Ulysses [by James Joyce]

Still considered one of the most radical works of fiction of the 20th Century, James Joyce's Ulysses ushered in the era of the modern novel. Loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, the narrative follows Leopold Bloom and a number of other characters through an ordinary day, twenty four hours, in Dublin, on June 16, 1904. The text is dense and difficult, but perfectly suited to an oral reading, filled with language tricks, puns and jokes, stream of consciousness, and bawdiness.


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Ulysses [by James Joyce

Daniel Boone [by Reuben Gold Thwaites]

Daniel Boone was a great hunter, explorer, surveyor, and excellent rifleman; he knew Indians and fought them skillfully. His life was filled with adventures and, with this biography, Reuben Gold Thwaites takes us along on some of those adventures. An exciting read of one of America’s true historical heroes.


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Daniel Boone [by Reuben Gold Thwaites]

Call Of The Wild [by Jack London]

The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold to a trainer of sled dogs in Alaska. He adapts to the brutal conditions and is finally acquired by a loving man. When this new owner is killed, Buck follows the ‘call of the wild’ and joins a pack of wolves.

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Call Of The Wild [by Jack London]

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep [by Philip K. Dick]

Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter assigned to "retire" rogue androids masquerading as humans, but discovers there may be nothing that really separates the android from the human, for the one distinction, empathy, is revealed to be its own virtual reality in a post-acopolyptic world where trying to feel for any living thing becomes a highly prized commodity.

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep [by Philip K. Dick]

David Copperfield [by Charles Dickens]

LibriVox recording of David Copperfield, condensed by the Author for his Dramatic Readings inAmerica . This short collection of 6 selected scenes from "David Copperfield" were abridged and performed by Dickens himself during his American Tour of 1867 and 1868." Read by Michael Armenta.

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David Copperfield [by Charles Dickens]

Far From the Madding Crowd [by Thomas Hardy]

Far from the Madding Crowd (1874) is Thomas Hardy's fourth novel and offers in ample measure the details of English rural life that Hardy so relished. Hardy's growing taste for tragedy is also evident in the novel. It first appeared, anonymously, as a monthly magazine serial, where it gained a wide readership and critical acclaim. According to Virginia Woolf, "The subject was right; the method was right; the poet and the countryman, the sensual man, the sombre reflective man, the man of learning, all enlisted to produce a book which . . . must hold its place among the great English novels." The book is often regarded as an early piece of feminist literature, since it features an independent woman with the courage to defy convention by running a farm herself. Although Bathsheba's passionate nature leads her into serious errors of judgment, Hardy endows her with sufficient resilience, intelligence, and good luck to overcome her youthful folly. 


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Far From the Madding Crowd [=by Thomas Hardy]

Frankenstein [by Mary Shelley]

Mary Shelley's 1818 classic horror novel presents the Faustian story of a man who aspires to createlife out of death, with disastrous results. The novel is constructed as a series of first-person narratives, delivered by Captain Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and his Creature, which makes it perfect for a dramatic reading. This is a LibriVox full cast recording edited by Elizabeth Klett.


Cast
Robert Walton: Chuck Williamson, Victor Frankenstein: Bob Neufeld
Lieutenant: KerrieRae Clarke, Caroline Frankenstein: Arielle Lipshaw
Alphonse Frankenstein: Todd, M. Krempe: Anthony, M. Waldman: Martin Geeson,
Henry Clerval: Grace Garrett, Elizabeth Lavenza/Master/Irishman: Elizabeth Klett
Ernest Frankenstein: Ernest Pattynama, Justine Moritz: Availle, Officer: Ken Garrett
The Creature: John Trevithick, Felix: Tiffany Halla Colonna
De Lacey: Steve W. Thompson, Landlord: April Gonzales
William Frankenstein: Miss Avarice, Old Woman: Caprisha Page
Mr. Kirwan: EMStach, Magistrate: Max Korlinge

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Frankenstein [by Mary Shelley]