General Fiction

That Affair Next Door

Read by Mark Leder


Anna Katharine Green



One evening, New York society doyenne looks out her window and sees a man and woman entering the mansion opposite hers. Ten minutes later, o…

Petticoat Government

Read by Mark Leder


Frances Milton Trollope



The lives and intrigues of the Jenkyns family and their neighbors, in the cathedral town of Westhampton, 1825. - Summary by Mark Leder

Strange Peoples

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Frederick Starr



Starr presents a compendium of descriptions from several peoples (races) around the world as it was in the late XIX century. - Summary by Ma…

The Desert

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Mathilde Blind



LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Desert by Mathilde Blind. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010.

Short Stories for Colored People

Read by KirksVoice


Silas X. Floyd



Several short stories relating to young African Americans. Summary by kirk202

The Dolliver Romance

Read by Ben Tucker


Nathaniel Hawthorne



This post-humous collection of stories, sketches and essays by celebrated quintessential New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us gli…

Herb of Grace

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Rosa Nouchette Carey



Malcolm Herrick has it all: he is a lawyer, he has no financial problems, and he has wonderful friends and even an adopted sister. He is a d…

Aurora Floyd

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Mary Elizabeth Braddon



Aurora Floyd is the spoiled, impetuous, but kind hearted daughter of Archibald Floyd, a wealthy banker and his wife, an actress who died sho…

Life and Gabriella

Read by Nancy Halper


Ellen Glasgow



Set in Richmond, Virginia and New York City at the end of the 19th century, this is the story of Gabriella Carr, a young woman who demonstra…

Zorra Boys at Home and Abroad

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William Alexander MacKay



By Zorra, in the following sketches, is meant a little district in Oxford county, Ontario, some ten miles square, composed of part of East a…

My Queen: A Weekly Journal for Young Women

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Lurana Sheldon



This is the first issue of a wonderful weekly magazine aimed at young women. They each contain a novella following the adventures of Marion…

The Story of a Calico Clown

Read by Nan Dodge


Laura Lee Hope



The Calico Clown and the other toys in the toy shop are planning a night of fun and merriment once the people leave so that they can come al…

The Story of a White Rocking Horse

Read by Nan Dodge


Laura Lee Hope



The White Rocking Horse is another of the wonderful, magical toys who were made in Santa's workshop in North Pole Village. They "make b…

The Fanatics

Read by Rita Boutros


Paul Laurence Dunbar



This is a story about a town in Ohio during the civil war. The town is divided by ideology, but can they be united by love and respect? - Su…

Our Little Mexican Cousin

Read by Mike Dunn


Edward Crompton Butler



This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the re…

The History of Pompey the Little

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Francis Coventry



"Pompey, the son of Julio and Phyllis, was born A.D. 1735, at Bologna in Italy, a place famous for lap-dogs and sausages." At an e…

Fatherland

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Sir Henry Parkes



LibriVox volunteers bring you 4 recordings of Fatherland by Sir Henry Parkes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 23rd, 2011.Sir …

Floyd's Flowers Or Duty and Beauty For Colored Children

Read by Lola Janie


Silas X. Floyd



Truly the boys and girls of to-day ought to be thankful that they are alive. There never was such a golden age for childhood and youth as th…

Stories Of Alpine Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell



Mont Blanc is the Monarch of the Mountains: They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. (Byr…

The Well Of Loneliness

Read by Hazel Moon


Radclyffe Hall



The story of Stephen Gordon, a girl born in the late 19th century into a privileged English family. She knows from an early age that she is …

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