Historical Fiction

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…

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…

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.…

The Crimson Circle

by Edgar Wallace Read by Anna Simon 4.7
The Crimson Circle gang spreads fear by extortion and murder. Its members range from rich, powerful bankers to petty criminals, and none of …

Household Puzzles

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
Household Puzzles peeks into the life of the Randolph family, four daughters and one son. They are financially strapped but must follow soci…

Ride Proud, Rebel!

by Andre Norton Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.4
Drew Rennie, served as a cavalry scout in Confederate general John Hunt Morgan's command. He had left home in 1862 after a final break with …

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…

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by James Joyce Read by Tadhg 4.8
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Joyce’s semi-autobiographical first novel. It traces the early life of Stephen Dedalus and his in…

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Mark Nelson 4.7
Crime and Punishment is the second of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from 5 years of exile in Siberia, and is …

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 …

A Little Country Girl

by Susan Coolidge Read by Lynne T 4.6
Candace makes the first long trip of her young life alone. Everything is new, from the ocean views, to the fashionable people she encounters…

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…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain Read by Phil Chenevert 4.9
Follow the young boy Huckleberry Finn and the slave Jim on their epic journey down the Mississippi River in the years before the Civil War. …

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
In Part 2, Kitty’s health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while Levin retreats to his country estate. Anna and Vronsky continue to …

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.9
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…

Buried Alive

by Arnold Bennett Read by Simon Evers 4.7
The hero is Mr Priam Farll, a painter of considerable ability. He is, however, extremely shy – so shy that when his valet, Henry Leek, dies …

A Lady of Quality

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Linda Andrus 4.1
A Lady of Quality transports listeners to late 17th-century England, where the life of a spirited woman unfolds against a backdrop of societ…

< 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >