Literary Fiction

The Flaw in the Crystal

Read by Expatriate


May Sinclair


One of May Sinclair’s “uncanny” stories, this novella explores many of Sinclair’s most treasured themes: the bounds of marriage, the conflic…

Another Study of Woman

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Honoré de Balzac


A series of tales -- told by men, of course -- about women. Though the book first appeared in 1842, Balzac later added to it as an addenfum …

Island Nights' Entertainments

Read by Tony Addison


Robert Louis Stevenson


A marvelous depiction of two sides of South Sea Islands' life through three separate tales. One, the experience of the incoming British kee…

The Papers

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James…

Memorias de Martha

Read by Rachel Moraes


Júlia Lopes De Almeida


Memórias que mesclam pobreza, sujidade, fome crônica, trabalho à exaustão, inveja, ciúme, degradaç&…

Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten

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Egon Erwin Kisch


Egon Erwin Kisch, auch bekannt als „der rasende Reporter“, erzählt hier in kleinen Reportagen Begebenheiten aus Prag. Informationen aus…

William, An Englishman

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Cicely Hamilton


William – an Englishman is a 1919 novel by Cicely Hamilton. The novel explores the effect of the First World War on a married couple during …

1891 Collection

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Various


A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur C…

Anthem (Version 5)

Read by Peter Kuhn


Ayn Rand


Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom…

The Temptation Of St. Anthony

Read by Tony Addison


Gustave Flaubert


An extraordinary work of the aesthetic imagination, cast in the form of a psycho-drama detailing the events of one night in the life of the …

The Good Soldier (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Ford Madox Ford


First published in 1915, The Good Soldier might be characterised as a melodrama of English upper class infidelities, cut into little pieces,…

Van Oude Menschen de Dingen, die Voorbij Gaan

Read by Carola Janssen


Louis Couperus


Zoals de titel al aangeeft gaat het boek over oude mensen (en ouder worden) en de dingen die voorbijgaan. Maar niet alles gaat voorbij met h…

Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis

Read by Davide


Ugo Foscolo


La vicenda trae origine dal suicidio di Girolamo Ortis, uno studente universitario nato a Vito d'Asio (Pordenone) il 13 maggio 1773 e morto …

A Dozen Short Stories from H. G. Wells

Read by Krista Zaleski


H. G. Wells


Twelve of H. G. Wells' early short stories (1894-1925) originally printed in various magazines and papers. His earlier works delve into the …

Weird Tales, Volume 1

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


E. T. A. Hoffmann


These stories form the first volume of the renowned Tales of Hoffman. They are fantasies with hints of the supernatural—quintessential Roman…

The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter

Read by Expatriate


Henry Murger and Henri Murger


As much as any other work of literature, Henri Murger’s 1851 collection of witty sketches Scènes de la vie de bohème shaped th…

De Negerhut

Read by Marcel Coenders


Harriet Beecher Stowe


Het boek vertelt over de lotgevallen van een aantal slaven in en om een plantage in de Amerikaanse staat Kentucky. Onder hen zijn Eliza en v…

A Christmas Carol (Version 11)

Read by John Van Stan


Charles Dickens


The classic Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley an…

The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes (Markham translation)

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A whimsical collection of stories about a wandering street urchin, Lazarillo de Tormes is a classic of the Spanish Golden Age, even paid hom…

Flor de Santidad. Historia milenaria

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Ramón Del Valle-Inclán and Ramón del Valle-Inclán


Esta historia milenaria cuenta la seducción de una ingenua pastora, Adega, por un peregrino a quien ella identifica con Dios y del qu…

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