Books on Topic: 'Despair'

Die Leiden des jungen Werther beschreibt die unglückliche Liebe eines jungen Mannes (Werther) zu einer verlobten, später verheirateten Frau. Der Roman...

LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Siegfried Sassoon's The Road, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Work without Hope, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in honor of Labor Day. This was the weekly p...

Masterful short stories about life in Dublin at the turn of the century, by James Joyce. (Summary by Hugh McGuire)

A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 different recordings of Broadway by Sara Teasdale. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 23rd,...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Smile, Smile, Smile by Wilfred Owen. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of November 9th, 20...

My November Guest is a poem by Robert Frost that explores the themes of death, mortality, isolation, and grief. The poem is set in a cold, desolate wi...

This collection of poems by Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle, a prominent figure of the Parnassian movement, explores themes of pessimism, fatalism...

In this novella, Büchner delves into the psychological complexities of the titular character, Jakob Lenz, a German writer who spirals into madness. Th...