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(Unabridged: 1hr 23mins) In this selection of some of Saki's best short stories, we enter a fictional world in which the Edwardian gently are pitched against the rude forces of nature and maiden aunts struggle unsuccessfully to contain the merciless antics of children in their charge. Saki is perhaps the...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 1hr 14mins) Herman Cyril McNeile, MC was born on September 28th, 1888 in Bodmin, Cornwall. His education was rounded off with military training and from there he was given a posting to Aldershot Garrison then Canterbury and then Malta. With the beginning...
Read by Emma Parker & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 1hr 5mins) Many people dream of being a fly on the wall or even better a companion and friend to the great artists of the day. We cannot offer you quite that but we can take you on a walk through parts...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Gideon Wagner (Unabridged: 56mins) Hugh John Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire on January 14th, 1886 to English and Irish parents. Lofting was initially educated at Mount St Mary’s College in Spinkhill, Derbyshire, a Jesuit boarding school from the age of eight. By 1905 at...
Written by Daphne Du Maurier Du Maurier is of course world famous for many of her novels. These two stories are perhaps even better known as films (The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock and Don't Look Now by Nic Roeg), but here we bring you the full terrifying texts. Read by...
Read by Eve Karpf, Janet Fullerlove & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 80hrs 17mins) In this compilation - 01 - The Female Short Story. A Chronological History - An Introduction - The Complete History 02 - The Unfortunate Bride or The Blind Lady a Beauty by Aphra Behn 03 - Fantomina or, Love...
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 20mins) The gentler sex or the deadlier of the species. Between these two definitions of the female gender lies a collection of some of the most beautiful verse ever written. For much of history women have been seen rather than heard. In this volume poets of great depth and...
Read by Hannah Gordon (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) The fictitious landscape of Loamshire provides the setting for this country tragedy, with little peace about the intertwined lives of its inhabitants. Dinah Morris is an earnest Methodist preacher who rejects Seth Bede for a life devoted to God. Adam Bede, his brother,...
Read by Carole Boyd (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) In this chillingly memorable tale, Henry James employed his trademark subtlety and ambiguity to create a masterpiece of double meanings. The novel is written in a strangely complex form; a narrative by a governess, which is introduced by another narrator, who recounts the...