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Literary Fiction

513

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 5

This is book 5 of 5. — An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Karen Mason and 15 more 13 hours 15 minutes Les Misérables (English Version)

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Romance

535

Honoré de Balzac - Girl with the Golden Eyes

Listeners who like to plunge straight into a story would do well to skip the lengthy preamble. Here, Balzac the virtuoso satirist depicts the levels of Parisian society as a version of the Inferno of Dante — but...

Martin Geeson 4 hours 30 minutes

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Action & Adventure Fiction

463

Samuel Merwin - Merry Anne

This 1904 maritime adventure is set in the Great Lakes region, upon water and in wood. Our hero is caught in a smuggling scheme and may lose his boat and his sweetheart. With a fast pace and interesting plot, the...

Betsie Bush 6 hours 55 minutes

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Historical Fiction

530

Andrew Lang - Antiquary

Illegitimacy, false identity, and bankruptcy are the major elements of Sir Walter Scott's 1816 novel, The Antiquary. Set in the period of the French Revolution, the novel's hero, Lovel, struggles to gain repute and...

skoval 19 hours 42 minutes

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Family Life

513

Grace Livingston Hill - Enchanted Barn

The Hollisters, a bright, spirited, wholesome family, are compelled to move into the country. After many efforts to secure a home, Shirley, eldest of the Hollisters, contrives a way out by renting a magnificent old...

Gail Mattern 8 hours 19 minutes

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Romance

450

Maria Susanna Cummins - Lamplighter

Gertrude began life as an abused child in the care of Nan Grant, a cold and cruel woman. The only human character who was kind to her was the lamplighter, Truman Flint. When Nan, in one of her tantrums, threw Gertrude...

Bridget Gaige 17 hours 27 minutes

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General Fiction

484

Thomas Hardy - Pair of Blue Eyes

The book describes the love triangle between a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Stephen Smith is a socially inferior but ambitious young man who adores her and with...

Tadhg 13 hours 30 minutes

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Literary Fiction

488

Victor Hugo - Misérables Vol. 4

This is book 4 of 5. — An ex-convict breaks parole and starts a new life as a righteous man, but is pursued by a police inspector. Along the way, the ex-convict joins a revolution, adopts a daughter, and beats people...

Emma Joyce and 17 more 15 hours 36 minutes Les Misérables (English Version)

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Romance

500

Selma Lagerlöf - Story of Gösta Berling

«The Story of Gösta Berling» was published in Sweden in 1894 and immediately brought its author into prominence. The tales are founded on actual occurrences and depict the life in the province of Värmland at the...

Lars Rolander 15 hours 50 minutes

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Romance

491

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Street of Seven Stars

Published in 1914, this novel tells the story of Harmony Wells, an innocent and beautiful American in Austria to study violin. Harmony has talent and she dreams of a career in music. After her friends run out of money...

MaryAnn 7 hours 36 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

477

Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier - Marriage, volume 1

«Love!--A word by superstition thought a God; by use turned to an humour; by self-will made a flattering madness.» — Alexander and Campaspe. Lady Juliana, the indulged and coddled seventeen («And a half,...

Patti Cunningham 7 hours 12 minutes

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Romance

562

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik - John Halifax, Gentleman

This novel, published in 1856, was one of the popular and beloved novels in the Victorian era. It is told in the first person by Phineas Fletcher, an invalid son of a Quaker tanner who is presented to us in the...

Cori Samuel and 13 more 19 hours 37 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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