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The Power and the Glory

In Short Science Fiction Collection 047

Read by Harry Chesley


Charles W. Diffin and Charles Willard Diffin


This is a collection of science fiction short stories.

On the Sublime

Read by Amelia Chesley


Unknowntranslated Byherbert Lord Havell and Translated Byherbert Lord Havell


This is a classical text on aesthetics and proper style in writing and rhetoric, including commentary on various ancient Greek works such as…

The Arte or Crafte of Rhethoryke

Read by Amelia Chesley


Leonard Cox


This text is a reprint of the first English-language book on rhetoric, including an introduction and notes from Frederic Ives Carpenter of t…

The City of Din

Read by Amelia Chesley


Dan McKenzie and Dan Mckenzie


A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us phy…

Letters to Catherine E. Beecher in Reply to an Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism

Read by Amelia Chesley


Angelina Emily Grimké


This is a collection of thirteen letters from Angelina Grimké on the subjects of abolitionism and human rights in the United States.

Le serpent et la lime

In Fables de La Fontaine, livre 05 (ver 3)

Read by Harry


Jean de la Fontaine


Voici le cinquième des douze livres des Fables de La Fontaine. Celles-ci datent du XVIIe siècle et sont lues par des lecteurs …

Chant deuxième, strophe 10 : O mathématiques sévères...

In Les Chants de Maldoror

Read by Harry


Comte de Lautreamont and Comte De Lautréamont


Les Chants de Maldoror is a poetic novel (or a long prose poem) consisting of six cantos. It was written between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte …

Chapter XXXVII, part 1

In Principles of Geology

Read by Harry


Charles Lyell


Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation is a b…

Flash Crimson

In Short Poetry Collection 094

Read by Harry Caufield


Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) and Carl Sandburg


This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2011.

The Great Panjandrum Himself – Read by HC

In The Great Panjandrum Himself

Read by Harry Caufield


Samuel Foote


LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Great Panjandrum Himself by Samuel Foote. This was the weekly poetry project for May 31st…

Song of the Shingle-Splitters - Read by HP

In Song of the Shingle-Splitters

Read by Harry Caufield


Henry C. Kendall and Henry Kendall


LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of Song of the Shingle-Splitters by Henry C. Kendall. This was the weekly poetry project for June…

126 - The Wine Insect

In Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Volume 2

Read by Harry Benjamin


Songling Pu


"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai" is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly super…

Echo – Read by HC

In Echo

Read by Harry Caufield


Christina Rossetti


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Echo by Christina Rossetti. This was the weekly poetry project for April 12th, 2009.

Tasting the Earth

In Short Poetry Collection 078

Read by Harry Caufield


James Oppenheim


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of April 2009.

Version 9

In The Potato's Dance

Read by Harry Caufield


Vachel Lindsay


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Potato's Dance by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry project for March 22nd, 2009…

Version 3

In The Last Buccaneer

Read by Harry Caufield


Thomas Babbington Macaulay and Thomas Babington Macaulay


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Last Buccaneer by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for …

Poisonous Cheese fromA Treatise on Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015

Read by Harry Caufield


Fredrick Accum and Frederick Accum


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently…