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Lavengro
Read by Peter Dann
George Borrow
This unusual narrative by eccentric self-taught English linguist, traveller and one-time bible salesman George Borrow combines elements of a…
Last Post
Read by Peter Dann
Ford Madox Ford
This is the last novel in Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" tetralogy. Its predecessors "Some Do Not", "No More Para…
The Rover
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
Possessed "of a passion weary of itself", elderly ex-privateer Peyrol is driven by "a sudden impulse of scorn, of magnanimity…
Notes on Life and Letters
Read by Peter Dann
Joseph Conrad
Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…
The Romany Rye
Read by Peter Dann
George Borrow
"The Romany Rye" is a direct continuation of George Borrow's "Lavengro", taking up the latter's story immediately where …
The Book of the Cheese
Read by Peter Yearsley
Thomas Wilson Reid
"Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" is a pub on Fleet Street, London. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, and has been frequented …
Reginald
Read by Peter Yearsley
Saki
A collection of humorous anecdotes centred on Reginald, a smug, self-centred and cynical young man, who never admits to being older than twe…