Read by William Coon.
This week we present William Coon reading the story of the Duplicity of Hargraves by O. Henry. In this short story you’ll hear the very funny tale of Major Pendleton Talbot “of Mobile sir” in which William personifies the ante-bellum southern noble so well. William gives us a wonderful reading of a […]

Read by Mark F. Smith
In The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame presents a cast of colorful animal characters having adventures along the banks of the River. Mark Smith reads about the lives of these characters in the style of a bedside storyteller, giving each animal its own voice that clearly reflects the animal’s personality. […]

Read by John Greenman.
Mark Twain’s humor, sometimes blunt and sometimes subtle, presents a particular problem for an audio book. The narrator must simultaneously play both the straight man and the joker while balancing Twain’s characters between realistic and quirky. In The Prince and the Pauper, Twain switches the place of Prince Edward of England with […]

Read by Peter Yearsley.
This week’s focus is on our poetry, and Peter Yearsley’s reading of the Lament of the Irish Emigrant is a great example of a heartfelt reading from our first poetry collection. It is beautifully and subtly read. His interpretation makes you feel the pain and loss of the narrator and is delivered […]

Anyone who has spent even a few minutes on the LibriVox forums knows Kara, the most tireless of our volunteers, and I suspect the most prolific (according the the New York Times, and they should know, Kara has contributed more than 200 individual chapters to LibriVox!).
Kara also embodies the spirit of LibriVox and everything wonderful […]

Read by Kara Shallenberg.
The tale of orphaned Mary Lennox comes to life in this delightful reading. If you ever wondered what the ‘broad Yorkshire’ characters were saying when you read it, then this is the book to listen to. Ms. Shallenberg gives new insight to this well known tale of a spoiled girl that brings […]

Read by John Greenman.
As the summer draws to a close, let reader John Greenman introduce you to Tom Sawyer, the boy who best represents the freedom and fun of summer. John’s enthusiastic reading complements Mark Twain’s ear for dialog to bring to life the voices of Tom, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher and the rest. With […]

Read by Chip.
Has the summer heat become unbearable? Perhaps you need to cool down with this blood-chilling reading of Irving’s classic tale of a ghostly rider and a meek schoolmaster. Chip’s reading humorously introduces you to the idyllic New England countryside and Ichabod Crane’s attempts to woo the lovely Katrina Van Tassel away from his […]

From Sadie, new listener, new volunteer:
I just wanted to say thank you.
I can’t believe you people have volunteered to put audio stories out on the internet without charging a penny. It’s so easy to get swept up in the profit that can be made on the web, selling nearly everything. As a […]

This is the most WONDERFUL website! I found it this winter and it’s made my working day zip by. I work part-time in a museums storage unit here in the Oxfordshire countryside, and spend most of my days wrestling with big heavy boxes full of Anglo-Saxon pottery and sheep
bones and struggling through complex […]