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The Altar of the Dead

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Henry James

A fable of literally life and death significance, the story explores how the protagonist tries to keep the remembrance of his dead friends, …

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In Ivan the Fool

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Leo Tolstoy

Written after Tolstoy suffered a spiritual crisis, Ivan the Fool is a fairy tale that offers children instruction in how to live rightly, si…

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In The Kreutzer Sonata

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Leo Tolstoy

Publication of The Kreutzer Sonata in 1889 was a significant intellectual event worldwide. Censored in Russia, it set off an explosive debat…

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In The Coxon Fund

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Henry James

This novella explores the relationship between Frank Saltram, a charismatic speaker who is also a freeloader; Ruth Anvoy, a young American w…

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In Tim

Read by Dorlene Kaplan

Howard Sturgis and Howard Overing Sturgis

The first of only three novels by English author Howard Overing Sturgis, the son of wealthy American expatriates and a close friend of Henry…