A collection of BBC radio full-cast dramatisations of Jane Austen's six major novels Jane Austen is one of the finest writers in the English language, and this volume includes all six of her classic novels. Mansfield Park: On a...
Classic fiction
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Author:Austen, JaneSummary: - Author:Kipling, RudyardSummary:
Come meet heroic mongoose Riki-Tiki-Tavi, the “man cub” Mowgli, Toomai the elephant handler and many more delightful characters in these playful fables set in the vividly imagined India of Kipling’s youth. Each tale teaches a lesson to...
- Author:Cooper, James FenimoreSummary:
While guiding a small party of English settlers to the protection of a fort during the French and Indian War, Hawkeye, a frontier scout, and his two Indian friends, struggle against the evils of Uncas who desires a white maiden for his...
- Author:Knowles, Sir JamesSummary:
This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. From the finding of Merlin to the death of King Arthur, follow every thrilling adventure in the Arthurian...
- Author:Dickens, CharlesSummary:
The likeable young Nicholas, left penniless on the death of his father, sets off in search of better prospects. His meandering route to happiness includes work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall, where the brutal Wackfor Squeers ill-treats...
- Author:Hawthorne, JulianSummary:
Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey,...
- Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:
A scientific expedition headed by Professor George Edward Challenger sets out to explore an isolated South American plateau where it is rumored that dinosaurs and other creatures from the Jurassic Era are still alive. This classic...
- Author:Hammett, DashiellSummary:
Featuring the character that inspired the AMC series Monsieur Spade starring Clive Owen. One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time. Detective Sam Spade is a private eye with his own solitary code of...
- Author:Dumas, AlexandreSummary:
The dramatic conclusion to the saga of d'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers — and the revelation of the mysterious man in the iron mask.
- Author:Chesteron, G. K.Summary:
Set in early 1900s London, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover officer Gabriel Syme and his secret involvement with Scotland Yard's task force that attempts to take down underground anarchists. In doing so, Syme encounters...
- Author:Kipling, RudyardSummary:
Britain is still an Empire and India still her loyal subject when Carnehan and Dravot set out for the wild northern passes "to be kings."
- Author:Jaeger, MurielSummary:
When Hilda, a beautiful young member of England's cynical postwar generation, meets Michael, a hapless mutant capable of perceiving the molecular composition of objects and the ever-shifting patterns of electromagnetic fields, she...
- Author:McCulley, JohnstonSummary:
1820s California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas and haughty caballeros, suffers beneath the whip of oppression. Missions are pillaged, native peasants are abused, and innocent men and women are persecuted by the corrupt...
- Author:Chesnutt, Charles WaddellSummary:
Major Carteret is the white owner of the biggest newspaper in Wellington, a racially segregated city in the post-Civil War South. Carteret, along with other powerful white men in Wellington, are outraged that an editorial published the...
- Author:Baum, L. FrankSummary:
New characters mix with old favorites in a dazzling adventure that continues the epic fantasy begun in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Dorothy may have defeated the Wicked Witch of the West and returned home to Kansas, but all is not well...
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
First published in a 1842 edition of Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine, The Masque of the Red Death tells the story of Prince Prospero as he tries to avoid a plague by confining himself and his nobles to a masquerade in an abbey...
- Author:Bulgakov, MikhailSummary:
The Devil comes to Moscow; but he isn't all bad. Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-...
- Author:Pyle, HowardSummary:
Robin Hood follows one of our favorite heroes as he embarks on various adventures and antics, recruiting the Merry Men from what appears to be every corner of Europe and pursuing his quest to "steal from the rich and give to the poor."...
- Author:Kafka, FranzSummary:
Described by Nobel laureate Elias Canetti as, "one of the few great and perfect works of the poetic imagination," this short fable about a man who wakes up one morning transformed into a giant insect is deeply funny in its tragedy and...
- Author:Poe, Edgar AllanSummary:
First published in a 1841 edition of Graham's Magazine, The Murders in the Rue Morgue is often cited as the first modern detective story. The first of three stories to center around C. Auguste Dupin, Poe's fictional detective, The...
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