Narratives

The Bothie of Toper-na-Fuosich

Read by Liam Brady


Arthur Hugh Clough


Arthur Clough provides us with a timeless coming of age story involving a young Englishman studying in Scotland who falls in love. - Summar…

Peter Bell: A Tale

Read by FunkyPhD


William Wordsworth


A ne'er-do-well's life is changed by an encounter with a stubborn animal. - Summary by Matthew Schneider

Queen Mab

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Percy Bysshe Shelley


Queen Mab is the first major poetic work by Percy Bysshe Shelley and serves as a foundation to his theory of revolution. It depicts a two-pr…

The Corsair

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


George Gordon, Lord Byron


The Corsair (1814) by Lord Byron narrates the tale of Conrad, a pirate or privateer, who was rejected by society in his youth because of his…

A Lost God

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Francis William Bourdillon


The first-century scholar and historian Plutarch tells a strange tale of sailors at sea, who heard a mysterious voice proclaiming: "Pan…

The White Doe of Rylstone

Read by Phil Benson


William Wordsworth


A narrative poem in seven cantos, set during the Northern Rebellion of 1569. A group of Catholic nobleman from the North of England attempt …

< 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 >