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Modern Philosophy: Chapters 48 and 49: Scholars of the Transition Period, The H…

In History of Philosophy

Read by Arthur Taylor


William Turner


The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the…

Works and Days, The Theogony, and The Shield of Heracles

Read by Arthur Krolman


Hesiod and Hesiodtranslated Byhugh Gerard Evelyn-White


Works and Days provides advice on agrarian matters and personal conduct. The Theogony explains the ancestry of the gods. The Shield of Herac…

Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

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Homer


Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the re…

The Adventures of Roderick Random

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Tobias Smollett


I am Roderick Random. This is the contemporary story of my struggle against the adversity of orphan-hood, poverty, press gangs, bloody duels…

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom

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Tobias Smollett


You can call me Dr. Fathom. Or Count Fathom. But I'm not who I say I am. And can you blame me? My mother was a soldiers' harlot who pocketed…

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume One

Read by Arthur Krolman


Jonathan Swift


Sit back and listen to these light-hearted witty rhymes and see the world Jonathan Swift saw -- and maybe recognize your own. Think there is…

Mr. Wicker's Window (Version 2)

Read by Arthur Piantadosi


Carley Dawson


When Christopher Mason walked into Mr. Wicker's antique shop, he had no idea he would soon be embarking on a marvellous journey to China to …

The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two

Read by Arthur Krolman


Jonathan Swift


He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…

Poems (1686)

Read by Arthur Krolman


Anne Killigrew


These are the original, tender and thoughtful poems of a young female artist who lived and died in seventeenth century London -- only 70 yea…

Windfall and Waterdrift

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Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert


This little square book, the colour of meadow forget-me-nots, is so modest and simple that it may very easily be passed over in a period whi…

Vanity Fair (version 2)

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William Makepeace Thackeray


One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mo…

The Enchanted April (version 2)

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Elizabeth Von Arnim


Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holi…

The Benefactress

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Elizabeth Von Arnim


Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

The Story of the Amulet

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E. Nesbit


The third of the series featuring Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane: four children who are, as they often say, "the sort of people that wo…

Hellwatch: Pilot

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Larime Taylor


A young disabled woman in a wheelchair protects an unaware world from demons and monsters. Ester Vasquez, born with arthrogryposis, hunts th…

The Phoenix and the Carpet (version 2)

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E. Nesbit


Five children discover a mysterious egg in their new nursery carpet - an egg which hatches into a magical talking Phoenix! The carpet is a m…

Love's Shadow

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Ada Leverson


The first in a trilogy of books known together as 'The Little Ottleys', this is a sparkling social comedy set in Edwardian London. Ada Lever…

Somehow Good

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William Frend De Morgan


A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…

The Fortunate Foundlings

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Eliza Haywood


A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and …

Tenterhooks

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Ada Leverson


The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', b…

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