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This is what people were reading in 1903, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction articles. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

This is a collection of 12 creepy stories by that master of creepiness, Poe. The Black Cat; The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven; The Tell Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, the Premature Burial and six others that are a shuddering delight to read and listen to. Turn off the lights, settle down and hear these stories read to you as only LibriVox readers can perform them. (Summary by Phil Chenevert)

A book for students of history to test their knowledge and to direct their studies. As the title tells us, this is a book of 1001 questions, with answers, regarding world history. - Summary by KevinS

A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sara Orne Jewett, and Oscar Wilde. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Published in 1914, this novel tells the story of Harmony Wells, an innocent and beautiful American in Austria to study violin. Harmony has talent and she dreams of a career in music. After her friends run out of money and return to the States, Harmony stays on in hopes of earning enough money to continue her lessons. Along the way, she meets Peter Byrne, an American doctor in Vienna following his dream to study surgery. Peter is already watching over an orphan boy in a local hospital and now he takes it upon himself to protect young Harmony...

Bladys of the Stewponey by Sabine Baring-Gould. This story is set in England in the days when women were regarded as having a low status, highwaymen and murder were common and people were executed for trivial offences. The novel is based on two historical events: The first of these was the last public execution by burning in England which took place in Shrewsbury in 1789. The horror of the scene is graphically enhanced by the description of the tolling bell: "St Mary's bell boomed, sending throbs of sound overhead that beat against the walls of the house in one street, and came back ...

In the Fog by Richard Harding Davis. The story is set in London, at an elite gentleman’s club called "The Grill," where an American gentleman arrests the attention of four other men by relating how one night he got lost in a thick London fog. He stumbled upon a house where a double murder was just committed. The victims of the murder were a young nobleman and a Russian princess. He escaped from the house and reported the killings to Scotland Yard. But they were unable to find the location of the dwelling. All very strange, as three of the other gentlemen all offer more information and ...

Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Anne of Avonlea is the 1909 sequel to Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, following Anne Shirley as she becomes a teacher in Avonlea, takes in twins Davy and Dora with Marilla, and navigates new challenges like her neighbor Mr. Harrison and the Avonlea Village Improvement Society, all while continuing her studies with Gilbert Blythe. The novel explores Anne's transition from adolescence to young womanhood, blending her characteristic imagination with new responsibilities and the joys and pains of growing up. It is the second book in the ...

The Four Faces by William Le Queux. Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a discussion regarding a man named Gastrell. Gastrell is somewhat of a mystery to the club members in spite of his renting a house from one of them. Berrington’s interest in Gastrell intensifies as his fiancé, Dulcie Challoner, befriends a wealthy widow, Mrs. Connie Stapleton who evidently has some type of relationship with Gastrell. As the plot progresses, Berrington finds himself involved with sensational robberies,...

Una collezione di fiabe per bambini da ascoltare prima di andare a letto, lette da Valerio Di Stefano o tratte dal catalogo delle audioletture di Librivox.org e dalla biblioteca multimediale di Liber Liber. Una per volta prima di andare a nanna!

Free full-length classic audiobooks with original commentary, sourced from LibriVox.org public-domain recordings. Each release features a literary introduction (author bio, historical context, what to listen for) and closing commentary on themes and reception. Classic literature, gothic horror, science fiction, romance, and more.

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy's two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world's greatest novels.War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, combined ...

Novelle per un anno è una raccolta di 241 novelle scritte da Luigi Pirandello. Originariamente sono state pubblicate sul Corriere della Sera, successivamente ripubblicate in 15 raccolte. Inizialmente erano previste 24 raccolte contenenti 365 novelle, tuttavia la prematura morte dell'autore ha impedito il raggiungimento del traguardo. Postume sono state pubblicate altre novelle scritte dall'autore. Le raccolte sono state pubblicate tra il 1922 e il 1938. (Riassunto di Filippo Gioachin)Questo libro è stato promosso dal gruppo Volontari del Libro di aNobii.

Mattia Pascal grew up in a small Italian town not dissimilar to that of the author's upbringing. Pascal leads a somewhat feckless boyhood, allowing opportunities to slip away from him and living on the accumulated but dwindling resources of his family. As a young man he finds himself duped into poverty and an unhappy marriage made sadder by grief. He escapes on an adventure at Monte Carlo where he submits himself to Fortune which provides him with an extraordinary erasure of his old identity and the funds to maintain a new one. With the passage of a couple of years however he becomes horribly ...

Classic Detective & Noir Audiobooks is a growing collection of public domain detective fiction, noir crime stories, murder mysteries, hardboiled investigations, psychological crime fiction, and classic suspense curated for immersive long-form listening. Inside the archive you will discover private investigators, shadowy conspiracies, dangerous criminals, unsolved murders, corrupt cities, femme fatales, courtroom mysteries, and influential detective stories that shaped the foundations of crime fiction. From classic whodunits and noir investigations to dark psychological crime and suspenseful ...

Da sette anni a questa parte ho fatto alcuni libri.Tra questi libri ci sono anche alcuni “romanzi”.La definizione di “romanzo” mi va stretta, ma è una parola che si usa di frequente, un codice di comodità per cercare di chiarire (spesso senza riuscirci) dove si vuole andare a parare.Tutti i “romanzi” che ho fatto sono miei. Ma “Minchia, Signor Tenente”, recentemente pubblicato, è il “mio romanzo”.Ho trovato “Minchia, Signor Tenente!”, quello stesso libro che considero “il mio romanzo”, al prezzo di 76,89 euro, più altri 6 euro per le spese di spedizione. Oltre ...

Occult & Supernatural Audiobooks is a curated collection of public domain paranormal fiction, esoteric writings, occult literature, supernatural mysteries, forbidden rituals, spiritual philosophies, dark folklore, and strange tales designed for immersive atmospheric listening. Inside the archive you will discover ancient rituals, hidden teachings, paranormal encounters, supernatural entities, mystical traditions, secret societies, strange phenomena, and influential occult works that explored the unknown beyond conventional reality. From supernatural horror and mystical fiction to esoteric ...

Weird Fiction Audiobooks is a curated collection of cosmic horror, strange fiction, surreal realities, psychological terror, supernatural mysteries, forbidden dimensions, and uncanny public domain stories designed for immersive late-night listening. Inside the archive you will discover impossible worlds, hidden entities, ancient horrors, distorted realities, forbidden knowledge, dreamlike landscapes, cosmic mysteries, and influential weird fiction classics that blurred the line between horror, fantasy, and science fiction. From Lovecraftian cosmic dread and psychological unease to surreal ...

Classic Dystopian Audiobooks is a curated collection of public domain dystopian fiction, apocalyptic worlds, survival stories, authoritarian societies, speculative futures, social collapse narratives, and visionary science fiction classics designed for immersive long-form listening. Inside the archive you will discover forbidden futures, collapsing civilizations, totalitarian governments, technological control systems, isolated survivors, ruined societies, psychological survival stories, and influential literary works that shaped the modern dystopian genre. From early speculative fiction and ...

Classic Adventure Audiobooks is a growing collection of public domain adventure fiction featuring lost worlds, dangerous expeditions, treasure hunts, survival stories, sea voyages, exploration narratives, and timeless classics curated for immersive long-form listening. Inside the archive you will discover hidden civilizations, mysterious islands, forgotten jungles, daring explorers, dangerous frontiers, pirate adventures, survival journeys, and influential adventure novels that defined generations of storytelling. From perilous expeditions and globe-spanning journeys to survival against ...