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Fighting the Beasts

In The Grey Man

Read by Chris Hymans


S. R. Crockett


This novel is set in Scotland in turbulent times, and we are immediately introduced to intrigue and family strife. At Launcelot Kennedy's au…

'Richard Behag is Dead'

In The Black Motor Car

Read by Chris Hymans


Harris Burland


Head over heels in love with the amazingly beautiful Mrs. de la Mothe, Jack Portheous is led to embezzle a large sum of money from the bank …

Chapter XLI - The Man is Found

In Blind Love

Read by Chris Hymans


Wilkie Collins


Blind Love, also published under the titles Iris and The Lord Harry is Wilkie Collins' last novel, completed after his death by Walter Besan…

Chapter Six

In The Secret Power

Read by Chris Hymans


Marie Corelli


This Marie Corelli novel falls in the realm of fantasy and science fiction with a steampunk element. The story centers around Morgana Royal,…

Duel on Syrtis

In Short Science Fiction Collection 054

Read by Chris Hymans


Edgar Allan Poe and Poul William Anderson


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Chapter 12

In Tante

Read by Chris Hymans


Anne Douglas Sedgwick


It is a common trend, up until this very day, to reveal the difficult side of being a great artist. Madame Okraska is no different. Great ar…

Connie

In The Vicar's Daughter

Read by Chris Hymans


George MacDonald


This is the third book of the 'Marshmallow' trilogy. It is a fictional autobiography written by Ethelwyn Percivale, or 'Wynnie'. Her father …

The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe


Edgar Allan Poe


Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…

Walking

Read by Chris Masterson


Henry David Thoreau


This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled "The Wild" . He revised it before his death an…

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 2)

Read by Chris Hughes


William Shakespeare


Shakespeare's Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…

She-rab Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)

Read by Chris Masterson


Nagarjuna


The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…

Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


At the Court of Liang at the period of Yang Chu, about 300 B.C., the philosophers were treated as guests of the reigning king, who reserved …

Youth, a Narrative

Read by Chris Hughes


Joseph Conrad


An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories…

The Glugs of Gosh

Read by Chris Goringe


C. J. Dennis


First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

A System of Logic

Read by Chris Greaves


John Stuart Mill


"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the…

The Blue Behemoth

Read by Chris Fong


Leigh Douglass Brackett


Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian…