Historical Fiction
Barnaby Rudge (version 3)
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Charles Dickens
The Protestant Sir John Chester and the Catholic Geoffrey Haredale have been feuding for years. In "Romeo and Juliet" fashion, Che…
The Piazza Tales
Read by John Greenman
Herman Melville
A collection of six short stories by American writer Herman Melville, published in May 1856. Except for the newly written title story, "…
The House of Baltazar
Read by Simon Evers
William John Locke
Twenty years ago, John Balthazar, a notable and brilliant Cambridge mathematician, left England abruptly as he found himself falling in love…
In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers
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G. A. Henty
In the Hands of the Cave-Dwellers is a classic adventure where the hero is an American sailor who saves a young Mexican from thugs. The stor…
Sentimental Education
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Gustave Flaubert
Sentimental Education (French: L'Éducation sentimentale, 1869) is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, that is considered one of the most inf…
The Duchess of Wrexe
Read by Simon Evers
Hugh Walpole
Rachel, a spirited young girl, has to choose between Francis Breton, her difficult cousin who has been disowned by the family, and Roddy Sed…
Her Benny
Read by Larraine Paquette
Silas Hocking
A very heart touching story about two homeless children, a brother and sister, living on the streets of Liverpool, England during Victorian …
Viking Tales (Version 2)
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Jennie Hall
The story follows the life of the Viking Harald from infancy to his crowning as King of Norway. It focuses on the Vikings' eagerness for adv…
The Steel Hammer
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Louis Ulbach
A large inheritance greatly transforms the lives of three people: a good man, who would have inherited at least a part of the fortune if his…
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Taking the Bastile
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Alexandre Dumas
Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to …
Round About a Great Estate
Read by Steven Seitel
Richard Jefferies
John Richard Jefferies (1848-1887) wrote of country life, natural history, and agricultural practice at a time when the industrial revolutio…
Sons of Fire
Read by Jim Locke
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"He was a stranger in Matcham, a 'foreigner' as the villagers called such alien visitors. He had never been in the village before, knew…
The Candle Star
Read by Michelle Isenhoff
Michelle Isenhoff
Detroit, 1858. After a tantrum, Emily Preston is shipped from her plantation home to her inn-keeping Uncle in Detroit.There Emily meets Mala…
Raiding with Morgan
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Byron A. Dunn
It is a fictional tale of cavalry actions during the U.S. Civil War, under General John Morgan. (Summary by M. Craun)
The Gold Sickle
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Eugène Sue
The Gold Sickle; or, Hena the Virgin of the Isle of Sen. A Tale of Druid Gaul is the first part of Eugène Sue's The Mysteries of the …
The Armourer's Prentices
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Charlotte Mary Yonge
Set in the sixteenth century, two young boys are left orphans and are turned out of their home by their older brother, or, more particularly…
The World’s Story Volume VII: Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland
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Eva March Tappan
This is the seventh volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March …
Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police - A Tale of the Macleod Trail
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Ralph Connor
Cameron, a young man from Edinburgh, is a university student who is a rising star on the football team. When the big day comes and he nearly…
Darnley
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George Payne Rainsford James
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…