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Narrated runtime2h 22m

Jew of Malta — LibriVox Audiobook

An audiobook edition of Jew of Malta. The Jew of Malta (full title: The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta) is a play by Christopher Marlowe, written in 1589 or 1590. The plot primarily revolves around a Maltese Jewish merchant named Barabas. The original story combines religious conflict, intrigue, and revenge, set against a backdrop of the struggle for supremacy between Spain and the Ottoman Empire in the Mediterranean that takes place on the island of Malta. There has been extensive debate about the play's portrayal of Jews and how Elizabethan audiences would have viewed it.

Narrated runtime13h 9m

Kim — LibriVox Audiobook

An audiobook edition of Kim. Kim is a picaresque novel by English author Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of India: "The book presents a vivid picture of India, its teeming populations, religions, and superstitions, and the life of the bazaars and the road." The story unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel popularised the phrase and idea of the Great Game.

Narrated runtime3h 52m

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things — LibriVox Audiobook

An audiobook edition of Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (怪談, Kaidan; also archaic romanized Kwaidan), often shortened to Kwaidan ("ghost story"), is a 1904 book by Koizumi Yakumo (Lafcadio Hearn) that features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief non-fiction study on insects. It was later used as the basis for a 1964 film, Kwaidan, by Masaki Kobayashi.

Narrated runtime5h 49m

Lair of the White Worm — LibriVox Audiobook

An audiobook edition of Lair of the White Worm. The Lair of the White Worm is a Gothic horror novel and dark fantasy novel by the Irish writer Bram Stoker. It was first published by Rider and Son of London in 1911 – the year before Stoker's death – with colour illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. The story is based on the legend of the Lambton Worm. It has also been issued as The Garden of Evil. The novel is set in Derbyshire in 1860. An Australian, Adam Salton, is invited to visit the estate of his elderly great-uncle and learns that he is the uncle's intended heir. He finds black snakes on his great uncle's property and learns about recent incidents of death or near-death by snakebite. He witnesses a local woman murdering a servant. He then discovers that she may be the White Worm of local legend in human form. In this case, "worm" is a term for a Germanic dragon. In 1925, an abridged and rewritten version was published by William Foulsham. It was shortened from 40 chapters to 28. The novel was adapted by Ken Russell into a 1988 film of the same name.

Narrated runtime10h 35m

Leavenworth Case — LibriVox Audiobook

An audiobook edition of Leavenworth Case. The Leavenworth Case (1878), subtitled A Lawyer's Story, is an American detective novel and the first novel by Anna Katharine Green. Set in New York City, it concerns the murder of a retired merchant, Horatio Leavenworth, in his New York mansion. The popular novel introduced the detective Ebenezer Gryce, and was influential in the development of the detective novel. In her autobiography, Agatha Christie cited it as an influence on her own fiction.

Narrated runtime6h 26m

Little Lord Fauntleroy — LibriVox Audiobook

An audiobook edition of Little Lord Fauntleroy. Little Lord Fauntleroy is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in St. Nicholas Magazine from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of St. Nicholas) on October 7, 1886 in New York. It was also published that year in November by Frederick Warne & Co. in London. The illustrations by Reginald B. Birch set fashion trends and the novel set a precedent in copyright law when Burnett won a lawsuit in 1888 against E. V. Seebohm over the rights to theatrical adaptations of the work.