General Fiction
The Christmas Hirelings
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Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is the Christmas season once again and things are, well, boring for the adults at Penlyon Castle. "...if somehow or other I had a pa…
Bacon
Read by Bill Boerst
Richard William Church
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…
The American Senator
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Anthony Trollope
The American Senator is a novel written in 1875 by Anthony Trollope. Although not one of Trollope's better-known works, it is notable for it…
The Reverberator
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Another Jamesian look at Americans in Paris. What happens when a reporter for an American scandal sheet (The Reverberator) is looking for a …
An Eye for an Eye
Read by Anthony Ogus
Anthony Trollope
A short but typical Trollope romance in which a young nobleman is torn between love for an impoverished Irish girl and the expectations of h…
A Raw Youth
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Arkady Dolgoruky, is a 19-year-old intellectual. He is the illegitimate son of a landowner and dreams to become rich. In his quest to fulfi…
Sir Dominick Ferrand
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
"Levity" is not a word often applied to Henry James, but this story has about it an attractively lighthearted quality. It tells of…
Historical Tales
Read by Kalynda
Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews
Volume VI of a series containing anecdotes and stories, some well-known, others less so, of particular countries. This fifth volume covers t…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue
Read by Abigail Rasmussen
Laura Lee Hope
This book follows the adventures of Bunny Brown, a 6-year old lively little boy, and his Sister Sue, a happy 5-year old little girl. You wil…
Monsieur Lecoq
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Émile Gaboriau
Monsieur Lecoq is a captivating mystery, historical and love story :Around 11 o'clock, on the evening of Shrove Sunday 18.., close to the ol…
The Girls of St. Wode's
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L. T. Meade
This is a story about the life of a school girl. The story centres around the girls' college of St. Wode's, Wingfield. This is the place in …
Reuben Sachs
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
Amy Levy
Reuben Sachs is a London lawyer whose political aspirations do not include marriage to Judith Quixano, the daughter of a respectable but une…
Winsome Winnie
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Stephen Leacock
Eight silly stories by Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by Tricia G)
Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp
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Annie Roe Carr
A school girl story about two Illinois teens and the adventures they have with family, friends and the chance to go to a boarding school in …
Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Mark Twain
In the afterlife grizzled sea captain Eli Stormfield finds himself piloting a ship to heaven. Despite a detour and some navigation errors he…
Teddy's Button
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Amy Le Feuvre
Teddy loves to tell the story of how his father heroically died on the battlefield and guards his button jealously. But this brings contenti…
Dorothy Dale At Glenwood School
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Margaret Penrose
The second book in the Dorothy Dale series, in which Dorothy and her friends have an unfortunate encounter, which has long-lasting implicati…
What Sami Sings With The Birds
Read by Daryl Wor
Johanna Spyri
Old Mary Ann has done her best to bring up her son on her own. Like other relatives, her son has a longing to travel off over the mountains.…
Birches
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Robert Frost
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Birches by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010.