Fiction
Short Story Collection Vol. 051
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 051: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
The Go-Getter
Read by Scott Dahlem
Peter B. Kyne
A disabled veteran succeeds as a civilian with persistence and military focus. (Summary by Scott Dahlem)
The Fairy of the Snows
Read by Maria Therese
Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Have you seen a human fairy? Meet Alice Morrow, the dainty fairy of the snows, who will dance her way right into your heart! Get ready to la…
The Scars
Read by William Tennant
William Tennant
Peter Everett is a man stained with grief, his life becomes a struggle of decisions as he watches the lives of the people around him dissolv…
Rudder Grange
Read by Sibella Denton
Frank R. Stockton
This book presents a number of short, comedic sketches of a country life in middle America in the late 1800s. The hilarious twists and turns…
Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School; or, Fast Friends in the Sororities …
Read by Christine Blachford
Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
In "Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School"; Or, "Fast Friends in the Sororities," the girl chums will appear as mem…
The Motor Girls
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Margaret Penrose
When Cora Kimball got her new auto for her birthday she had no idea what adventures would start for her and her brother Jack.Where did Ed’s …
Children's Short Works, Vol. 013
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Children’s Short Works Collection 013: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Mark Twain
A book of short stories and humorous anecdotes by Mark Twain, published together in 1906. (Summary by Tricia G)
A Day at the County Fair
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Alice Hale Burnett
Three little friends are taken to the County Fair in Uncle Billy's motorcar, but a slight delay occurs on the way. How they finally arrived …
Mother
Read by Megan Kunkel
Kathleen Norris
With seven children and a home to take care of, Margaret wondered how her Mother could be so happy living a life that seemed all drudgery. A…
Finn, Again, The Later Adventure of Huckleberry Finn
Read by Doug Hundley
Doug Hundley
Still a rascal and a wanderer, Huck Finn, now nearing thirty, narrowly escapes a shotgun wedding, outwits a crafty Treasury Agent bent on co…
New Grub Street
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George Gissing
"The story deals with the literary world that Gissing himself had experienced. Its title refers to the London street, Grub Street, whic…
Olive
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
Inspired by Jane Eyre, Dinah Maria Craik's 1850 novel, Olive, was one of the first to feature a disabled central character. 'Slightly deform…
Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College
Read by ashleighjane
Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
The four series follow Grace Harlowe and her friends through high school, college, abroad during World War I, and on adventures around Ameri…
Cousin Henry
Read by Jean Bascom
Anthony Trollope
Indefer Jones struggles to name an heir to his estate. Will he choose his favorite niece, Isabel, or a male heir? The story turns on the tro…
Pirate Jack
Read by Alessandro Cima
Alessandro Cima
Young Jack Spencer sees his father's boat-building business destroyed by a powerful land developer. In desperation, he sets out on a dangero…
Abandoned
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Clark Russell
We meet Miss Lucretia Lane as she is dressing for her marriage to Captain Francis Reynolds of the British Merchant Service. Though he loves …
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (Dramatic Reading)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Henry Fielding
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews, or simply Shamela, as it is more commonly known, is a satirical novel written by Henry Fiel…
The Antiquary
Read by skoval
Andrew Lang
Illegitimacy, false identity, and bankruptcy are the major elements of Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel, The Antiquary. Set in the period of th…