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This collection of ten stories, first published in 1904, shows Edith Wharton dissecting some of the customs, habits and vagaries of courtship and marriage, particularly as practiced in the upper reaches of New York society at the turn of the twentieth century (two stories, however, are set in Italy). Fidelity is only one problem; others may arise from the machinations and emotions of the protagonists or outsiders. Wharton handles the questions with her usual gentle (and sometimes not so gentle) irony and curiosity about human behavior. (Summary by Nicholas Clifford)

Five early short stories by Edith Wharton, American author of The House of Mirth. Includes “Kerfol,” “Mrs. Manstey's View,” “The Bolted Door,” “The Dilettante,” and “The House of the Dead Hand.”With one possible exception (“The Dilettante”), these early stories are dark tales about ghosts (canine and human), dark deeds of the past and present and how they haunt their perpetrators and victims, and narrators/central characters with a fierce determination to pursue their hearts’ desires at all costs.Even the one exception, which seems more like Wharton’s later tales of...

This autobiography of the author is a beautiful story of his journey to becoming a self-realized yogi, starting from recalling his early childhood experiences, to finding his gurus, and gaining spiritual wisdom as he progresses in his journey. It gives profound knowledge about the science of Yoga. - Summary by Ritu Aarcee

This is another of the fine detective mysteries written by Edgar Wallace during the early part of the twentieth century. This particular story revolves around the adventures of one Leslie Maughn who is employed as an advisor to New Scotland Yard in the days before women could become actual police officers. Supervised by her boss, Inspector Coldwell, she unravels a complex plot created by the Druze family. The other main character in the story is Peter Dawlish, a recently released prisoner from Dartmoor Prison who naturally becomes the first person suspected in a recently discovered murder. ...

Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with this 1920 novel about Old New York society. Newland Archer is wealthy, well-bred, and engaged to the beautiful May Welland. But he finds himself drawn to May's cousin Ellen Olenska, who has been living in Europe and who has returned following a scandalous separation from her husband. (Introduction by Elizabeth Klett)

In the first book of the series, intrepid teenage sleuth, Nancy Drew, searches for the true will of the late Josiah Crowley, a wealthy businessman from Nancy's hometown of River Heights. In an effort to help Josiah's impoverished relatives, Nancy risks her own safety to track the clues that will solve the mystery. The Secret of the Old Clock was written by Mildred Wirt Benson using the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. - Summary by Louise Jaeschke

Nineteen Eighty-Four (also published as 1984) is a dystopian speculative fiction novel by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book. Thematically, it centres on totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours.

LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of Winter In Canada by Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 28, 2025 ------Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon was a Canadian writer and poet. She was "one of the first English-Canadian writers to depict French Canada in a way that earned the praise of, and resulted in her novels being read by, both anglophone and francophone Canadians." - Summary by Wikipedia

It is a curious paradox that while the two volumes of Don Quixote have been described as the "best novel of all time" and the "best and most central work in world literature", the many episodes that make up the plot of this long work often prove to remarkably silly or sentimental, and occasionally lapse into riotous slapstick. But then, how liberating — for much of the fun of reading or listening to Don Quixote lies in discovering just how near we are in spirit to the audience who first enjoyed this novel in the early years of the seventeenth century.The novel's plot centres on a minor ...

The Book of Jade is a collection of poems published anonymously in 1901 and dedicated "To the Memory of Charles Baudelaire". Its author, David Park Barnitz, died shortly thereafter, at the age of 23. - Summary by Brian Fullen

La gran novela de D. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra se ha leído, estudiado, analizado, representado, comentado a lo largo y ancho de todos los continentes desde su publicación en 1615.Conocida mundialmente y sin perder ningún valor a lo largo de los años, Cervantes nos ofrece para deleite de quien quisiere leerla su creación más excelsa. Considerada por muchos la obra más destacada de la literatura española y una de las más importantes de la literatura universal, es imposible consignar aquí una introducción sencilla.Simplemente unas líneas del prólogo para instigar al lector:«...

Esta colección de 11 (no se incluye La aventura de la caja de cartón) relatos de Arthur Conan Doyle, presenta casos difíciles como robos, asesinatos y desapariciones, culminando con la muerte de Holmes tras su enfrentamiento final con el profesor Moriarty en "El problema final". Watson narra los eventos, mostrando la genialidad deductiva de Holmes hasta su.... ¿desaparición?... - Summary by Phileas Fogg

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Reminiscence by Anne Brontë.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 4, 2026. ------Anne Brontë was an English novelist and poet. A member of the Brontë literary family, she was the younger sister of Charlotte, Emily, and Branwell. Anne is known for her 1847 novel Agnes Grey and for her 1848 novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is considered to be one of the first feminist novels. - Summary by Wikipedia

The second volume follows the principles of growing social and political ideals in the transition from colony to independent nation.

“Bunner Sisters,” like “The Age of Innocence” is set in 1870s New York, however the lives of Ann Eliza and Evelina Bunner reflect impoverished New York. The sisters run a "very small shop, in a shabby basement, in a side street already doomed to decline." Shabby as it is, the sisters are happy in their small orderly community of supportive women. The story tells of the destruction of this life, and how the once content sisters are thrown into the realistic world outside of their little shop. (Summary by Margaret)

Mary and Ned Boyne have fled their dreary life in Wisconsin for a home in rustic Dorsetshire. But you can only run so far, and some things - some secret things - may follow you. A creepy and tragic ghost story from one of the masters. (Summary by John Silence)

The Sign of The Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had ...

Audiobooks: Werewolf Mates & Romance is a podcast created for listeners who crave intense emotions, supernatural passion, and unforgettable love stories set in worlds where destiny is written in blood and bonds are unbreakable. This podcast blends the thrilling mystery of the paranormal with the deep emotional pull of romance, delivering immersive audiobook-style episodes that transport you into the heart of werewolf packs, forbidden relationships, and soul-deep connections.Each episode brings you closer to powerful alphas, fierce heroines, and fated mates bound by ancient laws and primal ...

Don Quijote de la Mancha es una novela escrita por el español Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Publicada su primera parte con el título de El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha a comienzos de 1605, es la obra más destacada de la literatura española y una de las principales de la literatura universal.​ En 1615 apareció su continuación con el título de Segunda parte del ingenioso caballero don Quijote de la Mancha. El Quijote de 1605 se publicó dividido en cuatro partes; pero al aparecer el Quijote de 1615 en calidad de Segunda parte de la obra, quedó revocada de hecho la ...

Io sono il dottore di cui in questa novella si parla talvolta con parole poco lusinghiere. Chi di psico-analisi s’intende, sa dove piazzare l’antipatia che il paziente mi dedica. Di psico-analisi non parlerò perché qui entro se ne parla già a sufficienza. Debbo scusarmi di aver indotto il mio paziente a scrivere la sua autobiografia; gli studiosi di psico-analisi arricceranno il naso a tanta novità. Ma egli era vecchio ed io sperai che in tale rievocazione il suo passato si rinverdisse, che l’autobiografia fosse un buon preludio alla psico-analisi.Gli audiolibri tratti da ...