Tragedy
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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William Shakespeare
Murder and madness, witches and war: Librivox presents a recording of Macbeth, perhaps Shakespeare's best known tragedy. Macbeth, a genera…
The Phantom of the Opera
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Gaston Leroux
An old theatre under new management; a diva who thinks she can sing; a young ingenue who really can; a masked man who wreaks havoc if he doe…
Othello
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William Shakespeare
Othello is the story of a cross-cultural romance between the title character, a noble moor who is a general in the Venetian army, and Desdem…
Anna Karenina, Book 2
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Leo Tolstoy
In Part 2, Kitty’s health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while Levin retreats to his country estate. Anna and Vronsky continue to …
Julius Caesar
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, based on true events, concerns the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, his assassination i…
Der Selbstmordverein
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Franziska Gräfin Zu Reventlow
Ein gar nicht düsteres Trauerspiel, in dem nicht nur ein verkrachter Baron, eine schöne Witwe, ein junger Gymnasiast und seine Fre…
Wuthering Heights (version 3 dramatic reading)
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Emily Brontë
The story centers on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this un…
Madame Bovary
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Gustave Flaubert
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her mea…
Onkel Toms Hütte
Read by Ramona Deininger-Schnabel
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Der Roman schildert das Schicksal einer Reihe afroamerikanischer Sklaven und ihrer jeweiligen Besitzer in den vierziger Jahren des 19. Jahrh…
Faust I
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal w…
Anna Karenina, Book 3
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Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…
Le Cid
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Pierre Corneille
Des deux prétendants de Chimène, son favori semble être agréé par son père. Ce digne fils d'un viei…
King Lear
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William Shakespeare
King Lear is widely held as the greatest of Shakespeare's tragedies; to some, it is the greatest play ever written. King Lear abdicates the …
Twelfth Night
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William Shakespeare
Hidden and mistaken identities, requited and unrequited loves, pranks and jokes abound in this romantic comedy. (Summary by Karen Savage)Cas…
The Parasite
Read by Carl Vonnoh, III
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Being a physiologist, Austin Gilroy is unconvinced that the occult is real. His friend Professor Wilson, however, is not only convinced that…
Anna Karenina, Book 6
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Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfol…
Anna Karenina (Dole translation)
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Leo Tolstoy
Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in Tsarist Russia. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn …
Anna Karenina, Book 7
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Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 7, Le…
Macbeth
Read by Victor Villarraza
William Shakespeare
Macbeth cuenta una historia de crimen y castigo entreverada de brujería y elementos sobrenaturales. Amparado en las engañosas …
Anna Karenina, Book 8
Read by MaryAnn
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. In Book 8, Vr…