Richard II by William Shakespeare is the first of eight plays that portray a historically-informed version of the War of the Roses - beginning in about 1365 and ending with...

LibriVox volunteers bring you seventeen recordings of Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of October 15th, 2006.

Banished from his own lands by a usurping brother, Prospero and his daughter Miranda have been living on a deserted island for years, until fate brings the brother within the...

The Well-Beloved tells the story of Jocelyn Pierston and his love for three generations of women - the grandmother, her daughter and grand-daughter over a period of forty years....

Shakespeares Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics,...

This is a collection of scenes from Shakespeares plays, mainly comprising dialogues between two characters. The theme for this collection is Wooing, Wedding, and Repenting...

This is the second LibriVox collection of scenes from Shakespeares plays, mainly comprising dialogues between two characters. The theme for this collection is Womens Worlds, as...

Her father compels her to visit the biggest mansion in the village to claim kin with the aristocratic d'Urberville family. She falls prey to the debauched son of the house and...

Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but became a governess and consequently, at the age of 18, married well. However, her husband died two weeks after the wedding. Her...

The Woodlanders is one of Hardys later novels, although he originally intended it as a successor to Far From The Madding Crowd. It concerns the life and loves of Giles...