Literary Fiction
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern
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The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Twilight of the Souls
Read by Phil Benson
Louis Couperus
The third book in Louis Couperus' Books of the Small Souls quartet. The Twilight of the Souls begins some months after the conclusion of The…
Ancia Eterna
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Júlia Lopes De Almeida
Júlia Lopes de Almeida é uma das intelectuais mais importantes das letras brasileiras do final do século XIX, iní…
Lady Audley's Secret
Read by Mark Leder
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is June 1857, and young and beautiful Lucy Graham is about to marry Sir Michael Audley. But who exactly IS Lucy, that's what Sir Michael…
The Commission in Lunacy
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
Lucía
Read by Victor Villarraza
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Lucía", o "El secreto de Lady Audley" es una novela sensacionalista de Mary Elizabeth Braddon, publicada el 1 de…
Joanna Eyre
Read by Rachel Moraes
Charlotte Brontë
Joanna Eyre é o mais famoso dos romances da escritora Charlote Bronte, um clássico da literatura inglesa, publicado em 1847. &…
The Uncalled
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Orphaned Freddie Brent ends up adopted by an old local Christian lady who knows nothing about raising a child. And matters are worsened by h…
From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing
Read by Christoph Stangenberg
Joseph Von Eichendorff
The main character leaves his parental home to earn his own livelihood. During his journey, he falls in love with Aurelie but believes she i…
La Guerra y la Paz
Read by Epachuko
Leo Tolstoy
En 1869, tras seis años de arduo trabajo con la colaboración de su esposa Sophia Tolstaya, Tolstoy publicó la versi&oac…
El crimen de la calle Fuencarral
Read by Epachuko
Benito Pérez Galdós
El asesinato ocurrido el 2 julio de 1888 en el número 109 de la calle Fuencarral de Madrid causó sensación en todo el p…
The Making of Americans
Read by Martha H. Weller
Gertrude Stein
The Making of Americans is a novel written by Gertrude Stein over a long period of time (1906-1911) and finally published in 1925. It is sub…
Scarlet Sister Mary
Read by Jim Locke
Julia Peterkin
How did 1929 Pulitzer winner and white plantation mistress Julia Peterkin become a favorite of the Harlem Renaissance? According to W.E.B. D…
The Blacker the Berry
Read by James K. White
Wallace Thurman
An exploration into the life of young African American, Emma Lou, whose self-image is negatively impacted by the stigmas of colorism and int…
The Fate
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…
Annouchka
Read by Rapunzelina
Ivan Turgenev
When N—— met Annouchka. A graceful story of innocence, love, coming of age, and friendship, set between two picturesque towns on the banks o…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Marriage Contract
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
A Second Home
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
Las Memorias de Sherlock Holmes
Read by Victor Villarraza
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Esta colección de 11 (no se incluye La aventura de la caja de cartón) relatos de Arthur Conan Doyle, presenta casos difí…