Search Results
Sonnets
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edna St. Vincent Millay
It has been observed that within the narrow confines of a sonnet the mind can turn around but cannot take flight. Some of Millay’s sonnets, …
Heartbreak House
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George Bernard Shaw
On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye’s infamous dinner parties. U…
Lover or Friend
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Rosa Nouchette Carey
An epic tale of romantic and societal confrontation, as two families become far more intimately entangled than they could have previously im…
A Pickle For the Knowing Ones
Read by MelissaMarie
Timothy Dexter
Timothy Dexter, a business man in the late 1700's, writes about his thoughts and his life. He is an unconventional man who follows his own …
Bulbs and Blossoms
Read by Emily Isabella
Amy Le Feuvre
Two young children, recently arrived back in England from India, discover their aunt's old gardener, and together they explore the beautiful…
A Girl of High Adventure
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
L. T. Meade
Marguerite St. Juste was Irish on her mother's side, who was born of the Desmonds of Desmondstown in the County Kerry. Marguerite's father w…
Poems
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Elizabeth Stoddard
These outstanding poems by the renowned author Elizabeth Stoddard speak of the poet's hunger for the freedom of an idyllic future - a hunger…
A Weaver of Dreams
Read by Celine Major
Myrtle Reed
Delightful and charmingly predictable, this sweet romance will make you reflect one minute and laugh out loud the next. It's the kind of coz…
Poems of Marianne Moore
Read by Oscar Goff
Marianne Moore
In 1921, American poet H.D. collected and published a selection of previously published poems by Marianne Moore. Although this angered Moore…
A London Life
Read by Deborah Percy
Henry James
A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-Ame…
The Eye Of The Storm
Read by Jeffrey Lynn Stoddard
Jeffrey Lynn Stoddard
Dante Dre, a 38 year old single gay man, awakens one morning to a terrifying discovery that implicates him in a horrendous crime. But that's…
St. Elmo
Read by Jim Locke
Augusta Jane Evans
Written in prose and full of references to religion and mythology, this book tells the love story between St. Elmo and Edna. He is cynical a…
Helen in the Editor's Chair
Read by Bellona Times
Ruthe S. Wheeler
After her father, Hugh Blair, falls ill from exhaustion as editor of the town newspaper, The Rolfe Herald, and leaves for a rest cure in the…
An American Idyll: The Life of Carlton H. Parker
Read by Mary Schneider
Cornelia Stratton Parker
In a memoir marked by joy, love, and an unbending sense of adventure, Cornelia Stratton Parker reveals the heart of a unique man and their l…
Ann
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lechmere Worrall
Edward Hargraves, a young author, is encouraged by his mother and friend, Billy, to marry a woman in order to understand the fairer sex bett…
The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Arthur Wing Pinero
Lucas Cleeve is living in Venice with a widow, Mrs. Ebbsmith. His relatives do not accept this arrangement and come to intervene. Note that …
Andrew the Glad (Dramatic Reading)
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Maria Thompson Daviess
"There are some women who will brew mystery from the decoction of even a very simple life. Matilda is one of them, remarked the major t…
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Samuel Richardson
It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, It is generally regarded as Richardson'…
Lady Byron Vindicated
Read by Michele Fry
Harriet Beecher Stowe
In 1869, the Atlantic published Stowe's article, The True Story Of Lady Byron's Life, a brief exposé of the famous poet Lord Byron's …
Lines
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Percy Bysshe Shelley
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Lines by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 13th, 2009.