Literary Fiction
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Read by James Hutchisson
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser's first collection of short fiction, published in 1918. Dreiser was known primarily as a novelist (Sister Carrie, An Americ…
The Making of Americans
Read by Martha H. Weller
Gertrude Stein
The Making of Americans is a novel written by Gertrude Stein over a long period of time (1906-1911) and finally published in 1925. It is sub…
En la Diestra de Dios Padre
Read by Consuelo Aponte
Tomás Carrasquilla
Este cuento es un icono de la cultura antioqueña en Colombia que muestra con una rica descripción, en un lenguaje popular y c&…
Ancia Eterna
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Júlia Lopes De Almeida
Júlia Lopes de Almeida é uma das intelectuais mais importantes das letras brasileiras do final do século XIX, iní…
Jeremy At Crale; His Friends, His Ambitions And His One Great Enemy
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
This 1927 work is the third and final in Walpole’s Jeremy series. (The others are Jeremy and Jeremy And Hamlet.) Jeremy’s home is in Polches…
Schetsen van Boz
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Het eerste literaire werk van Charles Dickens gepubliceerd onder zijn pseudoniem BOZ. Korte verhalen over alledaagse mensen in alledaagse si…
Der Schüdderump Band 3
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Wilhelm Raabe
Band 3 der dreibändigen Ausgabe des Romans „Der Schüdderump“ von Wilhelm Raabe. Der „Schüdderump“ ist die niederdeutsche Beze…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 06
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Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 12
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Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
The Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District
Read by Phil Benson
Nikolai Leskov
In Mzinsk, a remote Russian town, adultery is Katerina's relief from boredom. Before long she has developed a passion for he lover, Sergei, …
El Habitante y Su Esperanza
Read by Mario Pineda
Pablo Neruda
Conocido mayormente como poeta, el chileno Pablo Neruda publicó esta noveleta (60 págs.) en 1926. Trata de la vida diaria de u…
The Ivory Tower
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Henry James
An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…
The Congressman’s Wife, a Story of American Politics
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John Daniel Barry
A season in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Briggs highlights a stormy period in American politics and the capriciousness of a woman. - Summary by…
Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker. Vol. I
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Berthold Auerbach
Nearly Christmas and the precocious and rambunctious Joseph is excited at the prospect of meeting his father (Adam) on the morrow (Christmas…
La Lecture, tome 5
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Various
La Lecture était une revue littéraire bi-mensuelle française de la fin du 19e siècle, publiant surtout des nouve…
Cities of the Plain
Read by Michael O'Kelly
Marcel Proust
Fourth volume in the series "In Search of Lost Time."Combines the stories of M de Charlus and other "men-women" in Frenc…
Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants
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Honoré de Balzac
Why would someone with an immaculate reputation enter a house known for vices? A young officer sets out to uncover the "secret" of…
Abbe Mouret's Transgression, Book Five of Rougon-Macquart Cycle
Read by Mark Leder
Émile Zola
This, the fifth novel in Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle, serves effectively as a sequel to "The Conquest of Plassans". Serge Mouret…
The Shadow Flies
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Rose Macaulay
The title of the original, British release of this novel was They Were Defeated, referring, among other matters, to the English Civil War, 1…