These are first chapters to books first published in 1916. Readers, following is a tentative list culled from Wikipedia's article on the year in Literature; most of the works are to be found on Project Gutenberg. - Summary by Matt Pierard
Listen on
Episodes
Sherwood Anderson - Windy McPherson's Son
Episode 1 · 21:15
Henri Barbusse - Under Fire
Episode 2 · 33:06
L. Frank Baum - Rinkitink in Oz
Episode 3 · 14:54
Edgar Rice Burroughs - The Beasts of Tarzan
Episode 4 · 16:53
Ellen Glasgow - Virginia
Episode 5 · 37:21
Sarah Grand - The Winged Victory
Episode 6 · 40:19
Louis Hemon - Maria Chapdelaine
Episode 7 · 25:06
William Dean Howells - The Leatherwood God
Episode 8 · 26:09
James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pt. 1
Episode 9 · 1:00:51
James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Pt. 2