General Fiction
The Riddle of the Frozen Flame
Read by Ruth Golding
Thomas W. Hanshew
Another full-length mystery story featuring Hamilton Cleek, whom we met first in Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces. This time, Cleek investi…
Rastignac The Devil
Read by Gregg Margarite (1957-2012)
Philip José Farmer
French colonists on a planet ruled by reptiles and amphibians are forced to wear living “skins” that subdue aggression and enforce vegetaria…
The Return of the Native
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Thomas Hardy
Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Vic…
The Pearl of Orr's Island
Read by Bridget Gaige
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Go on a journey to the coast of Maine and immerse yourself in the picturesque community on Orr’s Island. See the raindrops glistening on the…
American History Stories
Read by Kalynda
Mara L. Pratt
A children's book detailing early American history from the Norsemen to the Revolution, meant for educational use.
Flower of the North
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
Flower of the North finds Philip Whittemore on an adventure which takes him up the Churchill River of northern Canada to a land which he tho…
The Enchanted April
Read by Diana Kiesners
Elizabeth Von Arnim
It’s a dreary February in post-World War I London when Mrs. Wilkins spots an advertisement in The Times for a small Italian castle for rent …
The Sign of Silence
Read by Tom Weiss
William Le Queux
Edward Royle is the head of a well-known chemical manufacturer in England, which he has inherited. He is engaged to the daughter of his fath…
The Parasite
Read by Delmar H Dolbier
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only…
The Hand of Ethelberta
Read by Simon Evers
Thomas Hardy
Ethelberta was raised in humble circumstances but became a governess and consequently, at the age of 18, married well. However, her husband …
No Name
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Wilkie Collins
The story begins in 1846, at Combe-Raven in West Somersetshire, the country residence of the happy Vanstone family. When Andrew Vanstone is …
An Outcast Of The Islands
Read by Tom Weiss
Joseph Conrad
An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the…
New Arabian Nights
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Robert Louis Stevenson
New Arabian Nights is a collection of short stories which include Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest fiction as well as those considered his …
Eugene Onéguine
Read by MaryAnn
Alexander Pushkin
Eugene Oneguine is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary h…
Best Russian Short Stories
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Varioustranslated Bythomas Seltzer and Varioustranslated By Thomas Seltzer
In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th c…
The Opal Serpent
Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022)
Fergus Hume
An old pawnbroker is found strangled with his lips pinned together with an opal serpent broach. He has a beautiful daughter who is apparentl…
Black Beauty
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Anna Sewell
The same beloved story of the adventures of a young horse that we all know and love, but rewritten by the author for young people. All of th…
The Golden Snare
Read by Roger Melin
James Oliver Curwood
With but two years of service in the RNMP Philip Raine finds himself somewhat unwillingly on the trail of Bram Johnson, wanted for murder an…
Aphorisms
Read by Carl Manchester
Oscar Wilde
In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Sa…
Discoverers and Explorers
Read by Laura Caldwell
Edward R. Shaw
Tales of the brave and daring explorers that ventured into the unknown "Sea of Darkness" where it was thought monsters and angry g…