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10 - Further Correspondence
Read by Martin Geeson
Edited by Stuart Mason and Stuart Mason
In Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality
“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…
06 - Chapter VI
Read by Martin Geeson
George Meredith
In The Egoist
The Egoist is a tragi-comical novel by George Meredith published in 1879. The novel recounts the story of self-absorbed Sir Willoughby Patte…
Epistle I
Read by Martin Geeson
Alexander Pope
In An Essay on Man
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in th…
Version 11
Read by Martin Geeson
Alexander Pope
In Epigram, engraved on the Collar of a Dog
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Epigram by Alexander Pope. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 8th, 2010.
Version 4
Read by Martin Geeson
Henry Vaughan
In The World
LibriVox volunteers bring you 5 recordings of The World by Henry Vaughan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 26th, 2009.
18 - Futility
Read by Martin Geeson
Wilfred Owen
In Poems
A collection of poems by the English war poet and soldier of the First World War, Wilfred Owen. Owen is regarded by historians as the leadin…
Ken
Read by MichaelMaggs
Charlotte Mew
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…
Scenes 4: Scotland-Yard
Read by Martin Geeson
Charles Dickens
In Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It c…
27 - First Experience of Life
Read by Martin Geeson
Stendhal
In The Red and the Black, Volume I
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Ba…
Selected excerpts
Read by Martin Geeson
John Arbuthnot
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 02
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Vol 04, Ch. 11
Read by Martin Geeson
Ann Radcliffe
In The Mysteries of Udolpho
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…
XLVI
Read by Andy Sames
Paul Busson
In The Fire Spirits
An adventure with supernatural overtones, set in the region of The Tyrol During the time of Napoleon. - Summary by Andy Sames
The Mappined Life
Read by Martin Geeson
Saki
In The Toys of Peace
This is the fifth collection of short stories by Saki (H.H. Munro), and was published posthumously in 1923. Even so, many of the stories are…
20 - Draft
Read by Martin Geeson
James Thomson and George William Foote
In Satires and Profanities
"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…
Christopherson
Read by Kirsten Wever
George Gissing
In The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
George Gissing was a prolific English writer of novels and short stories. Among his best known novels is The Odd Women, which was influenced…
A Ballade of Suicide - Read by MG
Read by Martin Geeson
G. K. Chesterton
In A Ballade of Suicide
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of A Ballade of Suicide by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 20,…
For a Wanton
Read by Michael MacTaggert
Countee Cullen
In Color
Countee Cullen’s poetry in Color contemplates Black Americans’ fractured sense of self—at once spiritually tied to homelands where their anc…
25 - Attainment
Read by Martin Geeson
Guy de Maupassant
In Bel Ami, or The History of a Scoundrel
“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to …
The Parson's Case
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One
Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…
The Agonie
Read by KevinS
George Herbert
In The Temple
George Herbert was one of the so-called Metaphysical Poets, along with John Donne and Andrew Marvel, and The Temple: Sacred Poems and Privat…