Author

100%

1x

List of chapters

--:--

Speed

1x

Save

Sleep timer Will stop after

0 hours

20 minutes

Turn on

Close

Oliver Wendell Holmes

0

0

7 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Island Hunting-Song

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

482

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Island Hunting-Song

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works...

Bruce Kachuk and 9 more 21 minutes

Ballad of the Oysterman

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

518

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Ballad of the Oysterman

from THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES: TO MY READERS NAY, blame me not; I might have spared Your patience many a trivial verse, Yet these my earlier welcome shared, So, let the better shield the...

Bruce Kachuk and 14 more 39 minutes

To a Blank Sheet of Paper

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

643

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - To a Blank Sheet of Paper

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works...

Algy Pug and 13 more 36 minutes

Elsie Venner

Literary Fiction

461

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Elsie Venner

Bernard Langdon is close to earning his degree in medicine when his family finds itself in financial difficulties, forcing Langdon to interrupt his studies for a time in order to earn money with which to fund the rest...

BettyB and 2 more 15 hours 57 minutes

My Hunt After 'The Captain'

War & Military

475

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - My Hunt After 'The Captain'

Holmes describes his frantic search through Civil War torn landscapes for his wounded son, the future Supreme Court Justice. Originally published in The Atlantic Magazine, 1862. Holmes, Sr. (1809 -1894) was an...

David Wales 2 hours 11 minutes

One-Hoss Shay

Humorous Fiction

456

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - One-Hoss Shay

This is a small collection of whimsical poems by the American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. «The Deacon's Masterpiece» describes the «logical» outcome of building an object (in this case, a...

Laurie Anne Walden 24 minutes

Departed Days

Poetry

444

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. - Departed Days

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Departerd Days by Oliver Wendell Holmes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 8, 2011. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. was an American physician, professor,...

AdamH and 10 more 12 minutes

New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2)

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

Authorization Registration

Sections Genres Authors Readers

Night mode