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Louis Lambert

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Honoré de Balzac


Louis Lambert is an 1832 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), included in the Études philosop…

Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Varioustranslated Bybabette Deutsch


This volume...aims to present the lyrical poetry of Russian for the last hundred years by a selection of poems translated by the editors...T…

The Chronicles of Count Antonio

Read by Brett W. Downey


Anthony Hope


How it fell out that Count Antonio, a man of high lineage, forsook the service of his Prince, disdained the obligation of his rank, set law …

The Exploits of Juve

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Marcel Allain


Fantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, F…

A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Bill Nye


Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…

The Tinted Venus

Read by Don W. Jenkins


F. Anstey


When a young newly engaged man finds himself bound for an amusement garden with an old flame, not his fiancee, it is not surprising that he …

Collected Shorts

Read by John W. Warnock


John W. Warnock


Nineteen short stories cover the gamut from humor to horror. Meet ghosts, ghouls and goofballs in this expansive collection of tales ranging…

Idle Days in Patagonia

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


William Henry Hudson


Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

Plunkitt of Tammany Hall

Read by John W. Michaels


George Washington Plunkitt


"I seen my opportunities and I took 'em.", George Washington Plunkitt of Tamminy Hall. There's good graft and bad graft according …

T'Aragam: the Max Ransome Chronicles, Book One

Read by Jack W. Regan


Jack W. Regan


Young Max Ransome watched his father die, killed by marauding phantors as they swept through T'Aragam at the bidding of the evil wizard Zado…

Kriloff's Fables

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Ivan Krylov


Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from …

A Christmas Carol (version 10)

Read by W. Blaine Dowler


Charles Dickens


Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four spirits on Christmas Eve, and it changes his life forever. - Summary by W. Blaine Dowler

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (version 5)

Read by W. Blaine Dowler


L. Frank Baum


The story that started it all, and inspired plays, movies, and more. Young Dorothy Gale is whisked away to a magical land, meets wonderful f…

History and Records of the Elephant Club

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Q. K. Philander Doesticks


Mortimer Q. Thomson (September 2, 1832 – June 25, 1875) was an American journalist and humorist who wrote under the pseudonym …

A Bayard from Bengal

Read by Don W. Jenkins


F. Anstey


The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manne…

How a British Subject Became President of the United States

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Arthur P. Hinman


In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operati…

A Deal in Wheat and other Stories of the New and Old West

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…

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War

Read by Don W. Jenkins


Finley Peter Dunne


In Chicago lay a street called Archey Road, which stretched through a neighborhood which was mostly Irish immigrants, among whom was Martin …

Voces Populi

Read by Don W. Jenkins


F. Anstey


F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…

Mr. Punch's Model Music-hall Songs & Dramas

Read by Don W. Jenkins


F. Anstey


F. Anstey was the nom de plume of Thomas Anstey Guthrie, a Londoner who was trained for the bar but found success as a writer of humorous pi…

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