Fiction
Molly Make-Believe (version 2)
Read by ashleighjane
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancée is gone for the winter and though he begs her to…
What Diantha Did
Read by Betsie Bush
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman opens a window of history through which we can see a small part of the determined efforts made by women to elevate …
Short Story Collection Vol. 022
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 022: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.
Dead Beautiful
Read by Melanie Dugan
Melanie Dugan
What if the man you love is the God of the Dead?
That’s the problem facing Persephone. Her mother, Demeter, is a Level-1 goddess who wants P…
The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Henry Fielding
This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…
The Tale of Major Monkey
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey was the author of more than forty children's books.Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insect worl…
A Touch of the Sun and Other Stories
Read by David Wales
Mary Hallock Foote
Four short stories by Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938), an American author and illustrator. She is best known for her illustrated short storie…
Blackthorn Farm
Read by Tony Oliva
Arthur Applin
But he was afraid. He had failed twice already. He could not afford to fail a third time. If he failed ruin faced him, and disgrace. His fat…
Danny Ain't
Read by Joe Cottonwood
Joe Cottonwood
Danny's father goes into a hospital for a while, leaving Danny to live alone in a trailer with no money and little food. That's when the coy…
De Kleine Johannes
Read by Bart de Leeuw
Frederik Van Eeden
De Kleine Johannes is een sprookje, waarin de ontwikkeling van kind tot volwassene en de worsteling met de levensraadsels centraal staan. We…