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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…

Birds of Prey

Read by KirksVoice


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


The first part of the book builds the characters of four con men who become interconnected and attempt their schemes on each other. This boo…

Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism

Read by Jim Locke


John Middleton Murry


Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…

Your Days Are Numbered

Read by Myke Bartlett


Myke Bartlett


DETECTIVES. THIEVES. TIME-TRAVELLERS. (REASONABLE RATES.) 'Somewhere in this city, there's a hole in history, in reality itself, and it's g…

Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures

Read by Martin Clifton


Douglas William Jerrold


Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) was the son of an actor manager. After some time in the Navy and as an apprentice printer he became a pl…

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Su…

Read by Barry Eads


Joseph Plumb Martin


Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted …

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

Read by Jim Locke


Alice Dunbar Nelson


It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give …

The Spinster Book

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Myrtle Reed


A cross between guidebook and social commentary, The Spinster Book gives clever and humorous insights on topics such as courting, handling m…

The Regent

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Arnold Bennett


'The Regent' is, if not a sequel to 'The Card', then a 'Further Adventures of' the eponymous hero of that novel.Denry Machin is now forty-th…

Eternity

Read by Casey S Townsend


Casey S Townsend


The world you know has changed. Science has been replaced by dark, supernatural forces and those that know how have harnessed them to contro…

Stories by English Authors: London

Read by Kirsten Wever


F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill


This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …

Literature and Form

Read by Catherine Brown


Catherine Brown


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Communion of the Saint

Read by Alan David Justice


Alan David Justice


Clio Griffin, an out-of-work academic with an attitude and a tendency toward sarcasm, travels to England to interview for a last-chance job-…

Mandela at Oxford

Read by Nelson Mandela


Nelson Mandela


University of Oxford Podcasts

04 Noël Coward Pretty Polly Barlow


SANWAL


04 Noël Coward Pretty Polly Barlow 1975.02.12 on BBC Radio 4 Midweek Theatre Plain, bespectacled Polly Barlow leaves the…

Eminent Victorians

Read by Margaret Espaillat


Giles Lytton Strachey


On Modern Library's list of 100 Best Non-Fiction books, "Eminent Victorians" marked an epoch in the art of biography; it also help…

The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer

Read by Jim Locke


Alice Dunbar Nelson


Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…

David Ransom's Watch

Read by TriciaG


Pansy


A tale of human choices and lost opportunities, and how one's choices affect so many other lives, for good or ill.A borrowed watch. A selfis…

Cape Coddities

Read by Laurie Banza


Roger Livington Scaife and Roger Livingston Scaife


A message from the past from a former Cape Cod resident who delves in all things that make Cape Cod special. From explaining the adventures …

Opening a Chestnut Burr

Read by LikeManyWaters


Edward P. Roe


Walter Gregory is a gentleman whose health is broken down by the stress of Wall Street and the consequences of his fast lifestyle. Disillusi…

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