proposes to Mrs Audrey Noel, only to find that she …
In Chancery (Forsyte Saga Vol. 2)
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'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. In Chancery is…
To Let (Forsyte Saga Vol. 3)
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‘The Forsyte Saga’ is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties.To Let is the t…
Fraternity
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A satire of middle-class complacency and artistic aspiration. It is the story of a strange bohemian upper-class love triangle, and of a myst…
One-Act Play Collection 001
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LibriVox’s One-Act Play Collection 001 includes one-act plays in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.
Short Story Collection Vol. 012
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Librivox’s Short Story Collection 012: a collection of 11 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox member…
One-Act Play Collection 002
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This collection of eight one-act dramas features plays by Eugene O'Neill, George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Susan Glaspell, William Dean…
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…
The Country House
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In “The Country House”, John Galsworthy explores many of the themes he would later expand upon in his better known, nine-novel, “The Forsyth…
One-Act Play Collection 003
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This collection of ten one-act dramas features plays by Edward Goodman, Alice Gerstenberg, Arnold Bennett, John Galsworthy, Anton Chekhov, F…
The Skin Game
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A small play in three acts. A kind of comic tragedy. The plot tells the story of the interaction between two very different families in rura…
One-Act Play Collection 006
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This collection includes ten one-act plays by David Belasco, Arnold Bennett, Hereward Carrington, Lewis Carroll, Lord Dunsany, John Galswort…
The Silver Box
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This is a lovely comedy about the theft of a prostitute's purse by a rich 'young man of good family. It is placed beside the theft of a silv…
Short Story Collection Vol. 098
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This is the 98th edition of Librivox Short Stories. Each story is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. The french author Guy de Maupas…
Favourite Chapters Collection 002
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A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy
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This is a collection of essays by John Galsworthy. A multitude of subjects is covered, but the essays are connected by an artistic spirit, a…
Captures
Read by Lee Smalley
Brief plot lines of these 16 stories by Nobel Prize winning author John Galsworthy: 01, 02, 03 "A Feud" The breaking of an engagem…
The Island Pharisees
Read by Simon Evers
Richard Shelton is wrestling with his conscience. As a member of the upper class at a time when the British Empire is at its height, he sees…
The Freelands
Read by Simon Evers
The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a…
Short Story Collection Vol. 105
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This collection is for any short story in the English Language in the public domain, selected and read by Librivox volunteers. This collecti…
A Family Man
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John Builder is a solid, middle-class Englishman. He is very domineering but finds that the women around him are insistent on living their o…
First World War Centenary Prose Collection Vol. II
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This collection of non-fiction and fiction pieces is the second volume commemorating the First World War. The majority of the items, all cho…
Saint's Progress
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Edward Pierson is the widowed vicar of a London church. He has two daughters, Eve and Noel, who is 17. In essence, the novel follows the bat…
First Chapter Collection 005
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LibriVox First Chapter Collection 005 - a collection of the first chapters of 15 different books, fiction and nonfiction, mostly English but…
The Dark Flower
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Galsworthy's classic The Dark Flower is a study of love. Spring is the beginning when all is new and full of hope. However, the woman Lennan…
Justice
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A cheque has been issued for nine pounds but someone has changed it to ninety in the hopes of claiming the money. But who is responsible? Wi…