Drama

Scenes of Clerical Life

by George Eliot Read by Bruce Pirie 4.8
Scenes of Clerical Life, which appeared in book form in 1858 (after serial publication in the previous year), was the first published fictio…

The Duke's Children

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
In the last of the six Palliser novels, the sudden death of his wife, Lady Glencora, leaves Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium, findin…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is set three years after the detective fell to his death in the Reichenbach Falls in his final struggle with M…

The Picture Of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde Read by Bob Neufeld 4.7
The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 Ju…

Titus

by Florence Morse Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Titus: A Comrade of the cross is a book full of suspense and drama, but more importantly truth. It is about Titus, a young man living in the…

The Monk

by Matthew Lewis Read by James K. White 4.5
Matthew Gregory Lewis's The Monk: A Romance is a story of frustrated and unrequited desire between mentor and pupil mixed with elements of t…

Crime Classics

Read by Thomas Hyland 4.6
Crime Classics came to CBS on September 30, 1953, and was a captivating series of true crime stories. The show introduced itself succinctly:…

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 4.4
Welcome to the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, a captivating series that brings thrilling tales of mystery and suspense to life. This collection …

The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Nietzsche Read by John Van Stan 4.7
This is one of Nietzsche's early academic writings - a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek theatre, specifically tragedies. In a nutshell, …

This Side of Paradise

by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read by Mark F. Smith 4.1
Amory Blaine grew up in a wealthy family and was given an Ivy League education. Without a need to learn a profession, he chiefly dabbled in …

CBS Radio Workshop

by CBS Radio Workshop 4.7
CBS Radio Workshop was a revival of the Columbia Workshop of the late thirties. All 86 episodes survive today. The series aired from January…

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Sara Crewe is a very intelligent, polite, and creative young girl. Born to a wealthy soldier in India, Sara was brought all the way to Londo…

Persuasion

by Jane Austen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
More than eight years before the novel opens, Anne Elliot, then a lovely, thoughtful, warm-hearted 19 year old, accepted a proposal of marri…

Ethan Frome

by Edith Wharton Read by Bob Neufeld 4.7
Ethan Frome is a poignant exploration of unfulfilled dreams and the harsh realities of life in a small New England town. Set in the fictiona…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Read by Adrian Praetzellis 4.7
One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by convent…

What Maisie Knew

by Henry James Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.1
What Maisie Knew is a poignant exploration of childhood innocence amidst the turmoil of adult relationships. When young Maisie Farange is ca…

Bunner Sisters

by Edith Wharton Read by Margaret Espaillat 4.5
“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverish…

CBS Radio Mystery Theater

by CBS Radio Mystery Theater 4.4
Enjoy 15 thrilling episodes from the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. This collection brings you captivating stories filled with suspense and intr…

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Few plays have been seen as a more fitting conclusion to a playwright's career than Shakespeare's The Tempest. Focusing on the aging sorcere…

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…

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