Published 1900 onward

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Romance

921

E.D.E.N. Southworth - Her Mother's Secret

What kind of secret could a mother be keeping that would keep long time lovers apart, and force her eldest daughter into a hasty marriage? Young Odalite and her cousin Leonidas have lived the past three years apart,...

Bridget Gaige 8 hours 47 minutes

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Literary Fiction

D. H. Lawrence - Sons and Lovers (Version 2)

Lawrence summarised the plot of Sons and Lovers in a letter to Edward Garnett in 1912: “It follows this idea: a woman of character and refinement goes into the lower class, and has no satisfaction in her own life....

Tony Foster 16 hours 21 minutes

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General Fiction

W. Somerset Maugham - Mrs. Craddock

“I thought it was you I saw coming up the hill,” she said, stretching out her hand. He stopped and shook it; the touch of his big, firm fingers made her tremble. His hand was massive and hard as if it were hewn...

Tony Oliva 11 hours 8 minutes

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Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

Published 1900 onward

990

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

The story of three «middle aged ladies». Follow along as they have all sorts of adventures. — Summary by Sandra More Tish stories The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carbery More Tish Proof-listeners:...

Sandra Cullum 9 hours 55 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Abraham Cahan - Rise of David Levinsky

Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to life in New York. He also became a popular novelist, best known for his...

Mark Chulsky and 9 more 18 hours 51 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

865

Nina Wilcox Putnam - Laughter Limited

When some people write the story of their life it is a sign that they are dead. There are in the motion-picture world also a class of dead ones who allow somebody else to write their biography. Dead from the neck up,...

MaryAnn and 5 more 7 hours 33 minutes

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Published 1900 onward

848

Elizabeth von Arnim - Benefactress

Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of marriage, scornful at the thought of leaning on a man for help and comfort,...

Helen Taylor 11 hours 28 minutes

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Literary Fiction

904

Thomas Mann - Royal Highness

Royal Highness is the story of Prince Klaus Heinrich, a member of a struggling German duchy and an exotic American heiress who comes to live as his neighbor. The novel is a microcosm of Europe before World War I, with...

Margaret Espaillat 13 hours

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Measure Of A Man; A Tale Of The Big Woods

Published 1900 onward

785

Norman Duncan - Measure Of A Man; A Tale Of The Big Woods

A tale of a singular man at work among lumber-jacks. Duncan's droll style and tongue-in-cheek viewpoint keep the reader and listener much entertained. — Summary by Book preface and david wales

David Wales 7 hours 46 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

867

Algernon Blackwood - Day And Night Stories

Fifteen short stories by Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (1869 – 1951), an English short story writer and novelist, one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the history of the genre. He was also a journalist...

David Wales 8 hours 25 minutes

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Science Fiction

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Jack London - Before Adam

«Before Adam is a mixture of sound science and sci-fi speculation. It is based around Darwin's theory of evolution and the idea of racial memory. The main character lives in the current world but has dreams and...

Tom Weiss 3 hours 49 minutes

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Westerns

810

Max Brand - Garden of Eden

Ben Connor is a gambler who knows horses. He goes out west to get away from the gambling life he has been leading in New York. There he discovers a breed of grey horses that he thinks are the best horses he has ever...

Richard Kilmer 7 hours 42 minutes

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New

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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