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Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 4.7
Adaptation of the story of Robinson Crusoe for grammar school children. Tells how the shipwrecked sailor makes a new life for himself on the…

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

Puck of Pook's Hill

by Rudyard Kipling Read by icyjumbo (1964-2010) 4.4
Puck of Pook's Hill is a children's book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different period…

V and A Shipping

by J.R. Murdock Read by J.R. Murdock 4.4
Vic and Argmon are just trying to make a simple delivery, albeit while being chased by the local fuzz. They pick up an unexpected stowaway o…

Topsy-Turvy

by Jules Verne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890…

A Daughter of the Snows

by Jack London Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.1
In Jack London's first novel, he tells the story of Frona Welse, a strong and interesting heroine, "a Stanford graduate and physical Va…

The Adventures of Ulysses

by Charles Lamb Read by Rebecca Dittman 4.6
Lamb used Homer's Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses's journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not…

The Return of the Mucker

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.3
After being framed for a murder he didn’t commit, law enforcement arrests Billy Byrne…The Mucker… as he returns to the streets of Grand Aven…

When God Laughs

by Jack London Read by Don W. Jenkins 4.2
This collection of Jack London's short stories touches on a variety of topics, from his love of boxing, to relationships between criminals, …

An Outcast Of The Islands

by Joseph Conrad Read by Tom Weiss 3.9
An Outcast of the Islands is the second novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1896, inspired by Conrad's experience as mate of a steamer, the…

The Fearsome Island

by Albert Kinross Read by Ruth Golding 4.3
No ordinary sailor's tale, this. Based allegedly on the real experiences of Silas Fordred, Master Mariner of Hythe, this is a story of shipw…

The Frozen Deep

by Wilkie Collins Read by Diana Majlinger 4.2
The Frozen Deep is a story of a love triangle between Clara, Frank and Richard, spiced up with dangerous expeditions, mysterious visions and…

The Well at the World's End

by William Morris Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced la…

The Scarlet Pimpernel

by Baroness Emma Orczy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the French Revolution, The Scarlet Pimpernel introduces readers to the enigmatic hero known only by h…

The World Beyond

by Ray Cummings Read by Richard Kilmer (1942-2022) 3.9
The World Beyond invites listeners on an extraordinary journey as Lee Anthony and his two friends are unexpectedly kidnapped and thrust into…

Cattle Brands

by Andy Adams Read by Nathalie J. 3.8
In Cattle Brands, Andy Adams gathers fourteen short stories from the world of the American cowboy. Ranch life and the open range form the ba…

The Story of Doctor Dolittle

by Hugh Lofting Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
In The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), the first of Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle books, we are introduced to the good doctor who gives up…

The Hunted Woman

by James Oliver Curwood Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This adventurous story of a woman in peril begins "It was all new - most of it singularly dramatic and even appalling to the woman who …

Dracula

by Bram Stoker Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) 4.6
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania …

With Frederick The Great

by G. A. Henty Read by Gary Olman 4.1
Among the great wars of history there are few, if any, instances of so long and successfully sustained a struggle, against enormous odds, as…

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