General Fiction
The Junior Classics Volume 9: Stories of To-day
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Patten
The first part of this volume consists of stories by modern writers dealing mainly with life in our own day. They are, of course, meant for…
The Old Church Clock
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Richard Parkinson
A fictional "history" of Robert Walker, a dedicated clergyman in the English Lake District, this work, which started as a short ma…
Danny the Detective
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Vera Charlesworth Barclay
Danny is a mystery enthusiast, who is teased by bigger boys for his interest. But then, after moving to the country with his mother, he find…
Adlestrop
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Edward Thomas
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Adlestrop by Edward Thomas. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 20th, 2009.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Barnaby Rudge, A Tale of the Riots of Eighty (version 4)
Read by Mark Leder
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' fifth published novel is set in the village of Cligwell. Romances are thwarted. A ghost is spotted. A raven speaks. A m…
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 03, Nov. 18, 1879
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
The Guest of Quesnay
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Booth Tarkington
This is the story of two young American painters residing in Paris in a moderate way. Others are more flamboyant than them, for example Larr…
The Dark Flower
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Galsworthy
Galsworthy's classic The Dark Flower is a study of love. Spring is the beginning when all is new and full of hope. However, the woman Lennan…
The Song of the Western Men
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Robert Stephen Hawker
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Song of the Western Men by Robert Stephen Hawker.This was the Weekly Poetry project for Au…
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 07, Dec. 16, 1879
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Amanda Minnie Douglas
The early youth of an old town has a certain simplicity like the youth of human life. Its struggles, its romance, its unfolding come down th…
The Martian
Read by Rita Boutros
George Du Maurier
The Martian, by George du Maurier, is a largely autobiographical novel published in 1898 and the author's third. It describes the life of Ba…
How Bessie Kept House
Read by Elsie Selwyn
Amanda Minnie Douglas
Bessie desperately wants to be trusted with taking care of the house alone, instead of being bossed by Cousin Jane, while her mother goes on…
Paul and the Printing Press
Read by Brian Keenan
Sara Ware Bassett
Paul Cameron, president of the class of 1920 in the Burmingham High School, conceives the idea of establishing a school paper, to the honor …
Socialist Readings for Children
Read by KevinS
John Spargo
A collection of readings designed more for youngsters aged 12 or older than for children, in my view. The presentation is idealistic and off…
Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 10, Jan. 6, 1880
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
Harper's Young People upon its first publication in 1879 was an illustrated weekly publication containing delightful serialized stories, sho…
Nelly: or, The Best Inheritance
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lucy Ellen Guernsey
This little story is written to illustrate the value of honesty and faithfulness in small and great matters. Nelly's earnings may possibly b…
Stories of the Coal Mine
Read by Steve C
Frank Mundell
Men, women and children (who could until 1842 be as young as four years old and from 1900 had to be over thirteen years of age) worked in th…
Autumn Leaves, Original Pieces in Prose and Verse
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Anne Wales Abbot
The pieces gathered into this volume were, with two exceptions, written for the entertainment of a private circle, without any view to publi…