Published 1900 onward

Mr. Britling Sees It Through

Read by Peter Eastman


H. G. Wells


"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" is H. G. Wells' attempt to make sense of World War I. It begins with a lighthearted account of an …

坊っちゃん (Botchan)

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Sōseki Natsume


物理学校を卒業した坊ちゃんは、松山の中学へ、数学の教師として赴任する。さっそく、同僚にあだ名をつけた、校長は、狸。教頭は、赤シャツ。数学の主任は、山嵐。赤シャツの子分の画学の教師は、野だ。赤シャツに許嫁を奪われかかっている英語の教師は、うらなり。うらなり先生は、九州の延岡へ転勤さ…

City of Endless Night

Read by Kate Follis


Milo Hastings


An example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, "City of Endless Night" imagines a future with a …

Miss Philura's Wedding Gown

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


Follow-up to "The Transfiguration of Miss Philura"....will the conviction of mild-mannered Miss Philura that "Ask and you hav…

The Flirt

Read by Lee Smalley


Booth Tarkington


Laura and Cora Madison and their younger brother Hedrick live with their parents in a Midwestern American town that is fairly bursting with …

The Night Club

Read by Lee Smalley


Herbert George Jenkins


This work of fiction by Herbert Jenkins (1876-1923) features one of his best-loved comic characters, the affable Cockney, Joseph Bindle. It …

The Pink Shop

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Fergus Hume


The Pink Shop operates outside the limits of the law by a mysterious woman concealed under a black veil. Follow the twists and turns as you …

Flametti, oder Vom Dandyismus der Armen

Read by Eva K.


Hugo Ball


Der Auf- und Untergang eines Sterns am Züricher Varieté-Himmel, nämlich der von Max Flametti, wird hier beschrieben. Charma…

The Heart of Philura

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women worki…

Novelle per un Anno, vol. 12: Il Viaggio

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Luigi Pirandello


Novelle per un anno è una raccolta di 241 novelle scritte da Luigi Pirandello. Originariamente sono state pubblicate sul Corriere del…

Love in a Mask, or Imprudence and Happiness

Read by Lee Smalley


Honoré de Balzac


Love in a Mask, or Imprudence and Happiness, is an entertaining short novel by Honoré de Balzac, unpublished in his lifetime. Beginni…

A Far Country

Read by Kate Follis


Winston Churchill


The book follows the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood, and how his profession as a corporation lawyer gradually changes his values…

Jaffery

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The book follows the lives of Hilary, the narrator, and three of his friends whom he met at Cambridge. One soon dies - another (Adrian) writ…

The Terror: A Mystery

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Arthur Machen


In rural England during the time of war, a rash of unsolved murders spawns conspiracy theories, paranoia, and fear as they search for a cul…

Neighbors

Read by Anne Fletcher


Florence Morse Kingsley


The final story featuring the inhabitants of the growing township of Innisfield: Mrs Philura Pettibone’s story reaches its long-awaited conc…

Betty Baird's Ventures

Read by Holly Jenson


Anna Hamlin Weikel


Betty has graduated from the Pines and is now with her parents at their new home on Long Island. When Betty finds out that her father is hav…

Pierre & Jean

Read by Lee Smalley


Guy de Maupassant


This short novel’s titular characters are brothers. An old family friend dies, leaving without explanation his entire fortune to Jean, the y…

The Green Overcoat

Read by Russ Hobbs


Hilaire Belloc


This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye o…

The Sword Maker

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Robert Barr


Times are hard in Frankfort. Defeat in war, weak leadership, trade blockades and a starving population lead to a restive and unhappy citizen…

The Daredevil

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Maria Thompson Daviess


Roberta, daughter of an American soldier and a French marquise, is returning to the childhood home of her father after his death in the Grea…

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