Clayhanger (Version 2) by Arnold BENNETT (1867 - 1931) Genre(s): Published 1800 -1900 Read by: Simon Evers in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 52 - Volume 3, Chapter 14 00:13:45 - 53 - Volume 3, Chapter 15 00:33:03 - 54 - Volume 3, Chapter 16 00:54:17 - 55 - Volume 3, Chapter 17 01:12:35 - 56 - Volume 4, Chapter 1 01:33:58 - 57 - Volume 4, Chapter 2 01:51:53 - 58 - Volume 4, Chapter 3 02:12:34 - 59 - Volume 4, Chapter 4 02:31:26 - 60 - Volume 4, Chapter 5 02:48:57 - 61 - Volume 4, Chapter 6 03:02:53 - 62 - Volume 4, Chapter 7 03:14:35 - 63 - Volume 4, Chapter 8 03:30:12 - 64 - Volume 4, Chapter 9 03:53:03 - 65 - Volume 4, Chapter 10 04:10:24 - 66 - Volume 4, Chapter 11 04:34:30 - 67 - Volume 4, Chapter 12 04:54:21 - 68 - Volume 4, Chapter 13 A coming-of-age story about Edwin Clayhanger, who leaves school, has his ambition to become an architect thwarted by his tyrannical father, Darius, and so works in the family printing business. Edwin eventually takes over the business successfully. The story follows Edwin's relationships with his family and the mysterious Hilda Lessways.It is the first book of four in the Clayhanger series, following Edwin's life. - Summary by Simon Evers More information: https://librivox.org/clayhanger-version-2-by-arnold-bennett/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

The Chief Legatee by Anna Katharine GREEN (1864 - 1935) Genre(s): Detective Fiction Read by: Tony Oliva in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - A Bride of Five Hours 00:19:09 - 02 - The Lady in Number Three 00:26:46 - 03 - He Knows the Word 00:40:58 - 04 - Mr. Ransom Waits 00:50:15 - 05 - In Corridor and in Room 01:09:56 - 06 - The Lawyer 01:17:01 - 07 - Rain 01:28:32 - 08 - Elimination 01:41:50 - 09 - Hunter's Inn 01:55:59 - 10 - Two Doors 02:11:31 - 11 - Half-past One in the Morning 02:18:31 - 12 - Georgian! 02:23:06 - 13 - Where the Mill Stream Runs Fiercest 02:34:33 - 14 - A Detective's Work 03:13:15 - 15 - Anitra 03:31:37 - 16 - Love! 03:43:00 - 17 - I Don't Hear 03:55:34 - 18 - God's Forest, Then Man's 04:22:13 - 19 - In Mrs. Deo's Room 04:40:14 - 20 - Between the Elderberry Bushes 04:50:15 - 21 - On the Cars 05:10:22 - 22 - A Suspicious Test 05:22:41 - 23 - A Startling Decision 05:28:11 - 24 - The Devil's Cauldron 05:37:47 - 25 - Death Eddy 05:51:04 - 26 - Hazen 06:04:17 - 27 - She Speaks 06:12:49 - 28 - Fifteen Minutes 06:37:05 - 29 - There Is One Way 06:53:59 - 30 - Not Yet 'I was married to-day in Grace Church. At the altar my bride--you probably know her name, Miss Georgian Hazen--wore a natural look, and was in all respects, so far as any one could see, a happy woman, satisfied with her choice and pleased with the éclat and elegancies of the occasion. Half-way down the aisle this all changed. I remember the instant perfectly. Her hand was on my arm and I felt it suddenly stiffen. I was not alarmed, but I gave her a quick look and saw that something had happened.......I should have passed the matter over as a mere attack of nerves, if I had not afterwards detected in her face, through all the hurry and excitement of the ensuing reception, a strained expression not at all natural to her. This was still more evident after the congratulations of a certain guest, who, I am sure, whispered to her before he passed on......She entered the office with me and was standing close at my side all the time I was writing our names in the register; but later, when I turned to ask her to enter the elevator with me, she was gone...' (Excerpts from Chapter 1) More information: http://librivox.org/the-chief-legatee-by-anna-katharine-green/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

On the Laws by Marcus Tullius CICERO (106 - 43 BCE), translated by Charles Duke YONGE (1812 - 1891) Genre(s): Classics (Antiquity), *Non-fiction, Philosophy Read by: Geoffrey Edwards in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 01 - Book I (Part I) I-IX 00:37:30 - 02 - Book I (Part II) X-XXIV 01:25:06 - 03 - Book II (Part I) I-XV 02:22:08 - 04 - Book II (Part II) XVI-XXVII 03:04:31 - 05 - Book III On the Laws (Latin: De Legibus) was written shortly after Cicero's 'On the Commonwealth' during the last years of the Roman Republic. The three surviving books (out of an original six), in order, expound on Cicero's beliefs in Natural Law, recast the religious laws of Rome (in reality a rollback to the religious laws under the king Numa Pompilius) and finally talk of his proposed reforms to the Roman Constitution. (Summary Adapted from Wikipedia) More information: http://librivox.org/on-the-laws-by-marcus-tullius-cicero/ LibriVox - free public domain audiobooks (https://librivox.org/)

Running Water by A. E. W. MASON (1865 - 1948) Genre(s): General Fiction Read by: Nicholas Clifford in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 23 - 23 - Michel Revailloud\'s Führbuch 00:22:42 - 24 - 24 - The Brenva Ridge 00:48:51 - 25 - 25 - A Night on an Ice-Slope 01:12:37 - 26 - 26 - Running Water Although A.E.W. Mason is best known for The Four Feathers, an adventure novel of 1902 set in Egypt and the Sudan (and filmed several times), he was a prolific and popular writer of the period. Running Water, published in 1907, is, like its predecessor, a tale of romantic adventure. Though much of the story takes place in England, the real setting here is in the high Alps, in the range of Mont Blanc near Chamonix and Courmayeur. Here it is that Captain Hilary Chayne arrives, having spent the prior four years of his army service on the shores of the Red Sea, dreaming all the time of his return to the Alps, to the world of rock, ice, and snow, to mountaineering with all its challenges and joys, and to its comradeship. And here it is too that he meets the young and beautiful Sylvia Thesiger, a girl already in love with the high mountains, and seeking in them an escape, as far as possible, from her unpleasant and domineering mother.Is it necessary to add that disappointments. problems, misunderstandings, and outright villainies, ensue to complicate the course of true love? After the twists and turns of novel's English midsection, the setting shifts back to the high Alps, and the final, climactic scene is played out on the heights of the Italian face of the Mont Blanc. This is the Brenva -- where thousands of feet of rock and glacier sweep steeply up to reach the highest point in western Europe. It is an Alpine route that today, over century later, even experienced climbers still find a challenge.There are not many novels given over to mountaineering, and some consider Mason's descriptions of climbing among the finest in fiction. Unlike The Four Feathers, Running Water has never been filmed - though given the quality of some of Hollywood's mountaineering movies, that may actually be a blessing.Finally, for those unfamiliar with the teminology, several French terms are customarily used by alpinists and appear in Mason's book. An aiguille (needle) is a peak, usually sharp pointed, often of rock, sometimes of ice and snow. The Chamonix aiguilles, many of which are mentioned here, are famous among climbers and lovers of alpine scenery. A col is a pass between two mountains, or ranges, and in the High Alps often of steep ice and snow, sometimes of rock. And an arête is a ridge, or spur, of a mountain, sometimes of ice or snow, sometimes of rock, and often of all three.Historical note: The first ascent of the Brenva face was made by A.W. Moore and a party of three other British climbers and two Swiss alpine guides, in July, 1865. The account was published in Moore's book, The Alps in 1864, and it is this book that Garratt Skinner is reading in Chapter XII, as he lies in his Dorsetshire hammock. In 1943, another great British climber, T. Graham Brown published his Brenva, describing the various routes on the great southern face, on two of which had had made first ascents. Brown credits Running Water as first turning his attention to the face, and has high praise for its descriptions of mountaineering. (The second ascent for the Brenva route was made by W.A.P. Coolidge and others in 1870).A further note: in Chapter XIII, Mason twice refers to Switzerland when he means France. Perhaps he was dozing; or perhaps he was drawing some of his material from Baedeker's Guide to Switzerland, whose earlier editions included the range of Mont Blanc, a chain shared by France, Italy, and Switzerland. More information: http://librivox.org/running-water-by-a-e-w-mason/