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The highest-ranked individual recordings of twenty distinct works by Archive.org’s month counter observed on 2026-10-06. All catalog languages are eligible; counts are not combined across recording versions. This dated snapshot is not a live ranking or a calendar-month total.
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Listen in MyVoxBox: Short Poetry Collection 276
This is a collection of 37 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during May 2026.
Recording from LibriVox page for Short Poetry Collection 276
Listen in MyVoxBox: White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-Five" (Version 2)
Shortly after the slaughter at Cullodden moor, Andrew Boyd, son of a wealthy landowner, frees a fugitive Scot of higher degree from a mishap, and he and his father hide him from his English pursuers in their venerable old Scottish home called Windlestrae.
Because the of the Boyds’ English roots, their neighbors suppose them to be loyal to King George, a mistake that makes their home relatively safe for their guest, but a troop of English soldiers, with a highland captive, stray to Windlestrae in the fog at night and make themselves at home there. The stage has been set for a tense domestic drama, which gradually develops into an adventure calling for quick wits, cool daring, and iron resolve. (Summary by Thomas Copeland)
Recording from LibriVox page for White Cockades: An Incident of the "Forty-Five" (Version 2)
Listen in MyVoxBox: LibriVox 21st Anniversary Collection
"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to life..." Hugh McGuire, LibriVox's founder, August 9, 2005
In celebration of LibriVox's 21st anniversary, here is collection of short works of various kinds and from varied authors which include in their title the words 'one-and-twenty,' 'twenty-one,' 'twenty-first,' or the number 21. Each piece is selected and read by a LibriVox volunteer.
Recording from LibriVox page for LibriVox 21st Anniversary Collection
Listen in MyVoxBox: How to Be a Lady
"Preface! I never read a preface, it's so prosy" said a bright-eyed, sprightly little girl; "I want to get at the story." Her object in reading was to be amused. If she had desired to be benefited by what she read, she would have perused the Author's preface, in order to understand why he wrote the book.
The "Young Lady's Guide" was intended for a class of female , who have attained some degree of maturity of character, and who are supposed already to have entered upon a religious life. The success of that work has led the Author, for several years, to contemplate the preparation of another, for a younger class of females. Having daughters of his own, and having been many years employed in writing for the young, he hopes to be able to offer some good advice, in the following pages, in an entertaining way, for girls or misses, between the ages of eight and fifteen. His object is, to assist them in forming their characters upon the best model; that they may become well-bred, intelligent, refined, and good; and then they will be ladies, in the highest sense. This book covers substantially the same ground occupied by another work for boys, issued simultaneously with it. Some parts of both are identical; while other parts are entirely different. If it shall be the means of benefiting one immortal mind, the Author will be abundantly rewarded. (Summary from the Preface)
Recording from LibriVox page for How to Be a Lady
Listen in MyVoxBox: Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate 1642-1658
The English poet John Milton supported the Parliamentarian side during the English Civil War and publicly defended the execution of King Charles I. He held the post of Secretary for Foreign Tongues in the government of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth. The relatively few poems he wrote during this period often reference the political situation of the time.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
Recording from LibriVox page for Poems Written During the Civil War and the Protectorate 1642-1658
Listen in MyVoxBox: Rover Boys in Southern Waters
In this issue of the Rover Boys, the trio Tom, Sam, and Dick Rover embark on adventure on the lower Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico. Along with friends, the boys have lots of fun as they discover a deserted steam yacht and try to determine the true owner of the craft. Mystery unfolds, counterfeit is uncovered, and a high-stakes pursuit takes place through the southern waters. - Summary by afutterer
Recording from LibriVox page for Rover Boys in Southern Waters
Listen in MyVoxBox: Song Of Long Ago
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Song Of Long Ago by James Whitcomb Riley.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17, 2026. ------
Riley's chief legacy was his influence in fostering the creation of a Midwestern cultural identity and his contributions to the Golden Age of Indiana Literature.
With other writers of his era, he helped create a caricature of Midwesterners and formed a literary community that produced works rivaling the established eastern literati. - Summary by Wikipedia
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recording from LibriVox page for Song Of Long Ago
Listen in MyVoxBox: Wanderers of the Wolf-Moon
Marooned on Titan - a mixed group of skills, knowledge and experience between ten persons of unequal classes. Decisions must be made about resources and leadership in order to survive. The unlikely leader turns out to be the secretary, a man named Gregory Malcom.
Join the adventure of Greg and his companions as they work to survive in a new world - and redefine what it means to "be of value" in a society. (Summary by Cindy Morton)
Recording from LibriVox page for Wanderers of the Wolf-Moon
Listen in MyVoxBox: Divine Names - Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy - Mystical Theology
CORPUS AREOPAGITICUM · CORPUS DIONYSIACUM Saint Dionysius the Areopagite · Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης
Translated by Clarence Edwin Rolt The Divine Names · Περὶ θείων ὀνομάτων The Mystical Theology · Περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας
Translated by John Parker, Vicar of Willoughby and Wysall On the Heavenly Hierarchy · The Celestial Hierarchy · Περὶ τῆς οὐρανίου ἱεραρχίας · De Coelesti Hierarchia On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy · Περὶ τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱεραρχίας Letters · Epistles · Ἐπιστολαί Liturgy of St. Dionysius · Λειτουργία
THE NINE CHOIRS OF THE DIONYSIAN ANGELIC HIERARCHY WITH BONAVENTURE'S OFFICES
Highest Triad 1. Seraphim (Seraphim · Σεραφείμ · שְׂרָפִים) Announcing 2. Cherubim (Cherubim · Χερουβείμ · כְּרוּבִים) Declaring 3. Thrones (Throni · Θρόνοι · אוֹפַנִּים) Leading
Middle Triad 4. Dominions (Dominationes · Κυριότητες) Regulating 5. Virtues (Virtutes · Δυνάμεις) Enforcing 6. Powers (Potestates · Ἐξουσίαι) Commanding
Lowest Triad 7. Principalities (Principatus · Ἀρχαί) Receiving 8. Archangels (Archangeli · Ἀρχάγγελοι) Revealing 9. Angels (Angeli · Ἄγγελοι · מַלְאָכִים) Anointing
Cover: Divine Names by cartoonist Larry Welz, coloured by cartoonist Robin Bougie (2026). Cover artwork released by them into the public domain.
Recording from LibriVox page for Divine Names - Celestial and Ecclesiastical Hierarchy - Mystical Theology
Listen in MyVoxBox: Naked Communist
Published initially in 1958, the book is an ideological analysis of Communism and how it has impacted the world and is an important book, known today for his widely circulated “45 Goals of Communism” which are remarkably prescient.
Skousen outlines and analyzes the political and economic systems of various Communist countries including the Soviet Union, Cuba, and China. He also highlights the tools and tactics used by the Communists to advance their goals such as subversion, infiltration, and propaganda. - Summary by Robert L. Morel
Recording from LibriVox page for Naked Communist
Listen in MyVoxBox: Insel der Pinguine
In seinem Roman „Die Insel der Pinguine" („L'Île des Pingouins") befasst sich der Autor Anatole France in satirischer Form vorwiegend mit allerlei Episoden aus der französischen Geschichte. Ganz allgemein bleiben aber auch die Kirche und die christlich-abendländischen Traditionen nicht vom Spott des Autors verschont.
Obschon der Roman bereits 1908 erstmals erschienen ist, fühlt man sich beim Lesen immer wieder an aktuelle Geschehnisse aus Politik und Gesellschaft erinnert. Insofern ist das Buch eine zeitlose Analyse menschlichen Handelns und seiner Triebfedern. Summary by Claus Misfeldt
Recording from LibriVox page for Insel der Pinguine
Listen in MyVoxBox: Cecil Dreeme
The author of this gothic tale was one of the first Union soldiers to lose his life in the Civil War. His semi-autobiographical novel focuses on a young traveler, Robert Byng, who, returning to New York from many years abroad, occupies an absent friend’s flat.
With the assistance of an old mentor, he saves the life of a reclusive painter on the floor above him. A close friendship ensues. Byng courts Emma Denman, a beautiful heiress whose intellectual sister has disappeared, presumed drowned. His mentor, who admired the lost woman and believes her to be still alive, travels to Europe to seek her. Meanwhile, Byng fraternizes with one of the other passengers on the ship on which he arrived, an accomplished older man, named Densdeth, of questionable character. The relationships among all of these individuals constitute a mystery whose solution becomes increasingly imperative. (Summary by Thomas A. Copeland)
Recording from LibriVox page for Cecil Dreeme
Listen in MyVoxBox: Household Words Issue 10
Household Words was an English weekly magazine edited by Charles Dickens in the 1850s. It took its name from the line in Shakespeare's Henry V: "Familiar in his mouth as household words." The subject matter was varied, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction and opinions. - Summary by LynneT
Recording from LibriVox page for Household Words Issue 10
Listen in MyVoxBox: By Rapids in Love
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of By Rapids in Love by William Krafts.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 2, 2026. ------
Our Weekly Poem this week is taken from Specimens of American Poetry. 1829. Edited by Samuel Kettell (1800 - 1855). - Summary by David Lawrence
Recording from LibriVox page for By Rapids in Love
Listen in MyVoxBox: Patriotic School Girl
This story highlights life in a British girls’ boarding school during World War One. The desires of the girls to do something consequential for the war effort are showcased in this book, but demonstrates how easily these innocent desires can be thwarted. While written with young teens in mind, it can be enjoyed by the entire family.
Recording from LibriVox page for Patriotic School Girl
Listen in MyVoxBox: Fifteen Stories by Keith Laumer
Compilation of 15 short stories originally published in various Science Fiction Magazines during the early 1960's. Adventure, intrigue and classic Sci-Fi!! - Summary by Cindy Morton
Recording from LibriVox page for Fifteen Stories by Keith Laumer
Listen in MyVoxBox: Jalna
Jalna is the first book in a series of 16 novels written between 1927 and 1960 by the Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche. It has been adapted for both stage and screen, including Jalna, the 1935 film from director John Cromwell; The Whiteoaks of Jalna, a 13-part mini-series produced in 1972 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; and Jalna, a 1994 French-Canadian adaptation in 8 parts.
A sprawling family saga that spans the century from 1854-1954, it tells the story of the Whiteoaks family of southern Ontario. Jalna is the name of their fictional manor house on the shore of Lake Ontario, named after a British garrison in the Indian city of Benares (Varanasi). It is modelled after a house in Mississauga, Canada, built in the 1850s for a retired officer of the British army, in which de la Roche lived as a child.
Billed as Canada’s answer to The Forsyth Saga, the series recounts the conflicts and romantic entanglements of the wealthy and eccentric Whiteoaks. Beginning with the establishment of Jalna in 1863, the narrative revolves around sharp-tongued Grandma Adeline Whiteoak, the 99-year-old matriarch who dominates the family, and Renny, the eldest grandson, striving to bring order the family’s internecine battles and chronic financial instability.
Considered a classic in Canadian literature, de la Roche continued to tell the family’s story through her finale in 1960, Morning at Jalna . The 16 novels do not form a sequence, and each can be read as an independent story with at least 6 prequels preceding the “first” novel, which won the inaugural Atlantic Monthly’s $10,000 Book Award when the author was 48. In addition, de la Roche was a prolific author of children’s stories, plays, short stories, and romantic fiction until her death.
Whiteoaks of Jalna Captain Philip Whiteoak (of the British Army)
b. 1815; deceased.
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m. Adeline Court (of Ireland)
b. 1825
Children of Captain Phillip and Adeline
Augusta b. 1851, Nicholas b. 1853, Ernest b. 1855, Philip b. 1862 deceased
Augusta m. Edwin Buckley (deceased)
Nicholas m. Millicent (divorced)
Phillip m. (1) Margaret Ramsey (deceased), mother of Meg (b. 1885) and Renny (b. 1887)
Phillip m. (2) Mary Wakefield (deceased), mother of
-Eden (b. 1902) m. Alayne Archer (b. 1897)
-Piers (b. 1905) m. Pheasant Vaughn (b. 1908), daughter of Maurice Vaughn (b. 1885)
-Finch (b. 1908)
-Wakefield (b. 1916)
- Summary by ASharma
Recording from LibriVox page for Jalna
Listen in MyVoxBox: Kidnapped (Version 2, Dramatic Reading)
David Balfour's uncle has him kidnapped in order to cheat him out of his inheritance! After being shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland, David reunites with a friend from the voyage (wanted Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart) only to find they are now suspects in a murder! David and Alan must flee across Scotland to get David back his inheritance and Alan to safety in France! - Summary by Alexandria Adair
Voice cast: Narrator/David Balfour: Alexandria Adair Alan Breck Stewart: Phil Benson Ebenezer Balfour and Mr. Riach: Beeswaxcandle Elias Hoseason: ArgyEll Second Witness, Barber, Mr. Shuan, Sailor 2, Fisherman, Inkeeper, Mungo Campbell, John Breck, and Robin MacGregor: ToddHW Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson, English Soldier, and Advertisement: James R. Hedrick Ransome, and Cluny MacPherson: ShrimpPhish Henderland, and Maid: Gillian Hendrie Sentry, Guide, and Torrance: David Purdy Carter, Mrs. Stewart, and Rascal Guide: Regina Stein Colin Roy Campbell, Duncan MacLaren, and Duncan Mackiegh: Benjamin Rosencrantz Mrs. Stevenson: Louise Jaeschke Mr. Campbell: Gary O Alexander Balfour: Douglas Allen Jennet Clouston: Lynette Caulkins Landlord: Stacey M Sailor 1: Epachuko Old Gentleman: Larry Wilson Neil Roy: Adrian Stephens James Stewart: Tim Sadleir
Audio edited by: Alexandria Adair
Recording from LibriVox page for Kidnapped (Version 2, Dramatic Reading)
Listen in MyVoxBox: Among Shadows
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Among Shadows by Arthur Davison Ficke.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 9, 2026. ------
Arthur Davison Ficke was an American poet, playwright, and expert on Japanese art. Ficke had a national reputation as "a poet's poet", and "one of America's most expert sonneteers".
Under the alias Anne Knish, Ficke co-authored Spectra (1916). Intended as a spoof of the experimental verse which was fashionable at the time. - Summary by Wikipedia
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Recording from LibriVox page for Among Shadows
Listen in MyVoxBox: Selected Poems
Gwendolyn B. Bennett was a poet, short story author, journalist and educator. These poems were published from 1923 to 1927. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Recording from LibriVox page for Selected Poems