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Title: Nature

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 1 hr 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/17/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Nature is a short essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson published anonymously in 1836. It is in this essay that the foundation of transcendentalism is put forth, a belief system that espouses a non-traditional appreciation of nature. Recent advances in zoology, botany, and geology confirmed Emerson's intuitions about the intricate relationships of Nature at large. The publication of Nature is usually taken to be the watershed moment at which transcendentalism became a major cultural movement.

Henry David Thoreau had read "Nature" as a senior at Harvard College and took it to heart. It eventually became an essential influence for Thoreau's later writings, including his seminal Walden. (Summary excerpted from Wikipedia by Neeru Iyer)

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Title: Visits To The Dead In The Catacombs Of Rome

Author: George Washington Greene

Narrator: David Wales

Length: 1 hr 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/17/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

This essay of a cultured observer, for many years United States consul in Rome, appeared in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 10, issue 59, April, 1855, pp 577 - 600. (Summary by David Wales)

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Title: Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 1

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 2 hrs 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/10/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length vary greatly. This collection is a sampling of twenty such articles including one from the Journal de Paris. Although some of the works on the LibriVox catalog such as the Federalist Papers were published in newspapers, this is the first collection of newspaper articles. (Summary by James Smith).

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Title: Washington Irving in London

Author: Washington Irving

Narrator: Greg Giordano

Length: 2 hrs 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/10/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Washington Irving's name is synonymous with such classics as "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." He established himself as one of early America's most treasured writers. His wit and satirical voice are the hallmark of his writing. Irving had the extraordinary ability to paint a picture in words on the canvas of the printed page. Although an American, he spent a good deal of time traveling in England and memorializing his experiences in some of the essays chosen for this collection. With an emphasis on his time spent in London, the works include his observations on such diverse subjects as Westminster Abbey, British antiques and how one spends a Sunday in London. This collection brings to life the London of a bygone era as seen through the eyes of a keen writer and observer of life. - Summary by Greg Giordano

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Title: Old Hampshire Vignettes

Author: Mary Elizabeth Hawker

Narrator: David Wales

Length: 2 hrs 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/9/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Lanoe Falconer is the pseudonym of the English writer, Marie Elizabeth Hawker (1848 - 1908). Her works, though few, were well received. She lived most of her life in the Hampshire Valley, the source of these verbal sketches. Never married, her health was precarious, preventing her from writing more, though she wished to. She died of tuberculosis, as did her brother. (Summary by David Wales)

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Title: Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Author: Mariana Alcoforado

Narrator: Leni

Length: 2 hrs 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/5/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

The Letters of a Portuguese Nun (Les Lettres Portugaises) were first published anonymously in Paris in 1669. The five passionate letters in book form were a publishing sensation since their appearance, with five editions in the first year, followed by more than forty editions throughout the 17th century. A Cologne edition of 1669 stated that the Marquis de Chamilly was their addressee, but, aside from the fact that she was female, the author's name and identity remained unknown. The letters were translated in several languages, and set a precedent for sentimentalism in European culture at large, and for the literary genres of the sentimental novel and the epistolary novel into the 18th century. The interest in the Letters was so strong that the word "portugaise" became synonymous with "a passionate love-letter" in the 17th century.

The authorship of the work was assigned to Mariana Alcoforado, a Portuguese nun, as early as the 18th century. During the 20th century, however, many scholars have supported the idea that they are a work of epistolary fiction written by Gabriel-Joseph de La Vergne, comte de Guilleragues, a French politician, who had been secretary of the King's Chamber and also director of the Gazette de France. Nevertheless, any doubts about the authorship do not detract from the beauty and power of the letters themselves, presented here in a prose translation followed by a versified one. - Summary by Leni

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Title: Fleet In Being; Notes Of Two Trips With The Channel Squadron

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Narrator: David Wales

Length: 2 hrs 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/5/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

[Kipling] became involved in the debate over the British response to the rise in German naval power known as the Tirpitz Plan to build a fleet to challenge the Royal Navy, publishing a series of articles in 1898 which were collected as A Fleet in Being. And as always with Kipling there is that wonderful sardonic humor and attention to the lower orders of being. - Summary by Wikipedia and david wales

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Title: Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 018

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 5 hrs 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass law, history, science, travel, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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Title: De Vulgari Eloquentia

Author: Dante Alighieri

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Length: 1 hr 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

De vulgari eloquentia (On Eloquence in the vernacular) is a short essay written by Dante Alighieri in Latin. The work remains incomplete; only one and a half books are extant.

It is believed to have been composed during Dante's exile, probably at some point between 1302 and 1305. The work revolves around the relationship between Latin and vernacular, and the need for a literary language, with an excourse on the poetic forms in vernacular. - Summary by Leni

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Title: Chinese Sketches

Author: Herbert Allen Giles

Narrator: MaryAnnS

Length: 4 hrs 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 1/1/2017

Publisher: LibriVox

Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Herbert Giles was in the diplomatic service in China from 1867 to 1893. His frank observations on Chinese culture and people form the basis of these short essays, published in 1876. On his retirement, he returned to England and served as the Chair of Chinese at Cambridge for 35 years.

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