Historical Fiction

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by Larraine Paquette 4.7
This is a deeply moving novel centered around the lives of Uncle Tom and others and which very effectively portrays the suffering caused by …

Through Russian Snows

by G. A. Henty Read by Gary Olman 4.4
There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the eno…

The Corsican Brothers

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. When one of the brothers is m…

A Study In Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who lat…

The Romance of the Forest

by Ann Radcliffe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural …

I Will Repay

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Annie Kirkpatrick 4.1
I Will Repay is the thrilling sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel, continuing the adventures of the enigmatic hero, Sir Percy Blakeney. Set agai…

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where…

The Rainbow

by D. H. Lawrence Read by Tony Foster 4.3
Briefly appearing in 1915, then banned and taken out of circulation for its adult treatment of sexuality, Lawrence's visionary novel The Rai…

Waverley

by Sir Walter Scott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…

The Devil's Paw

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Tom Weiss 4.4
In a world teetering on the brink of chaos, The Devil's Paw weaves a complex tale of loyalty and deception. At its heart is a beautiful and …

Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Abigail Rasmussen 4.8
This is a great book if you're looking for an adventure filled novel. It takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and describes some of th…

The Yellow House

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Sharon Kilmer 4.3
In a tranquil country village, a vicar and his two daughters seek a fresh start, only to find their new neighbor in the enigmatic yellow hou…

Sister Simon's Murder Case

by Margaret Ann Hubbard Read by Maria Therese 4.2
Set in the picturesque wilds of a Midwestern resort town at the height of the tourist season, Sister Simon’s Murder case begins with the mur…

The Chief Legatee

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Tony Oliva 4.1
"I was married to-day in Grace Church. At the altar my bride--you probably know her name, Miss Georgian Hazen--wore a natural look, and…

The Man of Property

by John Galsworthy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Pro…

Eric Brighteyes

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Brett W. Downey 4.4
The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures of its eponymous principal…

Tales of the Jazz Age

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.4
Tales of the Jazz Age is a captivating collection of eleven short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, showcasing the vibrancy and complexity of …

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

by Henry Fielding Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Tom Jones is considered one of the first prose works describable as a novel. The novel is divided into 18 smaller books. Tom Jones is a foun…

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London Read by Phil Chenevert 4.8
The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period…

The Fifth Queen

by Ford Madox Ford Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.3
The Fifth Queen invites listeners into the tumultuous world of Tudor England, where ambition and desire intertwine in the court of King Henr…

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