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Contemporary Reviews

Step into a whirlwind of sharp wit, scandal, mystery, and modern unrest, where elegant drawing rooms hide dangerous secrets and the wider world presses in with jungle law, war stories, and social upheaval. This bookshelf captures the pulse of its era through daring fiction, sly satire, and provocative criticism, inviting listeners into a gallery of brilliant minds at their most alive. Expect clever detectives, haunted consciences, glittering surfaces, and the unsettling truths beneath them.

65 Audiobooks

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Winds of Chance

The Winds of Chance

by Rex Beach

The Jungle

The Jungle

by Upton Sinclair

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Up the Hill and Over

Up the Hill and Over

by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

by Rudyard Kipling

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

by Booth Tarkington

Mr. Standfast

Mr. Standfast

by John Buchan

By Shore and Sedge

By Shore and Sedge

by Bret Harte

Tales of War

Tales of War

by Lord Dunsany

The Rise of Silas Lapham

The Rise of Silas Lapham

by William Dean Howells

Angling Sketches

Angling Sketches

by Andrew Lang

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence

by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

Iphigenia in Tauris

Iphigenia in Tauris

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Told After Supper

Told After Supper

by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Intentions

Intentions

by Oscar Wilde

The Secret City

The Secret City

by Hugh Walpole

The Amazing Interlude

The Amazing Interlude

by Mary Roberts Rinehart

The Avalanche: A Mystery Story

The Avalanche: A Mystery Story

by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

The Roll-Call

The Roll-Call

by Arnold Bennett

The Son of Tarzan

The Son of Tarzan

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Diary of a Pilgrimage

Diary of a Pilgrimage

by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Essays in Little

Essays in Little

by Andrew Lang

Rudder Grange

Rudder Grange

by Frank R. Stockton

Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus

Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus

by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories

Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories

by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

Ladies Must Live

Ladies Must Live

by Alice Duer Miller

The Summons

The Summons

by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

The Home and the World

The Home and the World

by Rabindranath Tagore

The Romantic

The Romantic

by May Sinclair

The Three Black Pennys: A Novel

The Three Black Pennys: A Novel

by Joseph Hergesheimer

The Jervaise Comedy

The Jervaise Comedy

by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford

Sonny, a Christmas Guest

Sonny, a Christmas Guest

by Ruth McEnery Stuart

A Cigarette-Maker's Romance

A Cigarette-Maker's Romance

by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford