The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Audio Book)  by  Joseph Conrad 

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LibriVox recording of The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Version 2) by Joseph Conrad.
Read in English by Peter Dann
Today, we're likely to react to the title of this novella, on whose 'sincerity of expression' Conrad was willing to stake his artisitic reputation, with visceral disgust. There is a sad irony in this, for Conrad's title originally alluded to a rather complex set of meanings, implying that, by virtue of our human nature, we all carry within the fragile vessel that is our idealised image of ourselves a darker being we find troubling, even despicable, but with whom we must eventually come to terms. Indeed, in the couse of this tale of a traumatic sea voyage from Bombay to London, Conrad suggests that in projecting their loathing of their own ambivalent feelings onto their (possibly dying) black shipmate James Wait, the crew of the Narcissus have considerable difficulty seeing the real James Wait behind their confused emotional reactions at all. The novella is remarkable for its knitting together of a stunningly well-realised physical drama involving an imperilled ship with a most discomforting psychodrama that draws in all twenty-six men who sail her. - Summary by Peter Dann

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About the Author

Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, Polish: [ˈjuzɛf tɛˈɔdɔr ˈkɔnrat kɔʐɛˈɲɔfskʲi] (audio speaker iconlisten); 3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he came to be regarded a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe. Wikipedia

Herbert West: Re-Animator by H. P. Lovecraft (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox recording of Herbert West: Re-Animator, by H. P. Lovecraft. Read by Phil Chenevert

 

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"Herbert West—Reanimator" is a story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft that was first serialized in February through July 1922 in the amateur publication Home Brew. The story was the basis of the 1985 horror film Re-Animator and its sequels, in addition to numerous other adaptations in various media. You want zombies? listen to this because Lovecraft was one of the very first and he got zombies right: scary, evil, implacable and out to get you. (Summary by Phil Chenevert )

 

Also see:

• The Complete Works of H. P. Lovecraft

 

About the Author 

Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.
 

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. Wikipedia
 

Born: August 20, 1890, Providence, RI
Died: March 15, 1937, Providence, RI
Full Name: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Spouse: Sonia Greene (m. 1924–1937)

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The Art of Public Speaking by Joseph Berg Esenwein (Audio Book)

 The Art of Public Speaking

Joseph Berg Esenwein (1867 - 1946) and Dale Carnegie (1888 - 1955)

The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and Joseph B. Esenwein is a manual for people who have to speak in public, and it is still in use today. Whether the occasion in question is sharing travel experiences with friends, a toast for newly-weds, or a public debate, the tips and tricks collected in this book will come handy anywhere.

The book describes how to make effective use of one's voice and gestures, how to gain and convey confidence in front of a large audience, and which methods to use to convert the listeners to one's own cause. Each chapter contains examples and a list of practice exercises. The last 15 sections are real speeches by famous men to function as a study aid. (Summary by Availle)

Genre(s): Self-Help

Language: English

An Essay in the Art of Writing by Robert Louis Stevenson (Audio Book)

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An Essay in the Art of Writing 

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Robert Louis Stevenson

An Essay in the Art of Writing

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Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

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Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 032 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 032 (Audio Book)

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Readers include:

• Nan Dodge; Nemo
• Tony Scheinman
• Liz Van Kleeck
• Rafe Ball
• annehaviland
• Angelique G. Campbell
• Mike Golczynski
• John Van Stan
• Malthus
• Collee 

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. The Phantom Regiment of Killiecrankie by Elliott O'Donnell, read by Nan Dodge 00:14:21
2. The Phantom Hag by Anonymous, read by Nemo 00:08:06
3. The Hand by Guy de Maupassant, read by Tony Scheinman 00:13:57
4. Charon by Lord Dunsany, read by Tony Scheinman 00:02:57
5. The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce, read by Tony Scheinman 00:11:50
6. The Music of Erich by Zann H. P. Lovecraft, read by Tony Scheinman 00:21:22 
7. A Jug of Syrup by Ambrose Bierce, read by Liz Van Kleeck 00:16:51 
8. The Derelict William by Hope Hodgson, read by Rafe Ball 01:13:58 
9. Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne  read by annehaviland
   00:26:09 
10. The Black Reaper by Bernard Capes , read by Angelique G. Campbell
    00:27:45 
11. Panhandle and the Ghosts by Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, read by Angelique G. Campbell 01:01:48 
12. All Men are Ghosts by Lawrence Pearsall Jacks, read by Angelique G. Campbell
    01:01:32 
13. Ooze by Anthony M. Rud, read by Mike Golczynski 00:49:09 
14. The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens, read by John Van Stan 00:30:08 
15. The Middle Toe of the Right Foot Ambrose Bierce, read by John Van Stan 00:21:40 
16. One Summer Night by Ambrose Bierce, read by John Van Stan 00:04:40 
17. Number 13 by M. R. James, read by Malthus
    00:33:27  
18. Debt of Honor by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Colleen McMahon 00:43:09 
19. Afterward by Edith Wharton, read by annehaviland 00:56:12 
20. Mademoiselle Cocotte by Guy de Maupassant, read by Guy de Maupassant 00:08:27
    

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 008 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 008 (Audio Book)

A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Readers include:

Roger Clifton
StephenC
John Feaster
Stephen Ball
om123
Erin B. Lillis
Psudonae Vox
Gregg Margarite
Bill Boerst

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. The Amputated Arms by Jorgen Wilhelm Bergsøe, read by Roger Clifton 00:38:28
2. The Black Dog by Stephen Crane, read by StephenC 00:12:39
3. The Brown Hand by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Roger Clifton 00:35:11
4. The Dead Valley by Ralph Adams Cram, read by John Feaster 00:20:49
5. The Diary of Mr. Poynter by M. R. James, read by Steven Ball 00:26:52
6. The Enchanted Woman by Anna Bonus Kingsford, read by om123 00:09:55 
7. The Haunted House in Royal Street by George Washington Cable, read by Erin B. Lillis 00:56:57 
8. A Madman by Maurice Level, read by Steven Ball 00:05:47 
9. The Man of Science by Jerome K. Jerome, read by John Feaster 00:13:38
10. The Murderer by Richard Middleton, read by Steven Ball 00:03:55 
11. The Other Wing by Algernon Blackwood, read by Psudonae Vox 00:39:14 
12. The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 00:41:48 
13. To be Used Against Him by Richard Marsh, read by om123 00:47:32 
14. The Vision of Mirzah by Joseph Addison, read by Bill Boerst 00:12:03 
15. The Weird Violin by Anonymous, read by  om123  00:13:11

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•  Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 008 (Online Book)
• Buy Maurice Level Books at Amazon

 

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 007 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 007 (Audio Book)

A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1.  The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, read by Eric Leach 00:56:45
2. The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Glen Hallstrom 00:15:35
3. The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, read by Cody Logan 00:22:46
4. Deceiving Shadows by Songling Pu,  read by Chris Caron 00:06:57
5. The Highwaymen by Lord Dunsany, read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 00:11:41
6. Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Utek 00:26:16
7. The House of the Nightmare by Edward Lucas White, read by Zarnaz 00:21:45 
8. The Invalid's Story by Mark Twain, read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 00:16:32 
9. Lazarus by Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev, read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012) 00:45:34
10. Nyarlahotep  by  H. P. Lovecraft, read by Glen Hallstrom 00:07:50
11. The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens, read by Megan Argo 00:28:56 
12. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Joe Cooning 00:13:42
13. Thirteen at Table by Lord Dunsany, read by om123 00:23:47 
14. The Vixen by leister Crowley, read by Cyril Shevtsov 00:09:18 
15. William Wilson by Edgar Allan Poe , read by Bill Cissna 00:53:30
    

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 006 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 006 (Audio Book)

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. 

 Readers in this collection are: Virgil, James Christopher, Rowdy Delaney, David Federman, Anna Simon, Annoying Twit and Jane Greensmith.

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. Children of the Moon by Richard Middleton, read by Virgil 00:13:05
2. Ghosts That Have Haunted Me by John Kendrick Bangs, read by James Christopher 00:24:51
3. Gods of the North by Robert E. Howard, read by Rowdy Delaney 00:21:11
4. A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf, read by David Federman 00:06:23
5. The Man who was not on the Passenger List by Robert Barr, read by Anna Simon 00:11:51
6. No Living Voice by Thomas Street Millington, read by Annoying Twit 00:23:17 
7. The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, read by Jane Greensmith 00:50:35
8. Rattle of Bones by Robert E. Howard, read by Rowdy Delaney 00:15:32
9. The Red Room by H. G. Wells, read by Virgil 00:21:51
10. Skulls in the Stars by Robert E. Howard, read by Rowdy Delaney 00:23:47

 

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 005 (Audio Book)

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. 

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. The Hidden Beast by J. D. Beresford, read by Wes Kingston 00:06:15
2. An Old Woman's Tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by RK Wilcox 00:24:39
3. The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Ryan Traub 00:06:05 
4. The Phantom Coach by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, read by Nick Gisburne 00:30:39 
5. The Ring of Thoth by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Clive Catterall 00:44:36 
6. The Silver Mirror by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Alex C. Telander 00:18:36 
7. Staley Fleming's Hallucination by Ambrose Bierce, read by gregnkim 00:05:05 
8. The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost by H. G. Wells, read by Toby Paradis 00:27:19 
9. The Tale of the Mysterious Mirror by Sir Walter Scott, read by Alex C. Telander 00:47:13 
10. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, read by Michelle Sullivan 00:32:07
    

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 004 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 004 (Audio Book)

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. 

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. The 9.30 Up Train by Sabine Baring-Gould, read by Adrian Praetzellis 00:31:53
2. Clairvoyance by Algernon Blackwood, read by Susan Goble 00:15:46 
3. Green Tea, part 1 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, read by hosmer_angel 00:41:29 
4. Green Tea, part 2 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, read by hosmer_angel 00:33:59 
5. A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf, read by Howard Dratch 00:05:07 
6. The Haunted Orchard by Richard le Gallienne, read by Jessica AC Snyder 00:24:30 
7. Letter to Sura Pliny the Younger read by Claric 00:08:07 
8. The Mystery of the Semi-detached by E. Nesbit, read by Adrian Praetzellis 00:09:05 
9. The Signalman by  Charles Dickens , read by Howard Dratch 00:29:27 
10. The Silver Mirror by  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Cody Logan 00:20:44 
11. A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal Daniel Defoe, read by BoltOfTash 00:25:24
    

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 003 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 003 (Audio Book)

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. 

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. Elia  Wilkinson  Peattie,  An  Astral  Onion read  by  Betsie  Bush  00:16:31 
2. Ellis  Parker  Butler,  The  Chromatic  Ghost  of  Thomas  read  by  Denny  Sayers  00:26:52 
3. Elliott  O'Donnell,  Glamis  Castle  read  by  Peter  Yearsley  00:34:36 
4. Richard  Le  Gallienne,  The  Haunted  Orchard read  by  Peter  Yearsley 00:21:17 
5. Elia  Wilkinson  Peattie,  On  the  Northern  Ice  read  by  Betsie  Bush  00:10:33 
6. Arnold  Bennett,  Phantom  read  by  Bill  Coon  00:28:28 
7. Rudyard  Kipling,  The  Return  oflmray    read  by  Moira  Fogarty  00:25:52 
8. Elizabeth  Stuart  Phelps,  Since  I  Died    read  by  Charlene  Harris  00:19:19 
9. Thomas  Hardy,  The  Withered  Arm     read  by  Beth  Peat  00.59:25 
10. Charlotte  Perkins  Gilman,  The  Yellow  Wallpaper read  byjaggO  00:41:20
    

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 002 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 002 (Audio Book)

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. 

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS

1. H.  P.  Lovecraft, The  Beast in the Cave read by BroBry  00:15:44 
2. Gertrude Atherton, The Bell in the Fog read by John  Taylor  01:00:18 
3. E. Nesbit,  The Ebony Frame read by Cori  Samuel   00:31 :49 
4. John Kendrick Bangs, The Ghost Club read by John Taylor 00:42:07 
5. Mark Twain,  A Ghost Story read by Esther  00:13:33 
6. John Kendrick Bangs,  A Midnight  Visitor read by John Taylor  00:31 :31
7. John Kendrick  Bangs,  A Psychical  Prank read by John Taylor  00:17:18
8. John  Kendrick  Bangs,  A Quicksilver  Cassandra read  by John Taylor  00:11:38 
9. H. G. Wells, The  Red  Room read  by William Coon  00:22:44 
10. John Kendrick Bangs, The Water Ghost of Harrow by Hall read  by John Taylor 00:22:19
    

Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 001 (Audio Book)

 

LibriVox’s Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections Vol. 001 (Audio Book)

A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of tears, we will have succeeded. (Summary by Peter Yearsley)

Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Short Stories

Language: English

Group: Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

 

CONTENTS 

1. Algernon Blackwood, The Empty House read by William Coon 00:40:11
2. Bram Stoker, The Judge's House read by William Coon 00:44:04
3. Saki, Laura read by Peter Eastman 00:12:22 
4. E. Nesbitt, Man-size in Marble read by Andy Minter 00:31 :39
5. Lewis Carroll, Phantasmagoria read by dorian. gray 00:28:56 
6. J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalken the Painter read by Glen Elmensdorp 00:50:27 
7. Mary  Wilkins  Freeman,  The  Shadows  on  the  Wall  read  by  Betsie  Bush  00:26:12 
8. Anonymous,  Tales  of  Treasure read  by  Ben  Douglas  00:06:25 
9. Charles  Dickens,  The  Trial  for  Murder    read  by  Christiane  Levesque  00:29:14 
10. E.  Nesbit,  Uncle  Abraham's  Romance     read  by  Peter  Yearsley  00:08:45

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 020 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 020: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Genre(s): Anthologies

Language: English

Group: Short Story Collection

 

CONTENTS

1. The Gingerbread Man by Sara Cone Bryant, read by Carolyn Frances - 00:07:11
2. Innocents Abroad, Chapter 11 by Mark Twain, read by Julie Pandya - 00:11:17 
3. The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, read by Nicodemus - 00:11:29 
4. The Strange Looking Man by Fanny Kemble Johnson, read by Lucy
   Burgoyne - 00:11:15 
5. Useless Beauty by Guy De Maupassant, read by Michael Thomas Robinson  - 00:47:39 
6. The Village Uncle by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicodemus - 00:26:16 
7. The Whale and the Grasshopper by Seumas O’Brien, read by Lucy Burgoyne - 00:15:54 
8. The Winning of Lucinda by L. M. Montgomery, read by Mindy H - 00:28:24
9. The Wogglebug Book by L. Frank Baum, read by Mark F. Smith - 00:50:12
10. Wonderwings by Edith Howes, read by Clarica - 00:06:36
    

 

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection Vol. 019 (Audio Book)

LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 019: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.

Genre(s): Anthologies

Language: English

Group: Short Story Collection

 

CONTENTS

1. Bread  Overhead  by  Fritz  Reuter  Leiber,  read  by  Cori  Samuel  -
   00:35:29 
2. The  Butterfly's  Ball  by  Robert  Michael  Ballantyne,  read  by  Carolyn Frances  -  00:33:53 
3. Counterparts  by  James  Joyce,  read  by  iremonger  -  00:22:06 
4. Eveline  by  James  Joyce,  read  by  iremonger  -  00:10:46 
5. Life  by  Ben  Hecht,  read  by  Lucy  Burgoyne  -  00:09:14 
6. Measure  for  Measure  by  Edith  Nesbit,  read  by  Clarica  -  00:14:48 
7. My  Own  True  Ghost  Story  by  Rudyard  Kipling,  read  by  AJai  Hilton  -  00:18:43
8. The  Nightingale  and  the  Rose  by  Oscar  Wilde,  read  by  iremonger  -  00:15:40 
9. A  Pair  of  Silk  Stockings  by  Kate  Chopin,  read  by  Ransom  -  00:12:47
10. Whose  Dog  by  Frances  Gregg,  read  by  Lucy  Burgoyne  -  00:05:39