Literary Fiction

The Fortunes of Nigel

Read by Jim Locke


Sir Walter Scott


During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…

Under Western Eyes (version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


"But it is a vain enterprise for sophisticated Europe to try and understand these doings." Set in St Petersburg and Geneva, this a…

In a German Pension, Version 2

Read by Peter Dann


Katherine Mansfield


Katherine Mansfield was only 22 years old when these stories were first published in book form. Mansfield was later reluctant to see them re…

Tales from Ariosto

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Ludovico Ariosto and Joseph Shield Nicholson


The object of the present venture is to do something to revive the interest of the ordinary English reader in Ariosto. The present volume is…

The Story of a Modern Woman (Version 2)

Read by Bruce Pirie


Ella Hepworth Dixon


“The Story of a Modern Woman” (1894) is a work of feminist social realism. In its time it was one of the most famous and influential novels …

The Judgment of Eve

Read by Kirsten Wever


May Sinclair


May Sinclair was a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist, famous in Britain and the US in the 1910’s and 20’s. The Judgmen…

Barnaby Rudge (NL)

Read by Marcel Coenders


Charles Dickens


Barnaby Rudge is, naast Londen en Parijs, een van de twee historische romans van Charles Dickens. Het verhaal behandelt de Gordon oproer uit…

Los Nazarenos

Read by Mario Pineda


José Milla Y Vidaurre


Los Nazarenos es la obra cumbre de Pepe Milla. La trama describe la rivalidad entre las familias mientras colapsa la Capitanía Genera…

Zum wilden Mann

Read by josvanaken


Wilhelm Raabe


Zumindest um eine Ecke gedacht erinnert die Novelle „Zum Wilden Mann“ durchaus an die den cineastischen Evergreen rund um die Feuerzangenbow…

The Shadow-Line (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


In this engaging and well-crafted novella, an older man recalls how a combination of obscure personal impulses and diabolical co-incidences …

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 18

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Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

The Two Brothers

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


“The Two Brothers” (1842) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the novel series known as “The Human Comedy.” Balzac’s French title was “La R…

Parodies on Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade

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Walter Hamilton


This extract, taken from Parodies of the works of English and American Authors, vol 1, of parodies of Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade…

Victory (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


After spending some years wandering about the East and engaging in various adventures, Axel Heyst, a man of independent means who feels litt…

Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 17

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Various


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

Colonel Chabert (Version 2)

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


The short novel “Colonel Chabert” (1832) is part of Balzac’s great life work, the sprawling novel series titled “The Human Comedy.” Chabert,…

Tiempos difíciles

Read by Lu


Charles Dickens


Con esta novela ambientada en la era de la revolución industrial, en una imaginada localidad londinense cuyo pueblo vive bajo el adoc…

Mr. Moffatt

Read by Phil Benson


Chester Francis Cobb


Mr. Moffatt owns a chemist's business in suburban Sydney, Australia, where he lives with his wife, Florence, and adult daughter, Naomi. The …

Stopfkuchen - Eine See- und Mordgeschichte

Read by josvanaken


Wilhelm Raabe


"Stopfkuchen", eigentlich Heinrich Schaumann, wäre in der Jetzt-Zeit wohl ein gemobbter Junge, ein Schul- und Studien"ve…

The Murder of Delicia

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Marie Corelli


The following slight and unelaborated sketch of a very commonplace and everyday tragedy will, I am aware, meet with the unqualified disappro…

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