LibriVox Audio Books
The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line
Read by James K. White
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Published in 1899, The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line is a collection of narratives that addresses the impact of Jim …
My Father's Dragon
Read by as101
Ruth Stiles Gannett
A short story about a boy who befriends a cat and then sets off on an adventure to rescue a dragon.
A Study In Scarlet (version 5)
Read by Robert Dixon
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"A Study in Scarlet" is the first ever Sherlock Holmes story split into two quite distinctive parts. The first part is told from …
CBS Radio Mystery Theater 1975, page 1
CBS Radio Mystery Theater
CBS Radio Mystery Theater was a long-running series of radio dramas created by Himan Brown and hosted by E.G. Marshall. These programs were …
Nature (version 2)
Read by Jesse Zuba
Ralph Waldo Emerson
First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking…
In His Steps (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Charles Monroe Sheldon
After a strange event at the Raymond First Church, Reverend Henry Maxwell asks his congregation a startling question: Will they pledge to tr…
Mr. Justice Raffles
Read by Cate Barratt
E. W. Hornung
A. J. Raffles is a British gentleman thief of some renown who, in this, the hero's final adventure, ironically demonstrates a sense of moral…
The Mountebank
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
Andrew Lackaday, an English orphan, was born and brought up in a French circus. He becomes a highly skilled mimic and juggler. He plies his …
The Law
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Frédéric Bastiat
"The law perverted! The law—and, in its wake, all the collective forces of the nation. The law, I say, not only diverted from its prope…
Eight Cousins (Version 3)
Read by Marina
Louisa May Alcott
Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and…
Emily's Quest (Version 2)
Read by Nancy Halper
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Her school years behind her, Emily is back home at her beloved New Moon. She continues to climb “the Alpine path” as she watches her deares…
The Autobiography of a Thief
Read by Ben Adams
Hutchins Hapgood
I met the ex-pickpocket and burglar whose autobiography follows soon after his release from a third term in the penitentiary. For several we…
The American Claimant
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
The American Claimant is an 1892 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The story focuses on the class differences and expectatio…
The Enchanted April
Read by Diana Kiesners
Elizabeth Von Arnim
It’s a dreary February in post-World War I London when Mrs. Wilkins spots an advertisement in The Times for a small Italian castle for rent …
When a Man's a Man
Read by KevinS
Harold Bell Wright
When a Man's a Man is a novel written by Harold Bell Wright, an author who was quite popular in the first decades of the 20th Century. This …
06 Maigret And The Young Girl
SANWAL
6: Maigret and the Young Girl Sat 25th Sep 1976, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM Translated bv Daphne Woodward adapted for radio…
The Firelight Fairy Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Henry Beston
One pleasant summer day, as the fairy-tale lover sat reading a book beneath the low spreading branches of an oak tree, he heard a hum of win…
The Wealth of Nations, Book 5
Read by Stephen Escalera
Adam Smith
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…
Mother West Wind's Children
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Thornton W. Burgess
"You can't fool old Mother Nature. No, Sir, you can't fool old Mother Nature, and it's of no use to try." The animals of the Gree…
As a Man Thinketh
Read by Mark Cawley
James Allen
Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth,…