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Read by Edward Petherbridge (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Thackeray’s novel is a bitingly satirical depiction of the corruptions of Regency society. But it is also a splendidly readable tale, written in the manner of 18th Century novels. Few of the characters are noted for their virtue, but the zest and enthusiasm...
Read by David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe & Eleanor Rushton (Unabridged: 1hr 48mins) Featuring poems from Rumi, Mirabai, Confucius & many more. Whilst the notion of the Mystic East and Oriental wisdom was greatly romanticised by the Victorians and others, the shadow of Colonialism has smudged the view. These great cultures are some...
Deadtree Publishing have a large and expanding range of audiobooks especially in Poetry and Short Stories. It’s difficult to sometimes find time for a complete book but many times and hour of Poetry or a short story hits the spot for literary nourishment. Each of the free titles below is...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 2hrs) Featuring stories by Charles Dickens, Bram Stoker & John Galsworthy. Law is a pinnacle of human society. The phrase 'Be you ever so high the law is above you' inspires us all to believe that before it all are...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 3hrs 6mins) John Galsworthy was born in Kingston Upon Thames in Surrey, on August 14th 1867. The family was wealthy and well established. John was schooled at Harrow and New College, Oxford before training as a barrister. But law was not 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...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Ghizela Rowe (Abridged: 3hrs 21mins) Featuring stories by Mary Shelley, Edith Wharton, Louisa May Alcott & others. Women, so often referred to as the gentler sex, in this volume at least, is an unfounded and unlikely description. From their minds and pens comes a series...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ian Holm & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 2hrs 17mins) Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was born on August 5th, 1850 near Dieppe in France. Maupassant’s early life was badly torn when at age 11 (his younger brother Hervé was then five) his mother, Laure, a headstrong and independent-minded...
Read by David Shaw-Parker, Jake Urry & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 1hr 32mins) William Pett Ridge was born at Chartham, near Canterbury, Kent, on 22nd April 1859. His family’s resources were certainly limited. His father was a railway porter, and the young Pett Ridge, after schooling in Marden, Kent became a clerk...
Read by Jake Urry & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 1hr 31mins) Mary Cholmondeley was born in Hodnet near Market Drayton in Shropshire on June 8th 1859, the third of eight children. Her father was appointed rector in 1874 in succession to his father. Much of the first 30 years of her life...