Literary Criticism

Oliver Twist

by Charles Dickens Read by Peter John Keeble 4.4
Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradatio…

Bel Ami

by Guy de Maupassant Read by Martin Geeson 4.5
“He had faith in his good fortune, in that power of attraction which he felt within him - a power so irresistible that all women yielded to …

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward. Basil is impressed by Dorian's beauty …

Das Geheimnis der alten Mamsell

by Eugenie Marlitt Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Als die Ehefrau des Zauberkünstlers Orlowsky bei einem tragischen Unfall stirbt, wird ihre vierjährige Tochter Felicitas von der g…

The Custom of the Country

by Edith Wharton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Edith Wharton was a novelist of manners of late 19th Century New York "Society", who spent much of her life in France. In this nov…

El Retrato De Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde Read by krahs 4.5
Basil Hallward es un artista que queda enormemente impresionado por la belleza estética de un joven llamado Dorian Gray y comienza a …

The American Language

by H. L. Mencken Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
"It was part of my daily work, for a good many years, to read the principal English newspapers and reviews; it has been part of my work…

The Good Soldier

by Ford Madox Ford Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
The Good Soldier (1915) "... is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedies of the lives of two seemingly perfect couples.…

Max Havelaar

by Multatuli Read by Anna Simon 4.6
“Max Havelaar, of de koffij-veilingen der Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij” is in 1860 geschreven door Multatuli (pseudoniem van Eduard Dou…

The Red and the Black

by Stendhal Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Stendhal - a German pen-name for a French writer who hated the English. Contemporary to some of the great names of French literature like Ba…

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley Read by Victor Villarraza 4.8
Ubicada en la Europa del siglo XVIII y en plena efervescencia científica, el capitán de un barco ballenero escribe a su herman…

Niebla

by Miguel De Unamuno Read by Mongope 4.6
Niebla es una de las obras más conocidas de Unamuno. Esta “nivola”, como el propio autor la denominó quizás para difere…

Electricity

by Myke Bartlett Read by Myke Bartlett 4.2
1999 - Aston Somerfield, casual smoker and part-time alcoholic, has come to London to find himself. He knows who he's looking for, he's seen…

Fortunata y Jacinta

by Benito Pérez Galdós Read by Epachuko 4.8
"Fortunata y Jacinta" esta considerada la mejor obra de su autor: Benito Pérez Galdós, y junto con "La Regenta&…

Der Amokläufer

by Stefan Zweig Read by Hawe 4.5
Der Erzähler lernt auf einer Schiffsreise von Kalkutta nach Europa im Jahre 1912 einen Arzt kennen, der sich auf dem Schiff versteckt h…

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Published in book form in April 1857, the novel focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her mea…

Aquis submersus

by Theodor Storm Read by Christian Al-Kadi 4.8
Das rätselhafte Porträt eines toten Knaben und die Aufzeichnungen des Malers Johannes aus dem 17. Jahrhundert führen den Erz&…

Le Roman de la momie

by Théophile Gautier Read by Nadine Eckert-Boulet 4.4
Un riche lord anglais, Lord Evandale, découvre avec son ami scientifique Rumphius une tombe non profanée dans la Vallée…

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman is a groundbreaking novel by Laurence Sterne that defies conventional storytelling. Thro…

The Last Day of a Condemned

by Victor Hugo Read by Alisson Veldhuis 3.8
A man who has been condemned to death writes down his cogitations, feelings and fears while he is waiting for his execution. He does not bet…

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