Alisson Veldhuis

24 books

New Discussed TOP By time

Short Long

Action & Adventure Fiction

607

Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo (version 2)

The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The...

Delmar H Dolbier and 38 more 49 hours 49 minutes

No comments

Action & Adventure Fiction

557

Jules Verne - Mysterious Island (version 2)

The book tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific. The story begins in the American Civil War, during the siege of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of...

Alisson Veldhuis and 13 more 23 hours 23 minutes

No comments

General Fiction

564

Anthony Trollope - American Senator

The American Senator is a novel written in 1875 by Anthony Trollope. Although not one of Trollope's better-known works, it is notable for its depictions of rural English life and for its many detailed fox hunting...

Ernst Pattynama and 11 more 21 hours 40 minutes

No comments

General Fiction

682

Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (version 2)

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in...

Arthur Piantadosi and 1 more 17 hours 28 minutes

No comments

Nautical & Marine Fiction

482

Victor Hugo - Toilers of the Sea

This is the story of a man’s monumental struggle against nature, to win the hand of the woman he loves, and surmount every difficulty that Nature puts in his path (Summary by Alisson Veldhuis)

Alisson Veldhuis and 1 more 16 hours 55 minutes

No comments

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2)

Fantastic Fiction

552

Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Version 2)

Professor Pierre Aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea beast. His curiosity at last is satiated when he finds himself in the belly...

Chris Donnelly and 17 more 16 hours 43 minutes

No comments

Romance

492

Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles (version 2)

Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, «A Pure Woman,» is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by her father to visit wealthy relatives. Her encounter with Alec d'Urberville changes her...

Alisson Veldhuis 15 hours 23 minutes

No comments

Literary Fiction

523

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)

No comments

Literary Fiction

486

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,...

Alisson Veldhuis 11 hours 29 minutes

No comments

*Non-fiction

584

Charles Dickens - American Notes for General Circulation

American Notes for General Circulation is a travelogue by Charles Dickens detailing his trip to North America from January to June, 1842. While there he acted as a critical observer of these societies almost as if...

Alisson Veldhuis and 6 more 11 hours 11 minutes

No comments

General Fiction

H. G. Wells - Modern Utopia

H. G. Wells's proposal for social reform was the formation of a world state, a concept that would increasingly preoccupy him throughout the remainder of his life. One of his most ambitious early attempts at portraying...

Alisson Veldhuis and 8 more 10 hours 11 minutes

No comments

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

509

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 026

A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder.

Chiquito Crasto and 9 more 8 hours 42 minutes Short Ghost and Horror Story Collections

No comments

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

Show all