Romance
The Altar of the Dead
Read by Dorlene Kaplan
Henry James
A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, …
The Golden Bough
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
The eyes of the Légionnaire, now grown accustomed to the glow of the light, made sure that the figure had not moved, nor was aware of…
Beyond the Rocks, A Love Story
Read by Amy Deuchler
Elinor Glyn
Forced into marriage to a man who is older and wealthier, young Theodora Fitzgerald contemplates her fate in love, until she meets and falls…
Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady - Volume 6
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Samuel Richardson
It tells the tragic story of a heroine whose quest for virtue is continually thwarted by her family, It is generally regarded as Richardson'…
One Thing Needful
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Can starving children be grateful for the education they receive if, when they ask for food, rich people give them a stone? This is the ques…
An American Tragedy, Volume 1
Read by Tatiana Chichilla
Theodore Dreiser
Loosely based on a true story, this is the tale of Clyde Griffiths. At a young age, Clyde realizes that money and influence can get him the …
Collection : pièces en un acte & monologues 001
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Various
Ceci est une collection de pièces en un acte et de monologues en français.This is a collection of French one-act plays and mon…
The Blue Castle (Version 2)
Read by Bryn Roberts
Lucy Maud Montgomery
"The Blue Castle" by L. M. Montgomery tells the story of Valancy Stirling, a repressed and timid woman living under the control of…
A Bachelor's Dream
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Mrs. Hungerford
This is a wonderfully written novel by Mrs. Hungerford about the perennial bachelor and the various interests in his life, where he is a doc…
The Landlady
Read by Yuqing
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Everything changed when Ordynov, a secluded young thinker, stepped out of his old lodgings in search of another corner. The ailing landlord …
The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Christina is an ordinary girl who lives with her aunt and uncle. Life is normal until one day when her father appears and plans to take Chri…
Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji, Version 2)
Read by Lynne T
Murasaki Shikibu
Genji Monogatari, or The Tale of Genji, is a Japanese classic novel from the eleventh century. Supposedly commissioned by members of the Imp…
Cradock Nowell Vol. 1
Read by Lynne T
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Cradock Nowell: a Tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, …
The Priceless Pearl
Read by Nancy Halper
Alice Duer Miller
Pearl Leavitt is habitually fired from her New York City office jobs for being "too beautiful" and thereby causing all the men to …
A Chicago Princess
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Robert Barr
After working several years in foreign affairs, and after winning and then losing a fortune, Rupert Tremorne is stranded in Nagasaki, at the…
The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, Vol. 2
Read by Michele Eaton
Eliza Haywood
This has been said to be the first female development novel in English. Betsy leaves her emotionally and financially abusive husband Munden …
A Life's Morning
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George Gissing
This is the story of a poor young lady Emily Hood who while working as a governess falls in love with Wilfrid Athel the son of her employer.…
The Place Beyond The Winds
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Harriet Theresa Comstock
Priscilla Glenn lives in Kenmore, a place which the Canadian Indians call "the in-place, the place beyond the winds". There are so…
Throckmorton
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Molly Elliot Seawell
This is a novel about the lives of the members of the Temple family and their connections in Tidewater, Virginia, in the Reconstruction era.…
Mrs. Dymond
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Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie
Susanna Holcombe, a very sensitive and free spirited young lady, tries to fit in to society. But it is very hard for a Victorian woman to ca…