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The Rookeries of London
Read by Peter Yearsley
Thomas Beames
Rev. Thomas Beames (1815 – 1864) was a preacher at St. James, Westminster in London. He compiled his own eye-witness accounts of the most no…
One Man's Initiation--1917
Read by Mark Leder
John Dos Passos
In this semi-autobiographical work, his first novel, John Dos Passos describes the experiences of young Martin Howe as an ambulance driver, …
Hurlbut's Story of the Bible Part 2
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Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
Some years ago, the editor of an English magazine sent a communication to "the hundred greatest men in Great Britain" asking them …
Days With Sir Roger de Coverley
Read by Elijah Fisher
Joseph Addison
The author Sir Richard Steele, who was one of the writers for The Spectator, gets the opportunity to spend a month in Sir Roger de Coverley'…
The Chaperon
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
What on earth is a girl to do when London society has convicted her mother of a dreadful sin and has ostracized her? If blood is thicker tha…
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…
Bill Nye's Cordwood
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Bill Nye
From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…
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…
The Legacy of Margaret Thatcher
Read by Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
Gillian Peele and Tom Lubbock
University of Oxford Podcasts
My Discovery of England
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Stephen Leacock
"In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The l…
Darnley
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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 History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Quee…
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William Makepeace Thackeray
A classic Victorian novel and a historical novel rolled into one! Read about court and army life during the reign of Queen Anne - a story of…
Peeps at People - Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Wit…
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John Kendrick Bangs
Written by a fictitious first-person narrator, this book puts a humorous spin on encounters with several famous people of the time. "I …
The Welsh And Their Literature
Read by Eric Metzler
George Borrow
Originally an article in the US Edition of the London Quarterly Review, George Borrow offers a sweeping history of Welsh literature, beginni…
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 12
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Cyril Of Alexandria
Book 12 of Commentary on St John's Gospel covers John 18:24-21:25. (Summary by the Reader)
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
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William Henry Giles Kingston
This is the story of John Deane of Nottingham, a person who, according to the author, really existed. John Deane is born in 1679 to wealthy …
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 Canterbury Tales (Middle English)
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer's famous and important work is predicated upon the premise that a group of Christian folks from various occupations, familiar in the…