General Fiction

Elective Affinities

Read by Nicole Lee


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Elective Affinities (Die Wahlverwandtschaften) was Goethe's third novel. It depicts human relationships in a Romantic crucible, and is the s…

The Pursuit of the House-Boat

Read by Emma Joyce


John Kendrick Bangs


This sequel to Bangs' A House-Boat on the Styx continues the "thought-experiment" of bringing various historical and fictional fig…

The House on the Cliff

Read by James R. Hedrick


Franklin W. Dixon


The second of The Hardy Boys' series, The House on the Cliff involves Frank and Joe, along with their father, the famous detective, in the i…

The Cinder Pond

Read by Betsie Bush


Carroll Watson Rankin


Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The facto…

The Birds' Christmas Carol (version 2)

Read by Andrea Boltz


Kate Douglas Wiggin


Born on Christmas Day, little Carol Bird is a gentle soul who touches every life around her. Despite physical illness, Carol is loved by eve…

The Getting of Wisdom

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Henry Handel Richardson


The Getting of Wisdom tells the story of Laura Rambotham, a 12-year-old girl who is just starting at her boarding school. This is based on H…

The Nether World

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George Gissing


This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…

Young Folks' History of Germany

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Charlotte Mary Yonge


An entertaining history for "young folks", covering the history of Germany from the ancient tribes of pre-Roman times to Wilhelm I…

The Silver Princess in Oz

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Ruth Plumly Thompson


Young King Randy of Regalia is visited by his old friend, Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink. Together, they set out to visit their…

Stalky & Co. (More Stories)

Read by Tim Bulkeley (1948-2019)


Rudyard Kipling


This small collection puts together stories by Kipling that feature the characters from Stalky & Co. but which for some reason were not …

The Return (de la Mare version)

Read by Corinna Schultz


Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare


A story of psychological horror, The Return explores ideas of identity, love, and alienation. Arthur grapples with the reactions of his fami…

Ramona

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Helen Hunt Jackson


Ramona, a novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson (1884), is the story of a part-Scottish and part-Native American orphan girl growing up and ge…

Barbara in Brittany

Read by Sibella Denton


E. A. Gillie


Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disas…

Betty Baird's Golden Year

Read by Holly Jenson


Anna Hamlin Weikel


It seems that all the people close to Betty are going through major life changes. Lois is certainly spending a lot of time with Dunmore Lane…

Grace Harlowe with the Marines at Chateau Thierry

Read by ashleighjane


Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


Grace continues her war adventures over seas in France, continuing her work for the Red Cross. Set during World War I, Loyal Heart finds her…

The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 03

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H. G. Wells


The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the third volume, 45 short stories and poems have been gathered from 33 authors…

The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Read by Bridget Gaige


Edward Eggleston


"Want to be a school-master, do you? You? Well, what would you do in Flat Crick deestrick, I'd like to know? Why, the boys have driv of…

A Drama of Exile

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning


In writing her 'Drama of Exile', Barrett's subject was 'the new and strange experience of the fallen humanity, as it went forth from Paradis…

Geography and Plays

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Gertrude Stein


Geography and Plays is a 1922 collection of Gertrude Stein's "word portraits," or stream-of-consciousness writings. These stream-o…

Shakespeare Identified

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J. Thomas Looney


That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled spec…

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