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Part 1 of THE TWO ENCHANTERS I. Merlin and Vivien

In The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter

Read by Sarah Foster


Pádraic Colum


King Manus ruled over the Western Island, and he had a castle that was neither higher nor wider than any other King’s castle. But he had a s…

Mary Magdalene - with Peter and John at the sepulchre - Part I

In Scripture Characters

Read by Sarah Foster


Robert Smith Candlish


Nineteen studies of figures from the Bible - some well-known and some obscure. The discourses were originally written as sermons and then re…

The Invisible Man

Read by Alex Foster


H. G. Wells


The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story…

Poetics

Read by Robert Foster


Aristotle


Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal o…

The Rainbow (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


Briefly appearing in 1915, then banned and taken out of circulation for its adult treatment of sexuality, Lawrence's visionary novel The Rai…

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


"Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life" was Mrs Gaskell's first full-length novel. It was published anonymously in that tumultuou…

Sons and Lovers (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


Lawrence summarised the plot of Sons and Lovers in a letter to Edward Garnett in 1912:“It follows this idea: a woman of character and refine…

The Lost Girl

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


"There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to."In this most under-valued …

Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln

Read by Tony Foster


Charles Watts Whistler


Troy, Athens, Rome... each has its founding legend. So too does the Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, once the largest fishing port in the world…

The Blazing World

Read by Sarah Terry


Margaret Cavendish, Duchess Of Newcastle and Margaret Lucas Cavendish


The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a …

How to Camp Out

Read by Sarah Jennings


John Mead Gould


Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern reader…

A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children

Read by Sarah Jennings


E. Louise Smythe


This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lis…

The Story of the Treasure Seekers (version 3)

Read by Sarah Hill


E. Nesbit


This story follows the six Bastable Children; Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius, on their adventures to help their widowe…

The Spirit of the Curé of Ars

Read by Sarah Cain


Alfred Monnin


St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (known in English as St. John Vianney), was a French priest that lived from 1786-1859. He would later become…

The Pearl Necklace, part 2

In Deeds of Daring done by Girls

Read by Sarah


Hannah Hudson Moore


Do not think, dear girls, that because you are girls you may not have as much courage as your brothers. I believe that quite as stout hearts…

The Burghers' Gathering

In The Poetry of South Africa

Read by Sarah


Alexander Wilmot


Alexander Wilmot was a Cape Town politician and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He is the author of the History of the Zulu War 1…

The Tell-Tale Heart

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 015

Read by Sarah


Edgar Allan Poe


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up …

The Storyteller

In Ballads of Peace in War

Read by Sarah


Michael Earls


This is a collection of poetry by Michael Earls, a Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. This collection of poetry concer…

What is An Egg?

In Birds, Vol. III, No 2, February 1898

Read by Alex Foster


Various


Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…