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Main Street (Version 2)
Read by Mark Nelson
Sinclair Lewis
Carol Milford, a college-educated, progressive, ambitious young woman, is self-sufficient working as a librarian in St. Paul, when she meets…
Kathleen
Read by KirksVoice
Christopher Morley
A group called the Scorpions, eight Oxford undergraduates, find a letter Kathleen wrote a letter to Joe at Oxford. They build up an image of…
Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect
Read by Phil Benson
Various
A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …
Kidnapped
Read by Mark F. Smith
Robert Louis Stevenson
David Balfour, a lad of seventeen and newly orphaned, is directed to go and live with his rich uncle, the master of the estate of Shaws in t…
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
The Lancashire Witches
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
William Harrison Ainsworth
The Lancashire Witches is a highly fictionalised account of the activities of the notorious witches Demdike, Chattox and Alice Nutter who, t…
The Turnpike House
Read by Celine Major
Fergus Hume
A prolific writer of crime and detective stories Fergus Hume is known for his clever plots. The Turnpike House is another wonderful example …
Gravenhurst, or Thoughts on Good and Evil
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
William Henry Smith
In which an English country gentlemen records his and his friends' conversational observations on misery and happiness, leaning ultimately o…
The Gentle Persuasion
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Alan Gray
Twelve stories from the author's life in Scotland, by Robert Cuthbert Johnstone, writing as Alan Gray. For more information on the author se…
Lancashire Characters and Places
Read by Phil Benson
Thomas Newbigging
An eclectic collection of essays on late 19th-century Lancashire culture and life, including essays on the poets John Critchley Prince and E…
Woodland Paths
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Winthrop Packard
American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods, alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat…
Pawn
Read by Mark Eller
Mark Eller
In Betrayed, Aaron Turner defied politicians, defeated child slavers, and saved an entire people from exploitation by Isabella, his adopted …
Quilt, Book and Bard
Read by Bryna Chalmer
Bryna Chalmer
For years the picture of the man with the oxcart has hung on the wall of her Aunt and Uncle's house. It never occurred to Tory that one day …
Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Roche…
Read by InTheDesert
Gilbert Burnet
I believe that the good Bishop of Salisbury's account of the last days of poor young Rochester would, if carefully read, make more impressio…
Robert Falconer
Read by Kenneth R. Morefield
George MacDonald
A Victorian novel devoted to beloved character first introduced to readers in MacDonald's David Elginbrod. (Summary by Kenneth R. Morefield)
The Valley of Fear (Version 3)
Read by David Clarke
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about de…
There and Back
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George MacDonald
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in …
Pawn
Read by Mark Eller
Mark Eller
In Betrayed, Aaron Turner defied politicians, defeated child slavers, and saved an entire people from exploitation by Isabella, his adopted …
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 102
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
"It is difficult for the human mind to take a comprehensive view of a subject." This is how librarian Arthur Bostwick begins his e…
A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete Beginners
Read by Marianne Talbot
Marianne Talbot
University of Oxford Podcasts