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Recompence

Read by Simon Evers


Robert Keable


The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…

Simon the Jester

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Simon de Gex, a wealthy and successful MP, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to use his last few months using his wealth and …

Idols

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The novel centres around four people: Gerard and Irene Merriam, their inseparable friend Hugh Colman who once saved Gerard’s life, and Minna…

George Eliot

Read by Catherine Brown


Catherine Brown


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The Awkward Age

Read by Anna Simon


Henry James


Nanda Brookenham is coming of age, and thus 'coming out' in London society - which leads to complications in her family's social set in Lond…

El flautista de Hamelin

Read by Alba


Robert Browning


Die Familie Pfäffling

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Agnes Sapper


Humorvolle Geschichte einer Musikerfamilie mit sieben Kindern zu Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts (Summary by Wolfgang)

Fraternity

Read by Simon Evers


John Galsworthy


A satire of middle-class complacency and artistic aspiration. It is the story of a strange bohemian upper-class love triangle, and of a myst…

Melancolia

Read by Alba


Alfonsina Storni


The Dust Flower

Read by Simon Evers


Basil King


Rashleigh Allerton, a wealthy New Yorker, quarrels with his well-to-do fiancée Barbara and impetuously says that he will marry instea…

Sister Simon's Murder Case

Read by Maria Therese


Margaret Ann Hubbard


Set in the picturesque wilds of a Midwestern resort town at the height of the tourist season, Sister Simon’s Murder case begins with the mur…

Digital Magic

Read by Philippa Ballantine


Philippa Ballantine


Penherem is a quaint, sleepy English village where people go to escape the 21st Century. Hiding from the world of laptop computers, the Inte…

Notwithstanding

Read by Simon Evers


Mary Cholmondeley


The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a …

Griffin's Daughter

Read by Leslie Ann Moore


Leslie Ann Moore


The humans of Soldara generally view the elves of Alasiri through a prism of superstition and hate; nevertheless, in the borderlands, both r…

The Tale of Triona

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Olivia is a newly orphaned young woman looking for adventure and excitement. She rents out her house to Blaise Olifant whose friend Alexis T…

The Fortunes of Philippa

Read by Arielle Lipshaw


Angela Brazil


The Fortunes of Philippa is based on the author's mother, Angelica Brazil, who had grown up in Rio de Janeiro and attended an English boardi…

Simon Called Peter

Read by Simon Evers


Robert Keable


Peter, a conventional Anglican priest, becomes a padre in northern France during the First World War. He is posted to a hospital on the coas…

An Amiable Charlatan (version 2)

Read by Cate Barratt


E. Phillips Oppenheim


A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt

Writing Wrongly

Read by Thomas Corfield


Thomas Corfield


When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…

Sacred and Profane Love

Read by Simon Evers


Arnold Bennett


Carlotta Peel is an unusual young woman – clever, self-opinionated, a brilliant author and yearning to love and be loved but also to serve h…

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