Historical Fiction

A Mating in the Wilds

by Ottwell Binns Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.6
An adventure tale set in the North Woods. Stane, a former convict in England, has established a lonely life as a trapper in the north woods.…

The Albert Gate Mystery

by Louis Tracy Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.4
A new case for barrister and hobby detective Reginald Brett: The imperial diamonds were sent by the Sultan to London, to be cut in Albert Ga…

The Marriage of William Ashe

by Mary Augusta Ward Read by Simon Evers 4.6
William Ashe, an up and coming politician, impulsively marries Kitty, a young, flighty and strange girl who, far from supporting her husband…

Orlando

by Virginia Woolf 4.6
A fictional biography following the adventures of Orlando: initially a gentleman, later a lady — always a poet — who romps through British h…

Links in Rebecca's Life

by Pansy Read by BookAngel7 4.5
Links in Rebecca's Life follows the journey of Rebecca Harlowe, a young woman dedicated to living out the teachings of Christ in her everyda…

The Forsaken Inn

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.3
Told from the perspective of a Mrs. Truax, the owner of an inn during the time of the American and French Revolutions, "The Forsaken In…

Doctor Izard

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Lee Smalley 4.4
The opening scene takes place in a hospital ward where two patients lie, apparently dying, when a man enters and offers a proposition to one…

Hide and Seek

by Wilkie Collins Read by Anna Simon 4.6
The artist Valentine Blyth has a very generous heart. He lovingly cares for his invalid wife, rescues a deaf orphan girl from maltreatment i…

The Leavenworth Case

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Kevin Green 4.5
The Leavenworth Case is a gripping detective novel set in New York, and is one of the first detective fiction novels to be written by a fema…

The Opal Serpent

by Fergus Hume Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.5
An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparentl…

A Study In Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by David Clarke 4.8
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detectiv…

Life and Times of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass Read by Lee Smalley 4.8
Frederick Douglass published his highly acclaimed third autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881 and revised it in 1892.…

Miss Mackenzie

by Anthony Trollope Read by Kirsten Wever 4.5
The thirty-five year-old (hence utterly over-the-hill) Miss Margaret Mackenzie, having devoted her life to others, suddenly finds herself wi…

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy Read by Tadhg 4.6
Eleven-year-old Jude Fawley, inspired by his teacher Mr. Phillotson, who leaves Marygreen for Christminster to take a university degree, dec…

Castle Richmond

by Anthony Trollope Read by Simon Evers 4.5
Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fi…

The Gold Bag

by Carolyn Wells Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.3
In a world of wealth and intrigue, a millionaire is found dead in his study, setting off a chain of events that unravels the lives of those …

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

The Charing Cross Mystery

by J. S. Fletcher Read by Kirsten Wever 4.2
Here's another intriguing mystery by J. S. Fletcher, centering on why a former high-level police official was murdered, and on whether - and…

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë Read by Libby Gohn 4.6
Agnes Grey is a poignant exploration of the struggles faced by a young governess in 19th-century England. Anne Brontë draws from her ow…

In the Midst of Life

by Ambrose Bierce Read by David Wales 4.6
These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six…

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