Romance

The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Various


The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…

Secresy, or, the Ruin on the Rock

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Eliza Fenwick


This is the story of Caroline and Sibella, two female friends. Strong and smart women who try to make it in a man's world while keeping thei…

The Nether World

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


George Gissing


This sad social novel revolves around the problematic issue of money. Michael returns from Australia to London a rich man. However, he hides…

Barbara in Brittany

Read by Sibella Denton


E. A. Gillie


Barbara, an English girl and the eldest of her family, spends most days helping her widowed mother care for her younger siblings. Then disas…

Graustark

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


George Barr Mccutcheon


The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda,…

Lovers' Vows

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Elizabeth Inchbald


Lovers' Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for having been featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (18…

The Pretty Sister Of José

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Frances Hodgson Burnett


Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popul…

Five O'Clock Tea

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


William Dean Howells


A light-hearted romantic comedy in twelve short scenes, set during a tea party in the home of Mrs. Amy Somers, a widow who is courted by the…

Star Struck

Read by Emmy Z. Madrigal


Emmy Z. Madrigal


Three days is not very long, but to Victoria, who’s been away from her new love Rob Malloy, it seems like forever. Returning from Colorado, …

The Father

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


August Strindberg


The Father is a naturalistic drama by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The central conflict is between the Captain and his wife Laura a…

A Daughter Of The Vine

Read by Lynne T


Gertrude Atherton


We are introduced to Englishman Dudley Thorpe on the evening of his arrival in California. At a ball, he is introduced to several belles, in…

Ollanta - Drama Quichua en Tres Actos y en Verso

Read by KendalRigans


Unknown


Ollantay u Ollántay es un drama escrito originalmente en quechua colonial, considerado por unos como de origen incaico —y como tal la…

隣の嫁 (Tonari no Yome)

Read by ekzemplaro


Sachio Itō


農家の次男である省作は、最近、家で農作業をするようになった。その為、稲刈りなども、他の者と較べて遅い。隣家と共同で稲刈りをした時、隣家の嫁である「おとよ」さんが、助けてくれた。「おとよ」さんは、仲人に欺かれた形で、嫁に着たが、隣りの、省作に段々と引かれていく。 省作も「おとよ」さ…

Memorias de Martha

Read by Rachel Moraes


Júlia Lopes De Almeida


Memórias que mesclam pobreza, sujidade, fome crônica, trabalho à exaustão, inveja, ciúme, degradaç&…

1891 Collection

Read by Bellona Times


Various


A look at the year 1891 through literature and non-fiction essays first published that year, including works by Mary E Wilkins, Sir Arthur C…

The Last Egyptian

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


L. Frank Baum


Published anonymously during Baum's lifetime as he did not want his adult adventure stories to detract from his children's fantasy stories, …

The Fortunate Youth

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


William John Locke


Paul is a poor boy who grew up in London, in the household of his mother and stepfather. His journey to greatness is the subject of our stor…

Concerning Isabel Carnaby

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler and Edith Henrietta Fowler


Isabel Carnaby returns from India. She starts looking for a place in upper class British society. At the begining, people are sceptical of h…

Harrington

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Maria Edgeworth


Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…

< 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 >