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100 Great Audiobooks of Literary Masterpieces!

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That Affair Next Door, by Anna Katharine Green. Part I.

The dead body of a woman was found under a large cabinet. But she had been dead four hours before the cabinet fell upon her. The owners of the house had been on vacation and the place empty. Who was she and why was she in the empty house all alone? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 25, 20241 hr 24 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part VII.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 25 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part VI.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 28 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part V.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 22 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part IV.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 23 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part III.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 39 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part II.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 22 min

After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Part I.

Jefferies' novel can be seen as an early example of "post-apocalyptic fiction." After some sudden and unspecified catastrophe has depopulated England, the countryside reverts to nature, and the few survivors to a quasi-medieval way of life. The first part of the book, " The Relapse into Barbarism ", is the account by some later historian of the fall of civilisation and its consequences, with a loving description of nature reclaiming England. The second part, " Wild England ", is an adventure set...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 28 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part VIII.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20241 hr 54 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part VII.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20242 hr 6 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part VI.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20241 hr 59 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part V.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20242 hr 8 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part III.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20242 hr 13 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part II.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20242 hr 18 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part I.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 18, 20242 hr 21 min

The Lost City, by Harry Hazelton. Part III.

Bruno and Waldo Gillespie are orphaned brothers living with the extremely eccentric Professor Phaeton Featherwit. One day they set off in one of the professor's machines to investigate a tornado at close range and accidentally get sucked into it! They are then transported by the tornado and find themselves in a barren, uncharted wasteland wherein lies a city -- a long lost Aztec city! Find out what happens next to the brothers and the professor in this harrowing and exhilarating adventure! Adver...

Jan 15, 20242 hr 3 min

The Lost City, by Harry Hazelton. Part II.

Bruno and Waldo Gillespie are orphaned brothers living with the extremely eccentric Professor Phaeton Featherwit. One day they set off in one of the professor's machines to investigate a tornado at close range and accidentally get sucked into it! They are then transported by the tornado and find themselves in a barren, uncharted wasteland wherein lies a city -- a long lost Aztec city! Find out what happens next to the brothers and the professor in this harrowing and exhilarating adventure! Adver...

Jan 15, 20242 hr 9 min

The Lost City, by Harry Hazelton. Part I.

Bruno and Waldo Gillespie are orphaned brothers living with the extremely eccentric Professor Phaeton Featherwit. One day they set off in one of the professor's machines to investigate a tornado at close range and accidentally get sucked into it! They are then transported by the tornado and find themselves in a barren, uncharted wasteland wherein lies a city -- a long lost Aztec city! Find out what happens next to the brothers and the professor in this harrowing and exhilarating adventure! Adver...

Jan 15, 20242 hr 27 min

A Short History of England, by G. K. Chesterton. Part IV.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of people and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today. "But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions. In this respect there is an almost comic contrast between the general informat...

Jan 15, 20241 hr 22 min

A Short History of England, by G. K. Chesterton. Part III.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of people and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today. "But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions. In this respect there is an almost comic contrast between the general informat...

Jan 15, 20241 hr 44 min

A Short History of England, by G. K. Chesterton. Part II.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of people and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today. "But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions. In this respect there is an almost comic contrast between the general informat...

Jan 15, 20241 hr 46 min

A Short History of England, by G. K. Chesterton. Part I.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a prolific writer on many topics. His views of history were always from the standpoint of people and their interactions, and it may fairly be said he saw all of history as a battle between civilization and barbarism. So it has always been, and that remains true even today. "But it is especially in the matter of the Middle Ages that the popular histories trample upon the popular traditions. In this respect there is an almost comic contrast between the general informat...

Jan 15, 20241 hr 59 min

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë. Part IV.

When Helen Graham moves into old Wildfell Hall with her little son Arthur, the rustic neighborhood comes alive with gossip and speculation, particularly when saturnine Mr. Lawrence (who bears an uncanny resemblance to the child) begins to visit her clandestinely. Local gentleman farmer Gilbert Markham falls in love with her almost against his will, despite rumors that she supports herself by the work of her hands and can give no account of her origins. Only when her diary comes into Markham’s ha...

Jan 14, 20242 hr 6 min

The Lair of the White Worm, by Bram Stoker. Part V.

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It was published in 1911. This book centers on Adam Salton who is contacted by his great uncle in England, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, E...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 7 min

The Lair of the White Worm, by Bram Stoker. Part IV.

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It was published in 1911. This book centers on Adam Salton who is contacted by his great uncle in England, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, E...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 13 min

The Lair of the White Worm, by Bram Stoker. Part III.

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It was published in 1911. This book centers on Adam Salton who is contacted by his great uncle in England, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, E...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 12 min

The Lair of the White Worm, by Bram Stoker. Part II.

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It was published in 1911. This book centers on Adam Salton who is contacted by his great uncle in England, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, E...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 3 min

The Lair of the White Worm, by Bram Stoker. Part I.

The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. It was published in 1911. This book centers on Adam Salton who is contacted by his great uncle in England, for the purpose of establishing a relationship between these last two members of the family. Adam travels to Richard Salton's house in Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, E...

Jan 11, 20241 hr 14 min

After World's End, by Jack Williamson. Part III.

Could the Earthmen ever win against Malgarth, the Robot monster? Was their only hope Barry Horn, who had waked from the age-long amnesic sleep of the cosmic rays, and Dona Keradin, the wonder-girl in the carbon crystal? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 11, 20241 hr 7 min

After World's End, by Jack Williamson. Part II.

Could the Earthmen ever win against Malgarth, the Robot monster? Was their only hope Barry Horn, who had waked from the age-long amnesic sleep of the cosmic rays, and Dona Keradin, the wonder-girl in the carbon crystal? Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Jan 11, 20241 hr 29 min
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