Classics of Personal Journeys

This collection features classic novels that explore the personal journeys and transformations of their protagonists. Each story delves into the complexities of identity, society, and the human experience, offering rich narratives that resonate with readers seeking depth and introspection.

Fanny Herself

by Edna Ferber Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
Fanny Herself is the story of Fanny Brandeis, a young girl coming of age in the Midwest at the turn of the 20th century. It is generally co…

Silas Marner

by George Eliot Read by Tadhg 4.8
Reputed as Eliot’s favourite novel Silas Marner is set in the early years of the 19th century. Marner, a weaver, is a member of a small cong…

The History of Mr. Polly

by H. G. Wells Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.4
A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.8
Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often pain…

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by Mark F. Smith 4.2
Amory Blaine grew up in a wealthy family and was given an Ivy League education. Without a need to learn a profession, he chiefly dabbled in …

Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so…

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the second and final novel by Anne Brontë, is concerned with the story of a woman who leaves her abusive, …