Literary Fiction
The Papers
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Today the world is awash with “celebrities” whose only accomplishment is being celebrated by the media in all its various forms. Henry James…
Peccavi
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
E. W. Hornung
How does a man who as committed a heavy sin — not a crime, but a sin with terrible consequences — atone for his behaviour? What if the man i…
Under the Shadow of Etna: Sicilian Stories
Read by Mary J
Giovanni Verga
The short stories of Giovanni Verga, one of the leading authors of Italian verismo, or realism, tell mostly of working-class characters in r…
The Good Soldier (Version 2)
Read by Peter Dann
Ford Madox Ford
First published in 1915, The Good Soldier might be characterised as a melodrama of English upper class infidelities, cut into little pieces,…
Memorias de Martha
Read by Rachel Moraes
Júlia Lopes De Almeida
Memórias que mesclam pobreza, sujidade, fome crônica, trabalho à exaustão, inveja, ciúme, degradaç&…
Island Nights' Entertainments
Read by Tony Addison
Robert Louis Stevenson
A marvelous depiction of two sides of South Sea Islands' life through three separate tales. One, the experience of the incoming British kee…
Another Study of Woman
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Honoré de Balzac
A series of tales -- told by men, of course -- about women. Though the book first appeared in 1842, Balzac later added to it as an addenfum …
The Temptation Of St. Anthony
Read by Tony Addison
Gustave Flaubert
An extraordinary work of the aesthetic imagination, cast in the form of a psycho-drama detailing the events of one night in the life of the …
Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Egon Erwin Kisch
Egon Erwin Kisch, auch bekannt als „der rasende Reporter“, erzählt hier in kleinen Reportagen Begebenheiten aus Prag. Informationen aus…
A Dozen Short Stories from H. G. Wells
Read by Krista Zaleski
H. G. Wells
Twelve of H. G. Wells' early short stories (1894-1925) originally printed in various magazines and papers. His earlier works delve into the …
The Flaw in the Crystal
Read by Expatriate
May Sinclair
One of May Sinclair’s “uncanny” stories, this novella explores many of Sinclair’s most treasured themes: the bounds of marriage, the conflic…
Weird Tales, Volume 1
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
E. T. A. Hoffmann
These stories form the first volume of the renowned Tales of Hoffman. They are fantasies with hints of the supernatural—quintessential Roman…
Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis
Read by Davide
Ugo Foscolo
La vicenda trae origine dal suicidio di Girolamo Ortis, uno studente universitario nato a Vito d'Asio (Pordenone) il 13 maggio 1773 e morto …
Anthem (Version 5)
Read by Peter Kuhn
Ayn Rand
Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom…
William, An Englishman
Read by Expatriate
Cicely Hamilton
William – an Englishman is a 1919 novel by Cicely Hamilton. The novel explores the effect of the First World War on a married couple during …
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 Great Gatsby (Version 3)
Read by Scotty Smith
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A novel set in the roaring 20's follows Nick Carroway, a young, single veteran turned bond salesman as he is thrust into the high society of…
The Bohemians of the Latin Quarter
Read by Expatriate
Henry Murger and Henri Murger
As much as any other work of literature, Henri Murger’s 1851 collection of witty sketches Scènes de la vie de bohème shaped th…
A Christmas Carol (Version 11)
Read by John Van Stan
Charles Dickens
The classic Christmas story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley an…
Arrowsmith
Read by Lee Smalley
Sinclair Lewis
This 1926 Pulitzer Prize winning novel centers on the title character, a promising medical student who, as a doctor and following several in…