General Fiction
The Metamorphosis
Read by David Richardson
Franz Kafka
"The Metamorphosis" is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915 and one of his best known works. The story begins with a …
The House on the Borderland
Read by Alan Winterrowd
William Hope Hodgson
In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, …
Lord Tony's Wife
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Another adventure of the Scarlet pimpernel! As the title suggests, it follows the story of Lord Tony and his wife, Yvonne. It is full of sus…
Oh, Money! Money!
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Eleanor H. Porter
Mr. Stanley Fulton is worth millions, but he has no one to leave his money to except some unknown distant cousins. In order to find out how …
Piccadilly Jim
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P. G. Wodehouse
A young red-head plots to kidnap her irritating cousin with the help of a former boxer, her uncle, and a rogue who has his eye on her. Thing…
The Adventures of Gerard
Read by Phil Griffiths
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
These lesser known stories were penned by Conan Doyle during the period between killing off Sherlock Holmes in 1893 and reluctantly resurrec…
Doctor Thorne
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Anthony Trollope
Doctor Thorne is the third of Trollope's Barsetshire novels, and unlike some of the others, has little to do with the politics and personali…
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Read by Bruce Pirie
Thomas Hardy
Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural …
Tales of the Jazz Age
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to…
The Cloak
Read by Bob Neufeld
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
"The Cloak" is a short story by Ukrainian-born Russian author Nikolai Gogol, published in 1842. The story and its author have had …
The Vicomte De Bragelonne
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Alexandre Dumas
After The Three Muskateers and Twenty Years After the adventurous story of Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan continues!The Vicomte of Br…
That Affair at Elizabeth
Read by Cate Barratt
Burton Egbert Stevenson
A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists (and the ubiqu…
Null-ABC
Read by Corinna Schultz
H. Beam Piper
"There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step further: What happens if "book-learn…
The War in the Air
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H. G. Wells
War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time…
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fa…
Scarhaven Keep
Read by Cate Barratt
J. S. Fletcher
The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and pl…
Vanity Fair
Read by Helen Taylor
William Makepeace Thackeray
One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mo…
Tik-Tok of Oz
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L. Frank Baum
Betsy Bobbin encounters many strange and exciting adventures and people in the land of Oz; a side-plot is Queen Ann of Oogaboo's mission to …
Pariah Planet
Read by Mark Nelson
Murray Leinster
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions…
Jude the Obscure
Read by Tadhg Hynes
Thomas Hardy
Eleven-year-old Jude Fawley, inspired by his teacher Mr. Phillotson, who leaves Marygreen for Christminster to take a university degree, dec…