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The Pentecost of Calamity
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Nonfiction. Appalled by the savagery of World War I, Owen Wister in 1915 published an attempt to move the United States out of neutrality in…
The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns
Read by Steve C
Harold Ashton
Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…
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 …
Doctor Johnson: A Play
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A. Edward Newton
The life of Doctor Johnson, told in his own words and (mostly) those of others around him. "Anyone with a teaspoonful of imagination ca…
The Winter's Tale
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William Shakespeare
Mad with jealousy, King Leontes of Sicilia orders his best friend Polixenes killed, his child abandoned, and his wife put on trial for adult…
The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great
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Henry Fielding
Tom Thumb, small of stature, great of heart. This play was written as a parody of the tragic heroic biography of a great man, filled with bi…
Doctor Nikola Returns
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Guy Boothby’s character Doctor Antonio Nikola was one of the first great diabolical criminal masterminds. He was a Victorian forerunner to F…
The Pupil
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…
Pagan Papers
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Kenneth Grahame
We join our thoughtful author on a dreamy stroll at dusk through the English countryside, and listen to his nonchalant, slightly scattered m…
The British Barbarians
Read by Ruth Golding
Grant Allen
After Civil Servant Philip Christy crosses paths with the mysterious Bertram Ingledew in the respectable suburb of Brackenhurst, Philip and …
The Bishop's Apron
Read by Lee Smalley
W. Somerset Maugham
"Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose." Maugham could have add…
First From the Front
Read by Steve C
Harold Ashton
In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…
Ivanhoe
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Sir Walter Scott
Follows the fortunes of the son of a noble Saxon family in Norman England as he woos his lady, disobeys his father, and is loved by another.…
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Part 1
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
And so, reader, farewell to Sherlock Holmes! These are positively the last stories. There is some disagreement as to their quality, and some…
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…
A Journey in Search of Christmas
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Cowboy Lin McLean rides into frontier Cheyenne, Wyoming, at Christmastime and learns a powerful meaning of Christmas. Author Owen Wister is …
Jeremy
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Hugh Walpole
With affectionate humor, Mr. Walpole tells the story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet …
The Fortunes of Nigel
Read by Jim Locke
Sir Walter Scott
During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…