Published 1800 - 1900 years

This roman clef tells the musical adventures of Consuelo, a talented singer under the direction of composer Nicola Porpora. After a betrayal in her native Venice, she moves to live with an aristocratic family in a remote Bohemian castle, teaching singing to the baroness who lives there. There, she...

This lighthearted and slightly awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright and sometimes elusive heroine Angela Vivian. The plot teeters on romantic entanglements before reaching a simple but believable happy ending. (Wikipedia)...

Fifteen short stories by Antoinette Ogden, by French and Spanish authors of various eras. - Summary by David Weles....

"Charlotte's Legacy," a little-known novel by the lurid British novelist, begins in a ramshackle Paris boarding house rented to a barely competent landlady. Enter Gustave, a young provincial who ostensibly comes to Paris to study law but is proposed to by his sponsor's ill-tempered and...

Bartleby the Scrivener: A Wall Street Story is a short story by Herman Melville. This story first appeared anonymously in Putnam's Magazine in two parts. The first part was published in November 1853, and the conclusion in December 1853. 1856 Melville's Tales of the Square, reprinted with minor...

This is the second in Trollope's Bassetshire series of novels. Later novels in the series are far from Barchester itself, but Barchester Tower is a sequel to the first book, The Warden, also available from Librivox. The old bishop died and the vicar Dr. Grantley did not succeed him and a new...

The novel tells the story of a clergyman's daughter, Agnes Gray, whose family is in financial crisis. Eager to earn money for herself, she took up one of the few jobs available to a respectable woman in the early Victorian era—governor to the children of wealthy men. Working with two different...

Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel A Study in Scarlet marked the first appearance of the fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Doyle wrote this novel in less than three weeks when he was 27 years old. Originally called A Tangled Skein, the novel was rejected by several...

Claire is a drifter. Orphaned by an earthquake when he was too young to even remember his full name, his childhood was a series of challenges and joys, friends and enemies. Animals have always been his best friends. Through it all, Claire's pure and loving heart is safe to bless and even guide...

"The Country Doctor" is a novel by American writer Sarah Orne Jewitt. First published in 1884, the book is based on the relationship between Jewett and her doctor's father. The protagonist of "The Country Doctor," Nan, is a young woman who decides to become a doctor, going...