Fiction
Primitive
Read by David Wood
David Wood
Some legends are true.
It is a myth out of history, spawned by Native American lore and the stories of Spanish Explorers. But what if the le…
The Deerslayer - The First Warpath
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James Fenimore Cooper
The Deerslayer, or The First Warpath (1841) was the last of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking tales to be written. Its 1740-1745 time …
The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 2)
Read by Bruce Pirie
Thomas Hardy
Irritated and drunken, an itinerant farm-worker sells his wife and child to a stranger. Thus begins The Mayor of Casterbridge, set in rural …
The History of Mr. Polly
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
H. G. Wells
A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…
Le Fauteuil Hante
Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Gaston Leroux
L'intrigue se déroule sous la coupole de l'Académie française. À la suite de la mort de Mgr d'Abbeville, chaque …
Tales of the Jazz Age
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tales of the Jazz Age (1922) is a collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Divided into three separate parts, according to…
Null-ABC
Read by Corinna Schultz
H. Beam Piper
"There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step further: What happens if "book-learn…
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fa…
That Affair at Elizabeth
Read by Cate Barratt
Burton Egbert Stevenson
A detective novel set in turn-of-the-century New York City, in which a young lawyer plays the sleuth. Packed with plot twists (and the ubiqu…
The War in the Air
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H. G. Wells
War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time…
Five Children and It (Version 2)
Read by Jenny Lundak
E. Nesbit
This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon…
Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
This is a collection of well known fairy tales by various authors, including the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and many others. (Summary …
Scarhaven Keep
Read by Cate Barratt
J. S. Fletcher
The northern English sea coast provides a compelling backdrop for this genre of writing; a mysterious disappearance, a love interest, and pl…
The Orange Fairy Book
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Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a twelve-book series of fairy tale collections. Altho…
Pariah Planet (version 2)
Read by Mark Nelson
Murray Leinster
When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions…
The Valley of Silent Men
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
Subtitled: A Story of the Three River Country. James Kent has learned that he is terminally ill with perhaps only days to live, and so decid…
The Machine Stops (version 3)
Read by Elizabeth Klett
E. M. Forster
"The Machine Stops" is a science fiction short story by E. M. Forster. After initial publication in The Oxford and Cambridge Revie…
Why Marry?
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Jesse Lynch Williams
Why Marry? is a comedy, which "tells the truth about marriage". We find a family in the throes of proving the morality of marriage…
Jude the Obscure (Version 2)
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Thomas Hardy
Eleven-year-old Jude Fawley, inspired by his teacher Mr. Phillotson, who leaves Marygreen for Christminster to take a university degree, dec…