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Helen with the High Hand

Read by Simon Evers


Arnold Bennett



James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…

Sacred and Profane Love

Read by Simon Evers


Arnold Bennett



Carlotta Peel is an unusual young woman – clever, self-opinionated, a brilliant author and yearning to love and be loved but also to serve h…

Simon the Cyrenian Speaks

Read by Michael MacTaggert


Countee Cullen


In Color

Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…

Andrew the Glad

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Maria Thompson Daviess



"There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major t…

George Eliot

Read by Catherine Brown


Catherine Brown



University of Oxford Podcasts

II: Ære Perennius

Read by Ellies


Geoffrey Bache Smith


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…

Will Ever the Dear Days Come Back Again?

Read by Peter Yearsley


Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


In Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Collection Vol. 001

A collection to celebrate Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 200th birthday, on 27th February, 2007.

The Infinite

Read by Amanda Vickery


Giacomo Leopardi


In The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi

This is a volume of poems by Giacomo Leopardi. - Summary by Carolin

The Saint




An actor friend of Simon's has come to believe someone's life may be in danger and seeks Simon's help.

21 - The Stage-Coach

Read by Anna Simon


Washington Irving


In The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Apart from "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - the pieces which made both Irving and The Sketch Book fa…

The Gambler

Read by Simon Evers


Katherine Cecil Thurston



The book follows the life of Clodagh Asshlin, an Irish girl brought up with her younger sister by her spendthrift father in the wilds of the…

Evermore

Read by dc


Jeannette Fraser Henshall


In Rain and Roses

One reviewer describes these poems as "dainty." Each reflect a delicacy of feeling and sentiment of home, love and nature. Jeanne…

For Once, Then, Something

Read by Tomas Peter


Robert Frost


In New Hampshire - A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes

New Hampshire is a volume of poems written by Robert Frost, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. The titular poem is the longest, and i…

Wings of Desire

Read by Simona Lovin


James Hebblethwaite


In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite

James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …

Second Sight

Read by Allegra


Alan E. Nourse and Alan Edward Nourse


In Short Science Fiction Collection 008

This volume of the LibriVox Science-Fiction Collection is devoted to Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992). Nourse became a science fiction writer to …

Snowy Peter

Read by Claire Schreuder


Susan Coolidge


In Just Sixteen

A collection of short stories from the author of the What Katy Did series, for an audience ranging from younger to older children - and enjo…

Uncle Simon's Sundays Out

Read by KirksVoice


Paul Laurence Dunbar


In The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories

One of four books of short stories written in his brief career. These stories are written using African-American dialect which provides dee…

Robert Elsmere

Read by Simon Evers


Mary Augusta Ward



Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventu…

Simon's Papa

Read by Tatiana Chichilla


Guy de Maupassant


In Complete Original Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant was, and is to this day, one of the world's most celebrated short story writers. He famously tackled topics like the Franc…

Wooden Tony

Read by Scott Sherris


Lucy Lane Clifford and Lucy Clifford


In Anyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise

A collection of stories and poems for children by British novelist, journalist, and playwright Lucy Lane Clifford, better known during her l…

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