20th Century AD Audiobooks
Saturday, November 24th, 2012
by James Joyce
17 minutes, 2 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1914
Sometimes romance needs a bit of deliberation; this is Joyce at his most satiric.
“The Boarding House” is the seventh story in his collection Dubliners, classic tales dealing thematically with miscommunication, isolation, class differences, and emotional paralysis in Joyce’s Ireland.
Narrated by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on November 24, 2007, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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James Joyce, Podcast
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
by Jack London
38 minutes, 6 seconds
Unabridged Horror Short Story
1910
“And then the thing happened–the thing unthinkable and unexpected.” London’s speculative story about the frightening, dual nature of man.
Read by William Coon.
Originally for sale on October 25, 2007, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Jack London, Podcast
Sunday, August 12th, 2012
by F Scott Fitzgerald
34 minutes, 52 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1922
A man makes a pilgrimage to his hometown and finds you can, indeed, put a price on fate.
Read by William Coon.
Originally for sale on August 12, 2007, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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F Scott Fitzgerald, Podcast
Sunday, June 17th, 2012
by Katherine Mansfield
17 minutes, 19 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1920
A story of love lost and found, after an absence of six years. The reasons for connection and separation quickly become clear, but what will be the choice this time around?
A beautiful day. A discussion of classlessness. A snobbish ex-lover. What could possibly go right?
Read by William Coon.
Originally for sale on June 17, 2007, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was a New Zealand-born author of short stories and critical writings. She was a prominent modernist in the first part of the 20th century.
Athough William Coon is a relative newcomer to audiobook recording, he has many years of experience using his voice to inform, persuade, and educate his consulting clients. A recent contributor to the podcast timetravelershow.com, Bill has narrated over 30 short works for LibriVox. A list of his LibriVox recordings can be found here.
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Katherine Mansfield, Podcast
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
by Arthur Conan Doyle
50 minutes, 34 seconds
Unabridged Short Mystery Story
1904
Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard seeks the guidance of Sherlock Holmes and Watson when the mysterious destruction of statues leads to murder.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on March 21, 2012, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Arthur Conan Doyle, Podcast
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
by James Joyce
25 minutes, 14 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1914
Con men want to convince a maid to steal from her employer. “Two Gallants” is the sixth story in James Joyce’s collection Dubliners, classic tales dealing thematically with miscommunication, isolation, class differences, and emotional paralysis in Joyce’s Ireland.
Narrated by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on December 3, 2006, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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James Joyce, Podcast
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
by Jack London
3 hours, 8 minutes
Unabridged Adventure Novel
1903
“Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing…” The classic adventure novel.
Narrated by John Jennens. ote: the podcast MP3 includes only the first part (of seven) of The Call of the Wild. Find the complete recording in any of the zip files.
Originally for sale on June 14, 2006, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Jack London, Podcast
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
by H G Wells
29 minutes, 11 seconds
Unabridged SF/Fantasy Pulp Adventure Story
1903
H G Wells was such a science fiction pioneer that he took all the great, archetypal titles (Think about it: The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Magic Shop, etc.. You’d think he would have at least been generous enough to call it, say, “A Magic Shop,” allowing that Asimov or Heinlein might decades later want to write about another one.) So it goes with “The Valley of the Spiders.”
Three adventurers face danger, death, and giant spiders, all for the capture love of a woman, in this classic pulp adventure story. Read by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on May 10, 2006, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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H G Wells, Podcast
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
by Edgar Allan Poe
54 minutes, 13 seconds
Unabridged Horror / Mystery Fiction
1839
“I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all…”
Disease (vampirism?) and decay of both man and stone (do they share a soul?) in the master of the macabre’s famous tale. Includes Poe’s poem “The Haunted Palace” with musical accompaniment.
Performed by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on April 12, 2006, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Tags: 1839, 200 cents, 2006 Release, 2011 Release, 20th Century AD, 30-60 minutes, Alex Wilson (reader), Edgar Allan Poe, Fiction, Free, Horror, Mystery, Podcast, Popular Author, SF Story, Speculative, The Longer Stuff, Vampires
Edgar Allan Poe, Podcast
Monday, October 18th, 2010
by James Joyce
27 minutes, 3 seconds
Unabridged Short Story
1914
Two stories about Dubliners on the cusp of adulthood, figuring out how to balance their respective responsibilities and freedoms. “Eveline” and “After the Race” are the fourth and fifth stories in James Joyce’s collection Dubliners, classic tales dealing thematically with miscommunication, isolation, class differences, and emotional paralysis in Joyce’s Ireland.
Read by Alex Wilson.
Originally for sale on October 18, 2005, and released free with a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License five years later. See the Mission page for why.
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Tags: 100 cents, 15-30 minutes, 1914, 2005 Release, 2010 Release, 20th Century AD, Alex Wilson (reader), Fiction, Free, James Joyce, Popular Author, Short Story
James Joyce, Podcast
