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Read by Martin Jarvis (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) A story of love and broken dreams, Great Expectations is regarded by many as Dickens' finest achievement. He combines a gripping, melodramatic plot with a rich and memorable cast of characters, some comic, some tragic, some eccentric and some exemplary, like the generous-spirited...
Read by William Roberts (Abridged: 2hrs 24mins) The Portrait of a Lady focuses first and foremost on the character and experiences of its heroine Isabel Archer. She is, in Henry James' words, the ‘lighted’ character; all the other people in the novel remain relatively obscure. Their dealings with Isabel, for...
Read by Hubert Gregg (Abridged: 2hrs 38mins) Jerome K Jerome began writing in 1888 with "On the Stage and Off', followed the next year by his familiar classic "Three Men in a Boat". In this delightful collection of stories, narrated by Hubert Gregg, the author reveals all too well why...
Set upon even the most beautiful of backgrounds can lie the darkest secrets Read by David Shaw-Parker, Christopher Ragland & Garrick Hagon (Unabridged: 16hrs 12mins) Featuring stories by Edith Wharton, Frank R Stockton, Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Amelia Edwards & more. The cliché is of the artist starving in...
Ready by Steven Pacey (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) From the moment the dying man, Vincey, bursts into his friend Holly's Cambridge rooms with his dramatic announcement, increasing mystery and tension mark She as Henry Rider Haggard's greatest novel. At the centre of the story is young Leo, Vincey's son, who becomes...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Ghizela Rowe(Unabridged: 54mins) Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, was born on the 6th of August 1809 and was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains today a poet of world wide fame. Much of his work is instantly...
Read by Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 1hr) Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets...
Read by John Michael MacDonald (Unabridge: 1hr 1mins) There are rather few masters of horror writing out of the many who write horror. HP Lovecraft has achieved fame because his work is of a standard of excellence that few if any can rival. Here we concentrate on his poems that...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 50mins) Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that the English language has produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this volume we...
(Unabridged: 1hr 49mins) Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped...