Fantômas by Marcel ALLAIN (1885 - 1969) and Pierre SOUVESTRE (1874 - 1914), translated by Cranstoun METCALFE ( - ) Genre(s): Detective Fiction Read by: Alan Winterrowd in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 27 - 27 - Three Surprising Incidents 00:20:04 - 28 - 28 - The Court of Assize 00:36:49 - 29 - 29 - Verdict and Sentence 00:58:44 - 30 - 30 - An Assignation 01:21:35 - 31 - 31 - Fell Treachery 01:47:14 - 32 - 32 - On the Scaffold Fantômas is the first of 32 novels penned from 1911 to 1913 by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre. The title character is a ruthless thief and killer, a bloodthirsty successor to LeBlanc's Arsène Lupin. The first five novels were made into silent film serials. The character and the movies caught the eye of the French Surrealists who admired the primal violence of Fantômas, as well as his portrayal in the films, which are considered landmarks in French Cinema. In Fantômas, the Marquise de Langrune is savagely murdered and Inspector Juve, who is obsessed with capturing Fantômas, arrives to solve the murder. (Summary by Alan Winterrowd) More information: http://librivox.org/fantomas-by-marcel-allain-pierre-souvestre/

Selected Poems from Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian and English) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) Genre(s): Single author Read by: KevinS, PierKevinS, EmanuelaKevinS, KevinSKazbek in Multilingual Cover design by TriciaG. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Preface 00:04:01 - 02 - Introduction 00:21:44 - 03 - Epigrammi 00:24:20 - 04 - Epitaffi 00:28:51 - 05 - Non sempre al mondo è sì pregiato e caro 00:31:03 - 06 - Perch' è troppo molesta 00:33:07 - 07 - Ora in sul destro, ora in sul manco piede 00:35:27 - 08 - Per non s'avere a ripigliar da tanti 00:37:53 - 09 - Per fido esemplo alla mia vocazione 00:39:37 - 10 - Madrigal VIII. Gli occhi miei vaghi delle cose belle 00:41:09 - 11 - Sì come per levar, donna, si pone 00:42:33 - 12 - Beati, voi che su nel ciel godete 00:44:39 - 13 - S'egli è che 'l buon desio 00:46:37 - 14 - Da maggior luce e da più chiara stella 00:48:46 - 15 - Deh! dimmi, amor, se l'alma di costei 00:50:04 - 16 - Com' arò dunque ardire 00:51:43 - 17 - Come può esser ch'io non sia più mio? 00:53:10 - 18 - Questa mia donna è sì pronta et ardita 00:54:34 - 19 - Occhi mie', siete certi 00:56:03 - 20 - Chi è quel che per forza a te mi mena 00:57:19 - 21 - Condotto da molt' anni all'ultim' ore 00:59:08 - 22 - Mentre che 'l mie passato m'è presente 01:01:07 - 23 - Donn', a me vecchio e grave 01:02:57 - 24 - Or d'un fier diaccio or d'un ardente foco 01:04:36 - 25 - Amor, se tu se' dio 01:06:17 - 26 - Dal ciel discese, e col mortal suo, poi 01:08:31 - 27 - Quante dirne si de' non si può dire 01:10:44 - 28 - Qua si fa elmi di calici e spade 01:12:57 - 29 - I'ho già fatto un gozzo in questo stento 01:15:50 - 30 - Felice spirto, che con zelo ardente 01:17:57 - 31 - Per esser manco almen, signiora, indegnio 01:20:07 - 32 - Da che concetto ha l'arte intera e diva 01:22:14 - 33 - Non ha l'ottimo artista alcun concetto 01:24:31 - 34 - Com' esser, donna, può quel ch'alcun vede 01:26:34 - 35 - Quanto si gode, lieta e ben contesta 01:28:40 - 36 - D'altrui pietoso e sol di sè spietato 01:30:45 - 37 - Ben posson gli occhi mia presso e lontano 01:32:48 - 38 - Spirto ben nato, in cui si specchia e vede 01:34:56 - 39 - Dimmi di grazia, amor, se gli occhi mei 01:37:21 - 40 - La vita del mie amor non è 'l cor mio 01:39:25 - 41 - Veggio co' bei vostri occhi un dolce lume 01:41:29 - 42 - S'un casto amor, s'una pietà superna 01:43:42 - 43 - Rendete a gli occhi miei, o fonte o fiume 01:45:50 - 44 - Non so se s'è la desiata luce 01:47:55 - 45 - Perchè Febo non torc' e non distende 01:50:05 - 46 - O nott', o dolce tempo benchè nero 01:52:13 - 47 - S'i'avessi creduto al primo sguardo 01:54:21 - 48 - Tornami al tempo allor che lenta e sciolta 01:56:22 - 49 - Non vider gli occhi miei cosa mortale 01:58:24 - 50 - Non è sempre di colpa aspra e mortale 02:00:30 - 51 - Veggio nel tuo bel viso, signior mio 02:02:32 - 52 - Tu sa' ch'i' so, signior mie, che tu sai 02:04:33 - 53 - Per ritornar là donde venne fora 02:06:31 - 54 - Non più che 'l foco il fabbro il ferro istende 02:08:35 - 55 - Ben può talor col mio ardente desio 02:10:40 - 56 - Quand' el ministro de' sospir me' tanti 02:12:55 - 57 - Giunto è già 'l corso della vita mia 02:15:13 - 58 - Non è più bassa o vil cosa terrena 02:17:20 - 59 - Carico d'anni e di peccati pieno 02:19:24 - 60 - Deh fammiti vedere in ogni loco! 02:21:34 - 61 - Scarco d'un'importuna e grave salma 02:23:46 - 62 - Vorrei voler, Signior, quel ch'io non voglio 02:26:01 - 63 - Mentre m'attrista e duol, parte m'è caro 02:28:13 - 64 - La forza d'un bel viso a che mi sprona? 02:29:58 - 65 - Ben sarien dolce le preghiere mie 02:31:37 - 66 - Ohimè, ohimè! ch'io son tradito 02:33:11 - 67 - Io crederrei, se tu fussi di sasso 02:34:34 - 68 - Ancor che 'l cor già mi premesse tanto More information: https://librivox.org/selected-poems-from-michelangelo-buonarroti-italian-and-english/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

You Bid Me Try by Henry Austin DOBSON (1840 - 1921) Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry) Read by: Anna Roberts, Barbara E. McCarthy, Brian Morgan, CalmDragon, David Lawrence, Ren, Ezwa, Algy Pug, Jesse A Groppi, Jannie Meisberger, Lee Ann Howlett, Leonard Wilson, Martin Geeson, Maria Grazia Tundo, Philippa, ravenotation, Winston Tharp in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by ARR 00:00:55 - 02 - You Bid Me Try - Read by BEM 00:01:54 - 03 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by BM 00:03:25 - 04 - You Bid Me Try - Read by CD 00:04:37 - 05 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by DL 00:05:48 - 06 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by EPB 00:06:43 - 07 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by Ezwa 00:07:54 - 08 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by GHS 00:09:17 - 09 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by JAG 00:10:29 - 10 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by JM 00:11:45 - 11 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by LAH 00:13:01 - 12 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by LLW 00:14:23 - 13 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by MG 00:15:46 - 14 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by MGT 00:16:53 - 15 - You Bid Me Try - Read by RD 00:18:05 - 16 - You Bid Me Try - Read by RN 00:19:20 - 17 - 'You Bid Me Try' - Read by WT LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of 'You Bid Me Try' by Austin Dobson . This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 24, 2011.Henry Austin Dobson , commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist. His official career was uneventful, but as a poet and biographer he was distinguished. Those who study his work are struck by its maturity. It was about 1864 that he turned his attention to writing original prose and verse, and some of his earliest work was his best. It was not until 1868 that the appearance of St Paul's, a magazine edited by Anthony Trollope, gave Harry Dobson an opportunity and an audience; and during the next six years he contributed some of his favourite poems, including 'Tu Quoque,' 'A Gentleman of the Old School,' 'A Dialogue from Plato,' and 'Une Marquise.' Many of his poems in their original form were illustrated—some, indeed, were written to support illustrations. (summary from Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/you-bid-me-try-by-austin-dobson/

Our Cats and All About Them by Harrison WEIR (1824 - 1906) Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Animals, Nature Read by: Availle, WKBabb, TriciaG, Stephanie Lee, Ann Boulais, John Kooz, Dawn Larsen, Algy Pug, Bellona Times, Michael Packard, Nadine Eckert-Boulet, Amy Gramour, JimOCR, jedopi, Denny Sayers (d. 2015), Ruth Golding in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Dedication Prefaces 00:23:51 - 02 - Introductory The First Cat Show 00:32:32 - 03 - Habits 00:46:03 - 04 - Trained Cats 00:52:52 - 05 - Long Haired Cats The Angora 01:03:08 - 06 - The Persian Cat 01:11:08 - 07 - The Russian Long Haired Cat 01:21:57 - 08 - The Tortoiseshell Cat The Tortoiseshell-and-White Cat 01:36:16 - 09 - The Brown Tabby Cat Spotted Tabby Cat 01:54:51 - 10 - 10 The Abyssinian 02:01:54 - 11 - The Short Haired White Cat The Black Cat The Blue Cat 02:11:21 - 12 - The Black-and-White Cat The White-and-Black Cat 02:18:18 - 13 - Siamese Cat 02:30:19 - 14 - The Manx Cat 02:37:24 - 15 - Various Colors 02:44:53 - 16 - Usefulness of Cats 02:53:05 - 17 - General Management Part 1 03:08:39 - 18 - General Management Part 2 03:49:18 - 19 - Cat and Kittens 04:00:03 - 20 - Kittens Of Kittens in General & Management of Kittens and Cats 04:17:17 - 21 - Points by Which Cats are Judged 04:50:47 - 22 - Diseases of Cats 05:02:56 - 23 - The Wild Cat of Britain 05:43:09 - 24 - Concerning Cats 06:28:22 - 25 - Cat Proverbs & The Cat of Shakespeare 06:46:33 - 26 - Superstition and Witchcraft Weather Notions The Englishman Harrison Weir organized the first cat show in England in 1871. In 1887 he founded the National Cat Club and was its first President and Show Manager until his resignation in 1890.Our Cats and all about them is concerned with cats and all about them. It describes numerous breeds of cats and what to look for in a cat show champion, and deals with the general management and common diseases of cats, as well as how to raise healthy kittens. But there is also a hodge podge of cat related stories, games, nursery rhymes, superstitions, as well as a list of cat lovers and a chapter of 'The Cat in Shakespeare'. (Summary by Availle) More information: http://librivox.org/our-cats-and-all-about-them-by-harrison-weir/