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The Card
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Arnold Bennett
The ‘Card’ in question is Edward Henry Machin - His mother called him ‘Denry’. This light-hearted story is of his rise from humble beginning…
George Washington
Read by Bill Boerst
Calista McCabe Courtenay
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military care…
Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy
Read by TriciaG
Stephen Leacock
Humorous, ironic, and sometimes cynical observations of life in 1915 from Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock. (Summary by TriciaG)
At The Sign of The Jack O'Lantern
Read by Daryl Wor
Myrtle Reed
This begins with an odd inheritance at the end of a honeymoon, both parties being inexperienced. Then someone comes to visit, then another, …
The Garden Of Folly
Read by David Wales
Stephen Leacock
A 1924 collection of essays by the celebrated Canadian humorist, popular in the first half of the twentieth century throughout the English s…
Shakespeare Identified
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J. Thomas Looney
That one who is not a recognized authority or an expert in literature should attempt the solution of a problem which has so far baffled spec…
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
De Krekel achter de Haardplaat
Read by Marcel Coenders
Charles Dickens
Het kerstverhaal van 1845 vertaling van 'The Cricket on the Hearth'.De mooie jonge Dot en de oude vrachtrijder John lijken gelukkig getrouwd…
An Essay on Man
Read by Martin Geeson
Alexander Pope
Pope’s Essay on Man, a masterpiece of concise summary in itself, can fairly be summed up as an optimistic enquiry into mankind’s place in th…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
Read by Timothy Ferguson
Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
Perkins of Portland
Read by Arnold
Ellis Parker Butler
Amusing tales showing the effectiveness of advertising some rather questionable products. Perkins and the narrator partner in promotions dir…
Horace Walpole's Letters: a selection
Read by Barbara Baker
Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole, 4th earl of Orford, was a cultivated participant in, and observer of, the social and political life of Georgian England. His…
Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton
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G. K. Chesterton
This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The D…
A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories
Read by Don W. Jenkins
Bill Nye
Bill Nye was a respected journalist who also became known as a humorist. His short pieces range from a description of a visit to a friend re…
Heretics
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicki…
Royal Children of English History
Read by Cori Samuel
E. Nesbit
From the first chapter: "History is a story, a story of things that happened to real live people in our England years ago; and the thin…
An Amiable Charlatan
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
Yollop
Read by Barry Eads
George Barr Mccutcheon
Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to…
John Antrobus Looneys
SANWAL
Saturday-Night Theatre: Looneys Sat 30th Aug 1986, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM By John Antrobus With Robert Stephens as Arno…