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The Farmer Remembers the Somme

In Short Poetry Collection 096

Read by Jennifer Randall


Vance Palmer (1885-1959) and Vance Palmer


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the months of April and May 2011.

Manuscript Found in a Bottle

In The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 1

Read by Jennifer Randall


Edgar Allan Poe


This, the first of 5 volumes containing Poe's works, contains 8 of his short stories as well as reflections, critiques, and eulogies by othe…

The Voice

In Short Poetry Collection 099

Read by Jennifer Randall


Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) and Thomas Hardy


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2011.

Book 1, Chapter 16

In The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2

Read by Jennifer Randall


Henry James


This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chance…

Talks To Farmers

Read by Lauren Randall


Charles H. Spurgeon


This is a collection of nineteen sermons given by the Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon, using illustrations from rural settings. (Summary …

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

Read by Lauren Randall


Ann Radcliffe


Ann Radcliffe is the founder of the gothic novel. This novel is no exception. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years …

The Life of St. Benedict

Read by Patrick Randall


Pope Gregory I


St. Benedict of Nursia was a sixth century monk and founder of monastic communities. His main achievement, the "Rule of St. Benedict,&…

A Homily of Saint Gregory the Great On the Pastoral Office

Read by Patrick Randall


Pope Gregory I


A homily by Saint Gregory the Great on the virtues, responsibilities, and shortfalls of the clergy; recommended to the attention of all cler…

The Vision of Piers the Plowman (Warren translation)

Read by Patrick Randall


William Langland


William Langland’s Vision of Piers the Plowman is one of the Early English poems that may well appeal to many other readers than the profess…

Fountains Abbey; the story of a mediaeval monastery

Read by Patrick Randall


George Hodges


The story of Fountains Abbey, one of England's most famous medieval monasteries, from its foundation in the twelfth century to its suppressi…

Winning His Spurs: A Tale of the Crusades

Read by Jennifer Gasiecki


G. A. Henty


Set in the late twelfth century during the Third Crusade, the Norman Conquest having occurred not much more than a hundred years ago, Winnin…

The Girl Next Door

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Augusta Huiell Seaman


Marcia Brett has noticed unusual activity at the ramshackle and seemingly abandoned mansion next door: a mysterious, veiled lady is seen com…

Mabel Ross, the Sewing Girl

Read by Jennifer Fournier


Unknown


Orphaned Mabel struggles to raise her sisters by working as a sewing girl for long hours and low wages. She meets her challenges with a calm…

Mary's Grammar: Interspersed with Stories and Intended for the Use of Children

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Jane Marcet


Mary's teacher has taxed her with the task of learning that most onerous of all parts of the English language: Grammar. Through stories and …

Cloud Studies

Read by Jennifer Dallman


Arthur William Clayden


Classification of clouds, and meteorological condition of how they are formed. Written by Arthur W. Clayden, M.A., who was the former princi…

The Republic of the Future

Read by Jennifer Fournier


Anna Bowman Dodd


or Socialism a Reality In the year 2050, Wolfgang travels to the socialist city of New York. He writes enthusiastically to his friend Hanne…

The Prairie Wife

Read by Jennifer Perree


Arthur Stringer


GeeGee has fallen, in love that is. Witty, funny, intelligent. Gee Gee's Letters to her friend tell the unscripted story of the adventures i…

Book Two, Sections IX-X

In Politics

Read by Jennifer


Aristotle (tr. Jowett) and Aristotle


The Politics, by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, is one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. In it, Aristotle exp…