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Chapter 14, part one

In Against The Grain, or Against Nature

Read by Martin Geeson


Joris-Karl Huysmans


“THE BOOK THAT DORIAN GRAY LOVED AND THAT INSPIRED OSCAR WILDE”. Such is the enticing epigraph of one early translation of Huysmans’ cult no…

Chapter 1.XVII.—How Gargantua paid his welcome to the Parisians, and how he too…

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I

Read by Martin Geeson


Francois Rabelais and François Rabelais


The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

When First I Came Here – Read by MG

In When First I Came Here

Read by Martin Geeson


Edward Thomas


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of When First I Came Here by Edward Thomas. This was the weekly poetry project for July 19th, 20…

Dedication. The Argument.

In The Rape of Lucrece

Read by Martin Geeson


William Shakespeare


The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. Lucrece draws on the story described in …

06 - Satire 6, part 1

In Satires

Read by Martin Geeson


Juvenal and Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis


Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD. The details of the …

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