Literary Fiction

Tales From Dickens

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Hallie Erminie Rives


The Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers. Have you read any or all of these famous Dicken…

Childhood (version 2)

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Leo Tolstoy


Childhood is the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released under the initials L. N. in the November 1852 issue of the popular Russian l…

Life and Death of Harriett Frean

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May Sinclair


Harriett Frean is a well-to-do, unmarried woman living a life of meaningless dependency, boredom, and unproductivity as she patiently cares …

The Death of Society: A Novel of Tomorrow

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Florence Roma Muir Wilson


A weary survivor of the Great War, Major Rane Smith wanders in a great ennui amidst the mystical beauties of the fjords of Norway after the …

Precious Bane

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Mary Webb


Published in 1924, Precious Bane is a novel by Mary Webb (1881 - 1927) which touches on ambition, prejudice and hatred but also on the power…

Nicholas Nickleby (Version 4)

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Charles Dickens


After the death of his father, Nicholas must provide for his mother and sister. His wealthy uncle provides him with employment at a boys' s…

David Copperfield (NL vertaling)

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Charles Dickens


David Copperfield is een roman van Charles Dickens uit 1850. Zoals in vroeger eeuwen tamelijk gebruikelijk was, had het boek in werkelijkhei…

The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson

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Anthony Trollope


Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business…

I Am A Cat (excerpt)

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Sōseki Natsume


These are the first two chapters of Natsume Sōseki's masterpiece, "I Am A Cat" (Wagahai wa Neko de Aru). It is recognized as a lan…

The Chaperon

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


What on earth is a girl to do when London society has convicted her mother of a dreadful sin and has ostracized her? If blood is thicker tha…

A London Life

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Henry James


A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-Ame…

Van de Koele Meren des Doods

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Frederik Van Eeden


Hedwig Marga de Fontayne is een naïeve, labiele vrouw die haar leven lang balanceert tussen waanzin en rede, liefde en lust, verstand e…

Eline Vere

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Louis Couperus


De 19e eeuwse klassieker Eline Vere speelt in de gegoede kringen van Den Haag. Eline is een jonge, mooie maar labiele vrouw die zich veel va…

The Duel (version 2)

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Anton Chekhov


Known for his plays and short stories, Anton Chekhov also wrote a series of novellas, astonishing for their psychological complexity and com…

My Life: The Story of a Provincial

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Anton Chekhov


A provincial youth of wealth and noble status refuses to employ himself in the typical occupations of the higher classes, thus acquiring a r…

An Old Man's Love

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Anthony Trollope


This was Trollope's last completed novel, and he may have acquired his sympathy for older lovers with age! A not-so-very-old man, Mr. Whittl…

The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne

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Ann Radcliffe


Ann Radcliffe is the founder of the gothic novel. This novel is no exception. The wicked baron murdered the good earl's father twelve years …

Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle

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Charlotte Turner Smith


This book was written about 150 years ahead of its time. It tells the story of Emmeline Mobwray who grows up in a dysfunctional family and h…

Taras Bulba; a Tale of the Cossacks

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Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol


Taras Bulba is a romanticised historical novella by Nikolai Gogol set in Russia’s equivalent of America’s wild frontier, what is today Ukrai…

Heart of Darkness (version 4)

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Joseph Conrad


In this powerful novella based on Joseph Conrad's own experiences in the Belgian Congo, Charles Marlow, an experienced seaman, tells a small…

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