Saturday 30 May 2015

The Ghost Ship [by John C. Hutcheson]

This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work out their position, and yet again encounter the same vessel going in an impossible direction.

Having warned you of this, I must say that it is a well-written book about life aboard an ocean-going steamer at about the end of the nineteenth century. 

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The Ghost Ship [by John C. Hutcheson]

Mary Tudor [by Victor Hugo]

If Queen Mary I of England wants something, you'd better not try and stop her, or else you might soon find yourself without a head! When this hot-headed young Royal's new favourite courtier, an Italian gentleman named Fabiano Fabiani who has already made himself very unpopular with the court, is caught sneaking around with another girl - a commoner no less! - the Queen begins to plan her revenge in the only way suitable for a Queen.

Cast
Narrator: bala
Mary I of England: Kristin Gjerløw
Jane Talbot: Beth Thomas
Lord Clinton: alanmapstone
Joshua Farnaby: Peter Tucker
Gilbert: ToddHW
Fabiano Fabiani: Eden Rea-Hedrick
Simon Renard: Bob Neufeld
Lord Chandos: Elizabeth Klett
Lord Montague: Greg Przywara
Man/ The Jew: Rob Board
Lord Gardiner/Lord Chancellor: Joseph Tabler
Master Eneas: Rob Board
A jailer: Elizabeth Klett
The people/voices 1: Michele Fry
The People/Voices 2: Mary Kay
The People/Voices 3: Beth Thomas
Standard-bearer 1: Shakira Searle
Standard-bearer 2: Mary Kay

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Friday 29 May 2015

The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson [by Mark Twain]

In one of his later novels, the master storyteller spins a tale of two children switched at infancy. A slave takes on the identity of master and heir while the rightful heir is condemned to live the life of a slave. Twain uses this vehicle to explore themes of nature vs. nurture, racial bigotry and moral relativism. The case of mistaken identity is a theme that Twain explored also in The Prince And The Pauper; in The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson he turns the theme into a well-crafted detective story. It is unfortunate that this is one of Twain's lesser known works as it is one of his most enjoyable reads.

Read by Michael Yard.


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Thursday 28 May 2015

Brewster's Millions [by George Barr McCutcheon]

The story revolves around Montgomery Brewster, a poor man who inherits a large sum of money. However, there is a catch — he has to spend every penny within 30 days, and end up with nothing at that time. Should he make the deadline, he stands to gain an even larger sum; should he fail, he remains penniless.

Brewster finds that spending so much money is more difficult than he first thinks, especially when the lawyers are trying to make him fail so that they can claim the money. What makes it worse is that he starts to be a little too successful with some ventures, actually making money from them. Can Brewster empty his pockets in time for the deadline, or will he end the book as he started it, with nothing?

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Brewster's Millions [by George Barr McCutcheon]

Tuesday 26 May 2015

The Midnight Passenger [by Richard Henry Savage]

Randall Clayton was surrounded by enemies. His father’s business partner had looked after him in the years since his father’s death. But Hugh Worthington’s motives were not altruistic – he had a secret to hide and a scheme to bring to fruition that would make him millions at Clayton’s expense. Clayton’s roommate, Arthur Ferris, had his own schemes, including stealing the affections of Worthington’s daughter away from Clayton. Clayton worked for a pittance in New York, where he was watched day and night by Worthington’s spies, and by the ruthless Fritz Braun, who plotted to rob Clayton of the large deposit that he daily carried for his employer. It seemed that Jack Witherspoon was his only friend, the only one he could trust. But Jack was sailing for Europe and neither man fully comprehended the danger that was closing in on Randall. 

Read by MaryAnn Spiegel.

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The Midnight Passenger [by Richard Henry Savage]

Thursday 21 May 2015

She Stoops to Conquer [by Oliver Goldsmith]

In She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night, a young lady pretends to be a servant in order to win the notice of a young man who is painfully shy around women of his own class. Hilarious misadventures and mayhem ensue before matters are neatly wrapped up at the end. This play, one of the great English comedies, was first performed in 1773 and continues to be very popular with audiences today. (Summary by LA Walden)

Cast:
Mr. Hardcastle - Bob Neufeld
Sir Charles Marlow - David Lawrence
Young Marlow - bala
Hastings - Brett W. Downey
Tony Lumpkin - ToddHW
Mrs. Hardcastle - Availle
Miss Hardcastle -Arielle Lipshaw
Miss Neville - Charlotte Duckett
First Fellow and First Servant - Drakaunus
Second Fellow, Second Servant, and Jeremy - rookieblue
Third Fellow, Third Servant, and Roger - Joseph Abell
Fourth Fellow and Diggory - Algy Pug
Landlord and Mr. Woodward - zaanta
Maid - Amanda Friday
Servant - Elizabeth Klett
Stage directions - Laurie Anne Walden
Audio edited by Laurie Anne Walden

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Tuesday 19 May 2015

Around the World in Eighty Days (version 5 Dramatic Reading) [by Jules Verne]

In London, 1872, a rich English gentlemen named Mr. Phileas Fogg argues with the members in the Reform Club, and takes on a journey around the world in 80 days with his new servant, Passapartout, with accepting a wager. Summary by Jessie Yun

Cast:
Narrator: Adele de Pignerolles
Phileas Fogg: BrassRhino
Passapartout: Will Levine
Detective Fix: Larry Wilson
Aouda, Porter: Jessie Yun
James Forster, A Reader, Mr. Oysterpuff, Pilot, Purser, Townsperson, Passenger: Rachel
Andrew Stuart: Rob Board
Gauthier Ralph: Todd
John Sullivan, Judge Obadiah, Colonel Stamp Proctor, Mormon, Captain Andrew Speedy: Esther ben Simonides
Thomas Flanagan: tovarisch
Samuel Fallentin, Constable: Kangaroo692
Lord Albemarle, Landlord: Beth Thomas
Consul, Engineer: MaryAnn
Sir Francis Cromarty: KHand
Parsee Guide: Kristin Gjerløw
Uccaf Uddaul, Elder William Hitch: Mark Chulsky
John Bunsby, The Honourable Mr. Willam Batulcar: J. Alan Brown
Conductor, Signal-Man, Captain: Shiloh Fuscello
Mudge: Thomas J. Rowland
Audio edited by: Rachel and Adele de Pignerolles
Proof listened by: Rachel, Adele de Pignerolles, and Esther ben Simonides

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Around the World in Eighty Days (version 5 Dramatic Reading) [by Jules Verne]

Trifles [by Susan Glaspell]

On the surface, this short play is a slice-of-life story about a murder investigation in the rural United States. However, it is also a story about the relationships between men and women, husbands and wives, and the often-overlooked "trifles" which can say so much about a person's life.

Cast
George Henderson (County Attorney): mb
Henry Peters (Sheriff): Guero
Lewis Hale (a neighboring farmer): Anthony
Mrs. Peters: Arielle Lipshaw
Mrs. Hale: Elizabeth Klett
Narrator: David Lawrence
Audio edited by: Arielle Lipshaw

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Monday 18 May 2015

Robin Hood [by J. Walker McSpadden]

Robin Hood is a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes. The origin of the legend is claimed by some to have stemmed from actual outlaws, or from ballads or tales of outlaws. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Read by Barry Eads.

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Robin Hood [by J. Walker McSpadden]

Fairy Tales from Brazil [by Elsie Spicer Eells]

This book, subtitled "How and Why Tales from Brazilian Folk-Lore", is a collection of short stories, most of them etiologial myths from Brazilian Indian Folklore.

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Fairy Tales from Brazil [by Elsie Spicer Eells]

English Fairy Tales [by Joseph Jacobs]

English Fairy Tales, collected by Joseph Jacobs. A collection of traditional English fairy tales.

Read by Joy Chan.

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English Fairy Tales [by Joseph Jacobs]

Saturday 16 May 2015

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [by Daniel Defoe]

The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and last part of his life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe.” After the death of his wife, Robinson Crusoe is overcome by the old wanderlust, and sets out with his faithful companion Friday to see his island once again. Thus begins a journey which will last ten years and nine months, in which Crusoe travels over the world, along the way facing dangers and discoveries in Madagascar, China, and Siberia.

Read by David Leeson

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Creatures of the Abyss [by Murray Leinster]

Orejas de ellos, "the things that listen", whispered the superstitious fishermen when the strange occurrences began off the Philippine coast. How else explain the sudden disappearance of a vessel beneath a mysterious curtain of foam? The writhings of thousands of maddened fish trapped in a coffin-like area of ocean? What monsters gorged at the bottom of the Luzon Deep and what were their plans? Radar expert Terry Holt and the crew of the Esperance had to devise a weapon against the horrifying creatures which threatened mankind with extinction. Here are terror, excitement, and the clutch of cold death as combined by a master hand in the field of science fiction. (Summary by from original book jacket)

Read by Mark Nelson. 

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Creatures of the Abyss [by Murray Leinster]

Thursday 14 May 2015

With Lee in Virginia [by G. A. Henty]

Vincent Wingfield is the son of a wealthy Virginian planter. When the country goes to war, he enlists in the cavalry, and sees action under the various generals commanding the army in and near Virginia. He has several private adventures as well, including a personal enemy, prison escape, rescue of a young lady, spying expedition, and recovery of a stolen slave. He rises in rank in the Confederate army, and after the war is over, he marries and returns home to manage his mother's plantation. Henty in this book gives an overview of the causes of the Civil War, and follows the battles and movements of the army in Virginia and the surrounding area. The issue of slavery is discussed several times from the viewpoint of an Englishman who detested the institution, but saw that most slaves on large plantations were well treated. While not an an exhaustive work, With Lee In Virginia covers the main generals (Lee, Jackson, Stuart, Grant, McClellan, Sherman, Pope, etc.) and the most important battles of the war in an interesting and instructive format. 


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With Lee in Virginia [by G. A. Henty]

Joan of Arc [by Andrew Lang]

Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France. Captured by her enemies, she was sold to the English and put on trial for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy". She was burned at the stake for heresy when she was 19 years old. Twenty-five years after her execution, an inquisitorial court examined the trial, pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is one of the patron saints of France. Most of what is known today of her story comes from the detailed court records of her trials.

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Uncle Remus And Brer Rabbit [by Joel Chandler Harris]

Uncle Remus' stories feature a trickster hero called Br'er Rabbit , who uses his wits to slide out of trouble and gain the advantage over the slower witted other animals, many of whom are trying to eat him. Br'er Rabbit stories were mostly collected directly from the afro-american oral story-telling tradition and are said to be a direct interpretation of Yoruba tales of Hare. This book contains 11 unique stories and was the last one published before the author's death. This edition is read by Phil Chenevert.

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Uncle Remus And Brer Rabbit [by Joel Chandler Harris]

Wednesday 13 May 2015

The Haunted Hotel, A Mystery of Modern Venice [by Wilkie Collins]

A kind, good-hearted genteel young woman jilted, a suspicious death or two that only a few think could be murder, strange apparitions appearing in an hotel all combine to create a horrifying conundrum. Who was the culprit and will finding out finally put an end to the mystery?

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The Haunted Hotel, A Mystery of Modern Venice [by Wilkie Collins]

Null-ABC [by H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire]

"There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step further: What happens if "book-learnin'" is held responsible ...?" (quote from Astounding Science Fiction, Feb 1953)

Read by Corinna Schultz.

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Null-ABC [by H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire]

Monday 11 May 2015

The Way We Live Now [by Anthony Trollope]

The Way We Live Now is a scathing satirical novel published in London in 1875 by Anthony Trollope, after a popular serialization. It was regarded by many of Trollope's contemporaries as his finest work. One of his longest novels (it contains a hundred chapters), The Way We Live Now is particularly rich in sub-plot. It was inspired by the financial scandals of the early 1870s, and lashes at the pervading dishonesty of the age, commercial, political, moral, and intellectual. It is one of the last memorable Victorian novels to have been published in monthly parts

Read by Debra Lynn.

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Sunday 10 May 2015

Beyond the Horizon [by Eugene O'Neill]

Beyond the Horizon is a 1920 play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. It was O'Neill's first full-length work, and the winner of the 1920 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play focuses on the portrait of a family, and particularly two brothers Andrew and Robert. In the first act of the play, Robert is about to go off to sea with their uncle Dick, a sea captain while Andrew looks forward to marrying his sweetheart Ruth and working on the family farm as he starts a family. 

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Beyond the Horizon [by Eugene O'Neill]

The Fisherman and His Soul [by Oscar Wilde]

”The Fisherman and his Soul” is a fairy tale first published in November of 1891 in Wilde’s “A House of Pomegranates”. It tells of a fisherman who nets and falls in love with a mermaid. But to be with her he must shed his soul, which goes off to have adventures of its own. Will forbidden love endure?

Read by Greg Margarite 

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The Fisherman and His Soul [by Oscar Wilde]

South American Jungle Tales [by Horacio Quiroga]

The stories in South American Jungle Tales center on the relationships between people and the different creatures Quiroga came into contact with on his farm in Misiones, a region of jungle in Uruguay along the banks of the Upper Parana river. Each story quickly evolves into a fantastical realm where the various animals take on familiar human characteristics. These stories, of course, are a metaphor for how man interacts with nature. They are used to show how human beings are an integral part of a greater ecosystem; and can either chose to exploit it to his detriment, or to live in harmony within it.

(Translated by Arthur Livingston.)
Read by James K. White

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South American Jungle Tales [by Horacio Quiroga]

Thursday 7 May 2015

The Ethical Engineer [by Harry Harrison]

The Ethical Engineer also known as “Deathworld II” finds our hero Jason dinAlt captured to face justice for his crimes, but the ever-wily gambler crashes his transport on a primitive planet populated by clans that hoard knowledge. It’s a difficult situation for a guy who just wants to get back to Pyrrus. The Ethical Engineer was first published in the July and August 1963 issues of Analog Science Fact & Fiction.

Read by Gregg Margarite.

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The Ethical Engineer [by Harry Harrison]

Little Women [by Louisa May Alcott]

This story follows the lives of four sisters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. Set in the tumultuous days of the American Civil war, readers grow to love the four sisters as they grow and mature into young women. This book has characters any girl can relate to because each of the four March sisters has a unique and different personality. A story that the young and old have enjoyed for years, this book truly is a classic. 

Read by Abigail Rasmussen.


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Little Women [by Louisa May Alcott]

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner [by Samual Taylor Coleridge]

For killing an albatross, the mariner and his crew are punished with drought and death. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariners life alone is spared and he repents, but he must wander the earth and tell his tale with the lesson that "all things great and small" are important.

Librivox recording of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samual Taylor Coleridge. Read by Kristin Luoma.

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Tuesday 5 May 2015

The Two Destinies [by Wilkie Collins]

Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn't seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a young woman from drowning, a strong connection seems to develop between them, which seems to be almost supernatural.

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The Two Destinies [by Wilkie Collins]

The Beckoning Fair One [by Oliver Onions]

A classic ghost story of a haunted house, and the haunted man who lives in it.

Read by Morgan Scorpion.


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The Beckoning Fair One [by Oliver Onions]

Monday 4 May 2015

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress [by Daniel Defoe]

The full title of the novel is Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess de Wintselsheim. The novel concerns the story of an unnamed "fallen woman", the second time Defoe created such a character (the first was a similar female character in Moll Flanders). In Roxana, a woman who takes on various pseudonyms, including "Roxana," describes her fall from wealth thanks to abandonment by a "fool" of a husband and movement into prostitution upon his abandonment. Roxana moves up and down through the social spectrum several times. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Read by Edmund Bloxam.

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress [by Daniel Defoe]

Songs of a Sourdough [by Robert W. Service]


Reputedly the best-selling poetry collection of the 20th century, 'Songs of a Sourdough' is best known for Robert W. Service's classic Yukon ballads, 'The Shooting of Dan McGrew' and 'The Cremation of Sam McGhee'. Service was born in Preston, Lancashire, and grew up in Scotland. In his twenties, he made his way to Canada and settled in the Yukon where he worked as a bank clerk but evidently dreamed of more adventurous pursuits. Service's readings of his poems show that he could adopt either a Scottish or North American accent. Here they are read in an accent that is not too far removed from the place of his birth.

Read in by Phil Benson

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Songs of a Sourdough [by Robert W. Service]

Volpone, or, The Fox [by Ben Jonson] [Read by a full cast]

Volpone is a comedy by Ben Jonson first produced in 1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is among the finest Jacobean Era comedies. Volpone is a Venetian gentleman who pretends to be on his deathbed, after a long illness, in order to dupe Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, three men who aspire to inherit his fortune. In their turns, each man arrives to Volpone’s house bearing a luxurious gift, intent upon having his name inscribed to the will of Volpone, as his heir. Mosca, Volpone’s parasite servant, encourages each man, Voltore, Corbaccio, and Corvino, to believe that he has been named heir to Volpone’s fortune; in the course of which, Mosca persuades Corbaccio to disinherit his own son in favour of Volpone. - Summary by Wikipedia

Cast list:
Volpone, a magnifico: Zachary Brewster-Geisz
Mosca, his parasite: Elizabeth Klett
Voltore, an advocate: Peter Tucker
Corbaccio, an old gentleman: alanmapstone
Corvino, a merchant: Beth Thomas
Bonario, son to Corbaccio: ToddHW
Sir Politick Would-Be, a knight: ToddHW
Peregrine, a gentleman traveler: inflected
Nano, a dwarf: mb
Castrone, an eunuch / Fourth Avocatore: bala
Androgyno, an hermaphrodite / Notario, the register: Libby Gohn
Lady Would-Be, Sir Politick's wife: Frances Brown
Celia, Corvino's wife: Sarah Terry
First Waiting-Woman / Servant: Availle
First Avocatore / First Merchant: Mary Kay
Second Avocatore / Second Merchant: Mary J
Third Avocatore / Third Merchant: Elizabeth Klett
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett

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Saturday 2 May 2015

Love's Labour's Lost [by William Shakespeare] [Read by a full cast]

Love's Labour's Lost is an early comedy by William Shakespeare. Ferdinand, the King of Navarre, and his three friends take a vow of study and seclusion for three years, during which they are forbidden to see or speak to women. Their vows are immediately tested by the arrival of the Pricess of France and her three ladies to the King's court. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)

Cast:
Biron: mb
Boyet: Mark Penfold
Costard: John D. Nugent
Don Adriano de Armado: David Goldfarb
Dull:David Lawrence
Dumain: om123
Ferdinand: Bruce Pirie
First Lord: Vicente Costa Filho
Forester: Philippa
Holofernes: Denny Sayers
Jaquenetta: Chelsea Baker
Katharine: Nadine Eckert-Boulet
Longaville: Ric F
Maria: Availle
Mercade: Kim Stich
Moth: Karen Savage
Princess of France: Elizabeth Klett
Rosaline: Arielle Lipshaw
Sir Nathaniel: Robert Fletcher
Narrator: Dawn Krosnowski Malicsi
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett

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Just Me [by Pearl White]

Perhaps the first memoir written by a film celebrity, Pearl White's Just Me gives a first-person account of the actress' rise to stardom. White guides us through her early childhood, her development as a performer, and finally to her breakout role in The Perils of Pauline--a role that made her the most popular "serial queen" of early cinema. Although romanticized and somewhat embellished, this book gives us a fascinating glimpse into the film industry's earliest years and the various myths of film stardom.

Read by Pamela Krantz.


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Just Me [by Pearl White]

Friday 1 May 2015

The Scarlet Pimpernel [by Baroness Emmuska Orczy]

The classic story of the adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel in Revolutionary France. 

Read by Karen Savage.l

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The Scarlet Pimpernel [by Baroness Emmuska Orczy]

The House of Mirth [by Edith Wharton]

The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in rich society. It is one of the first novels of manners in American literature, and one of the first to openly explore how American Victorian society offered little social mobility for women. (Summary from Wikipedia). 

Read by Elizabeth Klett.

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The House of Mirth [by Edith Wharton]

The Three Musketeers [by Alexandre Dumas]

The Three Musketeers (Les Trois Mousquetaires) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to become a musketeer. D'Artagnan is not one of the musketeers of the title; those are his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis -- inseparable friends who live by the motto, "One for all, and all for one".

The Three Musketeers was first published in serial form in the magazine Le Siècle between March and July 1844. Dumas claimed it was based on manuscripts he had discovered in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It was later proven that Dumas had based his work on the book Mémoires de Monsieur D'Artagnan, capitaine lieutenant de la première compagnie des Mousquetaires du Roi (Memoirs of Mister D'Artagnan, Lieutenant Captain of the first company of the King's Musketeers) by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras (Cologne, 1700).

Dumas' version of the story covers the adventures of D'Artagnan and his friends from 1625 to 1628, as they are involved in intrigues involving the weak King Louis XIII of France, his powerful and cunning advisor Cardinal Richelieu, the beautiful Queen Anne of Austria, her English lover, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and the Siege of La Rochelle. Adding to the intrigue are the mysterious Milady de Winter, and Richelieu's right-hand man, the Comte de Rochefort.

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The Three Musketeers [by Alexandre Dumas]

Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn [by Mark Twain]

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of "Huck" Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer's sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.

As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme throughout the book is Huck's internal struggle between what he has been taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly believes, that Jim is a good man and it couldn't possibly be wrong to help him.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was unique at the time of its publication (1884) because it is narrated by Huck himself and is written in the numerous dialects common in the area and time in which the book is set. Although the book was originally intended as a sequel to the children's book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, as Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn it progressed into a more serious work. Twain's views on slavery and other social issues of the time become clear through the words, thoughts, and actions of Huck Finn. The book has always been the subject of great controversy, and according to The American Library Association it was fifth on the list of most frequently challenged books in the 1990s.

Read by Annie Coleman.

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