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Cousin Pons

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


Cousin Pons is one of the final works in Balzac's long novel series titled The Human Comedy. It was published in 1847, along with Cousin Bet…

Buddenbrooks

Read by Bruce Pirie


Thomas Mann


When Thomas Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1929), the citation made special mention of his first novel, “Buddenbrooks,” pub…

Glengarry School Days

Read by Bruce Pirie


Ralph Connor


With international book sales in the millions, Ralph Connor was the best-known Canadian novelist of the first two decades of the Twentieth C…

Ormond

Read by Bruce Pirie


Maria Edgeworth


Maria Edgeworth was one of the most popular writers of her time, a sharp and witty observer of society manners, and a favorite author for Ja…

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania

Read by Bruce Moser


John Dickinson


Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania is a series of essays written by the Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson (1732–1808) and…

The Canadians of Old

Read by Bruce Pirie


Philippe Aubert De Gaspé


In his mid-70s, Philippe Aubert de Gaspé took on the project of recording the culture and heritage of French Canada, especially that …

Maria Chapdelaine (version 2)

Read by Bruce Pirie


Louis Hémon


The novel Maria Chapdelaine portrays life in rural Quebec at the beginning of the 20th century. Published first in French in 1913, it is a f…

The Untempered Wind

Read by Bruce Pirie


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 …

Armand Durand

Read by Bruce Pirie


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…

The Hundred Best English Poems

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Various


This wonderful collection of poems showcases the incredible talent of the some of the greatest poets in the world. These creative masterpiec…

A Superfluous Woman

Read by Bruce Pirie


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…

Settlers of the Marsh

Read by Bruce Pirie


Frederick Philip Grove


The novel “Settlers of the Marsh” (1925) is a foundational work of realism in Canadian fiction. Its author, Frederick Philip Grove, a German…

The Imperialist

Read by Bruce Pirie


Mrs. Everard Cotes and Sara Jeannette Duncan


“The Imperialist,” a novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan, published in 1904, is a portrait of life in small-town Ontario at the beginning of the …

A Daughter of Today

Read by Bruce Pirie


Sara Jeannette Duncan


The Canadian author Sara Jeannette Duncan (aka Mrs. Everard Cotes) is today best known for her 1904 novel of Ontario life, “The Imperialist”…

The Chouans (version 2)

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


“The Chouans” (1829) was the first novel published under Balzac’s own name (rather than a pen-name). It became the first book in the great w…

The Little People of the Snow

Read by Bruce Kachuk


William Cullen Bryant


Filled with the exuberance of youth and the thrill of discovery, Eva embarks on a Winter walk across snowy fields venturing farther and long…

The Duchess of Langeais

Read by Bruce Pirie


Honoré de Balzac


“The Duchess of Langeais” (1834) is part of Balzac’s great life’s work, the sprawling novel series called “The Human Comedy.” This novel is …

Enoch Arden

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


In the poem "Enoch Arden," Tennyson's epic narrative of the enduring power of love in the face of insurmountable odds, is found a …

The Dawn Patrol, and Other Poems of an Aviator

Read by Bruce Kachuk


Paul Bewsher


Paul Bewsher writes poems of a wartime aviator from his heart and soul. His heart longs for an end to the perils of war and the forced destr…

Over Prairie Trails

Read by Bruce Pirie


Frederick Philip Grove


When Frederick Philip Grove settled in a remote area of Manitoba in the early years of the 20th century, he found work teaching in a school …

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