General Fiction
The Upas Tree, A Christmas Story for all the Year
Read by MaryAnn
Florence Louisa Barclay
Ronald West has a brilliant idea for his next novel, but to do it right, he wants to spend the next six months tramping around central Afric…
Short Stories (Version 2)
Read by John Van Stan
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This is a collection of short stories written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Dostoevsky), who is arguably better-known for his lengthy, contemplativ…
It's Like This, Cat
Read by Betsie Bush
Emily Neville
1964 Newbery Medal winner, It's Like This, Cat is the story of a young man, Dave Mitchell, and how he grew to maturity, helped along indirec…
The Roll-Call
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
"The Roll-Call" is the sequel to the Clayhanger trilogy. This book concerns the young life of Clayhanger's stepson, George. George…
The Web of the Golden Spider
Read by Roger Melin
Frederick O. Bartlett
The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage,…
Desperate Remedies
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Thomas Hardy
Cytherea Graye is poor, but accepts a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had not b…
The Channings
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Mrs. Henry Wood
This is a saga about life in a small town in England during the Victorian era. The "stars" of this saga are the Channings. Mr. Cha…
In the High Valley
Read by Elli
Susan Coolidge
In the High Valley" is the fifth and last book of the popular "What Katy did" series by Susan Coolidge.The story starts out w…
They Call Me Carpenter
Read by Tom Weiss
Upton Sinclair
The story takes place in the fictional city of Western City circa 1920. It begins with a man named Billy who is attacked by a mob of ex-serv…
The Masquerader
Read by Tom Weiss
Katherine Cecil Thurston
The Masquerader is one of two Katherine Cecil Thurston’s books that appeared on the Publisher’s Weekly best-seekers list in 1905 (The other,…
Doctor Wortle's School
Read by Angel5
Anthony Trollope
Anthony Trollope’s fortieth novel, published in 1881, concerns a respectable Christian boys’ school whose proprietor unknowingly hires a wom…
The Beast in the Jungle
Read by Rob James
Henry James
'The Beast in the Jungle' is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally c…
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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Tobias Smollett
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker was the last of the picaresque novels of Tobias Smollett, and is considered by many to be his best and fun…
The Real Thing
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
The Real Thing is, on one level, a somewhat ironic tale of an artist and two rather particular models. Yet it also raises questions about th…
Dorothy Dale - A Girl of Today
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
Margaret Penrose
Dorothy Dale is the daughter of an old Civil War veteran who is running a weekly newspaper in a small Eastern town. Her sunny disposition, h…
The Golden Silence
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Charles Norris Williamson
Trying to get away from an engagement he had got himself into more or less against his will, Stephen Knight travels to Algiers to visit his …
R. Holmes and Co.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Raffles Holmes is introduced in these stories as the son of the great Sherlock Holmes. He is also revealed to be the grandson of A.J. Raffle…
But Thy Love and Thy Grace
Read by Maria Therese
Francis J. Finn and Francis J. Finn, S.J.
Father Finn's beautiful little tale can be read in an hour or so, but it conveys a lesson which ought to be of longer duration. The interest…
The Country of the Pointed Firs
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Sarah Orne Jewett
The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…
Youth, a Narrative
Read by Chris Hughes
Joseph Conrad
An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories…