Drama

As You Like It

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Shakespeare's pastoral comedy was written and first performed around 1599, and presents some of his familiar motifs: a cross-dressing heroin…

The Trial of Oscar Wilde

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In 1895 Oscar Wilde was convicted of gross indecency and sentenced to two years' hard labor. This account of his two trials was compiled fro…

Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare's "problem" play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play "begins …

Bel Ami

by Guy de Maupassant Read by Martin Geeson 4.5
“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to …

The Pirates of Penzance

by W. S. Gilbert Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. Th…

Hercule Poirot

4.1
A small time private detective seeks and fails to persuade Poirot to assist him in finding a missing woman for his client. Meanwhile, the po…

Mary Tudor

by Victor Hugo Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
If Queen Mary I of England wants something, you'd better not try and stop her, or else you might soon find yourself without a head! When thi…

The Pilgrim's Progress

by John Bunyan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Probably the most famous allegory ever written of the Christian life, The Pilgrim's Progress follows the journey of Christian from his first…

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens Read by Michael Armenta 4.6
"This short collection of 6 selected scenes from "David Copperfield" were abridged and performed by Dickens himself during hi…

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) 4.3
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…

The Trespasser

by D. H. Lawrence Read by Martin Geeson 3.9
Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde - on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for on…

Hippolytus

by Euripides Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Eurpides' tragedy tells of Theseus' chaste son Hippolytus, who refuses to worship Aphrodite in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite gets revenge by c…

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare Read by Sam Stinson 4.5
Romeo and Juliet is an early tragedy by William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose "untimely deaths&qu…

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty …

The Last Day of a Condemned

by Victor Hugo Read by Alisson Veldhuis 4
A man who has been condemned to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not bet…

Perry Mason

3.5
Perry Mason was a captivating 15-minute radio show that aired five times a week, captivating audiences from October 1943 to December 1955. T…

The Red and the Black

by Stendhal Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Ba…

The Takeover

by Mur Lafferty Read by Mur Lafferty 3.8
If you've ever worked with corporate zombies, then you've experienced The Takeover. Web designer Maureen and her friends struggle to adapt t…

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is book 1 of 5. An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the w…

Young Junius

by Seth Harwood Read by Seth Harwood 4.8
Before Jack Palms ever shook 'em down, Junius Ponds came up on tough streets of Cambridge, MA in 1987. In the middle of drugs, gang violence…

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