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Among the Forest People

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Clara Dillingham Pierson


Another delightful children's book by Clara Dillingham Pierson about various forest animals - what they do, and what they are like. Each one…

Kenilworth

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Sir Walter Scott


An Elizabethan era historical novel by Scotland's master of fiction, Sir Walter Scott. With a cast of historical and created characters, inc…

Bettesworth's Exultation

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Jonathan Swift


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Bettesworth's Exultation Upon hearing that his name would be transmitted to posterity in Dr. S…

Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin

Read by Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill


Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill


University of Oxford Podcasts

Companionable Books

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Henry van Dyke


Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…

Howards End

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E. M. Forster


The book is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of …

A Shepherd's Life; Impressions Of The South Wiltshire Downs

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William Henry Hudson


Hudson wrote this classic work in 1910; it is admiringly mentioned by many other writers. It focuses on the memories of a head shepherd, Ca…

Centre for the Study of the Book


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Sheila Hodgson The Lodestone



The Lodestone Wed 19th Apr 1989, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Sheila Hodgson   M.R. James, the distinguished Cambridg…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

Read by Sibella Denton


Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

Child Whispers

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Enid Blyton


Enid Blyton's first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) - Summary by Peter Why

A London Life

Read by Deborah Percy


Henry James


A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-Ame…

The Lost Mr. Linthwaite

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J. S. Fletcher


A quest to track down his missing uncle (Mr. Linthwaite) leads investigative journalist Richard Brixey to the mysterious medieval town of Si…

Library Essays; Papers Related to the Work of Public Libraries

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Arthur Elmore Bostwick


This 1920 collection of essays gathers together 25 years of papers, articles, and presentations given by Arthur E. Bostwick. The ideas in ma…

The Annals of Ann

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Kate Trimble Sharber


As the only “surviving” child of her parents, Ann is considered by close friends and family to be an overly indulged child. Some say she is …

Plants and People

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Timothy Walker


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival (Dramatic R…

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Kate Percival


This surprisingly explicit sample of Victorian erotica follows the sexual awakening and subsequent adventures of its author, Kate Percival, …

A Brief History of English and American Literature

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Henry A. Beers


Henry Augustin Beers, native of Buffalo, NY and professor of English at Yale, with the help of John Fletcher Hurst (1834-1903), Methodist bi…

London Labour and the London Poor Volume II

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Henry Mayhew


Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work.&…

Interviews on Great Writers


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

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