Literary Fiction
Tales from Ariosto
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Ludovico Ariosto and Joseph Shield Nicholson
The object of the present venture is to do something to revive the interest of the ordinary English reader in Ariosto. The present volume is…
The Fortunes of Nigel
Read by Jim Locke
Sir Walter Scott
During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…
Under Western Eyes (version 2)
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Joseph Conrad
"But it is a vain enterprise for sophisticated Europe to try and understand these doings." Set in St Petersburg and Geneva, this a…
The Judgment of Eve
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May Sinclair
May Sinclair was a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist, famous in Britain and the US in the 1910’s and 20’s. The Judgmen…
The Story of a Modern Woman (Version 2)
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Ella Hepworth Dixon
“The Story of a Modern Woman” (1894) is a work of feminist social realism. In its time it was one of the most famous and influential novels …
Barnaby Rudge (NL)
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge is, naast Londen en Parijs, een van de twee historische romans van Charles Dickens. Het verhaal behandelt de Gordon oproer uit…
Los Nazarenos
Read by Mario Pineda
José Milla Y Vidaurre
Los Nazarenos es la obra cumbre de Pepe Milla. La trama describe la rivalidad entre las familias mientras colapsa la Capitanía Genera…
Zum wilden Mann
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Wilhelm Raabe
Zumindest um eine Ecke gedacht erinnert die Novelle „Zum Wilden Mann“ durchaus an die den cineastischen Evergreen rund um die Feuerzangenbow…
The Shadow-Line (Version 2)
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
In this engaging and well-crafted novella, an older man recalls how a combination of obscure personal impulses and diabolical co-incidences …
Mosquitoes
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William Faulkner
Four days on a patron's yacht; artists during the roaring twenties explore ... This version is tamer than the original housed at the Univers…
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 18
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Various
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Two Brothers
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…
Victory (Version 2)
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
After spending some years wandering about the East and engaging in various adventures, Axel Heyst, a man of independent means who feels litt…
Stopfkuchen - Eine See- und Mordgeschichte
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Wilhelm Raabe
"Stopfkuchen", eigentlich Heinrich Schaumann, wäre in der Jetzt-Zeit wohl ein gemobbter Junge, ein Schul- und Studien"ve…
Amor y Llanto
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Maria Del Pilar Sinués
Confidencias de reyes, reinas, sus séquitos y sus cortes. Conjunto de novelas monárquicas con altos tonos de historia, ambien…
Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade
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Walter Hamilton
This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade…
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17
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Various
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Colonel Chabert (Version 2)
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
The short novel “Colonel Chabert” (1832) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the sprawling novel series titled “The Human Comedy.” Chabert,…
Mr. Moffatt
Read by Phil Benson
Chester Francis Cobb
Mr. Moffatt owns a chemist's business in suburban Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife, Florence, and adult daughter, Naomi. The …
The Murder of Delicia
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Marie Corelli
The following slight and unelaborated sketch of a very commonplace and everyday tragedy will, I am aware, meet with the unqualified disappro…