Literary Fiction

La Comédie Humaine: 10 - Scènes de la vie parisienne tome 2 (29-9-44)

Read by Bernard


Honoré de Balzac


Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…

A Hero of Our Time (Version 2)

Read by Expatriate


Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov


One of the iconic characters of all Russian literature, Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is the ultimate “superfluous man.” An aristocratic r…

Ormond

Read by Bruce Pirie


Maria Edgeworth


Maria Edgeworth was one of the most popular writers of her time, a sharp and witty observer of society manners, and a favorite author for Ja…

Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories

Read by Mary J


Giovanni Verga


The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in r…

Heart of Darkness (version 4)

Read by Peter Dann


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…

Sons of the Covenant: A Tale of London Jewry

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Samuel Gordon


Born in London's poverty-stricken and heavily Jewish East End, the Lipcott boys create their own successes in life and love. The brothers' c…

The Flaw in the Crystal

Read by Expatriate


May Sinclair


One of May Sinclair’s “uncanny” stories, this novella explores many of Sinclair’s most treasured themes: the bounds of marriage, the conflic…

Peccavi

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


E. W. Hornung


How does a man who as committed a heavy sin — not a crime, but a sin with terrible consequences — atone for his behaviour? What if the man i…

The Last Chronicle of Barset (version 2)

Read by Steve Gough


Anthony Trollope


LibriVox reader Nicholas Clifford calls this Trollope's best novel in his introduction to the collaborative version of this fine novel - and…

Island Nights' Entertainments

Read by Tony Addison


Robert Louis Stevenson


A marvelous depiction of two sides of South Sea Islands' life through three separate tales. One, the experience of the incoming British kee…

Another Study of Woman

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Honoré de Balzac


A series of tales -- told by men, of course -- about women. Though the book first appeared in 1842, Balzac later added to it as an addenfum …

1891 Collection

Read by Bellona Times


Various


A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur C…

William, An Englishman

Read by Expatriate


Cicely Hamilton


William – an Englishman is a 1919 novel by Cicely Hamilton. The novel explores the effect of the First World War on a married couple during …

Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Egon Erwin Kisch


Egon Erwin Kisch, auch bekannt als „der rasende Reporter“, erzählt hier in kleinen Reportagen Begebenheiten aus Prag. Informationen aus…

Memorias de Martha

Read by Rachel Moraes


Júlia Lopes De Almeida


Memórias que mesclam pobreza, sujidade, fome crônica, trabalho à exaustão, inveja, ciúme, degradaç&…

The Papers

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James…

Anthem (Version 5)

Read by Peter Kuhn


Ayn Rand


Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom…

Van Oude Menschen de Dingen, die Voorbij Gaan

Read by Carola Janssen


Louis Couperus


Zoals de titel al aangeeft gaat het boek over oude mensen (en ouder worden) en de dingen die voorbijgaan. Maar niet alles gaat voorbij met h…

The Temptation Of St. Anthony

Read by Tony Addison


Gustave Flaubert


An extraordinary work of the aesthetic imagination, cast in the form of a psycho-drama detailing the events of one night in the life of the …

De Negerhut

Read by Marcel Coenders


Harriet Beecher Stowe


Het boek vertelt over de lotgevallen van een aantal slaven in en om een plantage in de Amerikaanse staat Kentucky. Onder hen zijn Eliza en v…

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