Literary Fiction
The Absentee
Read by Bruce Pirie
Maria Edgeworth
Published in 1812, “The Absentee” by Maria Edgeworth examines social injustice in 19th-century Britain. At that time, the management of man…
The House of Mirth (Version 3)
Read by Jan Moorehouse
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth tells the story of Lily Bart, a woman who is torn between her desire for luxurious living and a relationship based on mut…
De Stille Kracht
Read by Carola Janssen
Louis Couperus
De stille kracht (1900) is een boek van de Nederlandse schrijver Louis Couperus. Het behoort met Noodlot en Eline Vere tot zijn bekendste we…
David Copperfield - Condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings in America
Read by Michael Armenta
Charles Dickens
"This short collection of 6 selected scenes from "David Copperfield" were abridged and performed by Dickens himself during hi…
A Hazard of New Fortunes
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
William Dean Howells
Howell’s novel is set in New York of the late nineteenth century, a city familiar to readers of Edith Wharton and Henry James. Basil March, …
The Island of Doctor Moreau (Version 3)
Read by Tom Haire
H. G. Wells
In 1896 HG Wells produced the Island of Doctor Moreau. After a fateful shipwreck, a chance rescue, and offer of safe harbor, Edward Prendick…
Liza of Lambeth
Read by Hatton43
W. Somerset Maugham
Liza of Lambeth focuses on the challenges of life facing Liza, an 18 year old factory girl who lives in the poverty of the slums of 1890s Lo…
Germinal (English )
Read by VfkaBT
Émile Zola
This epic about French coal miners and the burgeoning labor movement is considered one of Zola's finest novels. - Summary by Matt Pierard
Romans et contes
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Théophile Gautier
Ce recueil rassemble dix histoires fascinantes de la plume de Théophile Gautier (1811-1872), touchant le surnaturel, les hallucinatio…
The Girl From Hollywood
Read by Joseph DeNoia
Edgar Rice Burroughs
The countryside outside of Los Angeles is a paradise on Earth: nature gives bounty on the land, the animals are majestic, the oaks breathe a…
Amelia (Vol. 1)
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Henry Fielding
This is the first volume of a three volume novel. In this novel, Amelia marries William Booth against her mother's desires, and the two must…
The Romantic
Read by Expatriate
May Sinclair
As a simple story told, "The Romantic" is one of Sinclair’s tightest and most compelling. Charlotte Redhead, a young British secre…
Lalka (tom 1)
Read by Piotr Nater
Bolesław Prus
Pierwszy z trzech tomów klasycznego dzieła Bolesława Prusa opowiadającego historię miłości kupca Stanisława Wokulskiego do zubożałej …
El mundo perdido
Read by Victor Villarraza
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Un relato fantástico en el que el humor, la aventura y la acción se dan la mano. Esta obra, que su autor sitúa en Sudam…
Der Sohn der Hagar
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Paul Keller
Paul Keller war seinerzeit einer der bekanntesten deutschen Schriftsteller. Der Sohn der Hagar (1907) dreht sich um den jungen Musiker Rober…
Abel Sánchez
Read by Mongope
Miguel De Unamuno
Unamuno nos pone frente a frente con una de las pasiones humanas más viles y destructivas: La envidia.Joaquín y Abel son amigo…
Death in Venice
Read by Lee Smalley
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann, author of Death in Venice (German: Der Tod in Venedig) was a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature. The main character in th…
Buddenbrooks
Read by Bruce Pirie
Thomas Mann
When Thomas Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1929), the citation made special mention of his first novel, “Buddenbrooks,” pub…
In Vino Veritas, from Stages on Life’s Way
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Soren Kierkegaard
In Vino Veritas is one section of Kierkegaard's Stages on Life's Way, originally published in 1845. In a conscious reference to Plato's Symp…
Cousin Pons
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
Cousin Pons is one of the final works in Balzac's long novel series titled The Human Comedy. It was published in 1847, along with Cousin Bet…