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The Journal of a Disappointed Man
Read by Adam Whybray
W. N. P. Barbellion
The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications …
Kipps
Read by Anthony Ogus
H. G. Wells
Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles b…
Certain Personal Matters
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H. G. Wells
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…
A Romp Through Philosophy for Complete Beginners
Read by Marianne Talbot
Marianne Talbot
University of Oxford Podcasts
A Last Diary
Read by Adam Whybray
W. N. P. Barbellion
The final journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from March 1918 to June 1919. The diary follows on the heels of t…
How to Succeed in Evil: The Novel
Read by Patrick E. McLean
Patrick E. McLean
Alternately funny and dark, a HtSiE is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. A biting satire of both modern business and t…
Confidence
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Henry James
This light and somewhat awkward comedy centers on artist Bernard Longueville, scientist Gordon Wright, and the sometimes inscrutable heroine…
The Doctor's Dilemma
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George Bernard Shaw
The Doctor's Dilemma is about Dr. Colenso Ridgeon, who has recently been knighted because of a miraculous new treatment he developed for tub…
Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 7: Winning His Way
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
The recent death of Frank Morris' father, Owner and Editor of the Green River Argus, has left his 18 year-old son, Frank to take up the chal…
The Splendid Outcast
Read by Tony Oliva
George Gibbs
_What else?_—What else had happened? Something to do with the remarkable likeness between himself and Harry? The likeness,—so strong that on…
The Intrusion of Jimmy
Read by Mark Nelson
P. G. Wodehouse
The action begins with playboy bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time bu…
The Wealth of Nations, Book 2 and 3
Read by Stephen Escalera
Adam Smith
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…
Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 16: A Good Thing
Read by Keith Salis
Frank Tousey
Bruce Hardy and Joe Ramsey are chums from Hurricane Hill Military Academy in Jew Jersey. From their studies to sports and even their daring …
Tremendous Trifles
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…
In the Wake of the Buccaneers
Read by Steven Seitel
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Ah, the Buccaneers... “We hear much of the bold, wild ways of these adventurers; Perchance it is the fact that we all appreciate bravery—and…
The Orphan
Read by Mark Nelson
Clarence Edward Mulford
Many men swore that The Orphan was bad, and many swore profanely and with wonderful command of epithets because he was bad, but for obvious …
The Wealth of Nations, Book 4
Read by Stephen Escalera
Adam Smith
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…
Figures of Several Centuries
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Arthur Symons
Arthur Symons talks through the histories and works of poets, playwrights, scholars and scribes. He provides both personal experience and cr…