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THE PRINCESS WITH TWENTY PETTICOATS

In Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks

Read by Thomas May


William Elliot Griffis


A darling collection of Dutch fairy tales presented by William Griffis. Starting with The Entangled Mermaid and ending with Why the Stork L…

The Penitential Practices of the Saint's Girlhood

In St. Rose of Lima: The Flower of the New World

Read by Thomas May


Florence Mary Capes


Saint Rose of Lima, T.O.S.D. (April 20, 1586 – August 24, 1617), was a Spanish colonist in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of…

Chapter 7

In Abandoned

Read by Thomas May


Jules Verne


Explorers in a hot-air balloon land on an island, figuring that they must be the only inhabitants. However, they discover a bullet inside a …

Thoughts on South Africa

Read by Rachel May Ferriman


Olive Schreiner


'Thoughts on South Africa' is a collection of Schreiner's observations of colonial South Africa in the early 19th century, mostly regarding …

Woyzeck

Read by Thomas Rappel


Georg Büchner


Woyzeck ist ein Dramenfragment des deutschen Dramatikers und Dichters Georg Büchner. Büchner begann vermutlich zwischen Juni und S…

The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights

Read by Thomas Rose


James Knowles and Sir Thomas Malory


The Publishers have asked me to authorise a new edition, in my own name, of this little book—now long out of print—which was written by me t…

In the Pecos Country

Read by Thomas Rose


Edward S. Ellis


Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he…

Badge of Infamy (version 2)

Read by Thomas Rose


Lester Del Rey


Set in the early 22nd century: Dr. Daniel Feldman, stripped of rank and status and named pariah for violating Medical Lobby rules, stows aw…

Common Sense, How to Exercise It

Read by Thomas Rose


Yoritomo Tashi


One of three seminal philosophical works by the twelfth century Japanese Shogun, Yoritomo-Tashi. (From the Preface) He knows how to clothe…

The Cave In the Mountain

Read by Thomas Rose


Edward S. Ellis


Edward Sylvester Ellis was a major American author during the era of inexpensive fiction of the nineteenth century (dime novels). Because he…

The World Is Badly Made

Read by Thomas Corfield


Thomas Corfield


When the palace of Arabesque’s aide d’camp, a cat named the Tremblees, stumbles upon a translation of an ancient language that reveals the e…

The Alchemists Of Vra

Read by Thomas Corfield


Thomas Corfield


Consider a world inhabited with only cats and dogs: a society recognizable as our own, but with its eccentricities being the norm, rather th…

The Purging Of Ruen

Read by Thomas Corfield


Thomas Corfield


When assigned to determine the cause of brewing tensions in the exclusive seaside city of Ruen, Oscar Teabag-Dooven discovers it’s on the br…

Writing Wrongly

Read by Thomas Corfield


Thomas Corfield


When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to a…

The Inner Chapters, Volume 1

Read by Thomas Gideon


Thomas Gideon


The Inner Chapters journal my own quest to improve in the craft of programming. Each chapter reflects on a specific practice or principle t…

A Princess of Mars (Version 3)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edgar Rice Burroughs


John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a …

Paradise Lost (version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


As Vergil had surpassed Homer by adapting the epic form to celebrate the origin of the author’s nation, Milton developed it yet further to r…

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Mary Shelley


A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…