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Candide (version 3)

Read by John Van Stan


Voltaire


Ever since 1759, when Voltaire wrote "Candide" in ridicule of the notion that this is the best of all possible worlds, this world …

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…

Myths and Legends of the Great Plains

Read by Kyle Van DeGlast


Katharine Berry Judson


Myths and Legends of the Great Plains is a compendium of myths and legends from the Great Plains region of the US. It includes many short st…

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…

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…

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…

The Forty-Five Guardsmen

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The sequel to "Chicot the Jester" and final book of the "Valois Romances." This story begins six years after the famed &…

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, …

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1: The Borgias and the Cenci (version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

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…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 5: Part 1: Desrues

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Alexandre Dumas


This story chronicles the crimes of Antoine-Francois Desrues (also called "Derues") from his childhood to his execution. Desrues c…

Het Ontstaan der Soorten

Read by Jozef van Giel


Charles Darwin


Het ontstaan der soorten (Engels: The Origin of Species) is het bekendste boek van de Britse bioloog Charles Darwin. In het boek zet Darwin …

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…

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…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 4: Part 2: Urbain Grandier (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas


This is the dramatic story of Urbain Grandier, a catholic priest, who had a reputation to rival that of Casanova, which ultimately led to hi…

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…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 1: Ali Pacha

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Ali Tepeleni, Pacha of Janina, rose to power during the early 1800s in one of the Ottoman Empire’s most unruly territories (Albania). His fe…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 1: Joan of Naples

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Alexandre Dumas


The celebrated crimes committed during the life of Joan (Joanna I) of Naples span from personal misdeeds (adulteries and mariticide) to regi…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 2: Countess de Saint-Geran

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Alexandre Dumas


This story details the crimes and trial surrounding the unexpected pregnancy and subsequent childbirth of the Countess de Saint-Geran in 164…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 6: Part 2: The Man in the Iron Mask

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


In the late 1600s a man was doubly-imprisoned: his body in an iron cell and his face in an iron mask. Who the “man in the iron mask” was, wh…

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