Barchester Towers (version 2) by Anthony TROLLOPE (1815 - 1882) Genre(s): General Fiction Read by: Nick Whitley in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 31 - The Bishop's Library 00:16:06 - 32 - A New Candidate for Ecclesiastical Honours 01:05:03 - 33 - Mrs. Proudie Victrix 01:36:17 - 34 - Oxford--The Master and Tutor of Lazarus 02:00:06 - 35 - Miss Thorne's Fete Champetre 02:28:28 - 36 - Ullathorne Sports--Act I. 02:59:51 - 37 - The Countess De Courcy, Mrs. Proudie, and the Signora Neroni Meet Each Other at Ullathorne 03:29:43 - 38 - The Bishop Sits Down to Breakfast, and the Dean Dies 04:04:37 - 39 - The Lookalofts and the Greenacres 04:28:57 - 40 - Ullathorne Sports--Act II. 04:57:21 - 41 - Mrs. Bold Confides Her Sorrow to Her Friend Miss Stanhope 05:19:45 - 42 - Ullathorne Sports--Act III. 05:55:59 - 43 - Mr. and Mrs. Quiverful Are Made Happy. Mr. Slope Is Encouraged by the Press 06:32:55 - 44 - Mrs. Bold at Home 06:56:42 - 45 - The Stanhopes at Home Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'. It follows on from The Warden, set some years later, with some of the same characters. Among other things it satirises the then raging antipathy in the Church of England between High Church and Evangelical adherents. Trollope began writing this book in 1855. He wrote constantly, and made himself a writing-desk so he could continue writing while travelling by train. 'Pray know that when a man begins writing a book he never gives over,' he wrote in a letter during this period. 'The evil with which he is beset is as inveterate as drinking - as exciting as gambling.' And, years later in his autobiography, he observed 'In the writing of Barchester Towers I took great delight. The bishop and Mrs. Proudie were very real to me, as were also the troubles of the archdeacon and the loves of Mr. Slope.' But when he submitted his finished work, his publisher, William Longman, initially turned it down, finding much of it to be full of 'vulgarity and exaggeration'. More recent critics offer a more sanguine opinion. 'Barchester Towers is many readers' favourite Trollope', wrote The Guardian, which included it in its list of '1000 novels everyone must read'. Barchester Towers concerns the leading clergy of the cathedral city of Barchester. The much loved bishop having died, all expectations are that his son, Archdeacon Grantly, will succeed him. Instead, owing to the passage of the power of patronage to a new Prime Minister, a newcomer, the far more Evangelical Bishop Proudie, gains the see. His wife, Mrs Proudie, exercises an undue influence over the new bishop, making herself as well as the bishop unpopular with most of the clergy of the diocese. Her interference to veto the reappointment of the universally popular Mr Septimus Harding (protagonist of Trollope's earlier novel, The Warden) as warden of Hiram's Hospital is not well received, even though she gives the position to a needy clergyman, Mr Quiverful, with 14 children to support. Now listen on... Summary by Wikipedia More information: https://librivox.org/barchester-towers-2-by-anthony-trollope/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The New-England Boy's Song About Thanksgiving Day by Lydia Maria CHILD (1802 - 1880) Genre(s): Poetry, Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) Read by: Betsie Bush, Julian Jamison in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Version 1 00:02:33 - 02 - Version 2 LibriVox volunteers bring you two different recordings of The New-England Boys Song About Thanksgiving Day, by Lydia Maria Child, to celebrate Thanksgiving, 2006. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 19th, 2006. More information: http://librivox.org/the-new-england-boys-song-about-thanksgiving-day-by-lydia-maria-child/

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 2) by VARIOUS ( - ) Genre(s): Anthologies Read by: Lian Pang, Gaby, Sonia, Tomas Peter, Tomas PeterGaby in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 101 - Antony and Cleopatra by William Haines Lytle 00:02:36 - 102 - Habeas Corpus by Helen Hunt Jackson 00:05:23 - 103 - Farewell, Life by Thomas Hood 00:07:04 - 104 - For Annie by Edgar Allan Poe 00:10:28 - 105 - Thalatta! Thalatta! (Cry of the Ten Thousand) by Joseph Brownlee Brown 00:11:42 - 106 - The Sleep by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 00:14:13 - 107 - Prospice by Robert Browning 00:16:33 - 108 - I Would Not Live Alway by William Augustus Muhlenberg 00:19:51 - 109 - Farewell by Walter Savage Landor 00:20:28 - 110 - Love and Death by Margaretta Wade Deland 00:21:35 - 111 - To Death by Gluck 00:23:51 - 112 - Asleep, Asleep by Lucy A. Bennett 00:26:14 - 113 - Rest by Mary Woolsey Howland 00:27:53 - 114 - In Harbor by Paul Hamilton Hayne 00:30:01 - 115 - Hush! by Julia C.R. Dorr 00:31:16 - 116 - Life by Anna Laetitia Barbauld 00:33:10 - 117 - The Angel of Patience by John Greenleaf Whittier 00:34:47 - 118 - They Are All Gone by Henry Vaughan 00:37:10 - 119 - The Bottom Drawer by Amelia Edith Barr 00:39:18 - 120 - Over the River by Nancy Woodbury Priest 00:43:13 - 121 - Grief for the Dead by Anonymous 00:44:55 - 122 - The Two Waitings by John White Chadwick 00:47:50 - 123 - For Charlie's Sake by John Williamson Palmer 00:52:12 - 124 - Watching for Papa by Anonymous 00:53:39 - 125 - My Child by John Pierpont 00:58:02 - 126 - Song by Richard Le Gallienne 00:59:04 - 127 - The Reaper and the Flowers by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 01:00:34 - 128 - 'Only a Year' by Harriet Beecher Stowe 01:02:34 - 129 - Blessed Are They That Mourn by William Cullen Bryant 01:04:01 - 130 - De Profundis by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 01:09:28 - 131 - Blessed Are They by Rossiter Worthington Raymond 01:11:01 - 132 - Lines to the Memory of 'Annie,' Who Died at Milan, June 6, 1860 by Harriet Beecher Stowe 01:13:57 - 133 - Death in Youth: From 'Festus' by Philip James Bailey 01:15:02 - 134 - In Memoriam F.A.S. by Robert Louis Stevenson 01:16:41 - 135 - Tears by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 01:18:28 - 136 - Resignation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 01:21:07 - 137 - Christus Consolator by Rossiter Worthington Raymond 01:22:51 - 138 - Comfort by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 01:24:01 - 139 - The Secret of Death by Sir Edwin Arnold 01:28:18 - 140 - Peace by Anonymous 01:29:23 - 141 - Footsteps of Angels by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 01:32:31 - 142 - Happy Are the Dead by Henry Vaughan 01:35:16 - 143 - The Green Grass under the Snow by Annie A. Preston 01:36:12 - 144 - The Conqueror's Grave by William Cullen Bryant 01:41:50 - 145 - Thou Art Gone to the Grave by Reginald Heber 01:43:18 - 146 - Lycidas by John Milton 01:54:30 - 147 - After Death: From 'Pearls of the Faith' by Sir Edwin Arnold 01:58:34 - 148 - It Is Not Death to Die by George Washington Bethune 02:00:13 - 149 - There Is No Death by James L. M'Creery 02:04:32 - 150 - Going and Coming by Edward A. Jenks 02:06:18 - 151 - Blind by Israel Zangwill 02:08:18 - 152 - The Death of Death: Sonnet CXLVI by William Shakespeare This is the third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman . This collection, the second of two parts, includes a range of famous poems relating to such topics as comfort and cheer; death and bereavement; and consolation. Summary by Tomas Peter More information: http://librivox.org/the-worlds-best-poetry-volume-3-part-2/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Alias Miss Sherlock by Arthur Lewis TUBBS (1867 - 1946) Genre(s): Detective Fiction, Plays, Romance Read by: in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Act 1 00:56:55 - 02 - Act 2 01:32:50 - 03 - Act 3 02:13:39 - 04 - Act 4 Dick Brewster is implicated in a murder and comes to his aunt's farm to hide. His Aunt Sarah stands by him in his need and they all move to the city in the effort to clear his name. She investigates on her own account and.... - Summary by The AuthorCast list:Lily Ann, Help at the farm: Devorah AllenAaron Flint, the hired man: Alan MapstoneMrs. Brewster, from New York: TJ BurnsHelen Brewster, her daughter: Jenn BrodaLeonard Fillmore, a young country lawyer: skypigeonSarah Newcomb, sister of Mrs. Brewster: AvailleDick Brewster: David PurdyHenson, a butler: Adrian StephensRalph Deering: Matthew ReeceHenry Markham, a detective: ToddHWOfficer Higgins: Wayne CookeDelphine: JgreenVOStage Directions: MichaelMaggsEditing: ToddHW More information: https://librivox.org/alias-miss-sherlock-by-arthur-lewis-tubbs/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)