The Rover
by Lawrence Labree and Seba Smith
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"The Rover: A weekly magazine of tales, poetry and engravings, original and selected" was a magazine started in 1843 by Seba Smith and Lawrence Labree. The editors aimed at a high quality standard in their selection of short stories and poetry. Every half-year, the 26 weekly issues were also published under a bound compilation. This is already the 19th issue of the series. - Summary by Sonia
Chapters
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| Malvolio and the Countess; or The story of the underplot in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, by Seba Smith | 19:12 | Read by Mike Manolakes | |
| The Prodigal Son. From Tales of the Borders, by John Mackay Wilson | 46:01 | Read by April6090 | |
| To Eliza. The Rose of the Valley, by C. D. Stuart | 2:01 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| The Field of Waterloo | 13:40 | Read by Mike Manolakes | |
| Lady Betty's Pocket-Book, by the author of ''The Lovers' Quarrels'' | 25:10 | Read by Jim Locke | |
| Let us love one another | 2:24 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Old Jupe; or How to win a Western Vote | 23:51 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| The Hump-Back and Green Spectacles | 8:18 | Read by Sonia | |
| A beautiful thought, with a beautiful response | 1:32 | Read by April6090 | |
| Vanity of the World | 1:10 | Read by Michael Olgren | |
| Washington Allston | 3:33 | Read by Alan Mapstone | |
| Sonnett. Brackett's Bust of Bryant, by T. B. Read | 4:40 | Read by Adrian Stephens | |
| Now we are here… | 2:42 | Read by April6090 |