Fictional Biographies & Memoirs Audiobooks

"She means more to me than a sister, mother, friend, or even a lover, and for that reason, she is no lover; in a word, I love her too much to desire her..." More 20-year-old Jean-Jacques love story: Here, his "mother" and perpetual comforter spark a strangely compromised...

"The smallest and most insignificant pleasures within my reach attract me more than all the pleasures in heaven." It's the young, hero-worshiping Jean-Jacques again -- his display of emotional immaturity leads to his mischievous antics in the company of passers-by and outsiders, always...

"I did that too; that's what I thought; that's how I am." Rousseau's vast and sometimes haunting dossier on the self is one of the most compelling and boldly introspective works ever written. Some readers may resent his embarrassing descriptions of wallowing in humiliation and fiasco, as...

The title seems to promise a vivid depiction of horror. These paragraphs don't make up a huge part of the whole. The hastily produced circumstances made the work a lucrative piece of sensationalist journalism, even though it was published in a more intellectually respected institution—the London...

Samuel "Sam" Rush Watkins (June 26, 1839 – July 20, 1901) was a prominent Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. He is best known today for his memoir, Company of Aytch: Or, The Sideshow of the Big Show, which is often touted as one of the best primary sources describing the...

This work depicts the personal recollections of Mary Emily Donelson Wilcox, adopted granddaughter (actually great-niece) of Rachel Donelson Jackson, wife of President Andrew Jackson, and believed to be the first baby born in the White House. The book focuses on memories of three Christmases—the...

Childhood, the first novel by Leo Tolstoy, was published under the initials LN in the November 1852 issue of the famous Russian literary magazine The Contemporary. It was the first in a series of three novels, followed by Boyhood and Boyhood. Published when Tolstoy was 23, the book was an instant...

The novel is set in early 1780s Ireland and is narrated by Honest Thady, a loyal steward to generations of the Rackrent family. These are The generous Sir Patrick, the tight-fisted Sir Murtagh (married into the Skinflint family), the cruel Sir Kit, who locked his wealthy wife up in her room for...

In 1911, decades before California's coast Highway 1 was built, an Englishman rode 2000 miles on horseback the length of California, from Mexico to Oregon. On the way he is courteously received at isolated ranches, has many quiet adventures, and is generally amazed by the beauty of our coast. A...

William Bradford served five terms as Governor of the Plymouth Colony, and his diaries are an indispensable record of events in early American history. His eyewitness testimony includes stories of the Pilgrims' sojourn in Holland, the voyage of the Mayflower, the hardships of the New World,...