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The Wild Olive

Read by Simon Evers


Basil King


Norrie Ford, having been unfairly convicted of murder, has escaped. A lucky chance finds him being rescued by a mysterious girl (the Wild Ol…

John Marchmont's Legacy

Read by Cate Barratt


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Like Wuthering Heights, the center of this story is a dramatic love triangle, the setting is a huge English manor. Olivia Marchmont has alwa…

Delia Blanchflower

Read by Simon Evers


Mary Augusta Ward


Delia Blanchflower’s father has died, leaving her a considerable inheritance. However, she has become caught up in the militant wing of the …

The Bostonians, Vol. 1 & 2

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Henry James


This bittersweet tragicomedy centers on an odd triangle of characters: Basil Ransom, a political conservative from Mississippi; Olive Chance…

Simón el bobito

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Rafael Pombo


Simón el bobito llamó al pastelero:  ¡a ver los pasteles, los quiero probar!  -Sí, repuso e…

An Amiable Charlatan

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E. Phillips Oppenheim


An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…

Villette

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Charlotte Brontë


After a tragedy in her family, Lucy Snow leaves her home to become a teacher at a French boarding school. Lucy soon begins to fight against …

Weaver's Web

Read by Philippa Ballantine


Philippa Ballantine


Betrayal by one you love is the cruelest cut of all. And when the Lord of Crisfell betrays it is done on a grand scale. Ashi'mei Candre fee…

The Longest Journey

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E. M. Forster


Frederick Elliot is a student at early 20th century Cambridge, a university that seems like paradise to him, amongst bright if cynical compa…

Loner In Space

Read by Steve Simons


Steve Simons


This book was written originally for children, but the adults in Steve's test audience also enjoyed it. The book tells the story of a bo…

Literature and Form

Read by Catherine Brown


Catherine Brown


University of Oxford Podcasts

Patricia Brent, spinster

Read by Anna Simon


Herbert George Jenkins


A romantic comedy, written in 1918, but with a modern feel to it. Patricia Brent one day overhears two fellow-boarders pitying her because s…

April Twilights and Other Poems

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Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather


A selection of thirty-six poems by American writer Willa Cather. (summary by mleigh)

The Circular Study

Read by Jacquerie


Anna Katharine Green


In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…

Six Characters in Search of an Author

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Luigi Pirandello


Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore) is the most famous and celebrated play by the Italian writer Luigi …

I Say No

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Wilkie Collins


Emily Brown is an orphan girl that almost no one can help but love when they meet her. She is pursued by two worthy men: Mr. Alban Morris, t…

The Gateway

Read by Steve Simons


Steve Simons


This book was written for children, it was originally serialised on the podcast show KidsCastSciFi. It follows the adventures of two boys wh…

Capitol Coven

Read by Peter E. Abresch


Peter E. Abresch


Ninety percent of the federal laws, resolutions, and appropriations pass or fail in the U. S. Congress by a handful of votes. When Alexand…

Lilian

Read by Simon Evers


Arnold Bennett


Lilian works in a typewriting office owned by Felix Grig, a middle-aged man of means. The office is run by his spinster sister, Miss Grig, w…

Harrington

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Maria Edgeworth


Harrington follows the protagonist of the same name who tries to explore his memories in order to understand his views on Jews. It begins wi…

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