Published 1800 -1900
Asphodel
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Like the Asphodel, a plant which grows far away from England, Daphne grows far away from home. In her first chance of freedom, at the age of…
The Unclassed
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George Gissing
The Unclassed tells the story of two friends who are aspiring authors living in London in the late 19th century. Both of them fall in love. …
A Vanished Hand
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Sarah Doudney
Memories haunt Elsie Kilner at every turn. Kicked out of her family home, she finds a new abode in which she finds fragments of a diary. It …
The Black Monk
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Anton Chekhov
Aspiring academic Andrei Kovrin, while summering in the countryside per the advice of a physician, is haunted by the apparition of a black m…
The Untempered Wind
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Joanna E. Wood
Upon publication of “The Untempered Wind” in 1894, Joanna Wood quickly rose to international prominence, becoming in the next few years the …
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 2
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Eugène Sue
Rodolphe, is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in ar…
The Begum's Fortune
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Jules Verne
A novel with some utopian elements, but primarily dystopian. A French doctor and a German professor both inherit a vast fortune as descendan…
Fritz to the Front
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Edward L. Wheeler
Fritz to the Front is the story of a Dutch tramp who wants to be a detective, and is an expert at ventriloquism. The story opens with a myst…
Taking the Bastile
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Alexandre Dumas
Pitou lost his mother when he was small. He was raised by a stern aunt who did not really love him. He starts knowing the world by going to …
The Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu
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W. S. Gilbert
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan…
Armand Durand
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Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
Armand Durand, published in 1868, was written by Rosanna Leprohon, an English-speaker with an insider’s knowledge of French Canada, thanks t…
Pierre, or The Ambiguities
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Herman Melville
The life of a young heir, Pierre is altered when he meets a mysterious woman who claims to be his sister.
The Mystery of Mrs. Blencarrow
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Margaret O. Oliphant
The location is the English Lake District and the characters very ordinary people. Mrs. Blencarrow is a widow with five children and control…
Romance of California Life; Illustrated By Pacific Slope Stories, Thrilling, Pa…
Read by David Wales
John Habberton
These 37 short stories were authored by John Habberton (1842–1921), an American writer. He spent nearly twenty years as the literary and dr…
The Mysteries of Paris - Volume 4
Read by Celine Major
Eugène Sue
Rodolphe, who is really the Grand Duke of Gerolstein (a fictional kingdom of Germany) but is disguised as a Parisian worker. He can speak in…
A Superfluous Woman
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Emma Francis Brooke
Published anonymously in 1894, “A Superfluous Woman” quickly became one of the most widely read of the “New Woman” novels that appeared at t…
The Celebrity
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Winston Churchill
Satirizes the rise of a young novelist (thought to be Richard Harding Davis, but denied as such by Churchill). - Summary by Joseph Tabler
Cousin Maude
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Mary Jane Holmes
When Matilda's husband James dies, she marries rich Dr. Kennedy thinking he will provide a good home for her daughter Maude. However, the do…
The White Dove
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William John Locke
Sylvester Lanyon, a doctor, is mourning the early death of his wife. His young daughter Dorothy is living with his father, Matthew, also a w…
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
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George Eliot
Impressions of Theophrastus Such is a work of fiction by George Eliot, first published in 1879. It was Eliot's last published writing and he…