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Great Novels of the 19th Century
Great Novels of the 19th Century The 19th century was when the novel became the dominant literary art. These twenty-two works, listed in order of publication, are the form’s permanent core — the books every…
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Women Writing Women
Women Writing Women A century of women writers rendering female experience with precision and ferocity, 1811–1920. Each of these novels was, in its time, either scandalous or groundbreaking — several were both. Listen free on…
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Love, Nature, Death, and the Self: Three Centuries of English-Language Poetry in Free Audiobooks
Love, Nature, Death, and the Self: Three Centuries of English-Language Poetry in Free Audiobooks Poetry was once among the central entertainments of educated life. It was memorized, recited aloud, argued over, and carried by heart.…
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Great Books Audio Collection
Imagine hearing hundreds of the foundational texts of Western civilization for free. It would reshape how you think, argue, perceive time, and understand human life. Here is a complete four year program [1] of classic…
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Fate, Freedom, and the Self: A Journey Through the Western Imagination in 12 Free Audiobooks
Twelve books. Two and a half thousand years. One coherent argument about what it means to be free. This is a guided listening program through select readings in Western thought — from Homer to Swift,…
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The American Novel
The core of any American Literature survey course, 1850–1926. Fifteen novels from Hawthorne’s Puritan guilt to Hemingway’s Lost Generation — the full arc of a distinctly American literary voice. Listen free on HearCandy.
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Before the Novel
Homer, Sophocles, Virgil, Dante. These nine works are the foundation of Western literature — every subsequent writer read them, argued with them, and built on them. The core of any classical literature course. Listen to…
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The Birth of the Detective
Poe invented it in 1841. Collins built it into a novel in 1868. Conan Doyle made it immortal. Read in order, you can watch the detective genre being invented in real time. Listen free on…
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The Gothic Tradition
The Gothic Tradition Where horror began — and why it still haunts us. From Walpole’s haunted castle (1764) to Leroux’s Phantom (1910), these nine novels trace the complete arc of Gothic literature. Listen free on…
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The Russian Novel
In the second half of the 19th century, Russian literature produced a concentration of genius unmatched in any national tradition. These eight novels form the core of Russian literature courses worldwide. Listen free on HearCandy.
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Satire & Dissent
Four hundred years of writers saying what everyone else was too polite to say — and getting away with it by making you laugh first. The full tradition of literary satire, from Cervantes to Bierce.…
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Short & Powerful
Novels and novellas under five hours — nothing wasted. These nine works are among the most concentrated literary achievements in any language. A Christmas Carol in one sitting. The Metamorphosis before dinner. Listen free on…