The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RADCLIFFE (1764 - 1823) Genre(s): General Fiction, Horror & Supernatural Fiction Read by: Michelle Crandall, Linda McDaniel, kristiface, Sibella Denton, Sean O'Hara, Martin Geeson, iscatel, Alison Raouf, Lady Maria, Missie, Diana Solomon, TriciaG, Debra Lynn, Anna Simon, Andrew Drinkwater, Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014), Denise Albury, redabrus, Sheila Morton, Lizzie Driver, Belinda Brown, Fran, Nichole Karl, Zachary Brewster-Geisz, Kele, Ted Nugent, valli, Belinda Roussel, Jim Mowatt in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Vol 01, Ch. 01, part 1 00:24:43 - 02 - Vol 01, Ch. 01, part 2 00:48:34 - 03 - Vol 01, Ch. 02 01:08:36 - 04 - Vol 01, Ch. 03 01:32:00 - 05 - Vol 01, Ch. 04 02:06:53 - 06 - Vol 01, Ch. 05 02:26:44 - 07 - Vol 01, Ch. 06 03:09:41 - 08 - Vol 01, Ch. 07 03:30:38 - 09 - Vol 01, Ch. 08, part 1 03:54:04 - 10 - Vol 01, Ch. 08, part 2 04:19:30 - 11 - Vol 01, Ch. 09 04:31:55 - 12 - Vol 01, Ch. 10 05:20:16 - 13 - Vol 01, Ch. 11 05:31:38 - 14 - Vol 01, Ch. 12, part 1 05:56:12 - 15 - Vol 01, Ch. 12, part 2 06:23:50 - 16 - Vol 01, Ch. 13, part 1 06:48:07 - 17 - Vol 01, Ch. 13, part 2 07:19:56 - 18 - Vol 02, Ch. 01 07:47:00 - 19 - Vol 02, Ch. 02 08:16:28 - 20 - Vol 02, Ch. 03, part 1 08:51:30 - 21 - Vol 02, Ch. 03, part 2 09:15:19 - 22 - Vol 02, Ch. 03, part 3 09:38:45 - 23 - Vol 02, Ch. 04 Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (influential novel ready by her heroine, Catherine Morland, in Northanger Abbey); Edgar Allen Poe (borrowed plot elements for the short story The Oval Portrait); and Sir Walter Scott. - In The Mysteries of Udolpho, one of the most famous and popular gothic novels of the eighteenth century, Ann Radcliffe took a new tack from her predecessors and portrayed her heroine's inner life, creating an atmosphere thick with fear, and providing a gripping plot that continues to thrill readers today. - The Mysteries of Udolpho, set in Europe in the year 1584, is the story of orphan Emily St. Aubert, who finds herself separated from the man she loves and confined within the medieval castle of her aunt's new husband, Montoni, after being forced to travel through France and Italy. Inside the castle, she must cope with an unwanted suitor, Montoni's threats, and the wild imaginings and terrors that threaten to overwhelm her. - The mysterious happenings in the story always have a natural and probable explanation because Radcliffe was a very rational person and did not believe in the supernatural. Radcliffe's strengths in writing were in describing scenery as well as suspense and terror. Many critics have called the work 'dreamlike' and 'suggestive of the cinematic technique of slow-motion.' (Summary by Wikipedia/Michelle Crandall) More information: http://librivox.org/mysteries-of-udolpho-by-ann-radcliffe/

Against The Grain, or Against Nature by Joris-Karl HUYSMANS (1848 - 1907), translated by John HOWARD ( - ) Genre(s): General Fiction Read by: Martin Geeson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 15 - Chapter 14, part one 00:31:57 - 16 - Chapter 14, part two 01:04:56 - 17 - Chapter 15 01:33:57 - 18 - Chapter 16 'THE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDE'. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmans' cult novel of 1884, which is also routinely called the Bible of Decadence. Accurate descriptions, both, of this bizarre masterpiece which has reverberated ever since through high and popular culture.'Against Nature' (or in this version 'Against The Grain') explores to the furthest limit the life of the world-rejecting aesthete living a reclusive existence devoted entirely to artificial paradises of his own devising. This is no solemn tract, however: the book's anti-hero Duc Jean Floressas Des Esseintes spectacularly fails to achieve his life's work, as all his attempts to create worlds of perverse experience through synaesthesia and interior decoration prove ludicrously unsatisfying and injurious to health. An innocent tortoise also falls casualty to his theories, in the wonderful fifth chapter.This is probably a novel best savoured one chapter at a time, and not only because John Howard's clunky translation makes indigestible listening. Those who can skip whole chunks without guilt would do well to avoid chapters 4, 7, 12 and 14. Revel, however, in the wonders of 5, 8, 9 and 11. Encounter the jewel-encrusted chelonian, the butch lady acrobat, the nightmarish orchids that cause the hero to exclaim 'All is Syphilis'…Alas, this translation lacks a chapter, and two brief incidents are also suppressed on account of their sexual perversity. Enjoy what remains. (Summary by Martin Geeson) More information: http://librivox.org/against-the-grain-or-against-nature-by-joris-karl-huysmans/

The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor (1876 - 1961) Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales Read by: Lynne T, latinbob, Simona Rusu, yourbookvoice, Robin Lamb, PLaudadio, Elizabeth Horan, Marie Christian, MTLisa, kaylawhy, LakshmiSudha, Christoph Stangenberg, benet1one, cleosteinhauser, Andy Glover, TriciaG, aldtuttle, Chip, KBoy16, Trish Rutter, Greg Giordano, Anita Hibbard, Kyle Mathews, hopebucky, AnthonyT, Heather Eney, LucieLutin, Jared Shaw, Mary Balmer, Christine Rottger, Night, CadenB, SirPratchett, Alex Steele in English Cover design by Michele Fry. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - To Joyce Moffatt Scott 00:04:14 - 01 - Wonderland 00:07:44 - 02 - The Great God Pan 00:13:21 - 03 - The Six Pomegranate Seeds 00:21:48 - 04 - The Birth of Athene 00:25:30 - 05 - The Two Weavers 00:31:37 - 06 - The Purple Flowers 00:36:24 - 07 - Danae and her Little Son 00:47:15 - 08 - The Quest of Perseus 00:56:59 - 09 - Andromeda and the Sea-Monster 01:01:21 - 10 - Acrisius Is Killed by Perseus 01:06:14 - 11 - Achilles and Briseis the Fair-Cheeked 01:18:16 - 12 - Menelaus and Paris Do Battle 01:24:35 - 13 - Hector and Andromache 01:29:58 - 14 - The Horses of Achilles 01:39:08 - 15 - The Death of Hector 01:53:07 - 16 - Polyphemus the Giant 02:01:18 - 17 - Odysseus Escapes from the Cave 02:07:15 - 18 - Odysseus Returns to Ithaca 02:12:26 - 19 - Argus the Hound Dies 02:18:27 - 20 - The Bow of Odysseus 02:28:19 - 21 - The Land of Hellas 02:34:47 - 22 - Lycurgus and his Little Nephew 02:40:03 - 23 - Lycurgus Returns to Sparta 02:46:12 - 24 - The Training of the Spartans 02:52:27 - 25 - The Helots 02:59:50 - 26 - Aristomenes and the Fox 03:09:56 - 27 - The Olympian Games 03:16:05 - 28 - The Last King of Athens 03:21:01 - 29 - Cylon Fails to Make Himself Tyrant 03:26:08 - 30 - Solon Frees the Slaves 03:34:30 - 31 - The Athenians Take Salamis 03:39:25 - 32 - Pisistratus Become Tyrant 03:49:12 - 33 - Harmodius and Aristogiton 03:55:14 - 34 - The Law of Ostracism 03:58:48 - 35 - The Bridge of Boats 04:06:20 - 36 - Darius Rewards Histiaeus 04:10:42 - 37 - Histiaeus Shaves the Head of His Slave 04:16:45 - 38 - Sardis is Destroyed 04:22:14 - 39 - The Sandal Sewn by Histiaeus 04:26:18 - 40 - Darius Demands Earth and Water 04:34:01 - 41 - The Battle of Marathon 04:40:54 - 42 - Miltiades Sails to the Island of Paros 04:47:47 - 43 - Aristides Is Ostracised 04:56:17 - 44 - The Dream of Xerxes 05:03:18 - 45 - Xerxes Orders the Hellespont to be Scourged 05:14:35 - 46 - 'The Bravest Man of All Hellas' 05:22:46 - 47 - The Battle of Thermopylae 05:33:53 - 48 - The Battle of Artemisium 05:38:29 - 49 - Themistocles Urges Eurybiades to Stay at Salamis 05:46:03 - 50 - Themistocles Tricks the Admirals 05:48:53 - 51 - The Battle of Salamis 05:55:29 - 52 - The Battle of the Plataea 06:07:52 - 53 - The Delian League 06:18:12 - 54 - Themistocles Deceives the Spartans 06:23:53 - 55 - Themistocles Is Ostracised 06:31:50 - 56 - The Eloquence of Pericles 06:41:17 - 57 - Pericles and Elpines 06:45:25 - 58 - The City of Athens 06:51:20 - 59 - Great Men of Athens 06:54:43 - 60 - The Thebans Attack the Plataeans 06:59:45 - 61 - Attica Is Invaded by the Spartans More information: https://librivox.org/the-story-of-greece-told-to-boys-and-girls-by-mary-esther-miller-macgregor/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Keeper of the Bees by Gene Stratton-Porter (1863 - 1924) Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Romance Read by: czandra, KevinS, Christine Rottger, Margaret Herbers, RK Wilcox, TR Love, Wallace Morgan in English Cover design by Michele Fry Run Time: 14:07:50 Zip FileSize: 398 MB Catalog Date: 2022-03-24. Chapters: 00:00:00 - 13 - Chapter 13 - The keeper of the bees 01:03:22 - 14 - Chapter 14 - The home-made miracle 01:47:18 - 15 - Chapter 15 - Reaping the whirlwind 02:19:21 - 16 - Chapter 16 - The partnership baby 02:57:33 - 17 - Chapter 17 - The interloper 03:39:31 - 18 - Chapter 18 - The little scout on the warpath 04:18:49 - 19 - Chapter 19 - The province of a friend 04:47:08 - 20 - Chapter 20 - The scout mutiny 05:24:26 - 21 - Chapter 21 - Then comes a vision 05:43:36 - 22 - Chapter 22 - The magnificent lie 05:53:51 - 23 - Chapter 23 - Still adventuring More information: https://librivox.org/keeper-of-the-bees-by-gene-stratton-porter/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)