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The Valley of Fear (Version 2)

Read by Alisson Veldhuis

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

John Douglas has been murdered at Birlstone manner, but Sherlock Holmes' main concern is the missing dumbell in the murder room. This fourth…

The Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)

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Thomas Hardy

In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 2)

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Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, "A Pure Woman," is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by h…

The Last Day of a Condemned

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Victor Hugo

A man who has been condemned to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not bet…

WHEN OLD MR. GOPHER FIRST GOT POCKETS

In Mother West Wind "When" Stories

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Thornton W. Burgess

Thornton Burgess gives us a collection of stories about the animals, explaining 'when' they got their peculiar traits. As usual the stories…

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In Toilers of the Sea

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Victor Hugo

This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that N…

Chapter LXXXI - The Room of the Retired Baker

In The Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

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Alexandre Dumas

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just bef…