General Fiction - a genre of audiobooks on the website knigi-audio.com/en/. Page - 18
But Thy Love and Thy Grace - Francis J. FINN
But Thy Love and Thy Grace - Francis J. FINN
- Author: Francis J. FINN
- Genre: General Fiction / Family
Father Finn's beautiful little tale can be read in an hour or so, but it conveys a lesson which ought to be of longer duration. The interest of the story is chiefly theological, turning, as it does, on the refining and ennobling effects of frequent...
Anne's House of Dreams (version 3) (dramatic reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne's House of Dreams (version 3) (dramatic reading) - Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Genre: Dramatic Readings / General Fiction / Romance
In the next installment of the Anne series, newlyweds Anne and Gilbert move to the harbor town of Four Winds. There they meet new friends and experience joy as well as heartbreak. (Summary by wildemoose) Cast: Anne/Narrator: Arielle Lipshaw Diana...
An Old-Fashioned Girl (version 2) - Louisa May Alcott
An Old-Fashioned Girl (version 2) - Louisa May Alcott
- Author: Louisa May Alcott
- Genre: Children's Fiction / General Fiction
Country-girl Polly Milton visits her fashionable cousins in the city, who make fun of her old-fashioned values. Will Polly adapt to city life?A coming-of-age novel by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1870. (Summary by Gesine)...
The Snow-Burner - Henry OYEN
The Snow-Burner - Henry OYEN
- Author: Henry OYEN
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Snow-Burner is what the Native Americans called Reivers, and it was a rough and tumble life in the land where Reivers chose to live up to his name. The name was attributed to Reivers upon his proof after arriving in the north country because of...
The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Genre: General Fiction
This novel tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune; the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. (Summary from Wikipedia)...
The Trail to Yesterday - Charles Alden Seltzer
The Trail to Yesterday - Charles Alden Seltzer
- Author: Charles Alden Seltzer
- Genre: General Fiction / Westerns
A girl from the East finds herself confronted with a strange type of man with an ancient grudge. Dakota, the man, first convinces her that he is a brute beyond redemption and then gradually wins her back. Before this happens there has been an...
Their Yesterdays - Harold Bell WRIGHT
Their Yesterdays - Harold Bell WRIGHT
- Author: Harold Bell WRIGHT
- Genre: General Fiction
The story of a man and a woman, as they experience The Thirteen Truly Great Things of Life: Dreams, Occupation, Knowledge, Ignorance, Religion, Tradition, Temptation, Life, Death, Failure, Success, Love, and Memories.(Introduction by Megan Kunkel)...
An Essay on Man - Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man - Alexander Pope
- Author: Alexander Pope
- Genre: General Fiction / Poetry / *Non-fiction
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in the vast Chain of Being.Each of the poem’s four Epistles takes a different perspective, presenting Man in...
Dodo Wonders - E. F. Benson
Dodo Wonders - E. F. Benson
- Author: E. F. Benson
- Genre: General Fiction / War & Military Fiction
"Dodo Wonders" is the third and last of the "Dodo" novels by E.F. Benson, author of the "Mapp and Lucia" series as well as numerous stand-alone novels and short stories. Dodo was rumored to be based on Lady Margot Asquith; when questioned about it,...
Philip Dru: Administrator - Edward M. HOUSE
Philip Dru: Administrator - Edward M. HOUSE
- Author: Edward M. HOUSE
- Genre: General Fiction / *Non-fiction / Political Science
Philip Dru: Administrator: a Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935 is a futuristic political novel published anonymously in 1912 by Edward Mandell House, an American diplomat, politician and presidential foreign policy advisor. His book's hero leads the...
The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe
The Mysteries of Udolpho - Ann Radcliffe
- Author: Ann Radcliffe
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (influential novel ready by her heroine, Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey); Edgar Allen Poe (borrowed...
Persuasion (version 4) - Jane Austen
Persuasion (version 4) - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Several years before the events of the novel, Anne Elliott fell in love with a young and handsome but poor naval officer. She was persuaded by her friends and family to refuse him when he asked her to marry him. Now she meets him again......
Anna Karenina (Dole translation) - Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina (Dole translation) - Leo Tolstoy
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- Genre: General Fiction / Historical Fiction
Two love stories are set against the backdrop of high society in Tsarist Russia. Anna awakes from a loveless marriage to find herself drawn irresistibly to the dashing cavalry officer, Count Vronsky. Levin struggles with self-esteem, and even flees...
The Type-Writer Girl - Grant Allen
The Type-Writer Girl - Grant Allen
- Author: Grant Allen
- Genre: General Fiction
(under the pseudonym Olive Pratt Rayner) "There is no more pathetic figure in our world to-day than the common figure of the poor young lady, crushed between classes above and below, and left with scarce a chance of earning her bread with decency."...
Mount Royal Volume III - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mount Royal Volume III - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
A classic Victorian sensation novel filled with romance, mystery, and murder with emphasis on romance. - summary by Celine Major...
Aces Up - Covington CLARKE
Aces Up - Covington CLARKE
- Author: Covington CLARKE
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talents will not be put to good use in the war. Major Cowan introduces Lt. McGee as the British instructor for the...
Isobel - James Oliver Curwood
Isobel - James Oliver Curwood
- Author: James Oliver Curwood
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
Action, intrigue, and a touch of romance in the farthest reaches of northern Canada. Sergeant Billy MacVeigh of the Canadian Northwest Mounted, with his only partner Pelliter are the only official representatives in the lonely and desolate reaches...
Her Benny - Silas HOCKING
Her Benny - Silas HOCKING
- Author: Silas HOCKING
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction
A very heart touching story about two homeless children, a brother and sister, living on the streets of Liverpool, England during Victorian times. (Summary by Larraine Paquette)...
Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) - José RIZAL
Noli Me Tangere (The Social Cancer) - José RIZAL
- Author: José RIZAL
- Genre: General Fiction
Noli Me Tangere (Latin for Touch Me Not) is a novel by the National Hero of the Philippines, Dr. José Rizal. It was originally written in Spanish, and first published in Germany in 1887. Noli Me Tangere exposed the corruption and abuse of the...
Against The Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
Against The Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Author: Joris-Karl HUYSMANS
- Genre: General Fiction
“THE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDE”. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmans’ cult novel of 1884, which is also routinely called the Bible of Decadence. Accurate descriptions, both, of this...
The Titan - Theodore DREISER
The Titan - Theodore DREISER
- Author: Theodore DREISER
- Genre: General Fiction
Cowperwood moves to Chicago with his new wife Aileen. He decides to take over the street-railway system. He bankrupts several opponents with the help of John J. McKenty and other political allies. Meanwhile, Chicago society finds out about his past...
Contending Forces - Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
Contending Forces - Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
- Author: Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins
- Genre: General Fiction / Romance
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins, despite an impressive record of productivity and creativity as a novelist, playwright, short fiction writer, editor, actress, and singer, is an African-American woman writer who has essentially been consigned to the...
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies - Frank Gee Patchin
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies - Frank Gee Patchin
- Author: Frank Gee Patchin
- Genre: Children's Fiction / Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies is the first book in the 12 part series by Frank Gee Patchin. (Summary by ashleighjane) Next book in the series: The Pony Rider Boys Texas...
Topsy-Turvy - Jules Verne
Topsy-Turvy - Jules Verne
- Author: Jules Verne
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Science Fiction
Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889) . This anonymous translation was first published by J. G. Ogilvie (New York, 1890). We meet our old friends Barbicane and J.T. Maston from “Earth to the Moon” who now give us their own...
The Web of the Golden Spider - Frederick O. BARTLETT
The Web of the Golden Spider - Frederick O. BARTLETT
- Author: Frederick O. BARTLETT
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The Web of the Golden Spider is a tale of mystery, intrigue and adventure that begins in the city, progresses to a mutinous open sea voyage, eventually leading to the remotest areas on the slopes of the Andes of South America. Wilson, our hero,...
The Odd Women - George Gissing
The Odd Women - George Gissing
- Author: George Gissing
- Genre: General Fiction
George Gissing's 1893 novel takes on the 19th century "Woman Question" by looking at themes of feminism, marriage, and love. The novel raises these issues through the lives of several contrasting women: Mary Barfoot, a feminist philanthropist who...
813 - Maurice Leblanc
813 - Maurice Leblanc
- Author: Maurice Leblanc
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction / Detective Fiction
As usual, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin finds himself wrongfully accused of murder, and must find the real killer to clear his coloured name. (Summary by Cathy Barratt)...
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper - T. S. ARTHUR
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper - T. S. ARTHUR
- Author: T. S. ARTHUR
- Genre: General Fiction
Is housekeeping such a trial? Mrs. Smith thinks so and confesses all in this merry account of her escapades and near disasters! (Summary by Kehinde)...
Edison's Conquest of Mars - Garrett P. Serviss
Edison's Conquest of Mars - Garrett P. Serviss
- Author: Garrett P. Serviss
- Genre: General Fiction / Science Fiction
Edison's Conquest of Mars, by Garrett P. Serviss, is one of the many science fiction novels published in the nineteenth century. Although science fiction was not at the time thought of as a distinct literary genre, it was a very popular literary...
Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer - Sir Walter Scott
Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer - Sir Walter Scott
- Author: Sir Walter Scott
- Genre: General Fiction
Guy Mannering is a young astrologer, just down from Oxford. While travelling in Scotland, he loses his way and unexpectedly comes to stay at Ellangowan, just as the son of Godfrey Bertram is born. Guy Mannering consults the stars to tell the fortune...
Devlin the Barber - B. L. FARJEON
Devlin the Barber - B. L. FARJEON
- Author: B. L. FARJEON
- Genre: General Fiction
The stabbing death of a beautiful young woman in a London park at night and the disappearance of her sister; a shocked and heartbroken young suitor; a terrified landlady and her simple husband; a recently unemployed man, the narrator, who is...
Mother - Kathleen NORRIS
Mother - Kathleen NORRIS
- Author: Kathleen NORRIS
- Genre: Family Life / General Fiction
With seven children and a home to take care of, Margaret wondered how her Mother could be so happy living a life that seemed all drudgery. As Margaret has new experiences, she comes to realize that "her mother was not only the truest, the finest,...
Snowdrift - James B. HENDRYX
Snowdrift - James B. HENDRYX
- Author: James B. HENDRYX
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / General Fiction
The story revolves around Carter Brent, an alcoholic and gambler who had struck gold many times in the Yukon, but gambled and drank it away in Dawson; and Snowdrift, the half-breed who had spent her life with a wandering band of Indians in the...
Missing: Page Thirteen - Anna Katharine Green
Missing: Page Thirteen - Anna Katharine Green
- Author: Anna Katharine Green
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
Violet Strange, a clever petite detective, is called upon to solve the mystery of a page gone missing from an important document. The futures of several people, including an eccentric misanthrope, a chemical scientist, a bride and groom, depend on...
The Paying Guest - George Gissing
The Paying Guest - George Gissing
- Author: George Gissing
- Genre: General Fiction
George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism, which closely pictures the class struggles of the time. The Novel opens at the breakfast table of the...
Secret history revealed by Lady Peggy O'Malley - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
Secret history revealed by Lady Peggy O'Malley - Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Author: Charles Norris WILLIAMSON
- Genre: General Fiction
"If, two years ago, when I was sixteen, I hadn’t wanted money to buy a white frock with roses on it, which I saw in Selfridge’s window, a secret crisis between the United States and Mexico would have been avoided; and the career of a splendid...
The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The Exemplary Novels of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
- Genre: General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Short Stories
Originally compiled by Cervantes himself in 1613 as a collection of "exemplary" stories, this translated version from 1881 brings these stories to the English reader. Included in the collection are twelve stories selected by Cervantes, including "A...
The Ordeal of Elizabeth - Anonymous
The Ordeal of Elizabeth - Anonymous
- Author: Anonymous
- Genre: General Fiction
An unforgettable family saga which revolves around the beautiful young Elizabeth. Elizabeth is orphaned and raised by her spinster aunts. As an adult, she finds herself trapped in a loveless marriage and ultimately falls in love with another man....
Lady Susan - Jane Austen
Lady Susan - Jane Austen
- Author: Jane Austen
- Genre: Epistolary Fiction / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Jane Austen demonstrated her mastery of the epistolary novel genre in Lady Susan, which she wrote in 1795 but never published. Although the primary focus of this short novel is the selfish behavior of Lady Susan as she engages in affairs and...
The Fatal Three - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Fatal Three - Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Author: Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Genre: General Fiction
Written by one of the most prolific authors of the 19th century The Fatal Three although not as sensational as some of her other novels serves up some very fascinating characters. It also raises some very interesting questions regarding moral &...
