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In Good Wives

Read by Lisa Packer


Louisa May Alcott


Louisa May Alcott's overwhelming success dated from the appearance of the first part of Little Women: or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, (1868) a sem…

I Malavoglia

Read by Lisa Caputo


Giovanni Verga


I Malavoglia è il titolo del romanzo più conosciuto dello scrittore siciliano Giovanni Verga, pubblicato a Milano dall'editore…

His Masterpiece

Read by Lisa Reichert


Émile Zola


“His Masterpiece" (“L’Oeuvre”) is a fictionalized account of the Parisian art world in the mid 19th century, and the emerging Realism, …

A Woman's Life

Read by Lisa Reichert


Guy de Maupassant


Having spent her girlhood at a convent getting a good education, Jeanne has just returned home and is a happy young woman full of hope and e…

The Hound From the North

Read by Lisa Reichert


Ridgwell Cullum


Gold! Opium! Love! Murder! Revenge! Prairie intrigue at its best:Prudence helps her mother run a ranch in southern Manitoba. Her brother has…

The Sorrows of Satan - Or, the Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Mill…

Read by Lisa Statler


Marie Corelli


In this 1895 Faustian novel by British author Marie Corelli, we follow the journey of Geoffrey Tempest. Initially a starving and penniless w…

Tales of the Uneasy

Read by Lisa Reichert


Violet Hunt


Nine twisty-turny tales of tragic human drama, played out in Victorian parlors, death beds and lonely country roads. This collection of Viol…

WRIGHTALES Fairy Tales for Grown Ups

Read by Lisa Wright


Lisa Wright


Wrightales are original fairy tales for grownups who have never quite grown up written and read by Lisa Wright. Though they follow the conve…

White Rose of Weary Leaf

Read by Lisa Reichert


Violet Hunt


Isobel Violet Hunt was a British author renowned for her literary salons, which hosted such notables as H.G. Wells, D.H. Laurence, Henry Jam…

The Life Everlasting: A Reality of Romance

Read by Lisa Statler


Marie Corelli


Marie Corelli's book The Life Everlasting examines the world of past lives, mysticism, secret societies and twin souls against a backdrop of…

No Surrender

Read by Lisa Reichert


Constance Elizabeth Maud


Written from the midst of the struggle for female suffrage, Constance Elizabeth Maud’s novel No Surrender (1911) is a Call to Arms. It is a …

Tongues of Conscience

Read by Lisa Reichert


Robert Smythe Hichens


Tongues of Conscience (1898) is a collection of five thought-provoking stories where an innocent, but selfish, action leads to horrific cons…

Notes On Democracy

Read by Lisa Reichert


H. L. Mencken


American journalist H.L. Mencken’s Notes On Democracy was originally published in 1926, yet is still relevant almost 100 years later.Mencken…

The Vertical City

Read by Lisa Reichert


Fannie Hurst


As the city above soars gloriously skyward, the denizens of the city writhe in its dirty underbelly.The Vertical City is a collection of six…

Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes

Read by Lisa Reichert


Edward Jenkins


In the second half of the 19th century, London was becoming a wealthy, industrialized city. It attracted many working class people from near…

The Masha Chronicles

Read by Lisa Beth Kovetz


Lisa Beth Kovetz


A noir page-turner detailing the roller-coaster adventures of Masha, a reluctant young assassin. When Masha meets American businessman, Cha…

The Public Finances of 1909 and the Key Proposals of the 1909 Budget

In 1909: The People's Budget

Read by Ian Packer


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University of Oxford Podcasts

39 - Fünftes Buch - Friedenszeit, Teil 1

In Die Waffen nieder!

Read by Lisa


Bertha von Suttner and Bertha Von Suttner


Der Roman „Die Waffen nieder!“ ist das bekannteste Werk der österreichischen Autorin und Friedensaktivistin Bertha von Suttner. Das Buc…