Literary Fiction
90 books
Literary Fiction
470
Thomas Hardy - Mayor of Casterbridge (version 3)
In a fit of drunkenness, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter to the highest bidder at a country fair. He lives with regret and swears off drink, until his wife and daughter return eighteen years later,...
11 hours 29 minutes
Literary Fiction
485
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a humanoid but fails to nurture and educate it after it comes to life. It wanders...
8 hours 45 minutes
Literary Fiction
475
H. H. Bashford - Half-Past Bedtime - Version 2
The wonderful adventures of Marian after she meets the strange Mr. Jugg. «And who are you, Mr Jugg?» she inquired. «I'm the King of the Bumpies,» he replied. When Marian was puzzled there came a little straight line,...
4 hours 13 minutes
Humorous Fiction
516
Anthony Trollope - Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson
Billed as a satire concerning the dishonest advertising and business practices of the day, it tells the tale of an upstart clothing business doomed from the get-go to utter failure. Its senior partner (the elderly...
8 hours 7 minutes
