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Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Deephaven
Read by Betsie Bush
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…
Emma
Read by Sherry Crowther
Jane Austen
Sherry reads Jane Austen’s sparkling comedy of manners with wit and vivacity, and brings the characters to life. Mr. Woodhouse worries and f…
Somehow Good
Read by Helen Taylor
William Frend De Morgan
A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…
Two Sides of a Question
Read by Expatriate
May Sinclair
Here are two gemlike novellas in one volume, written in May Sinclair’s clearest and cleverest prose and exploring the many ways in which a w…
Cunning Workmen
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
Miss Cora Parkhurst is an irresponsible and flighty Sunday school teacher for a group of young ladies. She has simply no time to prepare the…
The Secret World Chronicle, Book One: Invasion
Read by Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey
Emerging mysteriously during World War II, metahumans became icons of the best - and worst - humanity had to offer. Yet sixty years later, t…
Her Dark Inheritance
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Mrs. E. Burke Collins
A story of obsessive love and desperation that hid many secrets. This cliffhanger will keep you guessing until the very end. Summary by Shar…
Poor Miss Finch
Read by Sandra G
Wilkie Collins
“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it a…
Marjorie Dean, High School Sophomore
Read by ashleighjane
Jessie Graham Flower
Marjorie Dean thinks that she is going to have a splendid year at Sanford High when her best friend comes to visit. However, she soon finds …
The Young Diana
Read by Newgatenovelist
Marie Corelli
Poor Diana May. Her fiancé has jilted her, her parents think she is an encumbrance and no one recognises her intelligence. She seems …
Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College
Read by BumbleVee
Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase
Set after the Grace Harlowe High School series, Grace and her friends Miriam and Anne start a new chapter of their lives as Freshmen at Over…
The Crimson Thread
Read by Keith Salis
Roy J. Snell
Lucile has a job in a department store book department for the holiday season before she returns to college for the next term. What could ha…
The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Read by Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
University of Oxford Podcasts
Study Skills
Read by Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson and Luke Ogilvie-Thomson
Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson and Luke Ogilvie-Thomson
University of Oxford Podcasts
Orlando, A Biography (version 2)
Read by Nicole J. LeBoeuf
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking satire of British culture, customs, literature, philosophy, and politics from the Elizabethan era to the aut…
Eyebright
Read by Lynne T
Susan Coolidge
"Imagination is like a sail, as Mr. Joyce had said that evening; but sails are good and useful things sometimes, and carry their owners…
Diana
Read by Bridget Gaige
Susan Warner
Diana Starling is the beautiful and quiet daughter of a cold and mentally abusive mother. She falls in love with Evan Nolton, but her mother…