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	The Abbots Ghost or Maurice Treherne Temptation - Louisa May Alcott LibriVox recording of The Abbot's Ghost or Maurice Treherne's Temptation by Louisa May Alcott Written by Louisa May Alcott under her pseudonym, A. M. Barnard, this Christmas story deals with the themes of love and defending one's honor. Although he is disinherited and poor, Maurice Traherne tries to win the hand of his love, Octavia.(Summary by Jennifer Stearns) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: fiction; romance; alcott; abbots; ghost; audio books; librivox Downloads: 331 Average rating: (1 review)
	Alexander's Bridge - Willa Sibert Cather A LibriVox recording of Alexander's Bridge by Willa Sibert Cather Read by Eva and Lucy Burgoyne. Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through what's known today (but not in 1912) as a mid-life crisis. Although married to his wife Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair proves to gnaw at Bartley's sense of propriety and honor... Keywords: audiobook; romance; mid-life Downloads: 11,274 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Counterpane Fairy - Katherine Pyle LibriVox recording of The Counterpane Fairy, by Katherine Pyle. Read by Lee Elliott. A little boy, recuperating from a lengthy illness, is entertained by visits from the Counterpane Fairy, who treats him to stories associated with each of the squares in the counterpane (quilt) on his sickbed. She has him concentrate on one of the squares until it turns into something like a doorway into the story. Once inside the story, he becomes its lead character until it fades out as if he's awakening from a... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; children; fairies; fantasy Downloads: 8,354 Average rating: (1 review)
	Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed - Edna Ferber Librivox recording of Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber. Read by Lee Ann Howlett. Dawn O’Hara, the Girl Who Laughed was Edna Ferber’s first novel. Dawn, a newspaperwoman working in New York, finds herself back home in Michigan on doctor’s orders. Years of living in boarding-houses and working to pay for the care of her brilliant but mentally ill husband, Peter Orme, have taken their toll... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; fiction Downloads: 3,131 Average rating: (1 review)
	Esther Waters - George Moore LibriVox recording of Esther Waters by George Moore, read by LibriVox volunteers, proofed by Karen Merline and Tricia G, coordinated by Miss Stav and Bridget Gaige, and produced by Karen Merline. "She stood on the platform watching the receding train. A few bushes hid the curve of the line; the white vapour rose above them, evaporating in the pale evening. A moment more and the last carriage would pass out of sight... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; fiction; novel; England Downloads: 734 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Hawk of Egypt - Joan Conquest LibriVox recording of The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest. Read by Sibella Denton. A tragic love triangle between a beautiful English girl, an English gentleman, and a half-English, half-Egyptian plays out among the ruins and under the desert stars of 1920s era Egypt. The saga ends, as all love triangles must, in tragedy upon the desert sands. (Summary by Sibella Denton) Keywords: librivox; audiobook; romance Downloads: 2,089 Average rating: (1 review)
	Lavender and Old Lace - Myrtle Reed LibriVox recording of Lavender and Old Lace, by Myrtle Reed. Read by Bridget "Jane Hathaway and her niece, Ruth Thorne, have never met. Jane invites Ruth for a visit, but leaves before Ruth comes. Ruth agrees to come to Jane for quiet and rest. When Ruth arrives, the maid gives her a letter from her aunt. In the letter, Aunt Jane does not tell Ruth anything about her trip abroad but insists that Ruth light an oil lamp in the attic each night... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; romance; myrtle reed Downloads: 1,015 Average rating: (1 review)
	Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life - H. Rider Haggard Librivox recording of Colonel Quaritch, V.C.: A Tale of Country Life by H. Rider Haggard read by Esther. This is not your typical H. Rider Haggard adventure book yet it is full of mystery and intrigue including a coerced marriage, bigotry, adultery, murder and a buried treasure! This is the tale of an ancient family’s struggles to survive, one woman’s selflessness and another’s evil schemes; Two Gentlemen, two scoundrels and one very underestimated, loyal servant... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; romance; intrigue; treasure Downloads: 2,281 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Tragic Bride - Francis Brett Young LibriVox recording of The Tragic Bride, by Francis Brett Young. Read by Roger Melin. The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estate nestled in the Irish countryside. In due course, young Gabrielle falls in love with a Navy man whose untimely demise sends her into a depression, and the consequences of which alter her future, culminating in a fascinating and quite unpredictable relationship with Mrs... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; marriage; troubled youth; Ireland Downloads: 699 Average rating: (1 review)
	Probable Sons - Amy le Feuvre LibriVox recording of Probable Sons, by Amy le Feuvre. Read by Laura Caldwell. Little Milly is left an orphan after the death of her mother and sent to live with her bachelor uncle, who has no use for children, especially of the female variety. As the days go by, his heart warms to his endearing niece who wants all probable sons to come home, including her very own probable uncle. (Summary by Laura Caldwell) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: librivox; audiobook; Christian fiction; prodigal son; orphans Downloads: 725 Average rating: (1 review)
	A Strange Disappearance - Anna Katharine Green LibriVox recording of A Strange Disappearance by Anna Katharine Green Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father). For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: fiction; mystery; disappearance; green; audiobooks; librivox Downloads: 3,192 Average rating: (1 review)
	Daddy-Long-Legs - Webster, Jean, 1876-1916 Book from Project Gutenberg: Daddy-Long-Legs Category: Audio Book, human-read Downloads: 653 Average rating: (1 review)
	Dear Enemy - Jean Webster LibriVox recording of Dear Enemy, by Jean Webster. Dear Enemy is the sequel to Jean Webster's novel Daddy-Long-Legs. The story as presented in a series of letters written by Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's college mate in Daddy-Long-Legs. Among the recipients of the letters are the president of the orphanage where Sallie is filling in until a new director can be installed, his wife (Judy Abbott of Daddy-Long-Legs), and the orphanage's doctor (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy")... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; fiction; webster; letters Downloads: 8,051 Average rating: (1 review)
	Carmilla - LeFanu, Joseph Sheridan Librivox recording of Carmilla, by J. Sheridan LeFanu. Carmilla is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. Carmilla predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by over twenty years, had a strong influence on Stoker's famous novel. (Summary from Wikipedia) Read by Elizabeth Klett... Downloads: 18,727 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Dark House - George Manville Fenn LibriVox recording of The Dark House by George Manville Fenn. Read by Lucy Burgoyne. An extremely wealthy but reclusive man has died, leaving an eccentric will which hints at great riches hidden somewhere in the house. Most of the people at the reading of the will did not know the deceased in person, but had received kindnesses from him, for instance by the payment of school and university fees. The principal beneficiary, a great-nephew, also did not know him... Keywords: fiction; fenn; mystery; crime; audiobooks; librivox Downloads: 3,851 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Erema - Richard Doddridge Blackmore LibriVox recording of Erema, by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. A few years before the great Civil War, a young English woman and her father, having left the security of their wagon train, are lost in the unforgiving Californian desert, looking in vain for the landmark that marks the short-cut across those last western mountains which would lead them to the home of an old friend. George Castlewood gives all the water and rations he has to his daughter, Erema, and dies just a short distance from hel... Keywords: Librivox; Audiobooks; histrical fiction Downloads: 766 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Helen's Babies - John Habberton LibriVox recording of Helen's Babies, by John Habberton. Read by Kara Shallenberg. In this hilarious novel, Harry Burton, a bachelor white-goods salesman, goes to take care of his sister Helen's two little boys for ten days while she and her husband are out of town. Helen says, "The children won't give you the slightest trouble; they're the best children in the world!" but, as you can imagine, Toddie and Budge are always up to something, and all sorts of comic mischief ensues... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; habberton; humor; babysitting; children; romance Downloads: 23,308 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Hidden Hand - E.D.E.N. Southworth. LibriVox recording of The Hidden Hand by E.D.E.N. Southworth. Read by Bridget "If you will listen to this book, you will meet a cast of unforgettable characters, as different from one another as the sun and moon. But they have one thing in common - all of them hide many, many secrets. The plot of this book is full of twists which may leave you guessing until the end. Bridget's lively reading adds much to the joy of listening to this book." (Summary by Stav Nisser) For more free audio books or to... Keywords: hidden; hand; fiction; southworth; audio books; librivox Downloads: 1,558 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett LibriVox recording of A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read by Karen Savage. Sara is brought to Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies by her father, Captain Crewe, because the climate in India doesn't agree with children. This is the story of her time at Miss Minchin's. (Summary by Karen Savage) Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; children; boarding school Downloads: 28,876 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Loss of the S. S. Titanic - Lawrence Beesley LibriVox recording of The Loss of the S.S. Titanic, by Lawrence Beesley. [Read by Allyson Hester.] This is a 1st hand account written by a survivor of the Titanic about that fateful night and the events leading up to it as well as the events that followed its sinking. - Summary written by Allyson Hester For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; history; titanic; true story Downloads: 10,336 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Madame Midas - Fergus Hume LibriVox recording of Madame Midas by Fergus Hume. Read by Lucy Burgoyne. Madame Midas is a murder mystery, In the early days of Australia, when the gold fever was at its height. Fergus Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia where he obtained a post as a barristers' clerk... Keywords: fiction; madam; midas; fergus; hume; mystery; audio books; librivox Downloads: 774 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Stillwater Tragedy - Thomas Bailey Aldrich Librivox recording of The Stillwater Tragedy by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Read by J. M. Smallheer. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, novelist and editor. Of his many books of poetry and fiction, he may be best known for his semi-autobiographical novel, The Story of a Bad Boy and his collection of short stories, Majorie Daw and Other People. The Stillwater Tragedy which was first published in 1880 is set in a small New England manufacturing town whose tranquility is disturbed first by the ... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; mystery; fiction; New England Downloads: 1,201 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Ten Days in a Madhouse - Nellie Bly LibriVox recording of Ten Days in a Madhouse, by Nellie Bly Read by Alice In 1887 Nellie Bly, one of the first female newspaper writers, and a young reporter who would soon go on to make a career for herself as an investigative journalist and "stunt" reporter, had herself committed to the Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum in New York. Her purpose was to discover what life was like for those who had been deemed insane... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; madhouse; nellie bly Downloads: 23,335 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Valley of Silent Men - James Oliver Curwood LibriVox recording of The Valley of Silent Men, by James Oliver Curwood. Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country. James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decides to confess to a murder and thus save an innocent man. Nobody believes his confession, particularly Marette, a mysterious girl who had shown up at Athabasca Landing only weeks before. Kent’s illness takes a turn and his death is postponed, and he sets about to find out more about th... Keywords: librivox; audio book; audiobook; curwood; mystery; romance; murder Downloads: 2,511 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Agony Column - Earl Derr Biggers LibriVox recording of The Agony Column, by Earl Derr Biggers, read by peac. English romantic adventure starring a young American in London and inspired by the personal ads (agony columns) in the London papers. In this treacherous tale of murder and intrigue young American Geoffrey West tracks a killer from the posh dining room of the Carlton Hotel to the opium dens of London's Limehouse district in search of the truth and the heart of his true love only to find the culprit all too close to home... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; mystery; Second Floor Mystery Downloads: 2,013 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Angel of Terror - Edgar Wallace LibriVox recording of The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace, read by Allyson Hester Beautiful Jean Briggerland is the epitome of evilness in this twisting and turning thriller. She plots many different ways to steal her new victim's riches including lies and murder. Only Jack Glover the lawyer of Jean's most recent victim, is aware of her true nature. Can he stop her crime spree and bring her to justice before she murders her way to wealth and happiness? Don't count on it! Page after page offers ... Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; mystery; horror; Edgar Wallace Downloads: 7,050 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Country Beyond - James Oliver Curwood LibriVox recording of The Country Beyond, by James Oliver Curwood. Read by Roger Melin. The Country Beyond, subtitled A Romance In the Wilderness, is a story of "Jolly" Roger McKay, an outcast on the run from the law; Nada, the girl he falls in love with; and Peter, the devoted mixed-breed dog who links the two together as no human could, as action, adventure, and romance take them through the Northwest Canadian wilderness in search of The Country Beyond... Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; literature; romance; adventure; Canada Downloads: 1,570 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Patricia Brent, spinster - Herbert Jenkins LibriVox recording of "Patricia Brent, spinster", by Herbert Jenkins. Read by Anna Simon. A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because she "never has a nice young man to take her out". In a thoughtless moment of anger she announces that the following night she will be dining out with her fiance. When she arrives at the restaurant the next day, she finds some of the fellow-boarders there to watch her, so... Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; fiction; romantic comedy; WWI Downloads: 2,954 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Rosary - Florence Louisa Barclay Librivox recording of the The Rosary by Florence Louisa Barclay. Read by Deb Bacon-Ziegler, Christine Blachford, Betsie Bush, Robin Cotter, Pat Elder, Maria Elmvang, rachelellen, Ana Simão. “The Rosary” is a beautiful love story. Gareth Dalmain falls in love with the Honorable Jane Champion. She loves him back, but does not trust his love, as is known to be a great lover of beauty, and she - alas - is very plain... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; novel; romance; Florence L. Barclay; The Rosary; Jane Champion; Gareth Dalmain Downloads: 40,330 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Thing from the Lake - Eleanor M. Ingram LibriVox recording of The Thing from the Lake, by Eleanor M. Ingram. Read by Roger Melin. To get away from city life periodically, New Yorker Roger Locke purchases an abandoned farm house in rural Connecticut, and with the assistance of his cousin Phillida and her beau Ethan Vere, he sets about fixing up the place. Immediately however, an unseen mysterious woman begins giving him warnings during nocturnal visits to leave the house at once... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; horror; mystery; ingram Downloads: 2,319 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins LibriVox recording of The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, read by Librivox volunteers. The Woman in White is an epistolary novel written by Wilkie Collins in 1859, serialized in 1859-1860, and first published in book form in 1860. It is considered to be to the first mystery novel, and is widely regarded as one of the first (and finest) in the genre of 'sensation novels'. The Woman in White is also an early example of a particular type of Collins narrative in which several characters in turn t... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; epistolary; mystery Downloads: 9,694 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	First Love - Ivan Turgenev trans. Constance Garnett LibriVox recording of First Love, by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett. Read by Martin Geeson. The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise. First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's "epiphanies") that transforms the chara... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; love; romance; novella Downloads: 1,503 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Flaming Forest - James Oliver Curwood LibriVox recording of The Flaming Forest, by James Oliver Curwood. Read by Roger Melin. A tale of mystery, romance, and honor, as David Carrigan must choose between his duty as an officer of the law and a girl who holds him captive; a girl who Carrigan thinks he may have fallen in love with no less! Who is this strange girl Jean-Marie, and why won't she give him his freedom? And who are the people that she surrounds herself with along the great Canadian rivers and wilderness barrens and forests ... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; mystery; romance; Canada; curwood Downloads: 1,573 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Lodger - Marie Belloc Lowndes LibriVox recording of The Lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes. Read by Lee Ann Howlett. The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes was inspired by the Jack the Ripper murders. An older couple, the Buntings, are forced to take in lodgers to make ends meet. They are on the verge of starvation when a mysterious man, Mr. Sleuth, appears at their door and asks for lodging, paying in advance. However, when the murders of young women in London attributed to a man known only as "The Avenger" continue, the Buntings,... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; mystery; Avenger; Lowndes Downloads: 5,219 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Indiscretions of Archie - P. G. Wodehouse LibriVox recording of Indiscretions of Archie, by P. G. Wodehouse. Read by Mark Nelson. It wasn't Archie's fault really. It's true he went to America and fell in love with Lucille, the daughter of a millionaire hotel proprietor and if he did marry her--well, what else was there to do? From his point of view, the whole thing was a thoroughly good egg; but Mr. Brewster, his father-in-law, thought differently, Archie had neither money nor occupation, which was distasteful in the eyes of the industr... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; wodehouse Downloads: 10,776 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Lady Audley's Secret - Mary Elizabeth Braddon Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s first novel, Lady Audley’s Secret, was one of the most popular English novels of its day. Published serially in 1862, it tells the story of the lovely Lucy Graham, who becomes Lady Audley at the beginning of the novel, and who conceals a scandalous secret from her new husband and his family. The plot, which includes madness, bigamy, attempted murder, and seduction, made this a shocking but highly successful story for V... Keywords: literature; audiobook; fiction; braddon; lady audleys secret; librivox Downloads: 31,047 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Secret Passage - Fergus Hume Librivox recording of The Secret Passage by Fergus Hume. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. Excellent murder mystery. On September 9, 1905, the NY Times Saturday Review of Books described this book as follows: "That painstakingly ingenious person, Fergus Hume, has devised another of his hide-and-seek, jack-o'-lantern murder mysteries. It begins with a queer and rich old woman found stabbed to death in her chair and not a clue to the murderer... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; mystery; murder Downloads: 5,555 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte Librivox recording of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Read by Zachary Brewster-Geisz, Geoff Cowgill, Michelle Crandall, hosmer_angel, Lee Ann Howlett, Larysa Jaworski, JemmaBlythe, Lady Maria, Lord Peter, Martina, Mellors, Alison Raouf, scrappylibrarian and Jennifer Stearns. A tale of passion set in the bleak Yorkshire moors in mid 19thC, far from the Victorian uprightness, Wuthering Heights depicts the mutual love of Catherine and Heathcliff till destruction rends the narration; yet cruelty... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; Wuthering Heights; Emily Brontë; Ellis Bell; Catherine Earnshaw; Heathcliff Downloads: 79,745 Average rating: (4 reviews)