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The Romance of a Pipe-Cleaner

In My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

Read by Elaine Fleming


J. M. Barrie


J. M. Barrie, the author best known for Peter Pan, pens witty anecdotes of smoking, having quit the habit. He relates various humorous accou…

Part II. Chapter I. Cinderella's Prince

In Greatheart

Read by Elaine Fleming


Ethel M. Dell


Invited on a skiing trip with her wealthy neighbours, the de Vignes, Dinah delights at her first, and possibly only, taste of freedom from h…

Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum

Read by Elaine Webb


Hiram Chase


Hiram Chase is a well liked Reverend in a small ministry in Utica. When his mental and physical health deteriorates, he is taken to Utica lu…

Six Years in the Prisons of England

Read by Elaine Webb


Frank Henderson


A Merchant talks about daily life inside prisons of England, describes routines and how prisoners are treated. He notes stories of how fello…

The Rebel of the School

Read by Elaine Webb


L. T. Meade


Kathleen O'Hara is a young pretty girl sent to school in England from Ireland by her father to get a good education, but Kathleen has other …

Diary Written in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum

Read by Elaine Webb


Mary Huestis Pengilly


Mary Pengilly was taken to a Lunatic Asylum by her sons where she kept a diary, which this book is taken from. Mary records the harsh condit…

Sixteenth-century Bristol

Read by Elaine Webb


John Latimer


Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and Joh…

Dulcibel

Read by Elaine Webb


Henry Peterson


Dulcibel is a young, pretty and kind-hearted fictional character charged with Witchcraft during the infamous Salem Witch trials. During this…

The Grass - Read by SF

In The Grass

Read by Susan Fleming


Emily Dickinson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Grass by Emily Dickinson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 4, 2019. ------…

A Photograph - Read by SF

In A Photograph

Read by Susan Fleming


John Charles McNeill and John Charles Mcneill


LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of A Photograph by John Charles McNeill.This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 11, 2019.…

Adequate to Airy

In English Synonyms and Antonyms

Read by Anita Fleming


James Champlin Fernald


English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each ent…

Dans les Bois

In Multilingual Poetry Collection 014

Read by Anita Fleming


Gerard de Nerval and Gérard de Nerval


In LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers select and read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other tha…

Annabel Lee

In Short Poetry Collection 083

Read by Anita Fleming


Edgar Allan Poe


This is a collection of poems submitted by LibriVox volunteers for the months of September and October 2009.

Pathology in Africa

In Cancer in the Developing World

Read by Kenneth Fleming


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

01 - Volume 1 Chapter 1

In The Old Manor House

Read by Elaine Webb


Charlotte Turner Smith


The proud, cruel and arrogant Mrs. Rayland never married. Therefore, "Rayland Hall", the old Manor House of the title, had to pass…