Fictional Biographies & Memoirs
Doctor Johnson: A Play
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A. Edward Newton
The life of Doctor Johnson, told in his own words and (mostly) those of others around him. "Anyone with a teaspoonful of imagination ca…
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape …
The Mysterious Aviator (aka So Disdained)
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Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute was the nom-de-plume of the Anglo-Australian aeronautical engineer and writer, best known for works like “On the Beach” and “A T…
Idomen, or The Vale of Yumuri
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Maria Gowen Brooks
Idomen (1843) is the creative-nonfiction memoir of the beautiful and brilliant American poetess Maria Gowen Brooks, who was compared in the …
Jean-Christophe In Paris
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Romain Rolland
After fleeing to Paris, Jean-Christophe finds himself in great financial difficulty and takes up music teaching in wealthy families. As for …
Die Geschichte meines Zeitgenossen
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Vladimir Korolenko
Poetische Beschreibung der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse in der russischen Provinz des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts (mit teilweise au…
Memoirs of a London Doll
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Richard Henry Horne
This is a fictional work written in the early 20th century. The story is narrated by Maria Poppet, a doll with a unique consciousness, offer…
Orlando, A Biography (version 3)
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Virginia Woolf and John Cowper Powys
Virginia Woolf's most successful novel recounts the extraordinary biography of Orlando from his youth in the reign of Elizabeth I to her lif…
Captain Fracasse
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Théophile Gautier
The story, set in the 17th Century during the reign of Louis XIII in France, concerns the progress of an impoverished nobleman as he venture…
Tattlings of a Retired Politician
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Forrest Crissey
"The letters (non-partisan) of Hon. William Bradley, Ex-Governor and former veteran of practical politics, written to his friend and pr…
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 2
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This is the second half of the novel by Goethe (the first half, Volume 1, has been recorded separately).It describes the completion of Meist…
Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 2
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Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Na de beschrijving van de ideale Nederlandse man uit de 17de eeuw (Maurits Lijnslager) en de ideale Nederlandse vrouw uit het midden van de …
Het leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 1
Read by Marcel Coenders
Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Na de beschrijving van de ideale Nederlandse man uit de 17de eeuw (Maurits Lijnslager) en de ideale Nederlandse vrouw uit het midden van de …
A Cidade e as Serras
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José Maria De Eça De Queirós
Numa manhã de Inverno, o cosmopolita Jacinto decide regressar à sua Tormes natal, pacata vila das serras portuguesas, acompanh…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
Nicholas Nickelby Band 6
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Charles Dickens
Der junge Nikolas Nickleby muss sich Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in England durch den Verlust seines Vaters plötzlich in einer gefä…
Het Leven van Hillegonda Buisman - deel 2
Read by Marcel Coenders
Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
Een levensbeschrijving van de ideale Hollandse vrouw uit het midden van de 17de eeuw. Deel 2: In dit deel maakt Hillegonda aanstalten om te …
David schlägt die Harfe
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Richard O. Frankfurter
Hirtenknabe David wird König und sein Sohn Salomon folgt ihm nach. Aber wir kam das? Hochspannung garantiert diese Nacherzählung d…
Don Sebastian; or, The House of the Braganza: An Historical Romance, Volume 1
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Anna Maria Porter
Romantic history of the fictional Don Sebastian, which was suggested to the author by a plaque commemorating a mysterious "Portuguese s…
Kibun Daizin; or, From Shark-Boy to Merchant Prince
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Gensai Murai
This is the story of a brave, skillful and ambitious boy who sets out to become the wealthiest man of Japan. He succeeds in doing just that …