General Fiction
Oliver Twist (version 2)
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Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The…
The Mysterious Island (version 2)
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Jules Verne
The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, dur…
The Greater Inclination
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Edith Wharton
This is Edith Wharton's earliest published collection of short stories (1899). Like much of her later work, they touch on themes of marriag…
Persuasion (version 5)
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Jane Austen
Persuasion is a regency Cinderella-esque tale of a young woman, the beautiful Anne Elliot, who is persuaded from marrying the Naval officer …
The Abandoned Room
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Wadsworth Camp
The mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes. (Summary by manybooks.n…
Theo
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
It's described as "A SPRIGHTLY LOVE STORY" and it is written by F. H. Burnett, "one of the most charming among American write…
A Book of Nonsense
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Edward Lear
In 1846 Lear published A Book of Nonsense, a volume of limericks that went through three editions and helped popularize the form. This book …
The Great White Queen
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William Le Queux
How to describe this book? In a word – savage. For those regular LibriVox Le Queux mystery listeners, this book is a step in a different dir…
Two On A Tower
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Thomas Hardy
The plot concerns two – literally star-crossed – lovers: Swithin St. Cleeve, a very young amateur astronomer, and Viviette Constantine, an u…
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 3)
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Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…
A Sicilian Romance
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Ann Radcliffe
A Sicilian Romance is a Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe. It was her second published work, and was first published anonymously in 1790. The pl…
True to the Old Flag
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G. A. Henty
This book tells the story of the American war of Independence from the side of the British. The old flag mentioned in the title is the flag …
Belinda
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Maria Edgeworth
When Belinda was published in 1801, it became both controversial and popular. Controversial because of the inter-racial marriage presented i…
The Lamplighter
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Maria Susanna Cummins
Gertrude began life as an abused child in the care of Nan Grant, a cold and cruel woman. The only human character who was kind to her was th…
American History Stories, Volume 2
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Mara L. Pratt
History is brought to life in the second volume of American History Stories by Mara L. Pratt. It is a wonderful introduction for children to…
Where Angels Fear to Tread
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E. M. Forster
On a journey to Tuscany with her young friend and traveling companion Caroline Abbott, widowed Lilia Herriton falls in love with both Italy …
The Lady of the Basement Flat
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Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi M…
Sister Carrie
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Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945) was an American author of the naturalist school, known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. Sister Carr…
King Coal
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Upton Sinclair
King Coal is a book by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1917, that exposes the dirty working conditions in the coal mining industry in the…
Fifty-One Tales
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Lord Dunsany
Very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagi…