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Leonora

Read by Simon Evers


Arnold Bennett


Leonora Stanway is 40 and lives a comfortable middle-class life with her unsympathetic and dull husband, John. Her three daughters are rapid…

Viviette

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William John Locke


Viviette is a headstrong young girl who is pursued by two brothers: Austin, a headstrong man of the world and a barrister in London, and Dic…

Max

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Katherine Cecil Thurston


On a trans-continental train journey into Paris, Max, a young adventurer determined to make his way as an artist, meets Blake, a well-to-do …

Notwithstanding

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Mary Cholmondeley


The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a …

The Thread of Flame

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Basil King


Edward wakes up on board a ship crossing the Atlantic, on his return from the Great War – however, he finds that his memory of who he is and…

Harry Heathcote of Gangoil

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Anthony Trollope


Harry Heathcote is an English ‘squatter’ who runs a huge sheep station at Gangoil in Queensland, Australia. His wife Mary and her older sist…

The History of David Grieve

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Mary Augusta Ward


The book follows the life and times of David Grieve, from his childhood on a remote farm in the Peak District to Manchester, Paris and back …

The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne

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William John Locke


Marcus Ordeyne is a middle aged bachelor schoolmaster who has inherited both money and a title and thus is able to lead a life of leisure. O…

The Tale of Triona

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William John Locke


Olivia is a newly orphaned young woman looking for adventure and excitement. She rents out her house to Blaise Olifant whose friend Alexis T…

A Study in Shadows

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William John Locke


Among the mixture of people spending the summer in a pension (boarding house) in Geneva are Felicia, a 20-year-old, and Katherine (30) who b…

The Wild Olive

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Basil King


Norrie Ford, having been unfairly convicted of murder, has escaped. A lucky chance finds him being rescued by a mysterious girl (the Wild Ol…

The Roll-Call

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Arnold Bennett


"The Roll-Call" is the sequel to the Clayhanger trilogy. This book concerns the young life of Clayhanger's stepson, George. George…

Simon the Jester

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William John Locke


Simon de Gex, a wealthy and successful MP, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and decides to use his last few months using his wealth and …

Where Love Is

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William John Locke


Norma Hardacre is a member of smart London society. She finds herself irresistibly drawn to a penniless artist named Jimmie Padgate. However…

The Mountebank

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William John Locke


Andrew Lackaday, an English orphan, was born and brought up in a French circus. He becomes a highly skilled mimic and juggler. He plies his …

The Masquerader (Version 2)

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Katherine Cecil Thurston


In the London fog, two men bump into each other one night. They are immediately unnerved by their exact resemblance to each other. Jack Chil…

Delia Blanchflower

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Mary Augusta Ward


Delia Blanchflower’s father has died, leaving her a considerable inheritance. However, she has become caught up in the militant wing of the …

Saint's Progress

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John Galsworthy


Edward Pierson is the widowed vicar of a London church. He has two daughters, Eve and Noel, who is 17. In essence, the novel follows the bat…

Jaffery

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William John Locke


The book follows the lives of Hilary, the narrator, and three of his friends whom he met at Cambridge. One soon dies - another (Adrian) writ…

Self-Control: A Novel (version 2)

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Mary Brunton


Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a lib…

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