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Read by Anthony Valentine (Abridged: 2hrs 24mins) Fast paced and nightmarishly vivid, this greatest of Gothic tales propels the reader into the heart of darkness from its opening pages. Stoker increases the tension and mystery of his masterpiece by setting it in the form of different journal entries and letters...
Read by Eve Karpf, Janet Fullerlove & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 7hrs 50mins) Featuring stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Mary Anne Hoare, George Eliot & others. A wise man once said ‘The safest place for a child is in the arms of his mother’s voice’. This is a perfect place...
Read by Christopher Ragland & Eric Meyers (Unabridged: 1hr 44mins) Sherwood Anderson was born on 13th September 1876 in Camden, Ohio. When his father’s business failed the family was forced to move on a regular basis before finally settling in Clyde, Ohio. Anderson, one of 7 children, left school at 14...
(Unabridged: 1hr 1min) The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel but it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and...
Read by Jake Urry & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 2hrs 47mins) Featuring stories by Henry W. Nevison, Edwin Pugh, Arthur Morrison & others. The Cockney Novelists flourished towards the end of the nineteenth century and spilled over into the next. They included Arthur Morrison, Edwin Pugh, William Pett Ridge and Clarence...
Read by David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe & Eve Karpf (Unabridged: 2hrs 33mins) Featuring poems from Rumi, Hafiz & many more. Sufism had its origins in the early days of Islam and was defined by its mystical and philosophical absorption with the search for God and the love and grace of...
Read by David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 8hours 35mins) Featuring stories by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Jonathan Swift, Mary Shelley & others. These British Isles, moored across from mainland Europe, are more often seen as a world unto themselves. Restless and creative, they often warred...
Read by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 2hrs 10mins) Herman Melville was born in New York City on 1st August 1819. At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which permanently diminished his eyesight. Add this to a contemporary description of being "very backwards in speech...
Read by Sir Christopher Lee (Abridged: 6hrs 30mins) Many consider it to be Dennis Wheatley's finest work which is praise indeed on his world beating novelist. It was a huge bestseller in the 1930s when it first came out, full of 1930s atmosphere, skilfully written and well researched too -...
(Unabridged: 2hrs 30mins) Peter Pan is a classic story. The Admirable Crichton is a classic play. And here, in this volume are two classic short stories. They are certainly of their day and perfect pieces of their craft. And really that’s not surprising for JM Barrie was a writer of great...