General Fiction
The Beast in the Jungle
Read by Rob James
Henry James
'The Beast in the Jungle' is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally c…
The Real Thing
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
The Real Thing is, on one level, a somewhat ironic tale of an artist and two rather particular models. Yet it also raises questions about th…
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and fun…
Dorothy Dale - A Girl of Today
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. Her sunny disposition, h…
The Golden Silence
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Charles Norris Williamson
Trying to get away from an engagement he had got himself into more or less against his will, Stephen Knight travels to Algiers to visit his …
R. Holmes and Co.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Raffles Holmes is introduced in these stories as the son of the great Sherlock Holmes. He is also revealed to be the grandson of A.J. Raffle…
But Thy Love and Thy Grace
Read by Maria Therese
Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Father Finn's beautiful little tale can be read in an hour or so, but it conveys a lesson which ought to be of longer duration. The interest…
The Country of the Pointed Firs
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Sarah Orne Jewett
The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…
Youth, a Narrative
Read by Chris Hughes
Joseph Conrad
An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories…
Anna of the Five Towns
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Arnold Bennett
The plot centers on Anna Tellwright, daughter of a wealthy but miserly and dictatorial father, living in the Potteries area of Staffordshire…
Snowdrift
Read by Roger Melin
James B. Hendryx
The story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away …
The Warden (version 2)
Read by Jessica Louise
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope sets the scene for his wonderful Chronicles of Barsetshire with this short novel about Septimus Harding's challenged eccles…
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne) - Version 2
Read by Michael Armenta
Omar Khayyám
One of the greatest works of poetry in history, this lyric poem presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet on subjects such as life…
The Frog Prince and Other Stories (version 2)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Walter Crane
These three stories,The Frog Prince, Princess Belle-Etoile and Alladin, beloved by generations of children, are here retold in a format and …
More William (version 2)
Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)
Richmal Crompton
More William is the second William collection in the much acclaimed Just William series by Richmal Crompton. It is a sequel to the book Just…
To Let (Forsyte Saga Vol. 3)
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John Galsworthy
‘The Forsyte Saga’ is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties.To Let is the t…
The Tragic Bride
Read by Roger Melin
Francis Brett Young
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Robert Louis Stevenson
More New Arabian Nights: The Dynamiter (1885) is a collection of linked short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Vandegrift. Three …
The Paying Guest (version 2 dramatic reading)
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George Gissing
Clarence and Emmeline Mumford are in for a real treat when they take in the young, outspoken Miss Louise Derrick as their guest. Shedding a …
Samson Agonistes
Read by Martin Geeson
John Milton
“The Sun to me is darkAnd silent as the Moon,When she deserts the nightHid in her vacant interlunar cave.”Milton composes his last extended …