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The War That Will End War
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
H. G. Wells
.About the First World War, and the author's conclusions. Whether or not you agree with these articles/essays, H G Wells does make many vali…
A Scientist in the Making
Read by James R. Hedrick
Alexander Forbes
In The Radio Gunner
Originally published anonymously in 1924, this intriguing work of science fiction, categorized by Bleiler under 'imaginary wars and inventio…
Festubert, Boulogne, Posted
Read by Marianne Coleman-Hipkins
Anonymous (attrib. Kathleen Luard) and William James Mcglothlin
In Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915
The title is, I think, self explanatory. The nurse in question went out to France at the beginning of the war and remained there until May 1…
Peter the Great
Read by NoelBadrian
Jefferys Taylor
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
35 - Chapter 35: Pevensey and Hurstmonceux
Read by Peter Yearsley
E.V. Lucas and E. V. Lucas
In Highways and Byways in Sussex
A very personal and opinionated wander through the Sussex of around 1900, illustrated with anecdotes, literary and poetic quotations, graves…
Old Age translated by Constance Garnett
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Anton Chekhov
In Short Story Collection Vol. 102
Here we present the 102nd Short Story Collection, comprised of stories selected by Librivox readers. Algernon Blackwood, Saki and Anton Chek…
Two Hundred Years After
Read by asterix
Siegfried Sassoon
In The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon was one of the first to write poetry about the brutal reality of war, based on his real-life experiences in the trenches. …
1865-1866
Read by April6090
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
To those unacquainted with Tennyson's conscientious methods, it may seem strange that a volume of 160 pages is necessary to contain those po…
Part Two
Read by Peter Yearsley
Saki
In Reginald
A collection of humorous anecdotes centred on Reginald, a smug, self-centred and cynical young man, who never admits to being older than twe…
Chapter II The Invasion of Spindrift
Read by cyndajm
Harold L. Goodwin
In The Electronic Mind Reader: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story
Rick, Scotty and Barby concoct a plan to use hidden technology in a quiz show. In the background, the Coast Guard contacts Spindrift Scient…
GEORGE MARION McCLELLAN
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
James Weldon Johnson and Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.
In The Book of American Negro Poetry
The Book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edi…
The Letters
Read by MichaelMaggs
Alfred Tennyson and Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In Maud, and Other Poems (Version 2)
Surely everyone knows “Maud”? Isn’t that the Victorian love song, where the man waits by the garden gate for his lover to appear for a secre…
Old Excursions
Read by Peter Yearsley
Thomas Hardy
In Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection)
Hardy claimed poetry as his first love, and published collections until his death in 1928. Although not as well received by his contemporari…
Chapter 18
Read by Michele Eaton
Julian Corbett
In For God And Gold
Sir Julian Stafford Corbett was a prominent navy historian and geologist. This semi-autobiographical novel tells about the start: the person…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
Reading a Letter
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
In New Poems
This is an exceptional collection of superb and introspectively distinct poems from the pen of master author D. H. Lawrence. Never failing t…
Consider The Ravens
Read by Phil Schempf
George MacDonald
In Short Poetry Collection 269
This is a collection of 45 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during October 2025.
Alexander III—The Taming of the Ravens
Read by James R. Hedrick
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
In Scotland's Story: A History Of Scotland For Boys And Girls
Scotland's Story: A History Of Scotland For Boys And Girls is both a history of Scotland as well as delving into some of its legends. Writte…
The Eagle
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Brook - Break, Break, Break - Sweet and Low - and The Eagle
This is Tennyson at his best. This is Tennyson, the master poet at his most descriptive, his most insightful, his most enlightening. This se…