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Ruth

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) 4.5
The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fall…

Ester Ried's Namesake

by Pansy Read by TriciaG 4.7
In Ester Ried's Namesake, Esther Ried Randall grapples with the weight of her name and the expectations that come with it. As she navigates …

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 4.5
Enjoy 15 thrilling episodes from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. This classic radio series brings to life a variety of intriguing stories fil…

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 4.8
Enjoy 15 thrilling episodes from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. This classic series brings to life a variety of intriguing stories, filled w…

The Warden

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Amongst the great popular novelists of the nineteenth century who are still read today, Anthony Trollope stands alongside his contemporary, …

Run to Earth

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Read by Gail Mattern 4.4
Run to Earth is a riveting Victorian sensation novel that weaves a tale of intrigue and passion. Set against the backdrop of a society rife …

In His Steps

by Charles Monroe Sheldon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
After a strange event at the Raymond First Church, Reverend Henry Maxwell asks his congregation a startling question: Will they pledge to tr…

The Honor of the Big Snows

by James Oliver Curwood Read by Roger Melin 4.5
What unseen force may have brought young Jan Thoreau and his music from out of the barren lands into the remote camp of Lac Bain, forever ch…

Ward No. 6

by Anton Chekhov Read by Expatriate 4.6
The line between sanity and insanity is blurred in this classic novella by Anton Chekhov. The disillusioned idealist Dr. Rabin is in charge…

The Woman Who Did

by Grant Allen Read by Ruth Golding 4.5
Most times, especially in the time when this book was written (1895), it is just as nature and society would wish: a man and woman "fal…

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest is subtitled "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People," and has proved immensely popular…

Kilmeny of the Orchard

by Lucy Maud Montgomery Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
A short and sweet romance by the author of "Anne of Green Gables", Kilmeny of the Orchard is a story about a schoolteacher (Eric) …

A Laodicean

by Thomas Hardy Read by Simon Evers 4.5
The Laodicean (someone whose religious beliefs are “lukewarm”) of the title is Paula Power who bought the ancient castle De Stancy which she…

The Dawn of a To-morrow

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Linda Andrus 4.4
A wealthy London business man takes a room in a poor part of the city.He is depressed and has decided to take his life by going the next day…

Bindle

by Herbert George Jenkins Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.6
Herbert Jenkins' most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a humorous novel in 1916 and in a number of se…

Aurora Floyd

by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Aurora Floyd, the daughter of a rich banker and an actress, could not have had a better start: back from a finishing school in Paris, she is…

Pygmalion

by George Bernard Shaw Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Pygmalion (1913) is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. It tells the story of Henry Higgins, a professor…

Orley Farm

by Anthony Trollope Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 4.5
Orley Farm is Trollope at his best (as good as the Barsetshire series), which means some of the best characterizations in the English langua…

The Financier

by Theodore Dreiser Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 4.7
In Philadelphia, Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money by buying cheap soaps on the market and selling it back w…

The Aspern Papers

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4.5
One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, bu…

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