Published 1800 -1900
The Marriage Contract
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
Balzac’s novel “The Marriage Contract” (1835) is part of his “Scenes of Private Life,” which is one section of “The Human Comedy,” his great…
Mademoiselle Norma
Read by Carlos Lombardi
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
“Mademoiselle Norma” es una novela corta y temprana de Vicente Blasco Ibáñez y fue publicada por primera vez en 1888 junto otr…
A Second Home
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
This novella was first published in French in 1830, with the title “La femme vertueuse” (“The virtuous woman”). In an 1842 edition, the titl…
Cuentos a Ninon
Read by Carlos Lombardi
Émile Zola
Cuentos a Ninon es un grupo de cuentos que involucra el género maravilloso, fantástico, el relato realista y hasta la fá…
The Commission in Lunacy
Read by Bruce Pirie
Honoré de Balzac
“The Commission in Lunacy” is a short novel first published in 1836 with the French title “L’interdiction” (i.e., “The Ban” or “The Prohibit…
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain is a collection of three narratives about life in the theater based on Mowatt’s career on stage…
The Firm of Girdlestone
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save …
Neue Märchen
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Paul Heyse
Sammlung von zehn romantischen Märchen, verfasst vom bedeutendsten Novellendichter des 19. Jh.Zusammenfassung von Friedrich
Letters to the Joneses
Read by Keith Salis
Josiah Gilbert Holland
We watch our news and live our lives and see many things wrong with society today. It is easy for us to claim that things were better in &qu…
The Ivory Tower
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Henry James
An unfinished manuscript written in ponderous, convoluted language making possible subterfuge and frankness in wealthy American society of J…
The Prime Minister (Version 2)
Read by Deon Gines
Anthony Trollope
The Prime Minister is the fifth novel in Trollope's Palliser Series, and is about the period of Plantagenet Palliser's term as Prime Ministe…
Lucía
Read by Victor Villarraza
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Lucía", o "El secreto de Lady Audley" es una novela sensacionalista de Mary Elizabeth Braddon, publicada el 1 de…
The Massarenes
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Ouida
The last novel by British author Ouida. It is a satirical look at societal norms through the story of the nouveau riche Massarenes. They att…
The Feather
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Ford Madox Ford
The headstrong Princess Ernalie is one day carried off from her kingdom by an eagle. Unable to return home because of impassable terrain, sh…
Sab
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Gertrudiz Gómez De Avellaneda
Considerada la primera novela antiesclavista (se publicó 10 años antes que "La cabaña del Tío Tom") es…
Catherine's Coquetries: A Tale of French Country Life
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Camille Debans
Catherine is a beautiful woman, and despite being a respectable married woman, enjoys matchmaking, flirting and mischief. The tale is set in…
Nach berühmten Mustern
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Fritz Mauthner
Im 1. Band der Gesamtausgabe von Mauthners Schriften erschienen 1919 ausgewählte Parodien über einige seiner bekannten Schriftstel…
The English Orphans; Or, A Home in the New World
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Mary Jane Holmes
After Mary Howard and her sisters are left without parents in America, they are put up for adoption. Mary's pretty sister, Ella was adopted …
Monsieur de Bougrelon
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Paul Duval
Monsieur de Bougrelon est un roman court de Jean Lorrain publié en 1897. Il raconte l'histoire de deux voyageurs français &agr…
The Wing of Azrael, Volume 2
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Mona Caird
Mona Caird, a British writer and feminist, criticized in numerous non-fiction writings the state of marriage as it existed in her time. Her …