Literature

La Comédie Humaine: Scènes de la vie privée

by Honoré de Balzac • Read by Bernard • 4.6★

Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…

The Tosa Diary

by No Tsurayuki Ki • Read by Availle • 4.6★

Ki no Tsurayuki was a Japanese waka poet of the Heian period. In 905, he was one of the poets ordered to compile the "Kokinshu - Collec…

Literary Taste

by Arnold Bennett • Read by Timothy Ferguson • 4.7★

Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…

Daisy Miller

by Henry James • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.2★

Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella by Henry James. It portrays the confused courtship of the eponymous American girl by Winterbourne, a compatr…

Die Judenbuche

by Annette Von Droste-Hülshoff • Read by Hans Hafen • 4.7★

"Die Judenbuche – Ein Sittengemälde aus dem gebirgichten Westfalen" ist eine Novelle von Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, di…

King Henry IV

by William Shakespeare • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.5★

King Henry IV, Part 2 continues the epic tale of Prince Hal as he navigates the tumultuous path to kingship. Set against the backdrop of a d…

The Price of Love

by Arnold Bennett • Read by Christine Blachford • 4.3★

Rachel Louise Fleckring works for the elderly Mrs Maldon, and although with the woman for only a short time, she is taken into the heart of …

The Cossacks

by Leo Tolstoy • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.2★

The Cossacks (1863) is an unfinished novel which describes the Cossack life and people through a story of Dmitri Olenin, a Russian aristocra…

Poèmes Saturniens

by Paul Verlaine and Paul-Marie Verlaine • Read by Jc Guan • 4.3★

Poèmes saturniens est le titre du premier recueil de poèmes de Paul Verlaine. Si Verlaine convoque Saturne, c'est en tant que …

The Fruit of the Tree

by Edith Wharton • Read by Margaret Espaillat • 4.4★

The Fruit of the Tree by Edith Wharton explores the intricate lives of a wealthy mill owner and her socially progressive husband as they nav…

Dietegen

by Gottfried Keller • Read by Karlsson • 4.7★

Die lebenslustigen Seldwyler leben seit alter Tradition in einem ständigen Streit mit ihren Nachbarn in Ruechenstein, einem finsteren u…

The Lifted Veil

by George Eliot • Read by Bruce Pirie • 4.5★

The Lifted Veil is a thought-provoking novella by George Eliot that delves into the realms of the supernatural and the unknown. Set against …

The Cricket on the Hearth

by Charles Dickens • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.3★

John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his wife Dot (who is much younger than he), their baby, their nanny Tilly Slowboy, and a mysterious …

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

by Selma Lagerlöf • Read by Lars Rolander (1942-2016) • 4.9★

Join Nils Holgersson on a remarkable journey across Sweden in Selma Lagerlöf's enchanting tale, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. Origi…

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift • Read by LibriVox Volunteers • 4.6★

This is a children's version of Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels, from the Told to the Children Series (published in 1910). The chi…

Der Arme Spielmann

by Franz Grillparzer • Read by Availle • 4.3★

Auf dem Weg zur Brigittenauer Kirchweihe fällt dem Erzähler ein alter Geigenspieler auf. Durch ein kurzes Gespräch neugierig …

Joseph Andrews

by Henry Fielding • Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) • 4.4★

Joseph Andrews is a pioneering work of English literature that blends humor and social commentary in a tale of adventure and virtue. Followi…