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As in a Mirror
Read by TriciaG
Pansy
A wealthy and successful author, John Stuart King is preparing to write his next book, which includes a homeless tramp. He has done all the …
The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Read by Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
University of Oxford Podcasts
Tom Clark and His Wife, the Rosicrucian's Story
Read by KirksVoice
P. B. Randolph
One day, during the progress of a long and interesting conversation on the nature of that mysterious thing called the human soul, and in whi…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
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 Village and The Library
Read by David Wales
George Crabbe
The Village is Crabbe’s corrective to the rosy-tinted view of English village and rural working class life. He was a stark realist, as a pri…
See Tom Run
Read by Scott Wittenburg
Scott Wittenburg
Tom Grayson returns home from a quick errand to discover that his family and guests have all mysteriously disappeared. Prior to this chillin…
The Souls of the Streets and Other Little Papers
Read by Ben Tucker
Arthur Ransome
Acclaimed British author Arthur Ransome presents us with a small collection of charming and wistful sketches on the character of the street,…
A Spinner in the Sun (version 2 dramatic reading)
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Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reed may always be depended upon to write a story in which poetry, charm, tenderness and humor are combined into a clever and enterta…
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…
Days With Sir Roger de Coverley
Read by Elijah Fisher
Joseph Addison
The author Sir Richard Steele, who was one of the writers for The Spectator, gets the opportunity to spend a month in Sir Roger de Coverley'…
The Ontario Readers: Third Book
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Various
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
The Marriage of William Ashe
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Augusta Ward
William Ashe, an up and coming politician, impulsively marries Kitty, a young, flighty and strange girl who, far from supporting her husband…
Tom Brown at Oxford
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Thomas Hughes
This sequel to Tom Brown's School Days follows Tom to Oxford, where he studies at St. Ambrose's College. While the college is fictional, th…
Rob Gittins Investigating Mr. Thomas
Afternoon Play: Investigating Mr Thomas First broadcast: Wed 12th Mar 2008, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM When Time magaz…
Warren Hastings
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
"Warren Hastings" is Chapter IV of Thomas Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays, vol. III. It first appeared in the Edinburgh …
The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of …
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David Hume
David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and re…
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…