Published 1800 -1900
85 books
Literary Fiction
1.1K
Honoré de Balzac - Lost Illusions: Ève and David
Ève and David (1843) is the final book in Balzac’s Lost Illusions trilogy, which is part of his sweeping set of novels collectively titled La Comédie Humaine . The story is set in post-Napoleonic France. In the...
8 hours 20 minutes
Literary Fiction
875
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - Noughts and Crosses: Stories, Studies and Sketches
This is a collection of well-written engaging short stories written by «Q», the pen name of the prolific and eccentric Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch. — Summary by Amy Gramour
4 hours 56 minutes
Family Life
998
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Brothers Karamazov (version 2)
Described as the Great Book of Wonders by Arthur Miller, this everyday tale of fraternal affection, sibling rivalry, obsession, lust, parricide, family intrigue, spiritual faith, death by economic deprivation and...
46 hours 24 minutes
Published 1800 -1900
1.1K
Anthony Trollope - Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite
Sir Harry Hotspur’s only son and heir dies young which means that the title goes to a cousin, George Hotspur. Sir Harry wants the ancestral property to go to his daughter, Emily, and hopes that a future husband will...
6 hours 54 minutes