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The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 1: The Three Musketeers (version 3)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
The d'Artagnan Romances are six volumes that intertwine exciting events (real and fictionalized) from 17th-century Europe and the life of th…
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 2: Twenty Years After (version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Volume 2 of The d'Artagnan Romances begins twenty years after "The Three Musketeers." Since then, d'Artagnan's career has stagnate…
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…
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 1: The Vicomte de Bragelonne: Ten Years La…
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. The first begins in 1660, ten years after Volume 2, with d’Artagnan as Lieu…
The d'Artagnan Romances, Vol 3, Part 3: The Man in the Iron Mask (version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
Volume 3 of The d'Artagnan Romances is divided into three parts. In this, the final part, d’Artagnan’s fortune is near its height; having be…
The House on the Borderland (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
William Hope Hodgson
This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of “cosmic” horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his grea…
Short Stories (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…
Moral letters to Lucilius (Epistulae morales ad Lucilium)
Read by John Van Stan
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger’s letters to his friend, Lucilius Junior, appear to have been written with a broad audience in mind. These letters introd…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 1: Balsamo, The Magician
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This is the first volume of Dumas' Marie Antoinette Romances (also called "The Memoirs of a Physician"). This historical fiction c…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes o…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None (version 2) (includes annotatio…
Read by John Van Stan
Friedrich Nietzsche
The modern British philosopher, Anthony M. Ludovici, said that this text “is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum.” However, he warns the …
Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus (Version 4)
Read by John Van Stan
Mary Shelley
This is a classic (gothic) horror story, and one of the earliest examples of science fiction. The main characters are Dr. Frankenstein and h…
Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 4: Taking the Bastile
Read by John Van Stan
Alexandre Dumas
This 4th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins several years after the close of "The Queen’s Necklace.” It describes the event…
Some Short Christmas Stories
Read by John Van Stan
Charles Dickens
Here are some classic, short Christmas stories from Charles Dickens, who, one may easily argue, was the greatest Christmas storyteller to da…
The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny
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Alexandre Dumas
This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI a…
The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Friedrich Nietzsche
This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, …
Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragm…
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Friedrich Nietzsche
These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche's day. He states that "This book is intended for calm readers, for those who ha…
Black Star Passes
Read by John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell Jr.
Follow along with Arcot, Morey, and Wade as they discover a revolutionary form of propulsion, visit our neighboring planets, and go up again…