Historical Fiction

Through Russian Snows

by G. A. Henty Read by Gary Olman 4.4
There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the eno…

Villette

by Charlotte Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
After an unspecified family disaster, protagonist Lucy Snowe travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school where…

The Sword of Antietam

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Sword of Antietam immerses listeners in the tumultuous landscape of the American Civil War, following the journey of young Northern hero…

The Black Arrow

by Robert Louis Stevenson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Black Arrow tells the story of Richard (Dick) Shelton during the Wars of the Roses: how he becomes a knight, rescues his lady Joanna Sed…

Uncle's Dream

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Read by Greg Giordano 4.6
Uncle’s Dream by Fyodor Dostoyevsky was written following his five year exile to Siberia where he was sent to serve in a hard labor camp. F…

Sister Simon's Murder Case

by Margaret Ann Hubbard Read by Maria Therese 4.2
Set in the picturesque wilds of a Midwestern resort town at the height of the tourist season, Sister Simon’s Murder case begins with the mur…

Murder at St. Dennis

by Margaret Ann Hubbard Read by Maria Therese 4.2
In the shadowy halls of St. Dennis Hospital, a cunning killer lurks, turning the once-peaceful institution into a scene of dread. As the bod…

The Odyssey

by Homer Read by Mark Nelson 4.8
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic.…

The Great Gold Rush

by William Henry Pope Jarvis Read by Cate Barratt 4.3
Canadian journalist William Jarvis' gently fictionalized work recounts many of the countless fascinating tales of the Klondike Gold Rush in …

A Dark Night's Work

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Love, murder and class commentary in Mrs Gaskell's usual brilliant style! This novel was originally serialised and published by Charles Dick…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Read by Alisson Veldhuis 4.7
Tess of the d'Urbervilles subtitled, "A Pure Woman," is the story of a young working woman named Tess Durbeyfield who is sent by h…

The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

by Ambrose Bierce Read by Phil Chenevert 4.4
Set against the backdrop of 17th century Europe, The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter weaves a poignant narrative that explores the intersect…

In Freedom's Cause

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
In Freedom's Cause transports listeners to the tumultuous era of the Scottish Wars of Independence, where the legendary figures of Robert Br…

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4.5
Language: EnglishThe Great Gatsby follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the sum…

True to the Old Flag

by G. A. Henty Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
True to the Old Flag invites listeners into the tumultuous world of the American War of Independence, told from a unique perspective—the Bri…

The Terrible Business of Salmon & Dusk

by Myke Bartlett Read by Myke Bartlett 4.5
Theo Braithwaite, failed actress and worse waitress, is a stranger to London. In a single day, she loses her job, her boyfriend and quite po…

The Lost Girl

by D. H. Lawrence Read by Tony Foster 4.3
"There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to."In this most under-valued …

The Return of the Mucker

by Edgar Rice Burroughs Read by Joseph DeNoia 4.2
After being framed for a murder he didn’t commit, law enforcement arrests Billy Byrne…The Mucker… as he returns to the streets of Grand Aven…

Ben Hur

by Lew Wallace Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
In this dramatic reading of the classic epic Ben Hur, rediscover the wonder of three wise men who travel through the wilderness together. Th…

The Saga of the Greenlanders

by Unknowntranslated Byarthur Middleton Reeves, Translated Byarthur Middleton Reeves and Unknowntranslated By Arthur Middleton Reeves Read by Expatriate 4.4
The Saga of the Greenlanders is one of the two important thirteenth-century accounts of the Norse explorations of Greenland and North Americ…

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