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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, …

Chapter 04

In Ivan the Fool

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Leo Tolstoy

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, si…

Chapter 02

In The Kreutzer Sonata

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Leo Tolstoy

Publication of The Kreutzer Sonata in 1889 was a significant intellectual event worldwide. Censored in Russia, it set off an explosive debat…

The Children of Israel

In On the Shores of the Great Sea

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

M.B. Synge and M. B. Synge

Book I of the "Story of the World" series. Focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham…

Chapter 02

In The Coxon Fund

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Henry James

This novella explores the relationship between Frank Saltram, a charismatic speaker who is also a freeloader; Ruth Anvoy, a young American w…