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	After London, or Wild England - Richard Jefferies LibriVox recording of After London, or Wild England, by Richard Jefferies. Read by Ruth Golding. 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 d... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; adventure; fantasy; disaster; apocalypse Downloads: 925 Average rating: (1 review)
	À se tordre - Alphonse Allais À se tordre par Alphonse Allais, lu pour Librivox par Bernard, Michael Cadilhac, Carole, Christian, Enkerli, Ezwa, Cori Samuel et Scott Sherris. Alphonse Allais est un journaliste, écrivain et humoriste français célèbre à la Belle Époque, connu pour sa plume acerbe et son humour absurde. (adapté de Wikipedia par Ezwa) Alphonse Allais was a French writer and humorist. He is the author of many collections of whimsical writings... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; littérature; livre audio; Alphonse Allais; à se tordre; humour; absurde; fumiste; arts incohérents; contes humoristiques Downloads: 1,851 Average rating: (1 review)
	Bruges-la-Morte - Georges Rodenbach Bruges-la-Morte de Georges Rodenbach lu pour Librivox par Ezwa. Voilà cinq ans que Hugues Viane est veuf. Voilà cinq ans qu'il est venu s'installer à Bruges, cette ville qui lui renvoie son image : triste et grise. Au cours d'une de ses promenades nocturnes, il croise sa morte ou, tout au moins, une femme qui lui ressemble. Mais alors qu'il la suit, elle disparait à un carrefour. La retrouvera-t-il ? Est-elle vraiment telle que celle qu'il a perdue autrefois et qu'il pleure encore ? Bruges d... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; livre audio; littérature; French; français; Rodenbach; Bruges; Hugues Viane; symbolism; symbolisme; fiction; Belgium; Belgian Downloads: 172 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde Librivox recording of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde. Read by David Barnes The American Minister and his family have bought the English stately home Canterville Chase, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterville - blood-stains, clanking chains and all. But these modern Americans will have no truck with ghostly goings-on, and set out to beat the spectre at his own game. (Summary by David Barnes) For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org. Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; wilde; ghost; canterville Downloads: 19,957 Average rating: (1 review)
	Cinq semaines en ballon - Jules Verne Cinq semaines en ballon de Jules Verne lu pour Librivox par Bernard. Un savant, Samuel Fergusson, accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Dick Kennedy entreprend de traverser le continent africain — alors incomplètement exploré — à l'aide d'un ballon gonflé à l'hydrogène. Il a en effet inventé un dispositif qui, en lui évitant de perdre du gaz ou de devoir jeter du lest pour régler son altitude, autorise les plus longs voyages... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; livre audio; littérature; cinq semaines en ballon; Jules Verne; Samuel Fergusson; Dick Kennedy; Joe Wilson; ballon; Afrique Downloads: 3,268 Average rating: (1 review)
	Dictionnaire des idees recues - Gustave Flaubert Dictionnaire des idées reçues, traduit par Gustave Flaubert, lu pour Librivox par Aldor, Christian, Claude Covo-Farchi, Didier, Enkerli, Ezwa, et Kitoune. Le « Dictionnaire des idées reçues » : recueil d’exemples de l’intelligence humaine qui se dépasse elle-même. Les temps changent ; ce genre d’intelligence, non. Flaubert nous fait des clins d’œil depuis sa tombe – et ceci durera certainement jusqu’à la fin des temps… (Par Didier) Pour vous renseigner à notre sujet ou p... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; littérature; livre audio; dictionnaire des idées reçues; Gustave Flaubert; dictionnaire Downloads: 1,317 Average rating: (1 review)
	Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Ceci est un enregistrement LibriVox recording du Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité entre les hommes, par Jean-Jacques Rousseau. De l’inégalité parmi les hommes est un essai philosophique d’une centaine de pages environ, richement annoté par l’auteur, introduit par une lettre de louanges à la République de Genève ainsi que par une préface de l’auteur datée du 12 Juin 1754... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; inequality; human condition; condition humaine; inégalité; discours; essai; nature; nurture; état de nature Downloads: 1,133 Average rating: (1 review)
	God and the State - Mikhail Bakunin Librivox recording of God and the State by Mikhail Bakunin. Read by CarlManchester. Bakunin's most famous work, published in various lengths, this version is the most complete form of the work published hitherto. Originally titled "Dieu et l'état", Bakunin intended it to be part of the second portion to a larger work named "The Knouto-Germanic Empire and the Social Revolution" (Knouto-Germanic Empire is in reference to a treaty betwixt Russia and Germany at the time), but the work was never com... Keywords: philosophy; religion; audiobook Downloads: 16,917 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Holy War - John Bunyan LibriVox recording of The Holy War by John Bunyan, read by Joy Chan. The Holy War is perhaps John Bunyan's second most popular work, after The Pilgrim's Progress. It tells the story of a fierce battle to take control of a city from its rightful ruler. (Summary by Joy Chan.) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org Keywords: LibriVox; audio books; allegory; religion; Bunyan; John Bunyan; English literature Downloads: 2,999 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde - Oscar Wilde Librivox recording of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde. Read by Joy Chan For more free audiobooks or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org. Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature Downloads: 33,138 Average rating: (1 review)
	The King of Schnorrers - Israel Zangwill LibriVox recording of The King of Schnorrers by Israel Zangwill, read by Adrian Praetzellis. Manasseh da Costa is a schnorrer (beggar) who lives on the charitable contributions of the Jews of late 18th-century London. But Manasseh is far from being a humble panhandler for, as every schnorrer knows, supporting the poor is a commandment from God (a mitzvah) not just a favour. And as the descendant of Portuguese Jews who had lived in England for many generations, Manasseh is the social superior of ... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; shnorrers; zangwill Downloads: 7,170 Average rating: (1 review)
	La mare au diable - George Sand La mare au diable de George Sand lu pour Librivox par Ezwa. Sur l’avis de son beau-père, malgré sa réticence, le laboureur Germain, veuf de vingt-huit ans, va se rendre à Fourche pour rencontrer celle qui deviendra peut-être la nouvelle mère de ces trois petits enfants, la fille du père Léonard, jeune veuve elle aussi. Apprenant ce déplacement, la mère Guillette demande qu’il emmène avec lui sa fille, Marie, qui s’en va travailler comme bergère dans la région... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; livre audio; livre parlé; littérature; Sand; George Sand; mare au diable; laboureur; Berry; Fourche; Ormeaux; Belair; Guillette; français; French Downloads: 4,618 Average rating: (1 review)
	Le pere Goriot - Honore de Balzac Le père Goriot par Honoré de Balzac lu pour Librivox par Bernard. Le Père Goriot est un roman d’Honoré de Balzac, écrit en 1834, dont la publication débute dans la Revue de Paris et qui paraît en 1835 en librairie. Il fait partie des Scènes de la vie privée de la Comédie humaine. Le Père Goriot établit les bases de ce qui deviendra un véritable édifice : la Comédie humaine, construction littéraire unique en son genre, avec des liens entre les volumes, des passerelles, des renvo... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; livre audio; littérature; le père Goriot; Honoré de Balzac; comédie humaine; études de moeurs; scènes de la vie parisienne; Eugène de Rastignac; Delphine de Nucingen; Madame de Beauséant; Anastasie de Restaud; Vautrin; Victorine Taillefer; Vauquer; Michonneau; Poiret; Couture; Bianchon; Maxime de Trailles; Henri de Marsay; marquis d’Ajuda-Pinto; Rochefide; Trompe-la-Mort; Rue Neuve-Sainte-Geneviève Downloads: 7,207 Average rating: (1 review)
	Les liaisons dangereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Le liaisons dangereuses de Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, lu pour Librivox par David Barnes, Ezwa, Faris, Kitoune, Kristin LeMoine et Lisam&m. D’amants qu’ils étaient, le Vicomte de Valmont et la Marquise de Merteuil sont restés complices dans leurs projets de liaisons et confidents dans leur correspondance, chacun préservant sa réputation aux yeux du monde : d’homme irrésistible pour l’un, de femme respectable pour l’autre... Downloads: 26,584 Average rating: (1 review)
	Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Women - Arnold Bennett LibriVox recording of Mental Efficiency and Other Hints to Men and Women, by Arnold Bennett. Read by Ruth Golding. In this light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of articles, published in 1911, Bennett offers his thoughts on exercising your mind, organising your life, marriage, happiness and other pocket philosophies. The book stands the test of time, and much is still relevant and amusing - perhaps even more so, with nearly 100 years of hindsight, than when it was originally written... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; advice; philosophy; marriage; mind; conventions; life; books; individuality Downloads: 900 Average rating: (1 review)
	Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir - Georges Courteline Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir de Georges Courteline lu pour Librivox par Aldor. Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir, de Georges Courteline, parut, pour la première fois, en feuilleton, dans l'Echo de Paris, au cours des années 1891-1892. Une version légèrement remaniée fut éditée, sous forme de livre, par Flammarion, en 1893. Le livre, constitué d'une suite de cinq tableaux, narre la vie de quelques employés d'un service administratif - celui des Dons et Legs - dont l'activité, suivie pendant qu... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; livre audio; littérature; Georges Courteline; ronds-de-cuir; Lahrier; La Hourmerie; Van der Hogen; Quibolle; père Soupe; Chavarax; ministère; administration; fonctionnaire; Dons et Legs Downloads: 804 Average rating: (1 review)
	Moonfleet - J. Meade Falkner LibriVox recording of Moonfleet By J. Meade Falkner The novel is set in a fishing village in Dorset during the mid 18th century. The story concerns a 15 year old orphan boy, John Trenchard, who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of smugglers. One night John chances on the smugglers' store in the crypt beneath the church. He explores but hides behind a coffin when he hears voices... Keywords: moonfleet; falkner; fiction; children; adventure; audiobooks; librivox Downloads: 2,882 Average rating: (1 review)
	Tales of the Five Towns - Arnold Bennett LibriVox recording of Tales of the Five Towns, by Arnold Bennett. Read by Martin Clifton. This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of the nineteenth century, based around the six towns in the county of Staffordshire, England, known as the Potteries. Arnold Bennett chose to fictionalize these towns by changing their names and omitting one (Fenton) as he apparently felt that “Five Towns” was more eup... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; short stories; potteries Downloads: 925 Average rating: (1 review)
	Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours - Verne, Jules Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours de Jules Verne, lu pour Librivox par Alex Foster, CarlManchester, Christophe, Claire Goget, Elisa, Ezwa et Faris. Anglais flegmatique, enragé joueur de whist, Phileas Fogg, dont on ignore tout, mène une vie réglée comme une horloge. Jamais un mot, ni un mouvement inutiles. Ce mercredi 2 octobre 1872, tout pourrait bien changer : contre l'avis de ses partenaires de jeu du Reform-Club, Phileas Fogg soutient qu'on peut maintenant parcourir la terre en qua... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; litterature; livre audio; aventure; Jules Verne; Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours; Le tour du monde en 80 jours; Phileas Fogg; Passepartout; Fix; Mrs. Aouda Downloads: 62,586 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Trespasser - D.H. Lawrence LibriVox recording of The Trespasser, by D.H. Lawrence. Read by Martin Geeson. Brief Encounter meets Tristan und Isolde - on the Isle of Wight, under a vast sky florid with stars. The consequence is tragic indeed for one of the parties, Siegmund, when he sacrifices family life for a few days’ transcendent rapture. His lover, the self-contained Helena, is strong enough to bear a return to the scruffy suburbs... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; tragedy; love Downloads: 662 Average rating: (1 review)
	Under the Greenwood Tree - Thomas Hardy LibriVox recording of Under the Greenwood Tree, by Thomas Hardy. Read by Rachel Lintern. This novel is subtitled The Mellstock Quire, A Rural Painting of the Dutch School. The Quire is the group of musicians who accompany the hymns at the local church and we follow the fortunes of one member, Dick Dewy, who falls in love with the new school mistress, Fancy Day. Another element of the book is the battle between the traditional musicians of the Quire and the local vicar, Parson Maybold, who instal... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; fiction; romance; pastoral; choir; quire; music Downloads: 1,819 Average rating: (1 review)
	Viviane - Jean Lorrain Viviane de Jean Lorrain lu pour Librivox par Ezwa. « Comment, Viviane, la fille onduleuse aux crins d'or, courtisane galloise experte en félonie, des douze preux d'Arthur ayant été honnie pour sa langue envieuse et ses viles amours, se vengea. » « Ainsi donc tu le veux, couleuvre aux yeux de femme ? Apprends donc la légende. » (Extraits adaptés) How the perfidious Viviane took revenge on Arthur's valiants, who held her in contempt, by seducing Myrdhinn, the sorcerer... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; livre audio; littérature; Jean Lorrain; Paul Duval; Viviane; Myrdhinn; Arthur; Brocéliande; légende; legend; théâtre; play; conte Downloads: 828 Average rating: (1 review)
	When William Came - Saki Librivox recording of When William Came by Saki. Read by Andy Minter We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the 'What would have happened if Hitler had won the war' type and this is another - except that this one is set in 1913 and the 'William' of the title is that old bogeyman 'Kaiser Bill'. For some reason, at the height of Britain's power, the fear of invasion was common at that time... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; Saki; speculative fiction Downloads: 4,591 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Wisdom of Father Brown - G. K. Chesterton Librivox recording of The Wisdom of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton Read by Martin Clifton This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chestertons fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to ... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; recording; the wisdom of father brown Downloads: 23,883 Average rating: (1 review)
	The Woman Who Did - Grant Allen LibriVox recording of The Woman Who Did, by Grant Allen. Read by Ruth Golding. Most times, especially in the time when this book was written (1895), it is just as nature and society would wish: a man and woman "fall in love" and get married. But it is not so for Herminia Barton and Alan Merrick. They do indeed fall in love, but Herminia has a deeply held belief in freedom for women, and she holds immutable views against what she perceives as the slavery of marriage... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; novel; feminism; society; marriage; illegitimate Downloads: 450 Average rating: (1 review)
	Told after Supper - Jerome K. Jerome LibriVox recording of Told after Supper by Jerome K. Jerome. Read by Ruth Golding. It is Christmas Eve, and the narrator, his uncle and sundry other local characters are sitting round the fire drinking copious quantities of whisky punch and telling ghost stories until bedtime, when... But no, I won't spoil the fun. This is a little gem: Jerome at his tongue-in-cheek best. (Summary by Ruth Golding) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: librivox; audiobook; short stories; humour; humor; fiction; ghost; Christmas Downloads: 649 Average rating: (1 review)
	Farewell - Honoré de Balzac LibriVox recording of Farewell, by Honoré de Balzac. Read by Martin Geeson. In his startling and tragic novella Farewell (‘Adieu’), Balzac adds to the 19th century’s literature of the hysterical woman: sequestered, confined in her madness; mute, or eerily chanting in her moated grange. The first Mrs Rochester lurks in the wings; the Lady of Shalott waits for the shadowy reflection of the world outside to shatter her illusion... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; French literature; war stories Downloads: 373 Average rating: (1 review)
	Le Comte de Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas Enregistrememt LibriVox du Comte de Monte-Cristo, par Alexandre Dumas. Lu par Jc Guan. Edmond Dantès, un jeune marin au futur prometteur, est arrêté lors de sa cérémonie de mariage sous de fausses accusations, et emprisonné dans le Château d'If pendant 14 ans. Durant ce temps, il s'entretient en secret avec un autre détenu, l'Abbé Faria, un érudit que l'on prend pour fou. Celui-ci devient son ami et professeur, et, à sa mort, dévoile à Edmond le secret d'un trésor caché... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; French; literature; adventure; historical fiction Downloads: 16,905 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Diary of a Nobody - George and Weedon Grossmith Librivox recording of The Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith. Read by Martin Clifton The Diary of a Nobody is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, his family, friends and small circle of acquaintances. It first appeared, serialised in Punch magazine and might be regarded as the first "blog"; being a record of the simplicities and humiliations in the life of this mundane, but upright, city clerk, who had an incontestable faith that a record of his dai... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature Downloads: 60,944 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Diary of a Superfluous Man - Ivan Turgenev LibriVox recording of The Diary of a Superfluous Man, by Ivan Turgenev. Read by Martin Geeson. Turgenev's shy hero, Tchulkaturin, is a representative example of a Russian archetype - the "superfluous man", a sort of Hamlet not necessarily dignified with the title Prince: an individual of comfortable means leading a dreary existence, without purpose and led on by events which may, as in this story, engulf him... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; Ivan Turgenev; diary; superfluous man Downloads: 1,041 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Mystery of Edwin Drood - Charles Dickens LibriVox recording of The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens. Recording by Alan Chant. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. It is a mystery indeed; the serial novel was just half completed at the time of Dickens' death - leading to much speculation on how it might have ended. The novel is named after Edwin Drood, one of the characters, but it mostly tells the story of his uncle, a choirmaster named John Jasper, who is in love with his pupil, Rosa Bud... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; mystery; dickens; edwin drood; unfinished Downloads: 4,176 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling LibriVox recording of The Man Who Would Be King, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Philippa. The Man Who Would Be King tells the story of two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. It was inspired by the exploits of James Brooke, an Englishman who became the "white Raja" of Sarawak in Borneo, and by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan, who claimed the title Prince of Ghor... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; fiction; short stories; kipling; Afghanistan; India; adventure Downloads: 4,481 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Old Wives' Tale - Arnold Bennett LibriVox recording of The Old Wives' Tale, by Arnold Bennett. Read by Andy Minter. The Old Wives' Tale is a novel by Arnold Bennett, first published in 1908. It deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance and Sophia Baines, following their stories from their youth, working in their mother's draper's shop, into old age. It is generally regarded as one of Bennett's finest works. It covers a period of about 70 years from roughly 1840 to 1905, and is set in Burslem and Paris... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; bennett; fiction Downloads: 5,808 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	Persuasion - Jane Austen LibriVox recording of Persuasion by Jane Austen. Recording by Karen Savage. 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, eight and a half years later, she meets him again... Downloads: 3,009 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Rupert of Hentzau - Anthony Hope LibriVox recording of Rupert of Hentzau, by Anthony Hope. Read by Andy Minter. This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of the queen (Flavia)'s feelings towards him. Flavia decides that this must be the last year in which she sends to Rudolf the single red rose that betokens her love, and therefore she also sends via Fritz von Tarlenheim, her letter of good-bye... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; adventure; romance; hope Downloads: 12,033 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Tess of the d'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy Librivox recording of Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy. Read by Adrian Praetzellis. One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by conventional morality and its antithesis. Born near Dorchester, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) set most of his stories in the region between Berkshire and Dorset in the fictional county of Wessex... Keywords: librivox; audiobook Downloads: 13,544 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Vicar of Wakefield - Oliver Goldsmith Librivox recording of The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. Read by Martin Clifton Published in 1766 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest. It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimat... Keywords: librivox; literature Downloads: 29,717 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Women in Love - D. H. Lawrence Librivox recording of Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence. Read by Ruth Golding. Women in Love is a novel by British author D. H. Lawrence published in 1920. It is a sequel to his earlier novel The Rainbow (1915), and follows the continuing loves and lives of the Brangwen sisters, Gudrun and Ursula. Gudrun Brangwen, an artist, pursues a destructive relationship with Gerald Crich, an industrialist. Lawrence contrasts this pair with the love that develops between Ursula and Rupert Birkin, an alienated... Keywords: librivox; audiobooks; literature; English novel; fiction Downloads: 5,856 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Wuthering Heights (Solo Version) - Emily Bronte LibriVox recording of Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë. Read by Ruth Golding. Emily Brontë's only novel, published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell, tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate, yet thwarted, love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them. Now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights met with mixed reviews by critics when it first appeared, with many horrified b... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; bronte; Heathcliff; Brontë Downloads: 7,023 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	Against the Grain, or Against Nature - Joris-Karl Huysmans LibriVox recording of Against the Grain, or Against Nature, by Joris-Karl Huysmans, Read by Martin Geeson. “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 bizarre masterpiece which has reverberated ever since through high and popular culture... Keywords: librivox; audio; literature; huysmans; decadence; dorian gray; oscar wilde; des esseintes; anti-hero; tortoise; sex; perversion Downloads: 461 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu - Sax Rohmer LibriVox recording of he Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu, by Sax Rohmer. Read by Elaine Tweddle. Burmese Commisioner Nayland Smith and his faithful friend Dr Petrie continue their fight against the evil genius of Dr Fu-Manchu when they seek to save the good doctor's lost love and protect the British Empire from disaster when their malignant enemy returns to England. (Summary by Elaine Tweddle) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobook; adventure; mystery Downloads: 1,023 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	First Love - Ivan Turgenev trans. Constance Garnett LibriVox recording of First Love, by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Constance Garnett. Read by Martin Geeson. The title of the novella is almost an adequate summary in itself. The "boy-meets-girl-then-loses-her" story is universal but not, I think, banal - despite a surprise ending which notoriously turns out to be very little of a surprise. First Love is given its originality and poignancy by Turgenev's mastery of the piercing turning-point (akin to Joyce's "epiphanies") that transforms the chara... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; love; romance; novella Downloads: 1,503 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald LibriVox recording of "The Beautiful and Damned", by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read by E. Tavano. It 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) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org. Keywords: Librivox; audiobook; fiction; literature; F. Scott Fitzgerald; socialite; alcoholism; Anthony Patch; 1920s Downloads: 6,416 Average rating: (2 reviews)
	The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka Librivox recording of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, translated by Ian Johnston. Read by David Barnes The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, "The Transformation") is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and The Castle. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a giant "monstrous vermin"... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; kafka; metamorphosis; verwandlung; samsa Downloads: 40,497 Average rating: (3 reviews)
	The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope Librivox recording of The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope. Read by Andy Minter The Prisoner of Zenda tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania, a country not a thousand miles from Bavaria. There, by reason of his resemblance to the King of Ruritania he becomes involved in saving the King’s Life and his Throne from the King’s dastardly brother and his allies... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; Zenda; Hope Downloads: 35,596 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	The Big Bow Mystery - Israel Zangwill LibriVox recording of The Big Bow Mystery, by Israel Zangwill. Read by Adrian Praetzellis. It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is stumped. Yet the seemingly unsolvable case has, as Inspector Grodman says, "one sublimely simple solution" that is revealed in a final chapter full of revelations and a shocking denouement... Keywords: librivox; literature; audiobooks; mystery; zangwill; england; satire Downloads: 17,297 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson Librivox recording of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read by David Barnes The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer Utterson is driven to investigate Edward Hyde, the unlikely protege of his friend Dr Henry Jekyll, suspecting the relationship to be founded on blackmail... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; literature; stevenson; jekyll; hyde Downloads: 64,931 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	No Thoroughfare - Charles Dickens A LibriVox recording of No Thoroughfare, by Charles Dickens. Read by Alan Chant. Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, with disastrous consequences in adulthood. Two associates, wishing to right the wrong, are commissioned to find a missing heir. Their quest takes them from fungous wine cellars in the City of London to the sunshine of the Mediterranean — across the Alps in winter... Keywords: librivox; literature; christmas Downloads: 13,967 Average rating: (4 reviews)
	Sailing Alone Around the World - Joshua Slocum Librivox recording of Sailing Alone Around the World, by Joshua Slocum. Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boat that he named the Spray. On April 24, 1895, he set sail from Boston, Massachusetts. More than three years later, he returned to Newport, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1898 having circumnavigated the world, a distance of 46,000 miles (74,000 km)... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; adventure; sailing; sea; nautical Downloads: 35,786 Average rating: (5 reviews)
	Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse LibriVox recording of Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse. Translated by Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon Chaichenets Read by Adrian Praetzellis Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha, son of an Indian Brahman, leaves his family and begins a lifelong journey towards Enlightenment... Keywords: librivox; audiobook; fiction; allegory; India; Gautama Buddha; spiritual journey; enlightenment; Brahmin; ascetics Downloads: 15,833 Average rating: (4 reviews)