Lady Truman received word fourteen months ago that her husband, Sir George Truman, has died in battle. Now a very eligible widow with a large estate, she has more suitors than she knows what to do with. As if that wasn't enough, her house is now being haunted at night by the horrible and ghostly sound of a drum, apparently caused by the restless spirit of her husband. When an old man arrives who claims to be able to lay the spirit to rest, she is so desperate for relief that she determines to give him a chance. Written with wit and good humor, this play will have you laughing out loud! - Summary by Devorah AllenCast ListSir George Truman: Larry WilsonTinsel: Tomas PeterFantome, the Drummer: Son of the ExilesVellum, Sir George Truman's Steward: ToddHWButler: TJ BurnsCoachman: Campbell SchelpGardener: alanmapstoneLady Truman: Beth ThomasAbigal: AvailleStage Directions: Devorah Allen
A Treatise of Religion by Fulke GREVILLE (1554 - 1628)
Genre(s): Poetry, Religion
Read by: Michael Armenta in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Part 1 - Stanzas 1-59
00:26:56 - 02 - Part 2 - Stanzas 60 - 114
Part diatribe, part discourse, part sermon and part stand-up comedy, this is Fulke Greville's 114 stanza, verse-poem about religious hypocrisy. (Summary by Michael Armenta)
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Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages by VARIOUS ( - )
Genre(s): Family Life, Literary Fiction
Read by: Gina Belmonde in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Bronckhorst Divorce Case
00:14:17 - 02 - Irremediable
00:59:57 - 03 - A Poor Stick
01:11:55 - 04 - The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
02:06:00 - 05 - The Prize Lodger
A delightful collection of short stories by some of the luminary authors of the Victorian era. These stories explore the truth behind the victorian marriage. - Summary by Gina Belmonde
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Ein alter Afrikaner by Johannes DOSE (1860 - 1933)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Read by: Ramona Deininger-Schnabel in German
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Kapitel 1 Teil 1
00:27:34 - 02 - Kapitel 1 Teil 2
00:53:44 - 03 - Kapitel 2
01:22:58 - 04 - Kapitel 3
02:00:02 - 05 - Kapitel 4 Teil 1
02:35:43 - 06 - Kapitel 4 Teil 2
03:11:28 - 07 - Kapitel 5
03:50:32 - 08 - Kapitel 6 Teil 1
04:25:53 - 09 - Kapitel 6 Teil 2
04:53:00 - 10 - Kapitel 7 Teil 1
05:29:24 - 11 - Kapitel 7 Teil 2
05:53:40 - 12 - Kapitel 8
06:32:14 - 13 - Kapitel 9 Teil 1
Erb von Erbenheim, missratener Sohn, unehrenhaft entlassener Offizier, des Diebstahls bezichtigter Büroangestellter und verurteilter Sträfling wird als Umerziehungsmaßnahme zum bärbeißigen Onkel in die Afrikanische Kolonie geschickt, wo er sich mit diesem auf der Jagd nach Gold und Elfenbein, diversen Kannibalen, hinterlistigen Eingeborenen, Kriegswirren und tückischen Krankheiten herumschlagen muss. Erb versucht dadurch, seinen Namen reinzuwaschen. Dabei erwächst ihn ihm langsam die Liebe und der Respekt zu diesem wild-schönen Kontinent und seinen vielschichtigen Bewohnern!Abenteuerroman aus der deutschen Kolonialzeit in Afrika, spannend kurzweilig a la Karl May. ( Zusammenfassung von crowwings)
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20000 Leguas de Viaje Submarino by Jules VERNE (1828 - 1905), translated by Vincente GUIMERÁ (1853 - 1902)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction
Read by: Victor Villarraza in Spanish
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 36 - Parte Segunda Cap 12- Cachalotes y ballenas
00:28:53 - 37 - Parte Segunda Cap 13- Las bancas de hielo
01:01:48 - 38 - Parte Segunda Cap 14- El Polo Sur
01:39:56 - 39 - Parte Segunda Cap 15- Accidente o incidente
01:59:55 - 40 - Parte Segunda Cap 16- Carencia de aire
02:26:42 - 41 - Parte Segunda Cap 17- Del Cabo de Hornos al Río de las Amazonas
02:55:15 - 42 - Parte Segunda Cap 18- Los pulpos
03:24:33 - 43 - Parte Segunda Cap 19- La Corriente del Golfo
03:53:54 - 44 - Parte Segunda Cap 20- A los 47º 24' de latitud y 17º 28' de longitud
04:17:44 - 45 - Parte Segunda Cap 21- Una hecatombe
04:43:15 - 46 - Parte Segunda Cap 22- Las últimas palabras del Capitán Nemo
05:02:45 - 47 - Parte Segunda Cap 23- Conclusión
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino es una obra narrada en primera persona por el profesor francés Pierre Aronnax, notable biólogo que es hecho prisionero por el Capitán Nemo y es conducido por los océanos a bordo del submarino Nautilus, en compañía de su criado Conseil y el arponero canadiense Ned Land. - Summary by Wikipedia
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The Curse of Capistrano (Dramatic Reading) by Johnston MCCULLEY (1883 - 1958)
Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Dramatic Readings
Read by: Christine Lehmanjasonlohr in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 36 - 36 - All Against Them
00:10:52 - 37 - 37 - The Fox at the Bay
00:19:47 - 38 - 38 - The Man Unmasked
00:30:35 - 39 - 39 - ''Meal Mush and Goat's Milk!''
The Curse of Capistrano is the first work to feature the fictional character Zorro (the Spanish word for 'fox'). The story was later republished under the name The Mark of Zorro. The outlaw Zorro is Public Enemy #1 in southern California during the period of Mexican rule. But he's not a bad guy, really - he fights for justice for the oppressed. And when he meets the lovely Lolita, daughter of Don Pedro, who is on the governor's bad side, he has even more reason to fight. But she's being wooed by the rich and influential but wimpy Don Diego... - Summary by TriciaGCast List:Narrator: Christine LehmanDon Diego Vega / Zorro: Tomas PeterSergeant Pedro Gonzales: Larry WilsonLandlord: Jason in Panama Don Carlos Pulido, Corporal, A Man, Soldier, Assistant, Courier: Nick BulkaDoña Catalina Pulido: TriciaGSeñorita Lolita Pulido: Adele de PignerollesLandlord: Jason in PanamaDon Alejandro Vega: Roger MelinFray Felipe, Gentleman of Age, Dispensero, Tipsy Caballero: Phil SchempfMagistrado, Jailer: Zames CurranCaptain Ramon: jasonlohrSpokesman of the Caballeros: Chuck WilliamsonGovernor: Scotty SmithAnother Caballero: AnttiV & ElijahServant, Dealer in Hides, Third Caballero, Man: ToddHWSergeant, Guard: ShastaNative: Esther ben SimonidesAudio edited by TriciaGProof-listened by TriciaG & Joy M.
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Poems by Roderic Quinn (1867 - 1949)
Genre(s): Poetry
Read by: Larry Wilson, Algy Pug, Alan Mapstone, RomaSingh, Margaret Lange, yaumixx, Rowan Puttergill, MBBennett, mleigh, Cavaet, Shara Jane, Paul Harvey, nighthawks, jbev, Andrew Gaunce, KnightWriter, Adrian Stephens, Odie ji Ghast, Algy PugNewgatenovelist, Bruce Kachuk, TheIntern356, WhiskeySong, hiabc, Alex Kameleon, HappyBanz, Laurice in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Hidden Time
00:02:11 - 02 - Spring Song
00:04:08 - 03 - The Frontier-Land
00:06:31 - 04 - The Song of the Violin
00:09:06 - 05 - At Her Door
00:11:19 - 06 - Stars in the Sea
00:12:49 - 07 - A Song of Winds
00:16:36 - 08 - Sydney Cove, 1788
00:18:34 - 09 - Romance in the Market Place
00:20:06 - 10 - A Song of Keats
00:22:43 - 11 - A Grey Day
00:25:56 - 12 - The Fisher
00:27:39 - 13 - The Camp Within The West
00:29:32 - 14 - Irony
00:31:34 - 15 - The Twenty-Fifth of April
00:33:50 - 16 - At End of a Holiday
00:37:04 - 17 - The Currency Lass
00:41:11 - 18 - The Master-Man
00:43:09 - 19 - The Voyagers
00:44:37 - 20 - Love Magical
00:46:22 - 21 - At Dawn
00:48:07 - 22 - With The Quandongs
00:50:23 - 23 - The Artist
00:51:35 - 24 - An Empty Room
00:53:20 - 25 - A Wardrobe
00:54:41 - 26 - The Little House
00:55:52 - 27 - The Sea-Seekers
00:59:25 - 28 - The Lotus-Flower
01:02:05 - 29 - The Golden Yesterday
01:05:24 - 30 - The Seeker
01:08:19 - 31 - Arnold Rode Behind
01:13:25 - 32 - Midnight and Moonlight
01:16:38 - 33 - The Allisons
01:19:38 - 34 - The Gardener
01:21:04 - 35 - The Black Hound
01:22:59 - 36 - The Greater Love
01:25:33 - 37 - Acushla
01:26:59 - 38 - The Three Knocks
01:28:57 - 39 - The Red Mist
01:33:29 - 40 - The Vigil
01:36:51 - 41 - The House of the Commonwealth
01:43:00 - 42 - The Swamp
01:46:45 - 43 - Shell Music
01:49:10 - 44 - Drovers Twain
01:51:55 - 45 - Tidings
01:54:12 - 46 - The Surrender
01:55:21 - 47 - The Fiddle and the Crowd
01:57:37 - 48 - The Lovers' Walk
02:01:47 - 49 - The Hidden Heart
02:03:47 - 50 - On The Barrier
02:05:44 - 51 - The Dread Beyond Death
02:07:17 - 52 - All of a Piece
02:08:45 - 53 - The Song
02:09:49 - 54 - The Secret Pool
02:11:19 - 55 - Twilight and Peace
02:13:44 - 56 - The Counsellors
02:16:03 - 57 - At The Tide's Will
02:16:54 - 58 - Perfection
02:18:15 - 59 - The Voices of the Rain
02:21:44 - 60 - Noon on the Barrier Ranges
02:25:32 - 61 - God's Answer
02:30:58 - 62 - In September
02:33:27 - 63 - Bequeathal
02:35:03 - 64 - The Year's End
02:38:49 - 65 - By Momba Tracks
02:40:45 - 66 - The Turn of the Road
02:43:12 - 67 - Garden Street
02:46:07 - 68 - The Drover of the Stars
02:48:23 - 69 - Just to Drift
02:49:38 - 70 - After Drafting
02:51:34 - 71 - 'They Shall Come Home'
02:53:18 - 72 - The River and the Road
02:55:58 - 73 - The Red-Tressed Maiden
02:58:20 - 74 - Two Pictures
03:00:17 - 75 - After Cattle
03:03:00 - 76 - Australia's Vision
03:04:38 - 77 - Western Camps
03:06:46 - 78 - The Shadow-Third
03:07:55 - 79 - The Lagoon
03:09:07 - 80 - By The Quay
03:11:41 - 81 - The Scarlet Cloak
03:13:37 - 82 - The Long, Lone Road
03:15:53 - 83 - The Threshold Stone
03:17:56 - 84 - Doing Nothing
03:19:39 - 85 - Homeward Going
03:21:00 - 86 - The Soul of ANZAC
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The Lost Girl by D. H. LAWRENCE (1885 - 1930)
Genre(s): Literary Fiction
Read by: Tony Foster in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Chapter I - THE DECLINE OF MANCHESTER HOUSE
00:53:08 - 02 - Chapter II - THE RISE OF ALVINA HOUGHTON
01:14:05 - 03 - Chapter III - THE MATERNITY NURSE
01:46:40 - 04 - Chapter IV - TWO WOMEN DIE
02:23:38 - 05 - Chapter V (Part 1) - THE BEAU
03:00:10 - 06 - Chapter V (Part 2) - THE BEAU
03:34:13 - 07 - Chapter VI (Part 1) - HOUGHTON'S LAST ENDEAVOUR
04:14:35 - 08 - Chapter VI (Part 2) - HOUGHTON'S LAST ENDEAVOUR
04:54:59 - 09 - Chapter VII (Part 1) - NATCHA-KEE-TAWARA
05:37:13 - 10 - Chapter VII (Part 2) - NATCHA-KEE-TAWARA
06:19:53 - 11 - Chapter VIII (Part 1) - CICCIO
06:54:23 - 12 - Chapter VIII (Part 2) - CICCIO
'There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to.'In this most under-valued of his novels, Lawrence once again presents us with a young woman hemmed in by her middle-class upbringing and (like Ursula Brangwen in The Rainbow) longing for escape. Alvina Houghton's plight, however, is given a rather comic and even picaresque treatment. Losing first her mother, a perpetual invalid, and later her cross-dressing father, a woefully ineffectual small-scale entrepreneur, Alvina feels doomed to merge with the tribe of eternal spinsters who surround her in the dreary mining community of Woodhouse.Into this drab environment enter the Natcha-Kee-Tawara: a polyglot, poly-amorous troupe of travelling players united, on- and off-stage, in a fantasy of Native American nomadism. Enter Ciccio, the surly dark-eyed horseman. The Italian's potent and threatening physicality overwhelms Alvina and soon will propel her into - what? Perdition, or the paradoxical freedom of a girl who 'like(s) being lost'? (Summary by Martin Geeson)
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An Introduction to the History of Science by Walter LIBBY (1867 - 1955?)
Genre(s): Mathematics, Science
Read by: Steven Seitel in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 18 - 18 Scientific Hypothesis - Radioactive Substances
00:21:03 - 19 - 19 The Scientific Imagination
00:41:48 - 20 - 20 Science and Democratic Culture
A highly accessible introductory history of the development of scientific thought, method, and application from the first practical concepts of time and space (Babylonia, Egypt) to the development of the first successful heavier-than-air flying machine (Langley) and the discovery of radioactivity (Curie). - Summary by Steven Seitel
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Short Story Collection Vol. 080 by VARIOUS ( - )
Genre(s): Anthologies
Read by: johnnyenglish, KevinS, Dale Grothmann, Colleen McMahon, Peter Thomlinson, Craig Campbell, Lynne T, Matt Bishop in English
Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - In the Avu Observatory by H.G. Wells
00:17:03 - 02 - The Coffin Merchant by Richard Middleton
00:32:39 - 03 - Compromise by Lord Dunsany
00:35:27 - 04 - The Day of Retribution by Duffield Osborne
01:00:35 - 05 - The Adventure of the Devil's Foot by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
02:05:30 - 06 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
02:54:57 - 07 - Dream Upon the Universe by Jean Paul
03:11:41 - 08 - Iktomi and the Coyote by Zitkala-S'A
03:19:02 - 09 - A Miracle of God's Body by Martha Hale Shackford
03:22:43 - 10 - The Model Millionaire - A Note of Admiration by Oscar Wilde
03:37:28 - 11 - The Power of Words by Edgar Allan Poe
03:50:07 - 12 - The River by Lord Dunsany
03:56:53 - 13 - Shadow by Edgar Allan Poe
04:04:12 - 14 - The Shadow Builder by Bram Stoker
04:34:13 - 15 - The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde
04:48:43 - 16 - The Star by H.G. Wells
05:19:21 - 17 - The Three Tall Sons by Lord Dunsany
05:21:31 - 18 - Robert Turner's Revenge by L M Montgomery
05:42:38 - 19 - The Two Housewives by Carolyn Wells
05:44:25 - 20 - The Unhappy Body By Lord Dunsany
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of H.G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, Lord Dunsany, Poe and others to bring you tales of mystery, horror, puzzling and the amusing. So sit back and enjoy the 80th Librivox Short Story Collection!
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