Action & Adventure
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Thomas Lodge
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…
The Old Adam
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Arnold Bennett
Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…
The Peril Finders
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George Manville Fenn
In California settlers are trying to make a living working as fruit-growers. Problems with blights and insects mean that the crops are faili…
The Seats of The Mighty
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Gilbert Parker
For the time of his story Mr. Parker has chosen the most absorbing period of the romantic eighteenth-century history of Quebec. The curtain …
The Red Hawk
Read by Ben Tucker
Edgar Rice Burroughs
This third book in Edgar Rice Burroughs' Moon Sequence (preceded by The Moon Maid and The Moon Men) finds Julian 20th, The Red Hawk, leading…
The Cliff Climbers
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Thomas Mayne Reid
A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures…
The Talking Handkerchief
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Thomas Wallace Knox
This is a collection of 22 stories of action and adventure. We follow the narrators as they escape pirates and cannibals, overcome natural d…
Nobody's Boy
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Hector Malot
One day, French mason Jerome Barberin finds an abandoned baby boy. As the boy is wearing fine clothes, Barberin hopes that he is the son of …
In Desert and Wilderness
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
In Desert and Wilderness is a novel for children by Polish author and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Henryk Sienkiewicz. It tells the story of…
The Boy Scout Aviators
Read by Kangaroo
George Durston
Follow the adventures of Harry Fleming, Dick Mercer, and Jack Young in this exciting Boy Scout adventure! Harry is an American Boy Scout sep…
The Lances of Lynwood
Read by Carol Pelster
Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Lances of Lynwood brings to life the high days of knighthood and chivalry in the 14th century during the Hundred Years War, in which the…
The Mystery of Cabin Island
Read by James R. Hedrick
Franklin W. Dixon
The Hardy boys were sons of a celebrated American detective and from their father learned the particulars of a number of unusual crimes. The…
The Train Dogs
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E. Pauline Johnson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Train Dogs by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 6th, 20…
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders
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Jessie Graham Flower
Seeking adventure after the end of the war, Grace Harlowe and friends take a journey through The Old Apache Trail. Along the way they are co…
Marooned in the Forest
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Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Lost in the depths of the forest without food, fire, weapons, or compass, what is a young man to do? This "modern-day" Robinson C…
Dan, the Newsboy
Read by DaleBarkley
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Dan and his mother are poor, so he begins selling newspapers on the streets of New York City. His perseverance, hard work, and honesty are q…
The Son of the Wolf
Read by Ben Tucker
Jack London
The Son of the Wolf is Jack London's first published collection of stories and features tales chronicling the harsh realities of living in t…
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Read by Mark F. Smith
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dr. Watson sits down again to ruminate over his notes of all the mysteries he has joined Sherlock Holmes in investigating. In the “Memoirs o…
Deeds of Daring done by Girls
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Hannah Hudson Moore
Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts…
The Shore Road Mystery
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
The Hardy Boys track down a ring of car thieves - summary by Anthony St. Pierre