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May Sarton: Excerpts from a Life
Author: May Sarton
May Sarton has sought Truth in every avenue of her brilliant, long life - which she has kept careful record of as a poet, novelist, journalist, and memoirist. ...more

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T. S. Eliot Reading Poems & Choruses
Author: T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot reads a selection of his own poetry, including "The Love Song Of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "Ash Wednesday". Recorded in London in 1955....more

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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus (Unabridg
Author: Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley
As the result of Victor Frankenstein's creation of a monster out of the remains of human corpses, a series of horrifying events occur. But who is responsible: t...more

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Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged)
Author: Jane Austen
First published in 1813, this is Jane Austen's most popular novel. It portrays life in the genteel rural society of the day, and tells of the initial misunderst...more

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Dombey and Son, Volume 2 (Unabridged)
Author: Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens possessed an uncanny ability to capture the imagination of his audience. Many of his readers were new to fiction mainly due to a rise in literac...more

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Zora Neale Hurston: Stories (Unabridged)
Author: Zora Neale Hurston
As powerful as Zora Neale Hurston is in print, hearing her as narrated by Renee Joshua-Porter makes her work dance and soar with an unfettered vigor. Hurston's ...more

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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vo
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874 ? 1965) took his reading material quite seriously. He said, "When I read a book, I seem to read it with my eyes only. But now and...more

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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vo
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and the highest paid author in the world in the 1930's, nevertheless failed to...more

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Dombey and Son, Volume 3 (Unabridged)
Author: Charles Dickens
It was after the publication of Dombey and Son that the literary reputation of Charles Dickens as a world class writer was finally and irrevocably establ...more

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Short Stories of William Somerset Maugham, Vo
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was born at the height of British Imperial power. When he died, the British Empire was all but a memory. In Maugham's lifet...more

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The Adventures of Bertie and Jeeves: Volume 1
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881 ? 1975), a native of Guildford, England, was probably the greatest writer of comedy in the 20th century. With each passing year...more

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Idylls of the King (Unabridged)
Author: Alfred Tennyson
The Arthurian legend of Camelot has been told many times, but never better than by Alfred Tennyson. Employing some of the most stirring and beautiful blank vers...more

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The Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevenson,
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850 - 1894), was born in Edinburgh. His life has always held a fascinating romantic attraction, especially for his contemporaries. His...more

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Edgar Allan Poe's Stories and Tales I (Dramat
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Whether searching for the buried treasure of Captain Kidd in "The Gold Bug," seeking revenge in "The Cask of Amontillado," entering a web of murder and betrayal...more

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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke: 19
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
From early stories like "Breaking Strain," to classics like "The Nine Billion Names of God" and "The Sentinel" (kernel of the later novel and movie, 2001: A ...more

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Dombey and Son, Volume 1 (Unabridged)
Author: Charles Dickens
Although not as widely known as some of his other works, Dombey and Son is nevertheless one of the greatest novels by Charles Dickens. It was published i...more

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Lady Windermere's Fan
Author: Oscar Wilde
A lord, his wife, her admirer and an infamous blackmailer converge in the irreverent satire that launched Wilde's succession of classic social comedies. This de...more

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The Name of the Rose
Author: Umberto Eco
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mi...more

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The Egyptian: Volume 1 (Unabridged)
Author: Mika Waltari
The world of ancient Egypt springs magnificently to life in this astonishing historical novel of love, war, political intrigue, and religious revolution. Told f...more

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Letters to a Young Poet (Unabridged)
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke (transla
Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even not...more

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