Historical Fiction
The Able McLaughlins
Read by Warren Kati
Margaret Wilson
The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as "Little House on th…
Robert Elsmere
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventu…
All Quiet on the Western Front
Read by Atul Sharma
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front is an iconic anti-war novel. A semi-autobiographical work by WWI veteran Erich Maria Remarque, it is the stor…
Mr. Wicker's Window (Version 2)
Read by Arthur Piantadosi
Carley Dawson
When Christopher Mason walked into Mr. Wicker's antique shop, he had no idea he would soon be embarking on a marvellous journey to China to …
El 19 de Marzo y el 2 de Mayo (Version 2)
Read by Alexelmagno
Benito Pérez Galdós
Instalado en Madrid como cajista del Diario, Gabriel escapa los domingos a visitar a Inés en Aranjuez, donde asiste como protagonista…
The Brethren (Version 2)
Read by Elroi
H. Rider Haggard
A tale of love, romance and chivalry set amongst the backdrop of the climactic months before the opening of the Kings' Crusade. Two English…
The Last Galley, Impressions and Tales
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
From the Preface:I HAVE written "Impressions and Tales" upon the title-page of this volume, because I have included within the sam…
The Charterhouse of Parma
Read by Peter Dann
Stendhal
In an astounding act of literary improvisation, Stendhal dictated this complex and innovative novel, combining political and psychological r…
The Inheritance
Read by Jim Locke
Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…
The Hohenzollerns in America With the Bolsheviks in Berlin and Other Impossibilities
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are hu…
A Deal in Wheat and other Stories of the New and Old West
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Frank Norris
This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the co…
The Sworn Brothers, A Tale of the Early Days of Iceland
Read by Rita Boutros
Gunnar Gunnarsson
This is the story of the close but sometimes contentious relationship of two young Icelandic kinsman who elect to undergo the solemn ceremon…
Lady Rose's Daughter (Version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, who severed her relations with her aristocratic family when she had the baby and …
Virgin Soil Volume 1
Read by Peter Tucker
Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev's last and longest novel presents the story of a group of young people in late nineteenth century Russia, who because of disillusio…
Wisdom's Daughter
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H. Rider Haggard
A strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. Its translator discovers that whi…
Zaragoza (Version 2)
Read by Alexelmagno
Benito Pérez Galdós
De camino a Francia, adonde es enviado en cadena de presos, Gabriel consigue escapar con algunos compañeros y librarse de su triste d…
The Courtship of Susan Bell
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
Susan lives with her overbearing sister in a boarding house in Saratoga Springs run by their timid mother. A knock on the door brings an une…
The First Sir Percy: An Adventure of the Laughing Cavalier
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Sequel to The Laughing Cavalier, The First Sir Percy picks up the cavalier’s story three months later. The second novel in Baroness Orczy’s …