Literary Criticism

Little Dorrit

by Charles Dickens Read by Ellis Christoff 4.6
Born in the Marshalsea Prison for Debtors, Amy—Little Dorrit—the daughter of the ruined, but self-respectful William Dorrit, has put her ent…

The Professor

by Charlotte Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Professor follows the journey of William Crimsworth, a young man navigating the complexities of ambition, love, and self-discovery in 19…

The Pupil

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.4
Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…

Charles Dickens

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
In this insightful biography, G. K. Chesterton explores the life and literary contributions of Charles Dickens, one of the most celebrated a…

The Duel

by Anton Chekhov Read by Phil Griffiths 4.4
The plot centres around Laevsky, who is living in a small seaside town in the Caucasus after running away with another man's wife, Nadyezhda…

The Life Of Charlotte Brontë

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Life of Charlotte Brontë offers an intimate glimpse into the life of one of literature's most celebrated figures. Written by her cl…

Dead Souls

by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Dead Souls (Russian: Мёртвые души) by Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer, was first published in 1842, and is one of the most prominent works of …

McTeague

by Frank Norris Read by Jeff Robinson 4.6
McTeague is a simple dentist who becomes infatuated with Trina, the cousin of his friend Marcus. Trina then buys a winning lottery ticket wo…

Tolstoy on Shakespeare

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In this thought-provoking essay, Leo Tolstoy presents a critical examination of William Shakespeare's works, exploring the playwright's them…

Clotel

by William Wells Brown Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Clotel; or, The President's Daughter is a novel by William Wells Brown (1814-84), a fugitive from slavery and abolitionist and was published…

Daisy Miller

by Henry James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatr…

The Man Who Laughs

by Victor Hugo Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Man Who Laughs is a profound exploration of identity and societal perception, set against the backdrop of 17th-century England. The stor…

Against The Grain

by Joris-Karl Huysmans Read by Martin Geeson 4.2
Against The Grain is a provocative exploration of aestheticism and the complexities of modern existence, penned by Joris-Karl Huysmans. This…

The Perfect Wagnerite

by George Bernard Shaw Read by Bob Neufeld 4.5
The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring (originally published London, 1898) is a philosophical commentary on Richard Wagne…

The Devil's Pool

by George Sand Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.2
George Sand (the pen name of Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin 1804-1876) is famous for flaunting the conventions of behavior expected of women o…

The Real Thing

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.4
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…

Ulysses

by James Joyce Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Ulysses is a groundbreaking novel in which Irish author James Joyce explores realism through stream-of-consciousness technique and shifting …

A Brief History of English and American Literature

by Henry A. Beers Read by Kalynda 4.9
Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bi…

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn the money to ca…

The Warden

by Anthony Trollope Read by Jessica Louise 4.4
Anthony Trollope sets the scene for his wonderful Chronicles of Barsetshire with this short novel about Septimus Harding's challenged eccles…

< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 >