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Tolkien and Languages: Ancient and Invented

In Tolkien at Oxford

Read by Stuart Lee and Elizabeth Solopova


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Medieval English

Read by Stuart Lee


Stuart Lee


University of Oxford Podcasts

On Liberty

Read by John Stuart Mill


John Stuart Mill


"On Liberty," a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill. Mill felt there were no definite standards for defining what societ…

Emma (version 3)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Jane Austen


Jane Austen famously described Emma Woodhouse, the title character of her 1815 novel, as "a heroine whom no-one but myself will much li…

The Children of Odin

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Pádraic Colum


Master storyteller Padraic Colum's rich, musical voice captures all the magic and majesty of the Norse sagas in his retellings of the advent…

Lady Audley's Secret

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Mary Elizabeth Braddon


Mary Elizabeth Braddon's first novel, Lady Audley's Secret, was one of the most popular English novels of its day. Published serially in 186…

Northanger Abbey (version 2)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Jane Austen


Northanger Abbey follows Catherine Morland and family friends Mr. and Mrs. Allen as they visit Bath, England. Seventeen year-old Catherine s…

Jane Eyre (version 2)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Charlotte Brontë


Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre is narrated by the title character, an orphan who survives neglect and abuse to become a governes…

Pride and Prejudice (version 4)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Jane Austen


Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's classic comic romance, in which the five Bennett sisters try to find that most elusive creature: a sing…

Persuasion (version 2)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Jane Austen


Eight years ago, Anne Elliot fell in love with a poor but ambitious young naval officer, Frederick Wentworth. The Elliots were dissatisfied …

Wives and Daughters (version 2)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


Elizabeth Gaskell's last novel was serialized in Cornhill Magazine from 1864 to 1866, and completed by her editor posthumously. It looks at …

The Turn of the Screw (version 2)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Henry James


Henry James' classic ghost story comprises the written testimony of a young governess, charged with looking after two small children at an i…

Sense and Sensibility (version 3)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Jane Austen


Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel, focuses on the lives and loves of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The…

A Room with a View (version 2)

Read by Elizabeth Klett


E. M. Forster


The 1908 novel A Room With a View is the story of Lucy Honeychurch, a young English girl traveling to Italy for the first time. While stayi…

Howards End

Read by Elizabeth Klett


E. M. Forster


The book is about three families in England at the beginning of the twentieth century. The three families represent different gradations of …

The House of Mirth

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Edith Wharton


The House of Mirth (1905), by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in ric…

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Harriet Jacobs


Harriet Jacobs' autobiography, written under the pseudonym Linda Brent, details her experiences as a slave in North Carolina, her escape to …