Historical Fiction
Robert Elsmere
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Essentially the book covers the life of Robert Elsmere, a boyishly intellectual clergyman. The first part covers his meeting with and eventu…
The Able McLaughlins
Read by Warren Kati
Margaret Wilson
The Able McLaughlins won the Pulitzer Prize for a novel in 1924 in Margaret Wilson's debut work. Aptly described as "Little House on th…
The Last Galley
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
From the Preface:I HAVE written "Impressions and Tales" upon the title-page of this volume, because I have included within the sam…
Mr. Wicker's Window
Read by Arthur Piantadosi
Carley Dawson
When Christopher Mason walked into Mr. Wicker's antique shop, he had no idea he would soon be embarking on a marvellous journey to China to …
The Brethren
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H. Rider Haggard
A tale of love, romance and chivalry set amongst the backdrop of the climactic months before the opening of the Kings' Crusade. Two English…
The Inheritance
Read by Jim Locke
Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier
"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, t…
Lady Rose's Daughter
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
Julie le Breton is the illegitimate daughter of Lady Rose, who severed her relations with her aristocratic family when she had the baby and …
The Hohenzollerns in America
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Stephen Leacock
More stories by Canadian Stephen Leacock. Some of these stories carry over characters introduced in Further Foolishness. Some stories are hu…
A Deal in Wheat
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Frank Norris
This collection of Frank Norris' stories was published after his death in 1902. These stories range in topic from the machinations of the co…
The First Sir Percy
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Baroness Emma Orczy
Sequel to The Laughing Cavalier, The First Sir Percy picks up the cavalier’s story three months later. The second novel in Baroness Orczy’s …
The Sworn Brothers
Read by Rita Boutros
Gunnar Gunnarsson
This is the story of the close but sometimes contentious relationship of two young Icelandic kinsman who elect to undergo the solemn ceremon…
Warriors of Old Japan
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Yei Theodora Ozaki
This is a collection of stories featuring members of the Samurai - the warrior class of old Japan, rendered into English by Yei Theodora Oza…
Virgin Soil
Read by Peter Tucker
Ivan Turgenev
Turgenev's last and longest novel presents the story of a group of young people in late nineteenth century Russia, who because of disillusio…
Wisdom's Daughter
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H. Rider Haggard
A strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. Its translator discovers that whi…
The Courtship of Susan Bell
Read by Simon Evers
Anthony Trollope
Susan lives with her overbearing sister in a boarding house in Saratoga Springs run by their timid mother. A knock on the door brings an une…
The Shooting Party
Read by Bryn Roberts
Anton Chekhov
"The Shooting Party" is a mystery, set in the Russian countryside. The story revolves around the murder of a beautiful young woman…
St. George and St. Michael
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George MacDonald
’St. George and St. Michael’ is a little-known historical romance telling the story of a young couple who find themselves on opposing sides …
The Surgeon's Daughter
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Sir Walter Scott
The Surgeon's Daughter is an historical novel, originally part of the Chronicles of the Canongate stories, later published on its own, in 18…
Love and a Bottle
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George Farquhar
This play was produced in 1698 at Drury Lane Theatre. From the bustle of its plot, the variety of its incidents, and the sustained humour of…
The Fair Maid of Perth
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Sir Walter Scott
Henry Gow has fallen in love with the Fair Maid of Perth, Catherine, the glovemaker's daughter. To make sure that he would be the first pers…