Single Author Collections
Tales of the Uneasy
Read by Lisa Reichert
Violet Hunt
Nine twisty-turny tales of tragic human drama, played out in Victorian parlors, death beds and lonely country roads. This collection of Viol…
The Man Without A Country And Other Tales
Read by David Wales
Edward Everett Hale
Edward Everett Hale was an American author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. Hale first came to notice as a writer in 1859, when he contri…
The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales
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Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
This lively collection of stories by Q, aka the imaginative and prolific man of letters Arthur Quiller-Couch, includes tales of mystery, hor…
The Burning Wheel
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Aldous Huxley
Though Aldous Huxley is best known for his later novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. The Burning Wheel is his first …
A Selection of Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh
Read by Algy Pug
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also wel…
Uncanny Stories
Read by Rhiannon Damon
May Sinclair
May Sinclair’s Uncanny Stories is a collection of short stories filled with macabre, romantic, and Gothic themes. Enjoy tales of love and lo…
The Poems of Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Complied by Thomas B. Mosher and released in 1906, this collection contains nearly every poem published by Oscar Wilde during his lifetime. …
Men Without Women
Read by James Hutchisson
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway's second collection of short fiction, first published in 1927, including many of his best-known stories, including "Hills Lik…
Widdershins (Version 2)
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Oliver Onions
Onions wrote several collections of ghost stories, of which the best known is Widdershins (1911). It includes the novella The Beckoning Fair…
4 Stories by Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Here are four delightful short stories written by the famous author specifically for girls. As she says in the tiny preface "These stor…
Men, Women and Guns
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Sapper
World War I stories, as told through the eyes of someone who was there, but leavened with humour and an eye for the ridiculous side of human…
Selections from Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
Read by Clark University
Herman Melville
Published in 1866, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War is a collection of poems about the Civil War by Herman Melville. Many of the poems a…
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
Read by Warren Kati
O. Henry
O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, characte…
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Read by Becky Cook
Robert W. Service
Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …
The Untilled Field
Read by NoelBadrian
George Moore and George Logan Moore
George Moore, an Irish writer involved with the Celtic Revival was influenced by the French Realists and particularly by the work of É…
Gullible's Travels, Etc.
Read by Winston Tharp
Ring Lardner
Humorous stories of social climbing in America's "classless" society. - Summary by Winston Tharp
Hope
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Emily Dickinson
LibriVox readers bring you 16 versions of Hope, by Emily Dickinson. This was the weekly poetry selection for the week of November 18, 2013.
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses
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Andrew Barton Paterson and Banjo Paterson
A collection of poems by Australian poet Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson, picturesque glimpses into life in the Bush. From the preface: "…
The Cloak (Version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
The Cloak or the Overcoat as in some translations, is a story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story a…
Jack and the Check Book
Read by Cate Barratt
John Kendrick Bangs
Bangs is in top form in his version of this small collection of timeless fairy tales. If you don't immediately recognize Jack and the Check …