Drama

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals w…

The Lady From the Sea

by Henrik Ibsen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The title character in Ibsen's drama, Ellida Wangel, is married to a prosperous doctor, but feels stifled by her roles as wife and stepmothe…

They Call Me Carpenter

by Upton Sinclair Read by Tom Weiss 4.2
The story takes place in the fictional city of Western City circa 1920. It begins with a man named Billy who is attacked by a mob of ex-serv…

The School For Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy was first performed in 1777 and focuses on the intrigues and scandals of the British upper classes. Lady …

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's famous tragedy of two "star-crossed lovers" from rival houses. Romeo and Juliet meet at a party …

Love and Intrigue

by Friedrich Schiller Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughte…

The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 …

The Figure in the Carpet

by Henry James Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019) 4
The story ostensibly concerns a young literary critics who greatly admires the writer Hugh Vereker. A meeting with Vereker, however, shows h…

The Guilty River

by Wilkie Collins Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
After his father’s death Gerard Roylake returns from Germany to take up his inheritance at Trimley Deen. On one evening he meets his childho…

Timon of Athens

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Life of Timon of Athens is a play by William Shakespeare about the fortunes of an Athenian named Timon (and probably influenced by the p…

Mary Stuart

by Friedrich Schiller Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her …

The Three Sisters

by Anton Chekhov Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Three Sisters is a naturalistic play about the decay of the privileged class in Russia and the search for meaning in the modern world. It de…

The Liar

by Henry James Read by Deborah Percy 4.6
The Liar by Henry James explores the intricate dynamics of love, deception, and the complexities of human relationships. Set against the bac…

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Jude the Obscure is the last of Thomas Hardy's novels, begun as a magazine serial and first published in book form in 1895. Its hero Jude Fa…

Ivanov

by Anton Chekhov Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
Nicolai (anglicised Nicholas in this translation) Ivanov, a middle-aged public servant, is unhappy. His wife Anna, disinherited by her famil…

The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus

by Christopher Marlowe Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is a play by Christopher Marlow…

The Tragic Bride

by Francis Brett Young Read by Roger Melin 4.1
The story centers on Gabrielle Hewish, only and lonely child of Sir Jocelyn Hewish, a loveable lush and owner of the peaceful Roscarna estat…

Troilus and Cressida

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare's "problem" play about the Trojan War. As the opening Chorus tells us, the play "begins …

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby

by Charles Dickens Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The action takes place in London, with excursions to Devon, Yorkshire, and Portsmouth, as we follow the adventures of the eponymous hero. Ni…

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
The novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn the money to ca…

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