Laura Koskinen

3 books read for LibriVox

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The History of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray
You settle into Henry Esmond’s mock memoir as he moves through Restoration England, where Catholic loyalty, ambition, and appetite tangle around the courts of Charles II and James II. It’s long and deliberately old-fashioned, but his vanity and Thackeray’s sharp social comedy reward patience.
The Lost Stradivarius John Meade Falkner
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë
Helen slamming her bedroom door against her charming drunk of a husband still feels startling. You get her whole diary, so the mystery widow becomes a woman you actually know, and it's angrier and braver than anything her sisters wrote.

3 books read for LibriVox

filter sort genre era

The History of Henry Esmond William Makepeace Thackeray
You settle into Henry Esmond’s mock memoir as he moves through Restoration England, where Catholic loyalty, ambition, and appetite tangle around the courts of Charles II and James II. It’s long and deliberately old-fashioned, but his vanity and Thackeray’s sharp social comedy reward patience.
The Lost Stradivarius John Meade Falkner
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Anne Brontë
Helen slamming her bedroom door against her charming drunk of a husband still feels startling. You get her whole diary, so the mystery widow becomes a woman you actually know, and it's angrier and braver than anything her sisters wrote.