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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two "star-crossed lovers" from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall instantly in love, realizing too late that their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are mortal enemies. Braving parental opposition, the teenage lovers marry in secret, with…

24 Jan 2014 6 episodes English Read by Various Readers Arts · Arts

Selected Short Stories

Ranging in tone from humor to sentimentality, these stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald are set against a backdrop of jazz, flappers, and the changing mores of American society. In "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," wallflower Bernice is taken in hand by her more popular cousin, whose motives are not entirely altruistic…

9 May 2014 10 episodes English Read by Laurie Anne Walden Arts

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility: Victorian-Era Romance and Comedy. Marianne, the second daughter of the very dead Mr. Dashwood, has found love in the dashing Mr. Wiloughby. Elinor, the eldest, cautions Marianne to be more reserved, but the reproach falls on deaf ears. When Wiloughby is called away to London, how will…

30 Oct 2012 49 episodes English Read by Various Readers Arts · Arts

Short Poetry Collection

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

3 Apr 2014 23 episodes English Read by Various Arts

Short Story Collection Vol. 007

Librivox’s Short Story Collection 007: a collection of 20 short essays and fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

31 Jan 2014 20 episodes English Arts

Siddhartha

Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment. On the way he faces the entire range of human experience and emotion: he…

9 Nov 2014 12 episodes English Read by Adrian Praetzellis Arts

Sonnet 30

Shakespeare's Sonnet 30, one of his most famous, is a reflection on sad memories reconciled by the realization of the gift he has in his friend.

4 Jul 2014 1 episodes English Read by Shengzhi Li Arts

Steps to Christ

Ellen Gould White (1827 - 1915) was a prolific Christian writer, authoring 40 books in her lifetime. She was active in the Millerite movement, and was one of the principle founders of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Steps to Christ, first published in 1892, is her most popular book. It…

24 Mar 2015 13 episodes English Read by Donald Hines Christianity · Religion & Spirituality

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey…

1 Dec 2013 43 episodes English Read by Annie Coleman Rothenberg Kids & Family · Arts

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain’s lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can…

24 Oct 2012 17 episodes English Read by John Greenman Arts

The Art of War

“The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. The…

9 Apr 2013 13 episodes English Read by Moira Fogarty History · Philosophy

The Awakening

Kate Chopin's 1899 novella The Awakening is about the personal, sexual, and artistic awakening of a young wife and mother, Edna Pontellier. While on vacation at Grand Isle, an island in the Gulf of Mexico, Edna befriends the talented pianist Mlle. Reisz and the sympathetic Robert Lebrun, both of whom…

12 Sep 2014 8 episodes English Read by Elizabeth Klett Arts

The Comedy of Errors

The Comedy of Errors is one of William Shakespeare's earliest plays, believed to have been written between 1592 and 1594. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word…

28 Oct 2014 6 episodes English Read by Various Readers Comedy · Arts

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened “Divina” by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Italian literature, the last great work of literature of the Middle Ages and the first great work of the Renaissance…

25 Jan 2013 19 episodes English Read by Various Readers Arts

The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," and has proved immensely popular since its first performance in 1895. The play certainly has its farcical and comic elements, such as the witty banter exchanged by the characters and the flippant attitude towards love…

23 Oct 2012 3 episodes English Read by Various Readers Language Learning · Arts

The Invisible Man

Terrifically popular science fiction novel by renowned writer HG Wells, about a scientist discovering how to achieve invisibility. But, in his case, being out of sight evidently does NOT mean out of mind. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)

13 Aug 2014 12 episodes English Read by Cate Barratt Sports · Sports · Arts

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820. It was based on a German folktale set in the Dutch culture of Post-Revolutionary…

24 Oct 2012 2 episodes English Read by Bob Neufeld Arts · Arts

The Metamorphosis

"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 and one of his best known works. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a horrible verminous creature. Terrifying in its banal simplicity, it became one of the seminal works…

5 Jan 2014 6 episodes English Read by David Richardson Arts

The necklace

The French author Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) was a master of the short story, creating detailed character studies and brief but moving dramas well suited to the genre. The nine stories in this collection provide a vivid portrait gallery of his typical subjects - from simple peasants and prostitutes to…

22 May 2014 1 episodes English Read by Bob Neufeld Arts · Arts

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basil Hallward. Once the painting is complete, Dorian realizes that it will always be young and attractive, while he will be forced to age and…

21 Aug 2014 13 episodes English Read by John Gonzalez Arts