Romance
Toilers of the Sea
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Victor Hugo
This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that N…
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Read by John W. Michaels
George W. Ogden
An exciting tale of gun play, brave deeds and romance as Jerry Lambert, the "Duke" tries to protect the ranch of the lovely and ch…
The Lamplighter
Read by Bridget Gaige
Maria Susanna Cummins
Gertrude began life as an abused child in the care of Nan Grant, a cold and cruel woman. The only human character who was kind to her was th…
Adam Bede
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George Eliot
Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously,…
The Pretty Lady
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
‘The Pretty Lady’ is considered to be one of Bennett's most revealing and under-rated works. It is the story of a French prostitute, Christi…
Running Water
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
A. E. W. Mason
Although A.E.W. Mason is best known for The Four Feathers, an adventure novel of 1902 set in Egypt and the Sudan (and filmed several times),…
The Scottish Chiefs
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Jane Porter
An adventure novel about William Wallace, one of the most popular books ever written by Jane Porter. The French version was even banned by N…
Jo's Boys (version 2 Dramatic Reading)
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Louisa May Alcott
Jo’s little men and women are grown up and entering new stages of life. Along with discovering their individual niches, there are lots of le…
He Knew He Was Right
Read by Arielle Lipshaw
Anthony Trollope
He Knew He Was Right is a 1869 novel written by Anthony Trollope which describes the failure of a marriage caused by the unreasonable jealou…
Miss or Mrs.?
Read by Jacquerie
Wilkie Collins
Natalie Graybrooke is in love with her cousin Launcelot Linzie, but engaged to Mr. Turlington, an older man who covets her fortune and whom …
Nomads of the North
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
An unlikely pair were Neewa, the black bear cub who had been orphaned at a young age, and Miki, part Mackenzie hound, part Airedale and Spit…
The White Linen Nurse (version 2)
Read by MaryAnn
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Throughout three years of school, Rae Malgregor had been perfectly pliant, perfectly compliant to all the demands placed on her. But now, o…
The New Life (La vita nuova)
Read by Mary J
Dante Alighieri
One of Dante's earliest works, La vita nuova or La vita nova (The New Life) is in a prosimetrum style, a combination of prose and verse, and…
Camille
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Alexandre Dumas
The Lady of the Camellias (French: La Dame aux camélias) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils, first published in 1848, that was subse…
Dawn
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Eleanor H. Porter
Dawn (also known in England as "Keith’s Dark Tower"), was published in 1919, and is set during World War I. Keith Burton is going …
The Four Feathers
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A. E. W. Mason
The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A.E.W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title.The novel tells th…
The Small House at Allington
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Anthony Trollope
Fifth novel in the Barsetshire series, The Small House at Allington is largely focused on the Small House's inhabitants, Mrs. Dale and her t…
Rupert of Hentzau
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Anthony Hope
This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of th…
The Covered Wagon
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Emerson Hough
"Look at 'em come, Jesse! More and more! Must be forty or fifty families." This is an old-fashioned adventure tale set on the Oreg…
Northwest!
Read by Roger Melin
Harold Bindloss
Northwest! takes place in western Canada, primarily western Alberta and British Columbia. The story revolves around Jimmy not being sure whe…