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Flemington (version 2)

Read by Elin


Violet Jacob


Archie Flemington, a spy in Government service during the 1745 Jacobite rising, is sent to investigate the suspected rebel James Logie. Desp…

Love's Shadow

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


The first in a trilogy of books known together as 'The Little Ottleys', this is a sparkling social comedy set in Edwardian London. Ada Lever…

One-Act Play Collection 016

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Various


Here, in our 16th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from Moliere to Jane Austen, from Comedy to Tragedy, all i…

The Grell Mystery

Read by Christine Blachford


Frank Froest


Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to u…

The Spoils of Poynton

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


The recently widowed Adela Gereth, a lover of beauty and passionate collector of fine objects, strikes up a friendship with the young Fleda …

Sheila Hodgson The Lodestone



The Lodestone Wed 19th Apr 1989, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Sheila Hodgson   M.R. James, the distinguished Cambridg…

Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism

Read by Jim Locke


John Middleton Murry


Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…

Thackeray Olwen Wymark Barbara Clegg


SANWAL


Thackeray From Wed 27th Aug 1997, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 FM Saturday Night Theatre: Thackeray Sat 7th Feb 1998, …

John Van Druten Bell, Book And Candle 1997



Bell, Book and Candle By John van Druten Adapted and directed by Ned Chaillet Bewitched and bewildered, Anthony Henderson wanders into the C…

Sense and Sensibility (version 5 dramatic reading)

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Jane Austen


The story is about Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older …

Nightmare

Read by Ben Tucker


Cornell Woolrich


Dark crime fiction author Cornell Woolrich (real name George Hopley) brings us this show-stopping collection of grim and twisted stories of …

The Club of Queer Trades

Read by David Barnes


G. K. Chesterton


A collection of six wonderfully quirky detective stories, featuring the 'mystic' former judge Basil Grant. Each story reveals a practitioner…

Red Money

Read by Sharon Kilmer


Fergus Hume


Greed and lost love collide to create dark secrets. Through twists and turns, corrupt aristocrats let family and honor overshadow love and t…

Darnley

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…

The Sign of Silence

Read by Tom Weiss


William Le Queux


Edward Royle is the head of a well-known chemical manufacturer in England, which he has inherited. He is engaged to the daughter of his fath…

Robert Falconer

Read by Kenneth R. Morefield


George MacDonald


A Victorian novel devoted to beloved character first introduced to readers in MacDonald's David Elginbrod. (Summary by Kenneth R. Morefield)

The Gleam in the North

Read by Elin


D. K. Broster


Six years have passed since the failed Jacobite rising of 1745. Ewen Cameron's quiet life on his Scottish Highland estate is threatened when…

Story Hour Readers: Third Year

Read by Sibella Denton


Ida Coe and Ida Coeandalice Christie Dillon


Short and sweet stories for children from the 19th century. The stories were compiled by two New York City teachers and were thought appropr…

The Gray Mills of Farley

Read by Bellona Times


Sarah Orne Jewett


As contemporary today as it was over a century ago, this relatively unsentimental tale of labor relations still packs a punch. (Summary by B…

Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent

Read by Phil Benson


William James Mcglothlin


Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour…

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