Romance
The Winter's Tale
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William Shakespeare
The Winter's Tale—one of Shakespeare's final plays—tells the story of two neighboring kings, Leontes of Sicilia and Polixenes of Bohemia. Fr…
Mary Anerley
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Richard Doddridge Blackmore
It is 1801, in the wild and rugged country that is northern England. A local Squire has died but his manor, Scargate Hall, is left to two si…
Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacie
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Thomas Lodge
This novel, which Shakespeare adapted in his pastoral comedy As You Like It, is the archetypal pastoral adventure. Two young persons of high…
Passionate Shepherd to His Love
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Christopher Marlowe
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Christopher Marlowe. This was the Fortnightly Poetry p…
The Harvester
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Gene Stratton-Porter
David Langston (a.k.a. the Harvester) is 26 years old and lives a simple life in the Midwest with his dog, cultivating and harvesting trees,…
The Lonely House
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Marie Belloc Lowndes
A mystery in the 'old fashioned' romantic genre, introducing characters that inspired another famous writer of detective mystery fiction.The…
The Wish
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Abraham Cowley
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Wish by Abraham Cowley. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 24, 2013. Ab…
The Long Run
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Edith Wharton
A wealthy bachelor businessman looks back on the romance that he fumbled with a beautiful married woman he and his college buddy both had cr…
An American Tragedy
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Theodore Dreiser
The saga of Clyde, Roberta, and Sondra continues in volume 2 of 2. Social-climbing Clyde Griffiths wants nothing more than to marry the weal…
Juggernaut
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George Eggleston
Edgar Braine was consistently successful at all he set out to accomplish. He went through life with goals and worked diligently and with eth…
Monica
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Evelyn Everett-Green
Monica was happy at Trevlyn, with her father and step-brother. But what would happen to them when the estate passed to a distant cousin, ent…
The Man Who Ended War
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Hollis Godfrey
Jim Orrington, news reporter, is at the office when the Secretary of War brings in a letter--mostly likely a prank--that demands all the nat…
Little Stories of Married Life
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Mary Stewart Cutting and Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
Marriage is a big adventure. It makes for great stories, too: both in case of a happy marriage and in case of an unhappy one. Eleven of thes…
The Day-Dream
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Thomas Moore
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Day-Dream by Sir Thomas Moore. This was the fortnightly poetry project for July 12th, 2009…
Open The Door
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Catherine Carswell
This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…
The Money Moon
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John Jeffery Farnol
George Bellew, an American millionaire is in London, where he is jilted by his ladylove. He sets off to travel on an aimless adventure throu…
An Unfinished Story
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Richard Harding Davis
A very congenial dinner party is ongoing. Among the distinguished guests are also one author and one painter, who have just been told that t…
The Eagle's Shadow
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James Branch Cabell
A romantic comedy in which love is complicated by a large inheritance. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler
The Children Of The Abbey
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Regina Maria Roche
Published in 1796, this novel tells the trials and tribulations of Amanda and Oscar FitzAlan, brother and sister who have to navigate the wo…
An Apology for Sadness
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Anne Lynch Botta
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of An Apology for Sadness by Anne Lynch Botta. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 13, …