Action & Adventure
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
E. W. Hornung
Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also published as The Black Mask) is the second collection of stories in the Raffles s…
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Andy Adams
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring is an exotic adventure story and is set in locations such as Burma and China, with the historical and politi…
Thorstein of the Mere
Read by Phil Benson
William Gershom Collingwood
A fine adventure set in 10th-century England at a time when everyday life in north was made hazardous by wars and shifting alliances among S…
Robinson Crusoe
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Daniel Defoe
Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the…
A Daughter of the Snows
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Jack London
In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, "a Stanford graduate and physical Va…
Tarzan and the Ant Men
Read by Matthew Reece
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lord Greystoke, Tarzan of the Apes, is embroiled in thrilling adventures among the tiny, warlike Minunians. (Summary by Matthew Reece)
Free Air
Read by Hollis Hanover
Sinclair Lewis
This road trip novel is set in the early twentieth century and follows the experiences of an aristocratic New Englander and her father as th…
The Great K. & A. Train-Robbery
Read by David Wales
Paul Leicester Ford
In this short novel the narrator is a superintendent on the K. & A. railroad, sometime in the late nineteenth century. The train is robb…
El Corsario
Read by Victor Villarraza
George Gordon, Lord Byron
El corsario es, ante todo, un poema autobiográfico que narra las aventuras de un tal Conrado, un corsario rechazado por la sociedad -…
The Master of Ballantrae
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Robert Louis Stevenson
Heir to a noble Scottish house in the mid 18th century, the Master is a charming, clever, and resourceful villain whose daring but ill-advis…
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Read by Phil Chenevert
Lewis Carroll
A delightful version of Alice's Adventures following that scurrying Rabbit with the watch that is shortened for the enjoyment of younger chi…
Fame and Fortune
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Horatio Alger, Jr.
Richard Hunter, formerly Ragged Dick, continues to advance in the world through luck and excellent morals. He, along with his friend Henry, …
The Moon Maid
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sabotage accidentally takes Earth's first manned interplanetary expedition to the Moon, where a sublunar adventure ensues, involving two int…
Billy Budd
Read by ScientificMethodist
Herman Melville
Young naive sailor Billy Budd is impressed into military service with the British navy in the 1790s, framed for conspiracy to mutiny, summar…
The Lion of Saint Mark
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
G. A. Henty
"Of all the chapters of history, there are few more interesting or wonderful than that which tells the story of the rise and progress …
Le Avventure d'Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Lewis Carroll
Traduzione italiana del celebre romanzo fantastico di Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (meglio noto sotto lo pseudonimo di Lewis Carroll) fatta dal …
Astounding Stories
Read by Bill Boerst
Sewell Peaslee Wright
This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "Th…
A Thief in the Night
Read by Cate Barratt
E. W. Hornung
Gentleman thief A.J. Raffles burgles his way through a series of homes in late Victorian England. A Thief in the Night is a short story coll…
Caleb Williams or Things As They Are
Read by Bev J Stevens
William Godwin
The novel describes the downfall of Ferdinando Falkland, a British squire, and his attempts to ruin and destroy the life of Caleb Williams, …
Mr. Justice Raffles
Read by Cate Barratt
E. W. Hornung
A. J. Raffles is a British gentleman thief of some renown who, in this, the hero's final adventure, ironically demonstrates a sense of moral…