Historical Fiction

The Doctor, his Wife, and the Clock

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Crln Yldz Ksr 4.2
A man has been shot dead in his house. Ebenezer Gryce is on the case, but he has no leads, no witnesses, no evidence -- until he decides to …

Gods of the North

by Robert E. Howard Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
"The Frost-Giant's Daughter" is, arguably the earliest chronological story by Robert E. Howard in terms of Conan's life. The brief…

The Vicomte De Bragelonne

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In the final installment of Alexandre Dumas' celebrated Musketeer saga, The Vicomte de Bragelonne picks up the story of Athos, Porthos, Aram…

I Will Repay

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by Annie Kirkpatrick 4.1
I Will Repay is the thrilling sequel to The Scarlet Pimpernel, continuing the adventures of the enigmatic hero, Sir Percy Blakeney. Set agai…

Under Western Eyes

by Joseph Conrad Read by Expatriate 4.5
Under Western Eyes (1911) is a novel by Joseph Conrad. The novel takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and Geneva, Switzerland, and is vie…

Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed…

Otto of the Silver Hand

by Howard Pyle Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The story of little Otto, a gentle, peace-loving child born into the heart of turmoil and strife in the castle of a feuding robber baron in …

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The story centers on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this un…

Dracula

by Bram Stoker Read by Peter John Keeble 4.7
Dracula as written by Bram Stoker in 1897 was not the first depiction of vampires and other such creatures, Gothic horror stories had been a…

The Hermit of ---- Street

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Laura Victoria 4.2
Delight Hunter spends her days looking out of her window at her handsome but very mysterious and reclusive next door neighbor. She walks st…

Of Mice And Men

by John Steinbeck 4.8
Of Mice and Men is a dramatization of John Steinbeck's seminal 1937 novel about migrant workers in 1930s California whose dream of one day o…

The Call of the Wild

by Jack London Read by Phil Chenevert 4.8
The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period…

Before Adam

by Jack London Read by Tom Weiss 4.3
Before Adam is a mixture of sound science and sci-fi speculation. It is based around Darwin's theory of evolution and the idea of racial mem…

The Yellow House

by E. Phillips Oppenheim Read by Sharon Kilmer 4.3
In a tranquil country village, a vicar and his two daughters seek a fresh start, only to find their new neighbor in the enigmatic yellow hou…

La Corte de Carlos IV

by Benito Pérez Galdós Read by Tux 4.7
La Corte de Carlos IV es el segundo de la primera serie de los 46 Episodios Nacionales, escritos por Benito Pérez Galdós, que …

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens Read by Bob Neufeld 4.7
A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 mill…

Waverley

by Sir Walter Scott Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Waverley is set during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, which sought to restore the Stuart dynasty in the person of Charles Edward Stuart (or…

Uncle Tom's Cabin

by Harriet Beecher Stowe Read by Larraine Paquette 4.6
This is a deeply moving novel centered around the lives of Uncle Tom and others and which very effectively portrays the suffering caused by …

La Regenta

by Leopoldo Garcia Alas Read by Epachuko 4.7
"La Regenta" está considerada la mejor novela española del siglo XIX y una de las más importantes novelas de …

Can You Forgive Her?

by Anthony Trollope Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
“Can You Forgive Her?” is the first in a series of six Trollope novels dealing broadly with 19th Century English political scene. It introdu…

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