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Kari the Elephant (Version 2)

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Action & Adventure, Animals & Nature
Chapter: 10 | Listen: 2

Kari the Elephant is a 1922 work by Dhan Gopal Mukerji. The book is the first among those written in English by an Indian author in the category of children’s literature. Kari the Elephant is a bildungsroman narrative that unravels the relationship shared by the protagonist boy and Kari the elephant and the adventures the boy, along with Kari and Kope, the pet monkey go through living by the edge of the forest is quite mesmerizing. Their relationship grows stronger with each adventure and their lives defy the boundaries between human and animal society. Set in a colonial Indian village, the treatment of nature and natural life along with the infiltration of capitalist mindset runs as a background to this narrative that eventually endangers this unique relationship the boy and Kari share. (Summary by Mahimaraj) [chương_files]

Double Challenge

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Action & Adventure, Action & Adventure Fiction
Chapter: 12 | Listen: 1

Jim Kjelgaard brings to life another wild adventure when Ted Harkness and his father attempt to open a hunting lodge. Everything changes when Ted’s father is accused of attempted murder and begins his hideout in the woods. Ted works in this exciting outdoor novel to keep the lodge afloat and clear his fathers name before time runs out! – Summary by Siler Weaver [chương_files]

Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 24 | Listen:

The story of the four Ranch Girls is plainly just beginning. Girls so entirely unlike in temperament and ideals, as Jack, Jean, Olive and Frieda, cannot fail to lead lives that will develop in interest. [chương_files]

Certain Personal Matters

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 39 | Listen: 3

Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]

Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences

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Essays & Short Works, Humorous Fiction, Published 1800 - 1900
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 2

Select Conversations with an Uncle, published in 1895, was H.G. Wells’s first literary publication in book form. It consists of reports of twelve conversations between a fictional witty uncle who has returned to London from South Africa with “a certain affluence,” as well as two other conversations (one on aestheticism that takes place in a train, titled “A Misunderstood Artist,” and another on physiognomy, titled “The Man with a Nose”) – Summary by Wikipedia [chương_files]

Red Cross Girls in the British Trenches

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 22 | Listen:

This first volume in the American Red Cross series can, of course, only begin to tell the adventures and experiences of the four American girls, who, forgetful of self, offered their services to the wounded soldiers in the war. [chương_files]

Peter Pan (Version 5)

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Action & Adventure
Chapter: 17 | Listen: 3

This delightful book about the Darling children and a boy named Peter, is what started it all. The writing of J.M. Barrie is whimsical and funny throughout but his understanding of children and their imaginations is what sets it apart. (Summary by phil chenevert) [chương_files]

Book of This and That

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Essays & Short Works
Chapter: 28 | Listen:

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as stupidity, Christmas, spring fashions, and the beauty of statistics. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]

Harry Dee; or Making it Out

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Action & Adventure, Religion, School
Chapter: 35 | Listen: 1

Harry Dee, a nervous, sensitive boy, given to somnambulism, arrives at St. Maure’s following his experiences involving the murder of his rich uncle. Tom Playfair and Percy Wynn help to restore Harry to his former self, which includes solving “The Mystery of Tower Hill Mansion.” This is the last book of the three of Fr. Finn’s famous trio. (Summary by Maria Therese) [chương_files]

Coffee Break Collection 016 – Crime

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Essays & Short Works, Short Stories
Chapter: 15 | Listen: 3

This is the sixteenth collection of our “coffee break” series, involving public domain works that are between about 3 and 15 minutes in length. These are great for study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time you’d like to hear a whole story and only have a few minutes to devote to listening. The theme for this collection is “Crime”, where crime or criminals are significant. Librivox readers have chosen a combination of social commentaries, newspaper reports of true crimes and criminals, letters, fictional accounts of the life of the criminal and short ‘whodunnit’ mysteries. – Summary by Lynne Thompson [chương_files]