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Prologue
Read by Phil Surette
George Bernard Shaw
In Androcles and the Lion (Version 2)
Androcles and the Lion satirical play written in 1912 by George Bernard Shaw. It is set in Ancient Rome, and on the surface it appears to be…
The Adventure Of The Fair Patronne
Read by David Wales
William John Locke
In The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible -- and irrepressible -- Frenchman in England and Par…
Chapter 18
Read by Anthony St. Pierre
Franklin W. Dixon
In The Mystery of Cabin Island version 2
The Hardy Boys find a trespasser on an island belonging to Elroy Jefferson, whose stolen car they helped recover in a previous adventure. Th…
Gideon
Read by David Wales
Alexander Jessup (editor) and Wells Hastings
In The Best American Humorous Short Stories
Eighteen short stories by famous and little known authors compassing the period 1839 - 1914. The editor's very extensive introduction is omi…
Acknowledgements
Read by David Lawrence
Various and Unknown
In The Ontario Readers: Third Book
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
From One Generation To Another
Read by David Wales
Arnold Bennett
In The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…
Acknowledgments
Read by David Lawrence
Various
In The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book
A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry a…
Book II, chapter xv
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Benjamin Disraeli
In Sybil, or the Two Nations
Sybil is one of the most prominent political novels of the mid-nineteenth century, taking as its subject the "condition of England"…
The Two Lives
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
William Henry Davies
In Foliage: Various Poems
W. H. Davies was a Welsh poet and writer. Davies spent a significant part of his life in the United Kingdom and United States, becoming one …
Act 1
Read by David Wales
W. S. Gilbert
In The Pirates Of Penzance; Or The Slave Of Duty (Version 2)
In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’…
David's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan
Read by Alan Mapstone
Thomas Frederick Young
In Canada and Other Poems
From the author's preface:I wished to do something for my country, and chose this method of doing it. The literature of this country is in i…
Chapter 15
Read by Martin Geeson
Tobias Smollett
In The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Volume I)
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle is a picaresque novel by the Scottish author Tobias Smollett (1721 – 1771), first published in 1751, and …
Letter 24 Schools
Read by David Wales
George Crabbe
In The Borough
English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …
Travers Minor, Scout
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
In The Human Boy And The War
Published in 1916, this is the third collection of thirteen humorous short stories about English school boys in a boarding school in the fic…
Near Hastings
Read by Rosslyn Carlyle
Toru Dutt
In Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
Toru Dutt was an Indian poet, writing in English. Born in 1856, she travelled to England and France, and being a polyglot became fluent in F…
Excerpts from The Young Duke
Read by Patti Cunningham
Charles Dudely Warner, ed. and Benjamin Disraeli
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 04
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
The Man Who Smiled, continued
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Clifford Halifax and L. T. Meade
In The Adventures of a Man of Science
"We have taken down these stories from time to time as our friend. Paul Gilchrist, has related them to us. He is a man whose life study…
Bibliographical Note
Read by David Wales
Charles Dickens
In Christmas Stories From 'Household Words' And 'All The Year Round'
Twenty stories originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stori…
A Drama of Youth
Read by Stephen Paul Paschall
Richard Middleton
In The Ghost Ship & Other Stories
Richard Middleton is one of the many authors who, despite great merit, have been almost entirely forgotten today. This English author was an…
A Story of King David
Read by Larry Wilson
George Murray
In Poems
George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…