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Version 11
Read by Martin Geeson
Alexander Pope
In Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epigram by Alexander Pope. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 8th, 2010.
18 - Futility
Read by Martin Geeson
Wilfred Owen
In Poems
A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Scenes 4: Scotland-Yard
Read by Martin Geeson
Charles Dickens
In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…
Selected excerpts
Read by Martin Geeson
John Arbuthnot
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Mappined Life
Read by Martin Geeson
Saki
In The Toys of Peace
This is the fifth collection of short stories by Saki (H.H. Munro), and was published posthumously in 1923. Even so, many of the stories are…
20 - Draft
Read by Martin Geeson
James Thomson and George William Foote
In Satires and Profanities
"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…
Christopherson
Read by Kirsten Wever
George Gissing
In The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…
For a Wanton
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
The Parson's Case
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
The Agonie
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…
Symbols
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
Uncle Chatterton’s Gingerbread
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Uncollected Short Stories of L.M. Montgomery
A compilation of 80 short stories by the author of "Anne of Green Gables" that were not previously published in a book or in one o…
A New Interest in Life
Read by Geetu Melwani
L.M. Montgomery and Lucy Maud Montgomery
In Anne of Green Gables
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic children’s novel, Anne of Green Gables tells the story of a red headed orphan girl with a personality you can…
Crime and Education from Miscellaneous Papers
Read by Martin Geeson
Charles Dickens
In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 2
This year is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the second volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry a…
The Miniature - Read by JCM
Read by Jason Mills
George Pope Morris
In The Miniature
George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. In addition to his publishing and editorial work, Morris was popular as a p…
Jonson
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Wilbur D. Nesbit
In An Alphabet of History (Version 2)
These witty, engaging and amusing poetic descriptions of the lives of prominent people are not only a joy to read, but are a quick and easy …
Letters from Dickens to his sub-editor, W. H. Wills, 1858 from Charles Dickens …
Read by Martin Geeson
Charles Dickens
In Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…
44 - Joseph Jasper
Read by Marea Brook
George MacDonald
In Mary Marston
Written at the height of George MacDonald's literary career, the story centers around the life of a simple merchant's daughter. Mary Marston…
Mesmerism
Read by Martin Geeson
Robert Browning
In Robert Browning 200th Anniversary Collection
For this collection, LibriVox volunteers made their own selections from Robert Browning's poetry and prose to celebrate the 200th anniversar…