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The Mysterious Island, Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island

Jules Verne
The Mysterious Island is another exquisite novel written by the master of adventure writing, Jules Verne. The novel has been seen as the sequel to two other famous novels written by the same author: Tw...
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle thought he had finished forever with his immortal sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his chronicler, Dr Watson. Exhausted and bored with the Holmes saga, he wanted to turn to more seriou...
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo's Les Misrables is a novel which tells the story of ex-convict Jean Valjean, his struggles and eventual redemption. It's hailed by many critics as not just Victor Hugo's finest work but als...
History of the United States, Charles Austin Beard

History of the United States

Charles Austin Beard
The Colonial Period. Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history ...
The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith
Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations gives an in-depth discussion of different economic principles like the productivity, division of labor and free markets. Although written and published more than 200 ...
Grimms Fairy Tales, Jacob amp Wilhelm Grimm

Grimms' Fairy Tales

Jacob & Wilhelm Gri...
Talking animals, wicked stepmothers, valiant tailors, cruel witches! Sixty-two stories that feature familiar figures like Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, Rumplestiltskin, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and...
Alices Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll
An acclaimed childrens classic depicting the odd, but riveting journeys of the curious Alice as she explores the surreal world of Wonderland. Written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson or better known under h...
A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens first published by Chapman & Hall on 17 December 1843. The story tells of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge's ideological, ethical, and e...
Anthem, Ayn Rand

Anthem

Ayn Rand
The starring character of the novel is an inquisitive street cleaner. He lives in a society where people have lost their knowledge of individualism, to the extreme that people do not know words like 'I...
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe
Shipwrecked and castaway, Daniel DeFoes hard-luck character is still the standard for "growing where youre planted." Captured by pirates, he makes his break in a small boat and undergoes desperate adve...
The Pilgrims Progress, John Bunyan

The Pilgrim's Progress

John Bunyan
A journey that takes the hero, Christian, through the varied landscapes that constitute life and through the events that happen to human beings is the plot of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Rea...
The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (Italian: Commedia, later christened "Divina" by Giovanni Boccaccio), written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321, is widely considered the central epic poem of Ital...
The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera was translated from the original French by Alexander de Mattos. A tale of fatal obsession, it owes its inspiration to classic fairytales like The Beauty and The Beast, where ph...
Anatomy of the Human Body, Henry Gray

Anatomy of the Human Body

Henry Gray
Henry Gray's classic anatomy textbook was first published in 1858 and has been in continuous publication ever since, revised and expanded through many successive editions. This recording is of the publ...
The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James
Christmas Eve. Guests round a fireside begin telling each other ghost stories. One of them relates a true incident involving the governess of his little nephew and niece. Strange events begin to take p...
The Gods of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs

The Gods of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Burroughs' second book in the classic Barsoom series, The Gods of Mars is a scientific fiction novel following the adventures of John Carter as he returns to Mars after a ten year hiatus in the hope of...
The Kingdom of God is Within You, Leo Tolstoy

The Kingdom of God is Within You

Leo Tolstoy
The title of the book comes from Luke 17:21. It is a non-fiction work of the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy. He wrote it after many years of reflexion on Christianity and Jesus. Many subjects are pr...
The Adventures of Sally, P. G. Wodehouse

The Adventures of Sally

P. G. Wodehouse
Pretty, charming, but impoverished Sally Nicholas' humdrum life is turned upside down when fate decides to step in. In this breezy, romantic comedy, PG Wodehouse delights readers with his portrayal of ...
The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas

The Three Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas
The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It recounts the adventures of a young man named dArtagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. DArtagnan is not one of the musketeers of the t...
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett...
One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden by Victorian author Frances Hodgson Burnett has remained a firm favorite with children the world over ever s...
Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman
Nearly 160 years after it was first published, Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass continues to inspire, enthrall and educate generations of readers. This collection of poems serves as a vehicle for Whitman...
A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs

A Princess of Mars

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Burroughs' first published book, as well as the first book in the Barsoom series, A Princess of Mars is a science fiction novel following the adventures of the heroic John Carter, after he is mysteriou...
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte
Emily Brontes first and only novel,Wuthering Heights, portrays the obsessive and vengeful love story between Heathcliff and Catherine. Images of cruelty and passion with an incorporation of gothic supe...
The Bible, American Standard Version ASV  Genesis, The Bible, American Standard Version ASV  Genesis

The Bible, American Standard Vers...

The Bible, American Sta...
The Bible was first translated into English some time in the 7th century by an unnamed monk known to us as the Venerable Bede. This was the Old English version and the work of translation from Vulgate ...
Mansfield Park, Jane Austen

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen
One of the most controversial novels written by Austen, Mansfield Park follows the life of the young heroine Fanny Price as she searches for her place in society. Set in early 19th century England, the...
How to Live on TwentyFour Hours a Day, Arnold Bennett

How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours ...

Arnold Bennett
Judging from the title of the book, the reader might expect that the book is a manual on how to manage your time better. Nothing could be further from the truth, this book is a flowery and witty self h...
Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs

Tarzan of the Apes

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes is Burroughs' exciting, if improbable, story of an English lord, left by the death of his stranded parents in the hands of a motherly African ape who raises him as her own. Although ...
Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne
Jules Verne is the master of classic adventure tales. Around the World in Eighty Days is just more proof that his excellent writing skills put the readers right in the book with Phileas Fogg and Passep...
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas

The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas
Written by French author Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo follows the life of Edmond Dantes as he embarks on a journey of revenge after being wrongly imprisoned and set up by none other than ...
The Red House Mystery, A. A. Milne

The Red House Mystery

A. A. Milne
The Red House Mystery is a novel by A. A. Milne about the mysterious death of Robert Ablett inside the house of his brother, Mark Ablett while there was a party taking place. Its a whodunit novel with ...
A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, Jules Verne

A Journey to the Interior of the ...

Jules Verne
Journey to the Interior of the Earth is an 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nep...
Anne of the Island, Lucy Maud Montgomery

Anne of the Island

Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of the Island is the third book in the Anne of Green Gables series following the adventures of its heroine Anne Shirley as she leaves for Redmond College in the busy city of Kingsport to study for...
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad
First published in Blackwood's magazine as a three part serial in 1899 and published in 1902, Heart of Darkness centers on the experiences of protagonist Charles Marlow as he is assigned the duty to tr...
The Call of the Wild, Jack London

The Call of the Wild

Jack London
Call of the Wild is an emotional rollercoaster of a novel set during the late 19th century Klondike Gold Rush. The central character is Buck, an Alaskan sled dog who is forced to adjust to the cruel cl...
A Girl of the Limberlost, Gene StrattonPorter

A Girl of the Limberlost

Gene Stratton-Porter
Elnora Comstock is a sixteen year old girl who lives on the edge of the famous Limberlost swamp in Indiana. Her widowed mother is a cold and bitter woman who deprives Elnora of all that a young girl's ...
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes Saa...
One of the most quirky, eccentric and endearing heroes to ever be depicted in fiction, the chivalrous Don Quixote is sure to capture hearts while bringing tears of laughter to your eyes. If you've neve...
Persuasion, Jane Austen

Persuasion

Jane Austen
Persuasion is the last completed novel by Jane Austen and it was published posthumously in 1818. Readers have often connected Persuasion with Northanger Abbey as the setting of both stories is in Bath,...
Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain

Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain
A river memoir documenting Twain's early days as an apprentice steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War. Reminiscing about his happy experiences as a young man under the i...
Riders of the Purple Sage, Zane Grey

Riders of the Purple Sage

Zane Grey
Dubbed the most popular Western of all times Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage was the benchmark by which every other novel in the Western genre came to be judged. It portrays the archetypal lone g...
The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy

The Return of the Native

Thomas Hardy
Like all of Hardy's work, The Return of the Native (1878) is passionate and controversial, with themes and sympathies beyond what a good Victorian would ever admit. A modern and honest novel of chance ...
Heidi, Johanna Spyri

Heidi

Johanna Spyri
Filled with descriptions of the magnificent Swiss Alps, the lives of the simple country folk who live in their picturesque peaks and valleys and the gentle and innocent days of childhood, Heidi by Joha...
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, E.M. Berens

Myths and Legends of Ancient Gree...

E.M. Berens
Silver footed, fair haired Thetis, Ares the God of War, Nike the Goddess of Victory, The Furies and The Muses, Zeus the presiding deity of the Universe and the magical, mysterious Olympus, are some of ...
The Colors of Space, Marion Zimmer Bradley

The Colors of Space

Marion Zimmer Bradley
In "The Colors of Space," Marion Zimmer Bradley tells the story of Bart Steele, a human being who is disguised as a member of an alien species in order to discover the secrets of their space travel. Th...
Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen
Two sisters, one practical and full of commonsense, the other a passionate and emotional creature, an uncaring brother and his avaricious wife, a handsome rake and a faithful gentleman these are some ...
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself, Harriet Jacobs

Incidents in the Life of a Slave ...

Harriet Jacobs
Born in slavery, but being fortunate enough to be owned by a benevolent mistress, her life takes a tragic turn when her parents and her benefactor die. The new heir to the property (and slaves) is a cr...
12 Creepy Tales, Edgar Allan Poe

12 Creepy Tales

Edgar Allan Poe
From the master of the psychological horror genre comes this brilliant collection 12 Creepy Tales by Edgar Allan Poe. It features some of his classics like The Tell-Tale Heart, The Black Cat and The Ca...
Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche
In this book, Nietzsche takes the position that our subservience to fixed perspectives that are forced on us by our language and our ideals make us incapable of perceiving reality. He propounds the the...
Short Ghost Story Collection, Various

Short Ghost Story Collection

Various
The Short Ghost Story Collection contains ten classic spooky tales written by such master craftsmen as Algernon Blackwood, Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker and Saki among others. The stories range from hau...
Fanny Hill Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, John Cleland

Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of...

John Cleland
One of the most controversial and censored books in English literature, Fanny Hill is regarded as the first original English prose pornography. Notorious for its vivid depiction of sexual exploits in a...
Dream Psychology, Sigmund Freud

Dream Psychology

Sigmund Freud
From the dawn of human consciousness, dreams have always fascinated us. Do they mean something? Do dreams help us see into the future? These questions have intrigued us for centuries. Sigmund Freud was...