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In Illuminating the Museums conference 2014

Read by Alison Roberts


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Blue Castle (Version 2)

Read by Bryn Roberts


Lucy Maud Montgomery


"The Blue Castle" by L. M. Montgomery tells the story of Valancy Stirling, a repressed and timid woman living under the control of…

The Shooting Party

Read by Bryn Roberts


Anton Chekhov


"The Shooting Party" is a mystery, set in the Russian countryside. The story revolves around the murder of a beautiful young woman…

Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers

Read by Bryn Roberts


Edith Hubback Brown


"Jane Austen's Sailor Brothers" by Edith & John Hubback is a biography that explores the lives of Jane Austen's two sailor bro…

Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the School of the Japanese Colour-print Artists

Read by Bryn Roberts


Dora Amsden


Ukiyo-ye prepared Japan for intercourse with other nations by developing in the common people an interest in other countries, in science and…

The Reign of King Oberon

Read by Bryn Roberts


Walter Jerrold


In all the annals of Fairyland nothing is more wonderful—and the annals are found in many hundreds of volumes—than that chapter which tells …

Mugby Junction

Read by Bryn Roberts


Charles Dickens and Variousandcharles Dickens


Originally published in 1866 in the Christmas edition of Dickens's magazine, "All the Year Round.", "Mugby Junction" off…

The Events of 1848, Especially in Their Relation to Great Britain

Read by Bryn Roberts


Richard Monckton Milnes


The Events of 1848, Especially in Relation to Great Britain" by Richard Monckton Milnes is a historical work that delves into the tumul…

How to Paint Permanent Pictures

Read by Bryn Roberts


Maximilian Toch


"How To Paint Permanent Pictures" by Maximilian Toch delves into the intricate art of creating lasting images through painting. To…

Speeches: Literary and Social

Read by Bryn Roberts


Charles Dickens


Speeches: Literary and Social is a collection of speeches given by Charles Dickens in various settings, including banquets, public gathering…

Trinity College Podcasts

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Sir Ivor Roberts


University of Oxford Podcasts

One Martian Afternoon

In Short Science Fiction Collection 071

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Tom Leahy


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Ch 13: Taliesin

In The Age of Chivalry

Read by Alison Raouf


Thomas Bulfinch


Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amus…

Vol 01, Ch. 10

In The Mysteries of Udolpho

Read by Alison Raouf


Ann Radcliffe


Considered a change agent in early Gothic romance; oft-referenced in later literary works or paid homage to by such authors as Jane Austen (…

Chapter 27

In Wuthering Heights

Read by Alison Raouf


Emily Brontë


A tale of passion and vengeance set in the bleak Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights depicts the mutual love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathc…

Chapter XXVII

In A Son At The Front

Read by Alison Gilchrist


Edith Wharton


This is an overlooked novel by the author of House Of Mirth, Age Of Innocence, and more. She already became the first woman to win the Pulit…

Angelica

In Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation, Harvesting, Curing and Uses (Version 2)

Read by Alison Gilchrist


Maurice Grenville Kains


Culinary Herbs may be regarded as the secret to preparing good food from antiquity to the the height of culinary art. Maurice Grenville Kain…

Chapter 30

In T. Tembarom

Read by Alison Stewart


Frances Hodgson Burnett


The story of a Boy living in New York as a street waif, who sells newspapers eventually finds himself to be the heir of an ancient manor. Th…

The Witch

In Short Poetry Collection 019

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Mary Coleridge


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 019: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.