18/05/2024
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The classic story of Snow White and the seven dwarfs, now in play form! The play was adapted by Jessie Braham White (the pen name of Winthrop Ames), from the Grimm tale. [chương_files]
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18/05/2024
prisionero de Zenda
Rudolf Rassendyll, un gentleman inglés descendiente de una rama bastarda de la casa real de Ruritania, pasa sus vacaciones en este país, con motivo de la coronación de Rodolfo V. Por su extraordinario parecido con su primo el rey, se ve obligado a sustituirlo, envuelto en una intriga que atenta contra su vida, y tendrá que defenderlo con las armas y una buena dosis de ingenio. Para preservar al rey y la estabilidad del reino, deberá enfrentarse al hermano de este, el duque Miguel el Negro, y sus aliados. La princesa Flavia, prometida del rey y extremadamente bella, ¿podrá distinguir entre el rey y su primo? (Summary by Tux) [chương_files]
18/05/2024
Widowers’ Houses
This is one of three plays Shaw published as Plays Unpleasant in 1898; they were termed “unpleasant” because they were intended, not to entertain their audiences—as traditional Victorian theatre was expected to—but to raise awareness of social problems and to censure exploitation of the laboring class by the unproductive rich. In this play, Dr. Harry Trench becomes disillusioned when he discovers how his fiancee’s father, Mr. Sartorius, makes his money. However, it is soon revealed that Trench’s own income is far from untainted. [chương_files]
18/05/2024
Andes and The Amazon
This book, with the subtitle “Across the Continent of South America” describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial Andes and the Amazon. The route was from Guayaquil to Quito, over the Cordillera, through the forest to Napo, and, finally, on the Rio Napo to Pebas on the Maranon. Besides this record, the expedition – under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institute – collected samples of rocks and plants, and numerous specimen of animals. The scientists also compiled a vocabulary of local languages and produced a new map of equatorial America. James Orton (1830 – 1877) was Professor in Natural History in Vassar College, and corresponding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (Summary by Availle, from the Preface) [chương_files]
18/05/2024
One-Act Play Collection 005
This collection of ten one-act dramas features plays by James M. Barrie, Hereward Carrington, Marjorie Benton Cooke, Alice Gerstenberg, Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook, St. John Hankin, George Middleton, David Pinski, Frederik Pohl, and an unknown Japanese author. The plays were coordinated by Arielle Lipshaw, Availle, Chuck Williamson, Todd, Peter Yearsley, Caprisha Page, Charlotte Duckett, and Amanda Friday. [chương_files]
17/05/2024
Voyage to the South Sea
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty’s ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the Mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ship’s boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies. (Summary is the full title) [chương_files]
17/05/2024
Farthest North, Volume I
Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship “Fram”, 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months’ Sleigh Journey by Dr. Nansen and Lieut. Johansen / by Fridtjof Nansen ; with an Appendix by Otto Sverdrup (Summary by Fridtjof Nansen) [chương_files]
17/05/2024
Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Vol 1 of ‘Scott’s Last Expedition’
Capt. Robert F. Scott’s bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time. What started as a scientific expedition turned out to be an unwilling race against a team lead by R. Admunsen to reach the Pole. The Norwegian flag already stood at the end of the trail when Scott’s party reached their target. All the five men of the Scott expedition who took part in the last march to the Pole perished on their way back to safety. Robert F. Scott kept a journal throughout the journey, all the way to the tragic end, documenting all aspects of the expedition. The famous last words of the journal were: ‘It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. For God’s sake look after our people.’ (Summary by Illiterati) [chương_files]
17/05/2024
Robert O’Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860
A non-fictional account of Burke and Wills’s 1860 expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north and then return. Containing many excerpts from the diaries and accounts of the explorers, this book was published the year after the expedition met its disastrous end. More information at Wikipedia: Burke and Wills Expedition. (description written by trioptimum) [chương_files]
17/05/2024
Columbus
This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 8th, 2006. [chương_files]