Get The Man in the Iron Mask here.
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(Summary from Wikipedia)
Previous books in this series:
1 Anne of Green Gables
2 Anne of Avonlea
Further books in this series:
5 Anne's House of Dreams
7 Rainbow Valley
8 Rilla of Ingleside
Librivox volunteers bring you twenty different readings of Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton\u2019s I Do Not Love Thee, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)
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The Montagues and the Capulets of Verona, Italy, are in the midst of a long-standing feud when Romeo Montague drops in on a masquerade party at the Capulets\u2019. While there he meets and woos the daughter of the house, Juliet. She likewise returns his passion, and their secret meeting later that night on her bedroom balcony begins a series of tragic events that no one could have foretold.
(Summary by Becky Crackel)
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(Summary from wikipedia)
Jane Austen\u2019s classic novel chronicles the events in the lives of the Bennet family. Take a family with five unmarried daughters and a lack of wealth, throw in a new wealthy neighbor or two, plus a whole regiment of soldiers in town, and add a heaping spoonful of pride and a pinch of prejudice. Mix it all together and you get a story full of tears and laughter, embarrassment and pride, and, of course, love. (Summary by Annie Coleman)
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Narrator: Julie VW
Frederic: Karen Savage
Pirate King: StephenC
Samuel: Phil Chenevert
Ruth: Liberty Stump
Major-General Stanley: Kevin S. Mellis
Mabel: Catherine Eastman
Edith: BookAngel7
Kate: Ezwa
Isabel: JemmaBlythe
Sergeant of Police: John Fricker
Chorus:
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1749) was the first widely-read English novel in the genre \u201cErotica.\u201d It was written by John Cleland as he was serving hard time at a debtor\u2019s prison in London. Over the centuries, the novel has been repeatedly banned by authorities, assuring its preeminent role in the history of the ongoing struggle against censorship of free expression.
Until Fanny Hill, previous heroines had conducted their amorous liaisons \u201coff-stage.\u201d Any erotic misadventures were described euphemistically. As women who had gone astray, they always repented, which made even their most outrageous dalliances somehow suitable for a moralistic readership. The protagonist of Fanny Hill, however, never repented a single moment of her sexual exploits \u2026 quite the contrary! And with Fanny, the devil is in the details, realistically described. (Summary by Denny Mike)
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(Summary by Joy Chan)
The Harvester is one of Gene Stratton-Porter\u2019s romantic novels which combine a love of nature, high moral ideals and a good plot.
This is the story of a young man who lives in the country side with his dog and other animals and grows herbs to sell to medical drug supply houses.
One evening, he has a vision of his Dream Girl and this is the story of his search for her and what happens when he finds her. (Summary by Readaholic)
Owing to its highly personal content focused on feminine sexuality, this LibriVox edition was recorded by eight female readers.
The Modern Library edition of The Awakening has an introduction by Kay Gibbons, who writes: \u201cThe Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine\u2019s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel.\u201d \u2013 As Kay Gibbons points out, Chopin \u201cwas writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it.\u201d
To give you an idea of the subject matter, Project Gutenburg catalogues The Awakening under \"Adultery -- Fiction -- Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions. (Summary by Denny Sayers)
Defoe wrote this novel after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist, with the success of Robinson Crusoe in 1719. His political work was tapering off at this point, due to the fall of both Whig and Tory party leaders with whom he had been associated. - Defoe's Whig views are nevertheless evident in the story of Moll. The full title of the novel tells part of its story: \"The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, Etc. Who was born in Newgate, and during a life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest and died a Penitent. Written from her own Memorandums.\" (Summary from Wikipedia)
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The novel has a memorable start (Book I: The Robe, Chapter I, 'The Republican'): \"He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. And that was all his patrimony. His very paternity was obscure, although the village of Gavrillacs had long since dispelled the cloud of mystery that hung about it.\" (Summary by Gord)
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Alt-BC: Lucy Burgoyne
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This is a rags to riches romance about an exceedingly beautiful, poor, young girl (Thurley Ruxton) who is mentored by one of New York\u2019s elite hostesses. In order to draw them into her social circle, she allows all the famous and moneyed populous of Gothem to believe that Thurley is the princess Thurvinia hiding in New York to escape an arranged marriage. This causes all manner of high drama and romance with a suitable ending. (Summary by Paul Hansen)
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When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her return to England, she is forced to choose between free-spirited George and her more conventional fianc\u00e9, Cecil Vyse. The story is both a romance and a critique of English society at the beginning of the 20th century. (Summary from wikipedia)
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Count Rupert of Hentzau, banished from Ruritania after the incidents of the earlier book, is plotting his return. In furtherance of his scheme he obtains both letter and rose, and plots to place them before the King. Rudolf, Fritz and Sapt must prevent this at all costs... (Summary by Andy)
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It was at this time that they exchanged their famous letters, presented in this book. The letters, originally written in Latin, are passionate both in the remembrance of lost love, and the attempt to reconcile that love with their respective monastic duty to remain chaste. The tension between these two poles generates a huge amount of emotional electricity. (Summary by J. B. Hare)
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'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. In Chancery is the second book in the saga. Five years have passed since Irene left Soames and the death of Bosinney. Old Jolyon meets Irene and is enchanted by her. At his death he leaves her a legacy sufficient for her to live an independent life in Paris.
Soames who is desperate for a son, attempts to effect a rapprochement but is rejected by her. Meanwhile Young Jolyon, now a widower,who is Irene\u2019s trustee falls in love with her.
Soames suspects Young Jolyon and Irene of adultery and sues for divorce. His action is successful. Young Jolyon and Irene marry. She bears him a son, John. Soames remarries. His wife Annette bears him a daughter, Fleur. (Summary by Andy Minter)
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Elizabeth Gaskell serialized North and South between September 1854 and January 1855 in Charles Dickens\u2019s magazine Household Words. Upon its publication, Gaskell established herself as a novelist capable of serious discourse on social responsibility and advocacy for change in defiance of established authority. (Summary by Dani)","book_sample":"https://archive.org/download/north_and_south_0709_librivox/northandsouth_01_gaskell_64kb.mp3","book_image":"https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/id/8242253-L.jpg","book_url":null,"book_price":0,"book_code":1284,"book_guid":"c3dafed17b67d38780e707a95b4e7850","book_rating":null,"book_votes":null,"author_names":null,"genre_names":"romance","language_names":"English"},{"id":55097,"book_type":0,"book_provider":1,"book_title":"Adam Bede","book_author":"Eliot, George","book_description":"Adam Bede, the first novel written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was published in 1859. It was published pseudonymously, even though Evans was a well-published and highly respected scholar of her time. The novel has remained in print ever since, and is used in university studies of 19th century English literature. The story's plot follows four characters rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope\u2014a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love triangle between beautiful but thoughtless Hetty Sorrel, Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her, Adam Bede, her unacknowledged lover, and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent Methodist lay preacher. (Summary Wikipedia)","book_sample":"https://archive.org/download/adam_bede_0901_librivox/adambede_01_eliot_64kb.mp3","book_image":"https://ia800705.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/27/items/olcovers637/olcovers637-L.zip&file=6379692-L.jpg","book_url":null,"book_price":0,"book_code":1288,"book_guid":"e24aeea0398240633db9d8ca76a97342","book_rating":null,"book_votes":null,"author_names":null,"genre_names":"romance","language_names":"English"},{"id":55102,"book_type":0,"book_provider":1,"book_title":"To Let (Forsyte Saga Vol. 3)","book_author":"Galsworthy, John","book_description":"\u2018The Forsyte Saga\u2019 is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties.
To Let is the third and final book in the saga (although Galsworthy later published two further trilogies which extend the story). We are now in 1920, about twenty years since Irene married Young Jolyon and gave birth to John and since Soames married Annette, who gave him a daughter, Fleur. The two sides of the family have not met since those times and John and Fleur do not even know of each other\u2019s existence.All the old Forsytes are dead except for Timothy. Val and Holly have returned from South Africa and Val is training racehorses in Sussex. June has opened her gallery near Cork Street.Soames arranges to meet Fleur at June\u2019s gallery and while there, and again later in a patisserie, they see Irene and Jon. Soames ignores them but Fleur and Jon are attracted to one another at a distance. As they leave, Fleur drops her handkerchief... (Summary by Andy Minter)","book_sample":"https://archive.org/download/to_let_0709_librivox/tolet_01_galsworthy_64kb.mp3","book_image":"https://ia800605.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/28/items/olcovers89/olcovers89-L.zip&file=897607-L.jpg","book_url":null,"book_price":0,"book_code":1295,"book_guid":"2b0cf4e03c92715b93cc97e731ecef95","book_rating":null,"book_votes":null,"author_names":null,"genre_names":"romance","language_names":"English"},{"id":55130,"book_type":0,"book_provider":1,"book_title":"Talisman","book_author":"Scott, Sir Walter","book_description":"The Talisman is a gripping tale set near the end of the Third Crusade. King Richard the Lionheart is grievously ill, and all around him the leaders from allied countries plot and scheme to gain personal power, putting the future of the crusade in jeopardy. Sir Kenneth of Scotland finds himself caught up in events, and finds both his honour and his life are now on the line. Can a cure be found for the King? Can Kenneth redeem his honour? \u2013 Written by Rowen.
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Golf-loving American composer George Bevan falls in love with a mysterious young lady who takes refuge in his taxicab one day; when he tracks her down to a romantic rural manor, mistaken identity leads to all manner of brouhaha. (summary from wikipedia)
The Quest of the Silver Fleece is a story of romance, race, economics and politics set around the 1900s. Here, a traditionally educated boy and an unschooled \u201cswamp girl\u201d each begin a journey toward love, ambition and redemption in the \u201cOld South.\u201d (Summary by AJai Hilton)
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This is the second of Trollope\u2019s six \u201cPalliser\u201d novels. LibriVox recordings of other novels in the series are available:
1-Can You Forgive Her?
2-Phineas Finn
3-The Eustace Diamonds
4-Phineas Redux
5-The Prime Minister
6-The Duke\u2019s Children
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Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by Willa Cather, published under the name Willa Sibert Cather. Heavily influenced by the works of Henry James, the book tells the story of bridge builder Bartley Alexander. Through his relationship with Actress Hilda Burgoyne while he is married his wife, Winnifred, he meets his moral downfall, and through another set of circumstances he meets his physical. (Summary by Miranda Stinson)
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