Fiction
The World Beyond
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Ray Cummings
Lee Anthony finds himself and two of his friends kidnapped and taken on a strange voyage. (Summary by Richard Kilmer)
Camille
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Alexandre Dumas
The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux camélias) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subse…
Spinning-Wheel Stories
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Louisa May Alcott
A group of stories-within-a-story, told in the classic Louisa May Alcott style."I've a little cold," said the old lady, "and …
The Conjure Woman
Read by James K. White
Charles Waddell Chesnutt
Published in 1899 by Houghton Mifflin, Chesnutt's first book, The Conjure Woman, was a collection of seven short stories, all set in "P…
Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
She had not been brought up in America at all. She had been born in France, in a beautiful château, and she had been born heiress to a…
The House of Arden
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E. Nesbit
This novel describes how Edred and Elfrida Arden and their Aunt Edith embark on a treasure hunt through time - for the famous Arden family t…
Dawn
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Eleanor H. Porter
Dawn (also known in England as "Keith’s Dark Tower"), was published in 1919, and is set during World War I. Keith Burton is going …
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
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Sax Rohmer
Cavanagh becomes involved in the adventurous search for a precious relic in the mysterious East. (Introduction by Laineyben)
Looking Backward: 2000-1887
Read by Anna Simon
Edward Bellamy
Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy, first published in 1888. It was the third largest bestseller of its time, …
The World Set Free (version 2)
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H. G. Wells
Radioactive decay is a major theme in the novel The World Set Free, published in 1914. Wells explores what might happen if the rate of decay…
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
Read by Amy Gramour
Algernon Blackwood
The story of a man’s deep connection with nature and his wife’s fear of it. –Summary by Amy Larch Gramour
Daddy-Long-Legs Version 2
Read by Jo Karabasz
Jean Webster
Jerusha Abbott was brought up at the John Grier Home, an old-fashioned orphanage. The children were wholly dependent on charity and had to w…
The Four Feathers
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A. E. W. Mason
The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title.The novel tells th…
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight
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Elizabeth Von Arnim
The Princess Priscilla of Lothen Kunitz finds court life stifling and runs away to England with the elderly court librarian. Her intention i…
Personality Plus
Read by Phil Chenevert
Edna Ferber
Personality Plus is an early novel by American author Edna Ferber. Originally published in 1914, Personality Plus is the second of three vol…
Kipps
Read by Anthony Ogus
H. G. Wells
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles b…
The Harbor of Doubt
Read by Roger Melin
Frank Williams
Young Code Schofield had lost his schooner May Schofield in an Atlantic gale a few months ago, and now the townspeople on the small island o…
The New Swiss Family Robinson
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
A parody of its famous predecessor, this short piece was written by Owen Wister for the Harvard Lampoon (Summary by David Wales)
Lin McLean
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Lin McLean is an unaffected, attractive young cowboy in the Wyoming territory before statehood. This book is various stories in his life. (S…
The Secret Sharer
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Joseph Conrad
A young untested ship captain finds a man named Leggatt clinging to the side of his ship. The Captain makes the unusual decision to hide Leg…