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The Great Keinplatz Experiment
In Dreamland and Ghostland
This collection of accounts and short stories of a ghostly nature was originally published in 3 volumes. The subtitle of this compilation ni…
The Great Keinplatz Experiment - Part 2
In The Captain of the Polestar, and other tales
The Captain of the Polestar is a captivating collection of early short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, showcasing his diverse storytellin…
Chapter 4
In Once A Week (Version 2)
Once A Week is a collection of short stories and slightly longer vignettes which were written for Milne's solid British Audience, including …
From Lancaster to Kendal
In Travels in Lancashire
A collection of fiction, non-fiction and poetry on travels in Lancashire, England, with occasional sorties into adjacent counties. - Summary…
Episode 3
In Faster Than Light Tales of Time & Imagination
A science fiction themed radio show featuring two short plays by Joe Mahoney. The first, "Cold Equations," is an adaptation of a T…
The Reading Man
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Binker
In Now We Are Six
Milne's second book of children's poetry: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young ... and no…
The Watcher
In Short Story Collection Vol. 108
It's time to enjoy our 108th Librivox Short Story Collection. All stories have been selected by the readers and include gems by O. Henry, Le…
Section 2
In Windfall and Waterdrift
This little square book, the colour of meadow forget-me-nots, is so modest and simple that it may very easily be passed over in a period whi…
The Inscrutable
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
Sir Ralph
In Short Poetry Collection 197
This is a collection of 46 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for October 2019. With a number of spooky ones for Halloween!
Character by Emerson
In Poems We All Love
This is a collection of familiar poems from beloved poets from Tennyson and Shakespeare to Longfellow and Emerson. Some are fragments but w…
The Sentence
In Unprofessional Tales
A collection of stories exploring the psychological and paranormal, some stories bordering on the macabre. - Summary by Luke Castle
Ken
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
To Hilda
In The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator
Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…
Goethe and Frederika
In A Hundred Great Poems
This is a compilation by Richard Cross of 100 poems by various poets. - Summary by Mozartjr
II: Ære Perennius
In A Spring Harvest
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He w…
Sir Walter Raleigh
In Fifty Famous Stories Retold
Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…
Romance
In Riders of the Stars: A Book of Western Verse
A collection of poems by novelist, short story writer and poet Henry Herbert Knibbs. Another of his books of verse, "Songs of the Outla…