Historical Fiction

Through Russian Snows

by G. A. Henty Read by Gary Olman 4.4
There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the eno…

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where…

Historias de Detectives

by Gaston Leroux, Baroness Emma Orczy, Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain Read by Victor Villarraza 4.6
La ficción detectivesca es un subgénero de la novela negra, y paradójicamente también su antecesor. Básic…

L'île mystérieuse

by Jules Verne Read by Zeckou 4.9
1865. La guerre de sécession est aux portes de Richmond. Prisonniers, cinq personnages dérobent un ballon pour fuir la captivi…

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.6
Treasure Island is an adventure novel narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". Traditionally considered a coming-of-age s…

The Odyssey

by Homer Read by Mark Nelson 4.8
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic.…

Sister Simon's Murder Case

by Margaret Ann Hubbard Read by Maria Therese 4.2
Set in the picturesque wilds of a Midwestern resort town at the height of the tourist season, Sister Simon’s Murder case begins with the mur…

Das Fräulein von Scuderi

by E. T. A. Hoffmann Read by Hokuspokus 4.6
Eine Erzählung aus dem Zeitalter Ludwig des Vierzehnten.Eine Mordbande geht um in Paris. Unbekannte Täter lauern reichen Herren au…

Murder at St. Dennis

by Margaret Ann Hubbard Read by Maria Therese 4.2
In the shadowy halls of St. Dennis Hospital, a cunning killer lurks, turning the once-peaceful institution into a scene of dread. As the bod…

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4.5
Language: EnglishThe Great Gatsby follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the sum…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Read by Alisson Veldhuis 4.7
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…

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, …

The Terrible Business of Salmon & Dusk

by Myke Bartlett Read by Myke Bartlett 4.5
Theo Braithwaite, failed actress and worse waitress, is a stranger to London. In a single day, she loses her job, her boyfriend and quite po…

In Freedom's Cause

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
In Freedom's Cause transports listeners to the tumultuous era of the Scottish Wars of Independence, where the legendary figures of Robert Br…

True to the Old Flag

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
True to the Old Flag invites listeners into the tumultuous world of the American War of Independence, told from a unique perspective—the Bri…

El Crimen del Padre Amaro

by José Maria De Eça De Queirós Read by Victor Villarraza 4.7
El crimen del padre Amaro (título original portugués O Crime do Padre Amaro: cenas da vida devota) es una novela del escritor …

The Romance of the Forest

by Ann Radcliffe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural …

King Henry IV

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
King Henry IV, Part 1 is the second of Shakespeare’s eight Wars of the Roses history plays, with events following those of King Richard II. …

The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sed…

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Expatriate 4.7
"Crime and Punishment" is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal "T…

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