Essays & Short Works

Plants and Flowers

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The Librivox Coffee Break Collections are themed anthologies, selected and read by Librivox readers. Each short piece is fifteen minutes lon…

Letters of Oscar Wilde

by Oscar Wilde Read by Rob Marland 4.7
This fourth collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote while living in Berneval, in the months after h…

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. This is the fourth volume; the first volume of short works - fiction, essays, poetry and s…

The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast

by William Cowper Brann Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Cowper Brann earned the nickname “The Iconoclast” by fearlessly attacking established beliefs and institutions which he thought to b…

Letters of Oscar Wilde

by Oscar Wilde Read by Rob Marland 4.7
This second collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes letters written when the Irish playwright was at the height of his succ…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Explore a diverse array of thought-provoking essays and speeches in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3
National Geographic Magazine Volume 3, articles published in 1891 and 1892. South America: Annual Address by the President, Gardiner G. Hubb…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Nature and Science--fall scenery,…

The Inner Life

by John Greenleaf Whittier Read by Subhash Chander
John Greenleaf Whittier was an influential American Quaker poet and ardent advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. He is …

Walking

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Allyson Hester 3.6
This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an e…

On

by Hilaire Belloc Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs th…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.5
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this engaging collection of short nonfiction works. Curated by dedicated volunteers, this a…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Our constitution is color-blind... the law regards man as man and takes no accoun…

Local Color Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
In this celebration of diversity, learn about the myriad histories and cultures behind our volunteers. (summary by Eric Ray)

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the Faust Legend, Stephen Crane, Su…

The Dolliver Romance

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Read by Ben Tucker 4
This post-humous collection of stories, sketches and essays by celebrated quintessential New England author Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us gli…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Explore a diverse array of ideas and insights in this collection of sixteen short nonfiction works, each chosen for its significance and imp…

The Night Side of New York

by Various Read by Grant Hurlock 3.4
This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the May Number. It includes the following articles:* Africa Since 1888, by Hon. Ga…

Dogs

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This is the 29th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

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