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The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft

Read by Peter Eastman


George Gissing


This novel consists of selections from the diary of an author, starting soon after his retirement and continuing until just before his death…

A Group of Noble Dames

Read by Libby Gohn


Thomas Hardy


The pedigrees of our county families, arranged in diagrams on the pages of county histories, mostly appear at first sight to be as barren of…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 051

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Various


Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…

Castle Richmond

Read by Simon Evers


Anthony Trollope


Set against the background of the Irish famine in the 1840’s, the novel tells of the tangled relationships between Clara Desmond, Herbert Fi…

Max Quick 1: The Pocket and the Pendant

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Mark Jeffrey


WHEN TIME mysteriously stops, young Max Quick must travel across America to find the source of this 'temporal disaster'... Along the way, he…

Opening a Chestnut Burr

Read by LikeManyWaters


Edward P. Roe


Walter Gregory is a gentleman whose health is broken down by the stress of Wall Street and the consequences of his fast lifestyle. Disillusi…

The Peterkin Papers (version 2)

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Lucretia P. Hale


The Peterkin Papers is a book-length collection of humorous stories by Lucretia Peabody Hale, and is her best-known work. The Peterkins are …

A Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories

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Caroline Ticknor


This is a collection of twelve original and entertaining little romances. Literature is an important anchor that helps us understand society…

Modern Essays

Read by David Wales


Christopher Morley


Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

Eminent Victorians

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Giles Lytton Strachey


On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…

On the Death of Satyrus and On the Belief in the Resurrection

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Saint Ambrose


Two related addresses occasioned by the unexpected death of Ambrose's brother Satyrus: On the Death of a Brother (De excessu fratris Satyri)…

A Battle of the Books

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Gail Hamilton


"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for an author to dissolve the bands which have connected him with his publis…

Historical Tales, Vol II: American II

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Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews


The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, Volume 2

Read by James R. Hedrick


Robert Paltock


The imaginary voyage, from which a hero returns made wise through extraordinary experience, is at least as old as Odysseus. But the major in…

Pierre and Luce

Read by Roger Melin


Romain Rolland


Pierre and Luce were an unlikely young pair who found themselves in the chaos of Paris during the war; Pierre, the shy, recently conscripted…

The Greek View of Life

Read by Martin Geeson


Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson


“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the…

Paul the Dauntless

Read by David Leeson


Basil Joseph Mathews


“We shall in this book try to go in the footsteps of Paul. It will not be all easy traveling for any of us, to journey with this daring expl…

The Truth about the Titanic

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Archibald Gracie


Colonel Archibald Gracie was the first survivor of the sinking of the Titanic to die, and this first-hand account was published posthumously…

The History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 1

Read by Ann Boulais


Hartmann Grisar


This present work may be described as history of the medieval Popes, with the history of the city of Rome, and its civilization, as a backgr…

Idols

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The novel centres around four people: Gerard and Irene Merriam, their inseparable friend Hugh Colman who once saved Gerard’s life, and Minna…

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