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Burton Egbert Stevenson - Gloved Hand

Mr. Lester, a private investigator, and his friend Godfrey are caught up in a strange case that takes them to a large estate in the country where at midnight they witness a mysterious «falling star» that appears to...

Don W. Jenkins 6 hours 32 minutes

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Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)

Dramatic Readings

479

Thomas Hardy - Return of the Native (version 2 dramatic reading)

Clym Yeobright returns home to Egdon Heath, a scattered collection of houses on the isolated Wessex moors, and is caught up in a «love pentagon» which includes: his cousin, Thomasin Yeobright; the shadowy...

15 hours 2 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

467

Joseph Conrad - Almayer's Folly (version 2)

Almayer’s Folly is about a poor businessman who dreams of finding a hidden gold mine and becoming very wealthy. Kaspar Almayer is a white European. He agrees to marry a native Malayan captured by Captain Tom Lingard,...

Tom Weiss 6 hours 16 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

498

Plato (Πλάτων) - Republic (version 2)

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato around 380 BC concerning the definition of justice and the order and character of the just city-state and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work and has proven...

Bob Neufeld 12 hours 27 minutes

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General Fiction

461

Selma Lagerlöf - From a Swedish Homestead

”From a Swedish Homestead” by the Swedish author Selma Lagerloef (translated by Jessie Brochner) is a varied collection of stories, mostly set in Dalarne or Vaermland in Sweden, but also some stories or legends from...

Lars Rolander 10 hours 5 minutes

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General Fiction

541

Edith Wharton - Marne: a tale of the war

American writer Edith Wharton is known for her novels of manners set in old New York; yet much of her adult life was spent in France. She lived in Paris throughout World War I and was heavily involved in refugee work....

Elizabeth Klett 1 hour 56 minutes

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Phantom of the Opera (version 3 dramatic reading)

Action & Adventure Fiction

504

Gaston Leroux - Phantom of the Opera (version 3 dramatic reading)

Over the years, strange things have been happening at the Paris Opéra House. The new owners, M. Moncharmin and M. Richard don't know what to do about the mysterious «Opera Ghost» demanding money, nor the tragic death...

8 hours 44 minutes

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General Fiction

520

Arnold Bennett - These Twain

Hilda is saved from destitution by Edwin Clayhanger who marries her. The two, with Hilda's son by her disastrous 'marriage' to George Cannon, are living in Bursley. Edwin does not enjoy an entirely happy marriage with...

Simon Evers 15 hours 18 minutes The Clayhanger Family

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Children's Fiction

512

Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (version 2)

This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to love the four sisters as they grow and mature into young women. This book has...

Abigail Rasmussen 19 hours 38 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

479

John Kendrick Bangs - Toppleton's Client

A pre-eminent legal firm gets far more than it bargained for when it hires the son of its late senior partner, Hopkins Toppleton, Sr., simply to retain the illustrious family name on the company masthead. Knowing Jr....

Cate Barratt 5 hours 4 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

546

Lord Dunsany - Fifty-One Tales

Very brief, well-crafted stories, many having surprise endings, all steeped in the dye of myth and calling to every reader's neglected imagination. (Summary by Thomas Copeland)

Thomas A. Copeland 1 hour 50 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

460

Arthur W. Marchmont - Dash for a Throne

The young Count von Rudloff got himself into so much trouble with the Imperial Family in Berlin, that he sees no other way out of it than to fake his own death. Stumbling through different identities, he finally...

Crln Yldz Ksr 12 hours 4 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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