Historical Fiction
Rose Mather: A Tale
Read by Celine Major
Mary Jane Holmes
Fiction merges with history in this novel taking place during the turbulent times of the civil war and the horrors it entailed. Holme's sill…
Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri
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William James McGlothlin
Apollonius of Tyre is the subject of an ancient short novella, popular during medieval times. Existing in numerous forms in many languages, …
Self-Control: A Novel (version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Brunton
Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a lib…
Les anciens canadiens
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Philippe Aubert De Gaspé
Considéré comme l'un des premiers romans du bas-Canada, cette mémoire inclut des légendes québecoises en …
The Gods and Mr Perrin
Read by Simon Evers
Hugh Walpole
The book is probably better known under the title ‘Mr Perrin and Mr Traill’, later made into a well-known film in 1948. Perrin and Traill ar…
The Golden Canyon
Read by Laurie Banza
G. A. Henty
In August, 1856, times were hard in San Diego. Dick, who worked on the ship, "Northampton", was attacked by a ruthless gang - the …
The Gambler (version 2)
Read by Simon Evers
Katherine Cecil Thurston
The book follows the life of Clodagh Asshlin, an Irish girl brought up with her younger sister by her spendthrift father in the wilds of the…
The Magnificent Adventure (Version 2)
Read by Claude Stewart
Emerson Hough
In The Magnificent Adventure-Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman, by Emerson Hou…
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 2
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Walter Pater
The conclusion of Pater's historico-philosophical novel about a young Roman nobleman's search for purpose and meaning. Set in the time of Ca…
The Stone Chest
Read by Laurie Banza
G. A. Henty
When the ship, Bluebell, went down, Captain Cromwell and Ruel Gross escaped on a raft, and after several days of suffering, finall…
The Chicago Connection
Read by John R. Swift
John R. Swift
A teenager in Prohibition Chicago, haunted by disasters, breaks all his childhood vows of clean living and becomes a minor hoodlum. When he …
The Gods are Athirst
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Anatole France
The Gods Are Athirst (French: Les dieux ont soif, also translated as The Gods Are Thirsty or The Gods Will Have Blood) is a 1912 novel by An…
The Conquest
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Oscar Micheaux
"This is the true story of a negro who was discontented and the circumstances that were the outcome of that discontent." While co…
De Ellendigen - Deel 1 - Fantine
Read by Marcel Coenders
Victor Hugo
De Ellendigen is een vertaling van Les Miserables, een sociale roman, met een sterke moraal. Hugo neemt het in zijn werk op voor de paria’s …
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
Read by Deon Gines
Sir Walter Scott
An historical novel set in Scotland in 1736, involving a riot and surrounding drama. - Summary by Deon Gines
Marry Me! Inc.
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RMdeChazal
Marry Me! Inc. is the story of women and men who in 1898 were, in various ways – romantically, entrepreneurially, innocently, nefariously – …
Post Haste
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R. M. Ballantyne
In this book, Ballantyne weaves the story of Phillip Mayland and his friend, George Aspel with an interesting portrayal of the British Post …
Os Fidalgos da Casa Mourisca
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Júlio Dinis
A obra conta a história dos fidalgos Negrões de Vilar dos Corvos, uma família abalada por várias tragédia…
Entre naranjos
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Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Con tintes naturalistas, un apreciable realismo, y unos toques de ironía, Blasco Ibáñez relata en esta novela ambientad…