TriciaG

440 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Romance

534

Amanda McKittrick Ros - Irene Iddesleigh

Amanda McKittrick Ros, a Northern Irish writer, did for the novel what William McGonagall did for poetry and Florence Foster Jenkins for the coloratura voice. She published a number of novels (all at her own...

Andy Minter and 7 more 3 hours 55 minutes

No comments

Christian Fiction

487

George MacDonald - Thomas Wingfold, Curate

Republished in modern times as «The Curate's Awakening». A young man (Thomas Wingfold) «enters the church» through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he...

John Schuurman and 17 more 18 hours 48 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

597

Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The...

Delmar H Dolbier and 38 more 49 hours 49 minutes

No comments

Family Life

447

Pansy - One Commonplace Day

A temperance lecturer misses his train and ends up attending a town picnic. It was a common enough picnic on a commonplace day. But the discussions, actions, and attitudes from that picnic reverberate through the...

TriciaG 8 hours 56 minutes

No comments

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

Poetry

497

Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox — fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles and speeches — and each volume will be a pot pourri of...

Carl Manchester and 12 more 7 hours 40 minutes Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection - 5 Volumes

No comments

Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

Exploration

422

Rustichello da Pisa - Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

«Books of the Marvels of the World» or «Description of the World» (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed «Il Milione» («The Million») or «Oriente Poliano», but commonly called «The Travels of Marco Polo», is a...

Leni and 9 more 6 hours 55 minutes

No comments

Poetry

465

King James Version (KJV) - Bible (KJV) 19: Psalms

The Book of Psalms, commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible. Taken together, its 150 poems «express virtually the full range of Israel's religious faith.» They each...

GabrielleC and 6 more 5 hours 17 minutes Bible (King James Version)

No comments

Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)

491

Emma Lazarus - Feast of Lights

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Feast of Lights by Emma Lazarus. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 18, 2011. Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the Jewish festival...

Chris Caron and 8 more 28 minutes

No comments

Poetry

434

Robert W. Service - Passing of the Year

LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Passing of the Year by by Robert W. Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2011. Robert William Service was a poet and writer who has...

Chris Caron and 7 more 26 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

447

George Manville Fenn - Peril Finders

In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are failing. A prospector arrives and tells stories of ancient cities where there...

Elaine Webb and 9 more 16 hours 21 minutes

No comments

Poetry

438

Robert Leighton - Dried-up Fountain

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of The Dried-up Fountain by Robert Leighton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 18, 2011. This poem is taken from A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895,...

David Lawrence and 14 more 34 minutes

No comments

Essays & Short Works

449

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 025

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, humor, travel, philosophy,...

NoelBadrian and 9 more 4 hours 27 minutes Short Nonfiction Collections

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