Essays & Short Works

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated volunteers, this a…

Exotics and Retrospectives

by Lafcadio Hearn Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays and reports in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated …

Life in the Sick-room

by Harriet Martineau Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Thinking she would be ill for the rest of her life, Harriet Martineau wrote these partly autobiographical essays about life in the sickroom.…

The Lincoln Story Book

by Henry L. Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Subtitle: A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Fo…

How to Tell a Story

by Mark Twain Read by Claudia Salto 3.9
In his inimitable way, Mark Twain gives sound advice about how to tell a story, then lets us in on some curious incidents he experienced, an…

Plants and Flowers

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes lon…

Essays on Art

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspect…

Radio News

4.4
Explore the news from 1949 in this collection. This compilation includes various news segments, talk shows, and specials from that year. Whi…

The Spirit of American Literature

by John Albert Macy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
THE SPIRIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE is a collection of essays reviewing contemporary authors on the literary scene at the turn of the century …

Heroines of Fiction

by William Dean Howells Read by Jim Locke
This two-volume work includes heroines from the works of Eliot, Trollope, Hardy, Harte, Austen, Edgeworth, Scott, Dickens, Hawthorne, E. Bro…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Explore a diverse array of topics in this engaging collection of eighteen short nonfiction works, each selected by dedicated LibriVox volunt…

On Anything

by Hilaire Belloc Read by Ray Clare
Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Natural cataclysm is the subject of several readin…

A Different Point of View

by Unknown Read by TD-0013 4.2
Recently re-mastered with all around better quality sound and production!! Originally aired as a segment for Michael and Evo's Wingin' It! p…

Curiosities of Literature

by Isaac D'Israeli Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
This is a collection of short essays on literature. Various subjects are discussed, such as libraries, critics, the classics, and all sorts …

Girl Scout Collection

by Various Read by Betsie Bush
These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of t…

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