La Symphonie pastorale by André Gide (1869 - 1951) Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction Read by: Christiane Jehanne in French Cover design by CHRISTIANE JEHANNE This design is in the public domain. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Premier cahier 10 février 188... 27 février 00:34:43 - 02 - Du 28 février au 8 mars 01:02:52 - 03 - 10 et 12 mars 01:16:21 - 04 - Deuxième cahier du 25 avril au 10 mai 01:37:01 - 05 - Du 18 mai au 30 mai More information: https://librivox.org/la-symphonie-pastorale-by-andre-gide/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Invasion by William LE QUEUX (1864 - 1927) Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, General Fiction, War & Military Fiction Read by: Tom Weiss in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - 01 - Preface and Book 1, Chapter 1, The Surprise 00:32:02 - 02 - 02 - Effect In The City 00:50:08 - 03 - 03 - News Of The Enemy 01:15:35 - 04 - 04 - A Prophecy Fulfilled 01:31:25 - 05 - 05 - State of Siege Declared 01:54:32 - 06 - 06 - How The Enemy Dealt The Blow 02:19:19 - 07 - 07 - Desperate Fighting In Essex 03:13:55 - 08 - 08 - Defence At Last 03:45:32 - 09 - 09 - British Success At Royston 04:09:46 - 10 - 10 - British Abandon Colchester 04:29:15 - 11 - 11 - Fierce Fighting At Chelmsford 04:54:07 - 12 - 12 - Book 2, Chapter 1, The Lines of London 05:16:12 - 13 - 13 - Repluse Of The Germans 05:35:40 - 14 - 14 - Battle of Epping 06:09:00 - 15 - 15 - Bombardment of London 06:44:38 - 16 - 16 - The Rain of Death This novel, also known as The Invasion of 1910, is a 1906 novel written mainly by William Le Queux (with H. W. Wilson providing the naval chapters). It is one of the more famous examples of Invasion literature and is an example of pre-World War I Germanophobia, as it preached the need to prepare for war with Germany. The book takes the form of a military history and includes excerpts from the characters' journals and letters and descriptions of the fictional German campaign itself. The novel originally appeared in serial form in the Daily Mail newspaper from 19 March 1906, and was a huge success. The newspaper's circulation increased greatly, and it made a small fortune for Le Queux, eventually being translated into twenty-seven languages and selling over one million copies in book form.It is centered on an invasion by the Germans, who have managed to land a sizable invasion force on the East Coast of England. They advance inland, cutting all telegraph lines and despoiling farmland as they go, and the British struggle to mount a proper defense. The Germans eventually reach London and occupy half the city. A junior Member of Parliament declares that 'Britain is not defeated' and organizes a resistance movement, the 'League of Defenders', despite harsh reprisals by the Germans and a severe lack of arms. The Germans seem unable to combat this and tighten their control of London, and suddenly find themselves faced with a popular uprising. Eventually a newly-formed British Army marches to liberate London. The fictional war, however, is a stalemate since it appears that German forces have managed to occupy Belgium and the Netherlands. (Introduction by Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/the-invasion-by-william-le-queux/

The Haunted Hour; an anthology by Margaret WIDDEMER (1884 - 1978) Genre(s): Horror & Supernatural Fiction, Anthologies Read by: Nemo, AnnaLisa Bodtker, Matthew M. Benzing, Gloria Begemann, April6090, Stefan Von Blon, Matt Bounds, Josh Kibbey, Nan Dodge, EJWiley in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - Preface 00:02:20 - 01 - The Far Away Country 00:04:11 - 02 - ''The Night Atween the Sancts an' Souls'' Part 1 00:15:06 - 03 - ''The Night Atween the Sancts an' Souls'' Part 2 00:25:40 - 04 - 'All the Little Sighing Souls' Part 1 00:36:21 - 05 - 'All the Little Sighing Souls' Part 2 00:47:55 - 06 - Shadowy Heroes 00:58:08 - 07 - 'Rank on Rank of Ghostly Soliders' 01:11:46 - 08 - Sea Ghosts Part 1 01:21:18 - 09 - Sea Ghosts Part 2 01:35:08 - 10 - Cheerful Spirits Part 1 01:48:57 - 11 - Cheerful Spirits Part 2 02:11:47 - 12 - Cheerful Spirits Part 3 02:18:21 - 13 - Cheerful Spirits Part 4 02:30:35 - 14 - Haunted Places Part 1 02:42:18 - 15 - Haunted Places Part 2 02:54:43 - 16 - 'You Know the Old, While I Know the New' 03:02:18 - 17 - 'My Love that was so True' Part 1 03:14:01 - 18 - 'My Love that was so True' Part 2 03:22:28 - 19 - 'My Love that was so True' Part 3 03:32:06 - 20 - Shapes of Doom Part 1 03:43:00 - 21 - Shapes of Doom Part 2 04:00:52 - 22 - Legends and Ballads of the Dead Part 1 04:09:17 - 23 - Legends and Ballads of the Dead Part 2 04:18:46 - 24 - Legends and Ballads of the Dead Part 3 04:32:32 - 25 - Legends and Ballads of the Dead Part 4 I have not considered as ghost-poems anything but poems which related to the return of spirits to earth. They 'The Blessed Damozel,' a poem of spirits in heaven, 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci,' whose heroine may be a fairy or witch, and whose ghosts are presented in dream only, do not belong in this classification; nor do such poems as Mathilde Blind's lovely sonnet, 'The Dead Are Ever with Us,' class as ghost-poems; for in these the dead are living in ourselves in a half-metaphorical sense. If a poem would be a ghost-story, in short, I have considered it a ghost-poem, not otherwise. (Excerpt by Margaret Widdemer) More information: https://librivox.org/the-haunted-hour-by-margaret-widdemer/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Oliver Twist (version 2) by Charles DICKENS (1812 - 1870) Genre(s): General Fiction Read by: Arthur Piantadosi, Alisson Veldhuis in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 24 - 24 - Chapter 24 00:15:19 - 25 - 25 - Chapter 25 00:31:25 - 26 - 26 - Chapter 26 01:02:58 - 27 - 27 - Chapter 27 01:21:19 - 28 - 28 - Chapter 28 01:44:34 - 29 - 29 - Chapter 29 01:54:36 - 30 - 30 - Chapter 30 02:10:11 - 31 - 31 - Chapter 31 02:35:24 - 32 - 32 - Chapter 32 02:56:16 - 33 - 33 - Chapter 33 03:17:56 - 34 - 34 - Chapter 34 03:41:36 - 35 - 35 - Chapter 35 04:00:10 - 36 - 36 - Chapter 36 04:07:06 - 37 - 37 - Chapter 37 04:32:39 - 38 - 38 - Chapter 38 04:58:25 - 39 - 39 - Chapter 39 05:34:31 - 40 - 40 - Chapter 40 05:51:45 - 41 - 41 - Chapter 41 06:12:13 - 42 - 42 - Chapter 42 06:39:19 - 43 - 43 - Chapter 43 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities. (Summary by Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/oliver-twist-by-charles-dickens-2/