Alisson Veldhuis
24 books
Literary Fiction
475
Thomas Hardy - Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid
A milkmaid, Margery, encounters a mysterious foreigner and perhaps prevents him from committing suicide. In gratitude, the man offers her any reward she can name. She tells him she wants to go to a ball. He takes her,...
3 hours 18 minutes
Animals & Nature
481
Thornton W. Burgess - Mother West Wind "When" Stories
Thorton Burgess gives us a collection of stories about the animals, explaining 'when' they got their peculiar traits. As usual the stories are short and delightfully written so as to be enjoyed by child or adult. Have...
2 hours 45 minutes
Literary Fiction
474
Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)
In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and swears off drink, until his wife and daughter return eighteen years later,...
11 hours 29 minutes
Romance
466
Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 2)
Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, «A Pure Woman,» is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by her father to visit wealthy relatives. Her encounter with Alec d'Urberville changes her...
15 hours 23 minutes
Poetry
469
Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fifth and last volume; the first volume of short works — fiction, essays, poetry and speeches, previously unrecorded for LibriVox, was catalogued by...
6 hours 56 minutes
