Culture & Heritage
Shakespeare's Ovid
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
William Shakespeare
Ovid represents his work as a celebration of mutability in the form of a history of the world's notable transformations. It is a compendium …
My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's
Read by TriciaG
Marietta Holley
. . . a voice kept a sayin' inside of me, "Josiah Allen's wife, write a book givin' your views on the great subject of Wimmen's Rites.&…
Joseph and His Friend
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Bayard Taylor
The protagonist in Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania, by Bayard Taylor, is an intelligent and educated young farmer who has led…
Frailty and Hypocrisy
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Pierre Beaumarchais
This is James Wild's English translation of the French play, "The Guilty Mother," the third installment of Pierre Augustin Caron d…
As I Lay Dying
Read by John Greenman
William Faulkner
Addie Bundren's declining health and eventual death prompt her impoverished family to honor her wish to be buried in Jefferson, Mississippi.…
The Ladies' Paradise, Book Eleven of Rougon-Macquart Cycle (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
This is the sequel to "Piping Hot!", so the eleventh volume in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle. This is the story of Octave Mouret, …