Henry David Thoreau

Walden

Gelesen von Gord Mackenzie

Henry David Thoreau

Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s lif…

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)

Gelesen von Bob Neufeld

Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published i…

Walking

Gelesen von Chris Masterson

Henry David Thoreau

This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled "The Wild" . He revised it before his death an…

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Gelesen von Gord Mackenzie

Henry David Thoreau

Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thorea…

The Maine Woods

Gelesen von Expatriate

Henry David Thoreau

On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to …

Walden, Version 2

Gelesen von Nick Bulka

Henry David Thoreau

Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

Gelesen von Melissa Green

Henry David Thoreau

A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Coffee Break Collection 008 - Animals

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Henry David Thoreau

This is the eighth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in len…

The Fisher's Boy

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Henry David Thoreau

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of the Fisher’s Boy by Henry David Thoreau. This was the weekly poetry project for the…

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 3)

Gelesen von Phil Chenevert

Henry David Thoreau

"That government is best which governs least" is the famous opening line of this essay. The slavery crisis inflamed New England i…

Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of short (15 minute or less readings) works in English suitable for a coffee break at work or a short commuter ride. Th…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 009

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in these collecti…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 008

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…

Short Story Collection Vol. 013

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 013: a collection of 11 short fictional works in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Coffee Break Collection 009 - Autumn

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is the ninth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…

LibriVox 6th Anniversary Collection

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

What do you do for a sixth anniversary? We challenged our readers to find any short works which had 'six' in the title - in any language. Th…

Poems of Nature

Gelesen von Larry Wilson

Henry David Thoreau

The fifty poems here brought together under the title ‘Poems of Nature’ are perhaps two-thirds of those which Thoreau preserved. Many of the…

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include architecture, education, philosophy,…

Short Poetry Collection 024

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Henry David Thoreau

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 024: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Excursions

Gelesen von PhyllisV

Henry David Thoreau

Excursions is an 1863 anthology of several essays by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The anthology contains an introduction …

Short Poetry Collection 006

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 006: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Cape Cod

Gelesen von PhyllisV

Henry David Thoreau

Cape Cod is one of several excursion books by Henry David Thoreau. The travel itinerary frames his thoughts about geography, natural and loc…

Walden oder Leben in den Wäldern

Gelesen von Marcus Christopher

Henry David Thoreau

In Walden beschreibt Thoreau sein Leben in einer Blockhütte, die er sich 1845 in den Wäldern von Concord (Massachusetts) am See Wa…

Poetry Miscellany 02

Gelesen von Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)

Various

As we get older, many of us return to youthful memories of poems once significant to us. Outside their association with our youth, we may wo…

Short Poetry Collection 196

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 025

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 025: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 065

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. A review of William Carlos Williams' "Kora in Hell" by Robert McAlmon is one …

Short Poetry Collection 012

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 012: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 089

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Henry David Thoreau and Robert Frost

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of July 2010.

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau Volume 1: 1837 - 1846

Gelesen von PhyllisV

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist,h…

Short Poetry Collection 194

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of 51 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2019.

Walking (Version 2)

Gelesen von Allyson Hester

Henry David Thoreau

This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an e…

Short Poetry Collection 205

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of 69 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 027

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 027: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 035

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 035: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

The Service

Gelesen von Phil Schempf

Henry David Thoreau

An essay in three parts written in July 1840. "Human life is his topic, and he views it with an Oriental scope of thought, in which di…

Short Poetry Collection 030

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 030: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 102

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Henry David Thoreau and Robert Frost

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2011.

Short Poetry Collection 045

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 045: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 034

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 034: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 039

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 039: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Coffee Break Collection 031 - Springtime

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is the 31st Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read 20 stories or poems of their choice, fiction or non-fict…

Short Poetry Collection 218

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2021.

Short Poetry Collection 220

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2021.

First Chapter Collection 007

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

The first chapter of a book is often the hook to draw a reader in. It could make you eager for more or realize it isn't for you. Here we off…

Coffee Break Collection 040 - Beaches

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is the 40th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Gelesen von LibriVox Volunteers

Various

This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during December 2024.