LibriVox Audio Books Catalog (Page 9)

John Webster's bloody Jacobean tragedy exposes the decadence of the Italian court. The virtuous Duchess of Malfi, a young widow, secretly ma…

Hippolytus

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Euripides

Eurpides' tragedy tells of Theseus' chaste son Hippolytus, who refuses to worship Aphrodite in favor of Artemis. Aphrodite gets revenge by c…

The Kreutzer Sonata

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Leo Tolstoy

Publication of The Kreutzer Sonata in 1889 was a significant intellectual event worldwide. Censored in Russia, it set off an explosive debat…

The Jew of Malta

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Christopher Marlowe

Christopher “Kit” Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564 – 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. T…

L'Assommoir

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Émile Zola

Émile François Zola (French pronunciation: [emil zɔˈla]) (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was an influential French writer, …

Oedipus Rex (Murray Translation)

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Sophocles

"Oedipus Rex" (Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Τύραννος, Oidipous Tyrannos), also known as "Oedipus the King" or "Oedipus t…

Futility, Or the Wreck of the Titan

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Morgan Robertson

This novel was published a full 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic, but listeners may be surprised at how many parallels this fictio…

The Dead Alive

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Wilkie Collins

Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body…

The Life and Death of King John

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William Shakespeare

The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son…

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1616 version)

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Christopher Marlowe

The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlow…

Viviane

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Paul Duval

« Comment, Viviane, la fille onduleuse aux crins d'or, courtisane galloise experte en félonie, des douze preux d'Arthur ayant &…

The Prussian Officer

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D. H. Lawrence

The collection of short stories - of which The Prussian Officer is one - was Lawrence’s first such book. A German officer and his orderly ar…

Love and Intrigue

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Friedrich Schiller

Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughte…

Mary Stuart

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Friedrich Schiller

Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her …

The Persians

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Aeschylus

This is one of the few Greek tragedies that deals with historical events rather than mythological ones. The elders of the Persian court awa…

The Tragic Bride

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Francis Brett Young

The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…

Samson Agonistes

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John Milton

“The Sun to me is darkAnd silent as the Moon,When she deserts the nightHid in her vacant interlunar cave.”Milton composes his last extended …

The Petticoat Commando

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

Johanna Brandt

In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little…

Antigone (Plumptre Translation)

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Sophocles

A powerful artistic protest against tyranny, "Antigone" has been translated and adapted dozens of times, applied over and over thr…

A Dog of Flanders

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Ouida

"Nello and Patrasche were left all alone in the world." So begins the poignant story of the two orphans who were to become insepar…

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