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The Black Star: A School Story for Boys

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Andrew H. Walpole


A school adventure set in Australia, with secret societies, bullies, mystery, a new student who calls everyone comrade, and sport, at least …

Under the Tiger's Claws; or, A Struggle for the Right (Version 2)

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Nicholas Carter


A prominent banker calls Nick Carter in to investigate $90,000 in missing funds—and a trusted clerk who has disappeared. [Summary by Paul H…

Die Pickwickier, Band 1

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Charles Dickens


Die Pickwickier (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club)** von Charles Dickens (1836–37) ist der erste Roman des Autors und ein humorvol…

Recompence

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Robert Keable


The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…

Nicholas Stark Private Correspondence



Saturday-Night Theatre Sat 23rd Feb 1985, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM Private Correspondence by Nicholas Stark   A seri…

The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great

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Henry Fielding


This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…

Reading: An Essay

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Hugh Walpole


A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

De Pickwick-Club

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Charles Dickens


Dickens picareske verhaal over Samuel Pickwick en zijn vrienden (de ‘vurige’ Tracy Tupman, de ‘dichterlijke’ Augustus Snodgrass en de ‘sport…

The Hampdenshire Wonder

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J. D. Beresford


By the age of three, Victor Stott's intellectual powers exceed those of any known human. He is the Hampdenshire Wonder, son of an extraordin…

The Dwarf's Chamber And Other Stories

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Fergus Hume


Short Stories by Fergus Hume, a prolific English novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia

Unaddressed Letters

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Frank Athelstane Swettenham, Anonymousandfrank Athelstane Swettenham and William James Mcglothlin


“I had a friend who loved me;” but he has gone, and the “great gulf” is between us. After his death, I received a packet of manuscript with …

The D'Arblay Mystery

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R. Austin Freeman


Stephen Gray is a recent graduate of medicine. As he is walking through a sleepy English village he stumbles upon a tragedy involving a beau…

On Our Selection

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Steele Rudd


The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…

Mornings at Bow Street

Read by Chris Caron


John Wight


This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

Barnaby Rudge (version 2)

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Charles Dickens


One of the two Historical novels Charles Dickens wrote, Barnaby Rudge is set around the ‘Gordon’ riots in London in 1780. The story begins i…

The Cricket on the Hearth

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Charles Dickens


John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his wife Dot (who is much younger than he), their baby, their nanny Tilly Slowboy, and a mysterious …

The Hidden Hand

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E.D.E.N. Southworth


"If you will listen to this book, you will meet a cast of unforgettable characters, as different from one another as the sun and moon. …

A Visit From Saint Nicholas

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Clement Clarke Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you 24 recordings of A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. More commonly known today as 'Twas the N…

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (Dramatic Reading)

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Thornton W. Burgess


Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Gr…

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