Fiction
Aunt Jane's Hero
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Elizabeth Prentiss
Aunt Jane is a good and loving woman, important to everyone except herself, always willing to give good advice. Her "hero", Horace…
McTeague
Read by Jeff Robinson
Frank Norris
McTeague is a simple dentist who becomes infatuated with Trina, the cousin of his friend Marcus. Trina then buys a winning lottery ticket wo…
The Melting of Molly
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Maria Thompson Daviess
Meet Molly: a quirky, spirited twenty-five-year old, widowed for 6 years, living in picturesque Hillsboro with her aunt amidst gossipy neigh…
Miss Ashton's New Pupil
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Sarah Stuart Robbins
Marion Park, the daughter of missionaries, is sent to Miss Ashton's boarding school. There she meets with many young girls and together they…
Charlotte Temple
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Susanna Rowson
Charlotte Temple, a cautionary tale for young women, follows the unfortunate adventures of the eponymous heroine as she is seduced by a dash…
More Lost Memories
Read by Teel McClanahan III
Teel McClanahan III
A collection of short stories, each connected to Forget What You Can't Remember by a minor character, a passing situation, or an unanswered …
The Flint Heart
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
The flint heart is a stone of heart shape, forged in prehistoric times, that changes whoever owns it into a wicked person. The story of the …
The Snow-Burner
Read by Roger Melin
Henry Oyen
The Snow-Burner is what the Native Americans called Reivers, and it was a rough and tumble life in the land where Reivers chose to live up t…
Clear Heart
Read by Joe Cottonwood
Joe Cottonwood
Carpenters and craft, friendship and rivalry: Wally is building a mansion for a dot-com multimillionaire in the Silicon Valley of Californi…
Lady Baltimore
Read by Lois Hill
Owen Wister
Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research genealogies an…
Captain Blackwell's Prize
Read by V.E. Ulett
V.E. Ulett
A romantic adventure from the days of wooden ships and iron men, CAPTAIN BLACKWELL’S PRIZE is a story of honor, duty, social class and the b…
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Read by Roger Melin
Ben Ames Williams
Joel Shore, newly appointed captain of the whaling ship Nathan Ross following his brother's apparent demise as captain of the same ship, ele…
Trilby
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George Du Maurier
Trilby, published in 1894, fits into the Gothic horror genre which was undergoing a revival during the Fin de siècle and is one of th…
The Second Bat Guano War
Read by J.M. Porup
J.M. Porup
From former Lonely Planet author J.M. Porup comes this classic South American noir... Rats ate his baby daughter while he partied in a disco…
In the Cage
Read by Lee Ann Howlett
Henry James
In the Cage is a novella by Henry James, first published as a book in 1898. This long story centers on an unnamed London telegraphist. She d…
The Spoilers
Read by Tom Weiss
Rex Beach
Rex Beach was born in Atwood, Michigan to a prominent family and pursued a career as a lawyer before being drawn to Alaska at the time of th…
Queechy
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Susan Warner
Fleda Ringan is an 11 year old orphan who lives with her grandfather in Queechy, Vermont. After a tragic incident, Fleda has to live with he…
Brewster's Millions
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
George Barr Mccutcheon
The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend eve…
The Jimmyjohn Boss and Other Stories
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
This is the fifth published book of Owen Wister, author of the archetypical Western novel, The Virginian. Published in 1900, it comprises ei…
Kept in the Dark
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Anthony Trollope
Kept in the Dark is a novel by the 19th century English novelist Anthony Trollope. It was published in eight monthly installments in 1882, a…