Category Archives: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Audiobook: Stalky & Co.

Rudyard Kipling published Stalky & Co. in 1899. Set at an English boarding school in

Audiobook: Diary of a Superfluous Man

Turgenev’s shy hero, Tchulkaturin, is a representative example of a Russian archetype – the “superfluous

Audiobook: Autobiography of Cockney Tom

The Autobiography of Cockney Tom, Showing his Struggles through Life,and proving this Truth of the

Audiobook: Moon and Sixpence (version 2)

The Moon and Sixpence is a 1919 short novel by William Somerset Maugham based on

Audiobook: Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance

Mark Twain’s (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance, a short volume, published by Sheldon & Co.,

Audiobook: Our Nig, or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black, In A Two-Story White House

Frado is a colored girl, living in the USA a few years before the Civil

Audiobook: Victory: An Island Tale

Recollections of the life of Axel Heyst, one-time manager of the liquidated Tropical Belt Coal

Audiobook: Boyhood

Boyhood is the second in Tolstoy’s trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Youth,

Audiobook: Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal

Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P.

Audiobook: My Lady Ludlow

This novella by the acclaimed Elizabeth Gaskell follows the reminiscences and life of aristocratic Lady

Audiobook: Marge Askinforit

A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain’s character, Marge, beguiles us

Audiobook: Satan’s Diary

“Satan’s Diary”, Andreyev’s last work, was completed by the great Russian a few days before

Audiobook: Irish Idylls

Irish Idylls is a collection of short stories about Irish peasantry during the 19th Century.

Audiobook: Bindle

Herbert Jenkins’ most popular fictional creation was Mr. Joseph Bindle, who first appeared in a

Audiobook: Idomen, or The Vale of Yumuri

Idomen (1843) is the creative-nonfiction memoir of the beautiful and brilliant American poetess Maria Gowen

Audiobook: Swann’s Way (Version 2)

“Swann’s Way” is the first of the seven parts of Marcel Proust’s great autobiographical novel

Audiobook: Rogue’s Life

“[T]he story offers the faithful reflection of a very happy time in my past life.

Audiobook: Bishop’s Apron

“Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose.”

Audiobook: Childhood (version 2)

Childhood is the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released under the initials L. N.

Audiobook: Jacob Faithful

Rebelling against the career chosen for him by his wealthy family, Frederic Marryat joined the

Audiobook: Journal of Julius Rodman

The Journal of Julius Rodman, Being an Account of the First Passage across the Rocky

Audiobook: Man Who Found the Truth

An old man, accused of having murdered his family as a young man, spends a

Audiobook: Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (version 2)

The story of a biracial man living in the deep south after the reconstruction era.

Audiobook: Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man

Johnson’s only novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, was originally published anonymously in 1912.

Audiobook: Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table (version 2)

The tales of King Arthur and his Knights are of Celtic origin. The Celts were

Audiobook: Mr. Harrison’s Confessions

It is asserted that the inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell’s marvellous stories of Cranford was her

Audiobook: Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment

My grandmother Gertrude received a copy of The Friendly Road for Christmas in 1919. It

Audiobook: Heimskringla: The Stories of the Kings of Norway, Called The Round World

Heimskringla (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈheimsˌkʰriŋla]) is the best known of the Old Norse kings’ sagas. It

Audiobook: Dialogues of the Dead

Can the dead of different ages and spaces meet in the afterlife? This is a

Audiobook: History of Pendennis

In Pendennis, William Makepeace Thackeray skillfully shows the coming of age of Arthur Pendennis, a