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La Grande Bretèche

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Honoré de Balzac


La Grande Bretèche is an addendum to Balzac's Another Study of Woman, and is the final of a set of stories told around a dinner table…

Alarms and Discursions

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…

The Outline of Science, Vol 3

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


J. Arthur Thomson


The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Reid's Critique of Hume

Read by Dan Robinson


Dan Robinson


University of Oxford Podcasts

At the Villa Rose

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


A. E. W. Mason


Harry Wethermill, the brilliant young scientist, a graduate of Oxford and Munich, has made a fortune from his inventions, and is taking a va…

Die schwarze Spinne

Read by Hans Hafen


Jeremias Gotthelf


Die schwarze Spinne ist eine Novelle von Jeremias Gotthelf aus dem Jahr 1842. Eingebettet in eine idyllisch angelegte Rahmenerzählung w…

The Ear In The Wall

Read by Howard Skyman


Arthur B. Reeve


Craig Kennedy is a man who thinks outside the box. A skilled detective using the cutting edge technology of his time, he uses his skills to …

Science and the Modern World

Read by Peter Tucker


Alfred North Whitehead


It is fortunate that in the twentieth century, science and philosophy are beginning to be united in the same person as they were in the seve…

A Far Country

Read by Kate Follis


Winston Churchill


The book follows the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood, and how his profession as a corporation lawyer gradually changes his values…

Erzählungen aus 'Die Leute von Seldwyla'

Read by Hans Hafen


Gottfried Keller


Die Leute von Seldwyla ist ein zweiteiliger Novellenzyklus des Schweizer Dichters Gottfried Keller. Es umfasst zehn "Lebensbilder"…

Rupert of Hentzau

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Anthony Hope


This is the sequel to 'The Prisoner of Zenda'. Five years have passed. The King has become jealous of Rudolf Rassendyll and suspicious of th…

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…

The Celebrity

Read by Joseph Tabler


Winston Churchill


Satirizes the rise of a young novelist (thought to be Richard Harding Davis, but denied as such by Churchill). - Summary by Joseph Tabler

Scanners Live In Vain

Read by Ben Tucker


Cordwainer Smith


This story deals with science-fiction's oldest subject—space-travel. Yet the author's treatment of the subject is so completely different th…

The Prelude, Version 2

Read by Peter Tucker


William Wordsworth


Wordsworth's celebrated poetic summary of his creative life and development, from childhood to old age, in which he examines his motives, in…

The Devil-Ray

Read by Ben Tucker


Joel Martin Nichols, Jr.


George Ferris is a master thief with amnesia. He and his two partners in crime concoct a plan to break into the famed Castle Blennerhof in a…

Twilight in Italy

Read by Peter Tucker


D. H. Lawrence


This is one of the author's "travel books", recounting his walking journeys in and around the Lago di Garda in Northern Italy. Eve…

The Siege of London

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


In this work, first published in 1883, James once again writes of an American trying to settle in England. The woman at the center, however,…

The Circular Study

Read by Jacquerie


Anna Katharine Green


In this well-plotted, character-driven mystery, Detective Gryce receives a cryptic message calling him to the scene of a “strange” crime. He…

The White Dove

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Sylvester Lanyon, a doctor, is mourning the early death of his wife. His young daughter Dorothy is living with his father, Matthew, also a w…

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