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Dombey and Son (version 3)
Read by Hamlet
Charles Dickens
To Paul Dombey, the business is everything, and he must have a son who will learn the business and eventually inherit it. Will his newborn, …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 083
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Various
“Oh, mother, I would like to know everything.” “You can never know everything, my child, but you can learn many things from books.” Accordin…
The Tale of Daddy Long Legs
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Arthur Scott Bailey
Arthur Scott Bailey (1877 – 1949) was author of more than forty children's books. He was born on November 15, 1877, in St. Albans, Vermont, …
The Human Boy
Read by David Wales
Eden Phillpotts
This collection of eleven short stories, both humorous and touching, about English school boys was published in 1900. The book was quite pop…
John Halifax, Gentleman
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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
This novel, published in 1856, was one of the popular and beloved novels in the Victorian era. It is told in the first person by Phineas Fle…
Boyhood
Read by Bill Boerst
Leo Tolstoy
Boyhood is the second in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including Childhood and Youth, published in a literary journal …
Man and Maid
Read by Peter Yearsley
E. Nesbit
A collection of the author's short stories for adults, with some supernatural ones. - Summary by Peter Yearsley
Heroes Every Child Should Know
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
The endeavour has been made in this volume to bring together the heroic men of different races, periods and types; and in the selection of m…
The Coming People
Read by Max Cusimano
Charles F. Dole
Dole briefly sketches the history of life, and shows how it has a definite direction - toward the survival of the kind and gentle people. It…
The Search
Read by LikeManyWaters
Grace Livingston Hill
“On the day the drafted men march away, Ruth MacDonald catches John Cameron's eye and waves to him. In the excitement of the moment they bot…
William Andrew The Best Baby
SANWAL
Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 14th Jan 1978, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM The Best Baby by William Andrew; with Gwyneth Guthrie,…
A Child's Book Of The Seasons
Read by David Wales
Arthur Ransome
This book is part of the author’s "Nature Books For Children" series (three books), which is probably the best indication of its t…
Hard Times (version 2 dramatic reading)
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens' 1854 novel opens with the philosophy of education espoused by the eminently practical Mr. Gradgrind, who prizes "facts…
Seed Thoughts
Read by InTheDesert
Joseph Caryl
There is a work which few men possess, and which we are assured that no man alive ever ventured to read through. It is in two mighty folios,…
Guy Mannering, or, The Astrologer
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Sir Walter Scott
Guy Mannering is a young astrologer, just down from Oxford. While travelling in Scotland, he loses his way and unexpectedly comes to stay at…
The Pickwick Papers (Version 2)
Read by Debra Lynn
Charles Dickens
A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …
The Littlest One - His Book
Read by Caro Davy
Marion St. John Webb
A delightful collection of humorous childrens' verse, describing the life and feelings of a little boy. - Summary by Caro Davy
The Literary Sense
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E. Nesbit
A collection of short stories written by the author of other literary greats such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It and The Phoe…