Romance

Persuasion

by Jane Austen Read by Madame Tusk 4.6
Persuasion is a regency Cinderella-esque tale of a young woman, the beautiful Anne Elliot, who is persuaded from marrying the Naval officer …

A Story of the Days to Come

by H. G. Wells Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Set in London in the early 22nd century, this novella depicts the troubles of two lovers, Denton and Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a well-to-do wo…

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a whimsical exploration of love, magic, and the complexities of human relationships, set against the backdrop o…

The Melting of Molly

by Maria Thompson Daviess Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Meet Molly: a quirky, spirited twenty-five-year old, widowed for 6 years, living in picturesque Hillsboro with her aunt amidst gossipy neigh…

The Betrothed

by Alessandro Manzoni Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her mea…

The Tragic Bride

by Francis Brett Young Read by Roger Melin 4.1
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…

Master of the Vineyard

by Myrtle Reed Read by Celine Major 3.9
"Why don't you sell the vineyard?" she asked, though her heart sank at the mere suggestion."Sell it? Why didn't the Ancient M…

The Channings

by Mrs. Henry Wood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
This is a saga about life in a small town in England during the Victorian era. The "stars" of this saga are the Channings. Mr. Cha…

Crazy Gone Love

by Cate Brody Read by Cate Brody 4.2
Ceil Clark is fed up with dating the twenty-something hipsters and slackers that litter the streets of Los Angeles nightlife like empty, dis…

Her Dark Inheritance

by Mrs. E. Burke Collins Read by Sharon Kilmer 4.2
Her Dark Inheritance delves into the complexities of obsessive love and the desperation that can accompany it. As secrets unfold, the charac…

The Three Sisters

by May Sinclair Read by Expatriate 4.1
Fascinated as she was by the lives of the Brontë siblings, May Sinclair loosely based her subtly sensual, quietly insurrectionary 1914 …

Acts of Desperation

by Tim Dodge Read by Tim Dodge 4.3
Ray Davis is newly divorced, going nowhere at a dead-end job in a warehouse, and has almost worked off the debts his ex-wife rang up. Then h…

Sophia

by Teel McClanahan III Read by Teel McClanahan III 4
At age 7, Sophia was struck down with a life-threatening disease. Faced with a choice between an unending life in the body of a child and he…

Just Sweethearts

by Harry Stillwell Edwards Read by David Wales 4.4
“Clearly he was one of those rare beings who can radiate energy standing still and convey the impression of impetuous force without motion, …

Love Insurance

by Earl Derr Biggers Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
A young man came to Lloyds of London. He knew they took out policies on unusual risks... And what he wanted was love insurance. What follows…

Venus and Adonis

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Venus and Adonis is Shakespeare's narrative poem about the love of the goddess Venus for the mortal youth Adonis, dedicated partly to his pa…

Sonnets from the Portuguese

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Read by Kirsten Ferreri 4.8
Sonnets from the Portuguese, written ca. 1845–1846 and first published in 1850, is a collection of forty-four love sonnets written by Elizab…

The Frozen Deep

by Wilkie Collins Read by Diana Majlinger 4.2
The Frozen Deep is a story of a love triangle between Clara, Frank and Richard, spiced up with dangerous expeditions, mysterious visions and…

Why Marry?

by Jesse Lynch Williams Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Why Marry? is a comedy, which "tells the truth about marriage". We find a family in the throes of proving the morality of marriage…

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