Literary Fiction
The Uncalled
Read by Jim Locke
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Orphaned Freddie Brent ends up adopted by an old local Christian lady who knows nothing about raising a child. And matters are worsened by h…
Scarlet Sister Mary
Read by Jim Locke
Julia Peterkin
How did 1929 Pulitzer winner and white plantation mistress Julia Peterkin become a favorite of the Harlem Renaissance? According to W.E.B. D…
From the Life of a Good-For-Nothing
Read by Christoph Stangenberg
Joseph Von Eichendorff
The main character leaves his parental home to earn his own livelihood. During his journey, he falls in love with Aurelie but believes she i…
These Little Ones
Read by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
E. Nesbit
A collection of short stories for adults, mainly about children in hard times. The title references Matthew 18:6, which verse Nesbit include…
The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…
Lady Audley's Secret (Version 2)
Read by Mark Leder
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
It is June 1857, and young and beautiful Lucy Graham is about to marry Sir Michael Audley. But who exactly IS Lucy, that's what Sir Michael…
The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories
Read by Jim Locke
Alice Dunbar Nelson
These stories focus on the Creole society of New Orleans and in the process reveals issues facing black Americans at the end of the nineteen…
Annouchka: A Tale
Read by Rapunzelina
Ivan Turgenev
When N—— met Annouchka. A graceful story of innocence, love, coming of age, and friendship, set between two picturesque towns on the banks o…
Cities of the Plain
Read by Michael O'Kelly
Marcel Proust
Fourth volume in the series "In Search of Lost Time."Combines the stories of M de Charlus and other "men-women" in Frenc…
Free, and other stories
Read by James Hutchisson
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser's first collection of short fiction, published in 1918. Dreiser was known primarily as a novelist (Sister Carrie, An Americ…
The Making of Americans
Read by Martha H. Weller
Gertrude Stein
The Making of Americans is a novel written by Gertrude Stein over a long period of time (1906-1911) and finally published in 1925. It is sub…
Stanton White: A Romance of the New South
Read by James K. White
Asa Zadel Hall
In this tome the Northern narrator, Harold Edson, visits the American South with his college friend, Stanton White, in order to study first …
The Blacker the Berry
Read by James K. White
Wallace Thurman
An exploration into the life of young African American, Emma Lou, whose self-image is negatively impacted by the stigmas of colorism and int…
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
The short novel “At the Sign of the Cat and Racket” was one of Balzac’s earliest fictions, first published in 1830 and substantially revised…
The Marriage Contract
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
The Commission in Lunacy
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
A Second Home
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
The Rover Vol. 01 No. 02
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Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith…
Jeremy At Crale; His Friends, His Ambitions And His One Great Enemy
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
This 1927 work is the third and final in Walpole’s Jeremy series. (The others are Jeremy and Jeremy And Hamlet.) Jeremy’s home is in Polches…
Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants
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Honoré de Balzac
Why would someone with an immaculate reputation enter a house known for vices? A young officer sets out to uncover the "secret" of…