Historical Fiction

Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
In Part 2, Kitty’s health deteriorates from regret and heartbreak, while Levin retreats to his country estate. Anna and Vronsky continue to …

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy Read by Bob Neufeld 4.8
Tess of the d'Urbervilles follows the life of Tess, a young woman of humble origins who discovers her connection to a noble lineage. Set aga…

Benito Cereno

by Herman Melville Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
On an island off the coast of Chile, Captain Amaso Delano, sailing an American sealer, sees the San Dominick, a Spanish slave ship, in obvio…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, firs…

The Pretty Lady

by Arnold Bennett Read by Simon Evers 4.1
‘The Pretty Lady’ is considered to be one of Bennett's most revealing and under-rated works. It is the story of a French prostitute, Christi…

The Corsican Brothers

by Alexandre Dumas Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Alexandre Dumas weaves the compelling story of Siamese twins who are separated physically but never in spirit. When one of the brothers is m…

The Chief Legatee

by Anna Katharine Green Read by Tony Oliva 4.1
"I was married to-day in Grace Church. At the altar my bride--you probably know her name, Miss Georgian Hazen--wore a natural look, and…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir") is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy,…

The Scouts of Stonewall

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
In this third book of Joseph Altsheler's Civil War series, Harry Kenton, a lieutenant in the Southern Army, is on scout patrol in the Shenan…

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy Read by MaryAnn 4.6
”War and Peace” is a panoramic novel: It is its own justification, and perhaps needs no introduction. It always reminds the translator of a …

Plain Tales from the Hills

by Rudyard Kipling Read by Mike Harris 4.6
Plain Tales from the Hills is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling, set against the backdrop of British India during the height …

The Fifth Queen

by Ford Madox Ford Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.3
The Fifth Queen invites listeners into the tumultuous world of Tudor England, where ambition and desire intertwine in the court of King Henr…

Ann Veronica

by H. G. Wells Read by Joy Chan 4.4
Ann Veronica was a controversial book detailing the development of a naive school girl into a "New Woman". When it was published, …

The Star of Gettysburg

by Joseph A. Altsheler Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Army of Northern Virginia, still victorious after three hard years of fighting, capitalize on their victories at Fredericksburg and Chan…

A Lady of Quality

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by Linda Andrus 4.1
A Lady of Quality transports listeners to late 17th-century England, where the life of a spirited woman unfolds against a backdrop of societ…

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway Read by KevinS 4.1
The Sun Also Rises (1926) was Hemingway's first novel to be published, though there is his novella The Torrents of Spring which was publishe…

The Brethren

by H. Rider Haggard Read by Abigail Rasmussen 4.8
Set in the days of the Crusaders, this books tells of a young maiden named Rosamund, and her twin cousins. Godwin is the grey eyed thoughtfu…

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus

by Mary Shelley Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.7
A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…

The Turn Of The Tide

by Eleanor H. Porter Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
"What a joy! How exciting!" Margret Kendall returned home, to her loving and equally beloved mother's arms after 4 years in the sl…

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