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Bleak House (version 4)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…
Dr. Nikola’s Experiment
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Guy Boothby's fourth novel of five about the svelte mysterious anti-hero Dr Nikola sees him progress further on his search for immortality. …
'Farewell, Nikola'
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Farewell Nikola is the fifth and last novel of the Dr Nikola series. We are reacquainted with Richard "Dick" Hatteras, former Sout…
The Lust of Hate
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
This is the third Dr Nikola book in a series of five written by Guy Boothby. The main character is Gilbert Pennethorne a man whom "Lady…
Oliver Twist (version 3)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradatio…
Dracula (version 5)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Bram Stoker
Dracula as written by Bram Stoker in 1897 was not the first depiction of vampires and other such creatures, Gothic horror stories had been a…
A Christmas Carol (Version 14)
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob …
The Mirror of the Sea
Read by Peter Kelleher
Joseph Conrad
The Mirror of the Sea (collection of autobiographical essays first published in various magazines 1904-6), 1906 (Summary from Wikipedia)
Dog-Watches At Sea
Read by Peter Kelleher
Stanton Henry King
Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reaso…
John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs
Read by Peter Kelleher
Jack London
Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (…
A Waterbiography
Read by Peter Kelleher
Robert C. Leslie
Robert C. Leslie (1826-1901) was an artist and writer who, at an early age fell in love with the sea, the sea of Sail, not of Steam. He desc…
Anthem (Version 5)
Read by Peter Kuhn
Ayn Rand
Anthem is a dystopian fiction novella by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, written in 1937 and first published in 1938 in the United Kingdom…
Siddhartha (Version 2)
Read by Peter Kuhn
Hermann Hesse
A major preoccupation of Hesse in writing Siddhartha was to cure his "sickness with life" (Lebenskrankheit) by immersing himself i…
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Andy Adams
The Mystery of the Chinese Ring is an exotic adventure story and is set in locations such as Burma and China, with the historical and politi…
Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Andy Adams
Mystery adventure, fiction ( Peter Thomlinson). This is a very exciting and gripping story set in the jungles of Brazil and Venezuela, and t…
Hawaiian Sea Hunt Mystery
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Andy Adams
Adventure series in exotic locations. This adventure is set in the exotic Island of Hawaii and involves the search for a missing sloop and …
The Loves of Great Composers
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Gustav Kobbé
Gustav Kobbe was a German/US music critic who worked at the time of Liszt and Wagner in particular, and was clearly in the Wagnerian rather …
Mystery of the Ambush in India
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
Andy Adams
Another Biff Brewster adventure story set this time in exotic and mystical India with much of the action around and near the Himalayas. This…
The War That Will End War
Read by Peter Thomlinson (1940-2022)
H. G. Wells
.About the First World War, and the author's conclusions. Whether or not you agree with these articles/essays, H G Wells does make many vali…