Literature
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Read by Nick Duncan
William Blake
The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution.…
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)
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Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the …
The Black Tulip
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Alexandre Dumas
The Black Tulip, written by Alexandre Dumas père and published in 1850, is a historical novel placed in the time of Tulipmania in the…
Walpurgisnacht
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Gustav Meyrink
In der Nacht des 30. April, der Walpurgisnacht, stört ein schlafwandelnder Schauspieler die Abendgesellschaft im Hause des Barons Elsen…
Confessions, volumes 1 and 2
Read by Martin Geeson
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Thus I have acted; these were my thoughts; such was I.”Rousseau’s lengthy and sometimes anguished dossier on the Self is one of the most re…
The Sorrows of Young Werther
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther (German, Die Leiden des jungen Werther, originally published as Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) is an epistolar…
Les Misérables - tome 4
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Victor Hugo
Dans le quatrième volet des Misérables, L'idylle rue Plumet et l'épopée rue Saint-Denis, l'action se déro…
Monsieur Lecoq
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Émile Gaboriau
Ce roman policier, historique et d'amour, mené de main de maître, en passionnera plus d'un :Vers onze heures du soir, le dimanc…
The Mysteries of Udolpho
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Ann Radcliffe
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…
The Street of Seven Stars
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Published in 1914, this novel tells the story of Harmony Wells, an innocent and beautiful American in Austria to study violin. Harmony has t…
Les Misérables - tome 5
Read by Gilles G. Le Blanc
Victor Hugo
Le tome 5 des Misérables, dédié à Jean Valjean, clôt ce roman historique, social et philosophique dans leq…
Of Human Bondage
Read by Tom Weiss
W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage, published in 1915, is considered to be W. Somerset Maugham’s best work. Many believe the novel to be one of the world’s li…
The Lady With the Dog and Other Stories
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Anton Chekhov
Anton Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. …
Pride and Prejudice (version 5)
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austen's novels. It is one of the first romantic comedie…
1601: Conversation, as it was by the Social Fireside, in the Time of the Tudors…
Read by John Greenman
Mark Twain
Please note: this recording contains strong language. Also known simply as "1601", this is a humorously risque work by Mark Twain,…
Bible (KJV) 21: Ecclesiastes
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King James Version
The book of Ecclesiastes is a wonderful book. It tells how all man's doing is futile, if it is done in his own strength. The last two verses…
Shirley
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Charlotte Brontë
Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (…
Fathers and Sons
Read by Roger Melin
Ivan Turgenev
The fathers and children of the novel refers to the growing divide between the two generations of Russians, and the character Yevgeny Bazaro…
Far from the Madding Crowd
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Thomas Hardy
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so…
A Viuvinha
Read by Leni
Jose de Alencar and José De Alencar
A Viuvinha é um romance de autoria de José de Alencar, escritor brasileiro, publicado em 1857. A obra inclui-se entre os chama…