John Burlinson

60 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Fantastic Fiction

409

Joseph Conrad - Inheritors

The Inheritors: An Extravagant Story (1901) is a quasi-science fiction novel on which Ford Madox Ford and Joseph Conrad collaborated. It looks at society's mental evolution and what is gained and lost in the process....

John Burlinson and 4 more 7 hours 10 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

536

Short Science Fiction Collection 055

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is possible. The only rules are those set forth by the author. The speculative...

Alex Deva and 9 more 12 hours 42 minutes Short Science Fiction Collections

No comments

Poetry

642

Edwin Arlington Robinson - Children of the Night

This is a collection of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson, titled the Children of the Night, and including, besides the famous title poem, several ballads, and poems dedicated to other authors and poets. — Summary by...

Jacquelyn Bengfort and 12 more 1 hour 42 minutes

No comments

Essays & Short Works

485

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 041

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include a woman in Alaska, Cuban folklore, and hunting peccaries on the Nueces; Max Planck's Quantum Theory and...

Availle and 10 more 4 hours 37 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

No comments

Poetry

501

Francis Thompson - Poems

This is the first volume of poems published by the English poet Francis Thompson. It also includes his most famous poem, The Hound of Heaven . — Summary by Carolin

Christine Lehman and 5 more 1 hour 31 minutes

No comments

Poetry

546

Anne Brontë - Captive Dove

Many victorian women felt trapped by the role society gave them. So did Anne Bronte. This is a poem about lonleyness, and about feeling caged. A poem which would bring tears to your eyes. — Summary by Stav Nisser

Aubrey Anne and 14 more 27 minutes

No comments

Poetry

441

Short Poetry Collection 156

This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2016.

John Burlinson and 14 more 1 hour 40 minutes Short Poetry Collections

No comments

Poetry

513

Henry van Dyke - Red Flower: Poems Written in War Time

These are verses that came to me in this dreadful war time amid the cares and labors of a heavy task. Two of the poems, «A Scrap of Paper» and «Stand Fast,» were written in 1914 and bore the signature Civis...

Ian King and 10 more 44 minutes

No comments

Poetry

540

Edwin Arlington Robinson - Three Taverns: A Book of Poems

This is a volume of poems by Edwin Arlington Robinson. This volume contains, among other poems, the famous poems The Valley of the Shadow and Lazarus. — Summary by Carolin

J. Olpecre and 8 more 3 hours

No comments

Published 1900 onward

470

1916: First Chapters Collection

These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. —...

John Burlinson and 9 more 14 hours 5 minutes

No comments

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

449

William Cowper - Retired Cat

William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English...

Algy Pug and 12 more 1 hour 16 minutes

No comments

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

522

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Dirge for the Year

Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major English Romantic poets, and is regarded by some as among the finest lyric, as well as epic, poets in the English language. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political...

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 17 minutes

No comments

New

Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

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

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

Show all