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Chapters 1-2
Read by Susan Denney
King James Version
In Bible (KJV) NT 03: Luke
The Gospel of Luke is the most literary of the four gospels which recount the life and work of Jesus Christ. Although anonymous, the book is…
46 - Volume 3, Chapter 11: The Bluebeard Chamber
Read by kandice stehlik
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
In Vixen
This is an exquisite and heartbreaking love story. Violet Tempest and Roderick Vawdrey, otherwise known to each other as Vixen and Rorie, ar…
The Aspern Papers
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, bu…
2 - Chapters 4-6
Read by Michael Packard
King James Version
In Bible (KJV) 16: Nehemiah
The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible. Told largely in the form of a first-person memoir, it concerns the rebuilding of the wal…
Part 2
Read by David Wales
Henry James
In Collaboration
It is Paris sometime after the Franco-Prussian War (1870--Germany won--the French Second Republic collapsed--France embittered). A French po…
A warning to the curious
Read by Peter Yearsley
M. R. James
In A Warning to the Curious and Other Ghost Stories (Version 2)
The fourth collection of ghost stories made by the author, including one written for Queen Victoria (The haunted doll's house). - Summary b…
The Plan of Salvation, Part 1 of 2
Read by James Bleckley
John H. Morgan
In Anthology of Early Mormon Doctrine and Apologetics
A collection of shorter works written during the early decades of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often known in that time …
One-Shot
Read by Bellona Times
James B Blish and James B. Blish
In Short Science Fiction Collection 027
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
The Library
Read by Phil Schempf
James Hebblethwaite
In The Poems of James Hebblethwaite
James Hebblethwaite (22 September 1857 – 13 September 1921) was an English-born Australian poet, teacher and clergyman. Hebblethwaite was a …
Bluebeard
Read by nighthawks
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Pt. I Ch. VI James At Large
Read by Justin Brett
John Galsworthy
In The Man of Property (Forsyte Saga Vol. 1)
'The Forsyte Saga' is the story of a wealthy London family stretching from the eighteen-eighties until the nineteen-twenties. The Man of Pro…
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Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
In A Little Tour in France
A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week tour in France -- from Touraine, down to Provence, then ba…
Chapter 15
Read by Harley James
Fritz Leiber
In The Green Millennium
From the classic science-fiction and fantasy author Fritz Leiber comes this intriguing tale of a green cat. From the author's introduction:…
Postscript
Read by JoeD
William James
In Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature is a book by the Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James that comp…
Ask a Foolish Question
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Robert Sheckley
In Great Explorers in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. I)
‘The Pioneer’ by Irving E. Cox The greatest explorer of them all returns to Earth and finds the world upside down!‘Flight Perilous’ by Ray C…
Section 2
Read by KevinS
Enid Blyton
In Child Whispers
Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why
Part 3
Read by Deborah Percy
Henry James
In The Liar
A successful painter reconnects with the woman he once loved during a visit to an English country house. His surprise is great when he learn…
Section 2
Read by Sam Stinson
King James Version
In Bible (KJV) 00: Preface
The preface to the KJV Bible is fitting to read, as it reminds contemporary readers of the transitory nature of all Bible translations. The …
The Islands of the Blest
Read by Derrick Coetzee
George Sterling
In A Wine of Wizardry
A dark and moody collection of poems, influenced by the author's experience of nature, rather than an idealized notion of it. "The uncr…
A Story of Bleeker Street
Read by Judi Mason
Jacob A. Riis
In Children of the Tenements
This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He …