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13 - Chapters XIII and XIV

In Topsy-Turvy

Read by Jon Talcott


Jules Verne


Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890…

The Communist Manifesto

Read by Jon Ingram


Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx


Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their Manifesto in December 1847, as a guide to the fundamental principles and practices of Communists.…

The Eagle's Shadow

Read by Jon M.Wilson


James Branch Cabell


A romantic comedy in which love is complicated by a large inheritance. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler

A Shropshire Lad (version 2)

Read by Jon Sindell


A. E. Housman


This is a lovely collection of melodic poems, many melancholy in tone, many featuring Housman's constant theme of living this short life to …

Mighty Roman Shorts

Read by Jon Sindell


Jon Sindell


The Mighty Roman is a baseball book for today, a funny, freewheeling novel about modern American manhood. It’s a modern Mutiny On The Bounty…

THE FALSE VOLDEMAR THE SECOND OF BRANDENBURG

In Claimants to Royalty

Read by Jon Ingram


John H. Ingram and John Henry Ingram


A compilation of chronicles of the numerous impostors and impostures of kings, queens, and rulers. (Summary by Carmen H)

Bredon Hill

In Short Poetry Collection 104

Read by Jon Sindell


A.E. Housman (1859-1936) and A. E. Housman


This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2012.

14 - Book 13, Chapters 1 - 5:Unguents: at what period they were first introduce…

In The Natural History Volume 3

Read by Jon Ingram


Pliny the Elder


Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

The Tell-Tale Heart

In Short Story Collection Vol. 051

Read by Jon Sindell


Edgar Allan Poe


LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 051: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Describes Engineering Difficulties, a Perplexing Case, and a Harmonious Meeting

In The Iron Horse

Read by Jon Smith


R. M. Ballantyne


“Is that your bundle, sir?” repeated Mr Blunt a little louder. “Eh? yes, yes—all right,” replied Edwin, annoyed at the interruption, and thi…

The Ghost That Got The Button

In Humorous Ghost Stories

Read by Jon Smith


Dorothy Scarborough


Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- …

Chapter 17

In Dracula

Read by Jon Ingram


Bram Stoker


The classic vampire story by Bram Stoker revolves around a struggle between good and evil, tradition and modernity, and lust versus chastity…

In The Year 2889

In LibriVox 8th Anniversary Collection

Read by Jon Kissack


Jules Verne & Michael Verne and Michel Verne


For the past few years we have celebrated the anniversary of LibriVox with a collection loosely themed on the number of the anniversary year…

22 - Judgment and Reasoning

In Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young

Read by Jon Ingram


Jacob Abbott


Subtitled, "The principles on which a firm parental authority may be established and maintained, without violence or anger, and the rig…

Letters I through VII

In The Coquette, Or The History of Eliza Wharton

Read by Jon Miller


Hannah Webster Foster


The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth W…

Anxious Days

In Tom Swift and His Wireless Message

Read by Jon Kerfoot


Victor Appleton


Tom Swift & friends decide to trial an experimental airship near the New Jersey coast, and are unexpectedly swept out to sea by hurrican…