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Bleak House

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Charles Dickens

Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to…

Ruth

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The book is a social novel, dealing with Victorian views about sin and illegitimacy. It is a surprisingly compassionate portrayal of a 'fall…

Dombey and Son (version 2)

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Charles Dickens

Dombey and Son is a novel by the Victorian author Charles Dickens. The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company…

Chapter 06

In Beowulf

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Tr. Francis Barton Gummere, Unknowntranslated Byfrancis Barton Gummere and Translated Byfrancis Barton Gummere

This is a short but beautiful book, and the Gummere translation really captures the feel of the Old English. Beowulf tells the story of a my…

Chapter 21 – The Parting

In Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse)

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Anna Sewell

Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir o…

Chapter 8 The Flowers

In The Yosemite

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

John Muir

John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

Chapters 14-15

In Don Quixote - Vol. 1

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (transl. John Ormsby) and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Don Quixote is an early novel written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Cervantes created a fictional origin for the story in …

Chapter 30

In The Portrait of a Lady Vol 2

Read by Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)

Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly and Macmillan's Magazine in 1880-1881 …