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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...
Read by Darrell Joe (Unabridged: 1hr 12mins) Uriah Derick D’Arcy seems to all intents to be a literary pseudonym. Why no-one would want to take ownership of this story from its first publication in 1819 has been the subject of several conjectures. The only settled agreement is that it was written by...
Read by Eve Karpf & Liza Ross (Unabridged: 1hr) The art of writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader such is the quality with which they are usually written. It is a difficult trade, an unforgiving discipline but for those who master it the rewards are...
Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 1hr 16mins) Featuring poems by William Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, William Morris, Alfred Lord Tennyson & others. Summer beckons each and every one of us to its warm embrace. For many of us it is the season we can most enjoy;...
Read by Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 59mins) Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November, 1821 to distinguished multi-ethnic parents from a Lithuanian background. His childhood years were at the family home in hospital grounds which also contained an orphanage, an insane asylum and a cemetery for criminals. ...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 2hrs 32mins) John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875. After a brief career in the legal profession he began a twin career as writer and politician. He was a prodigious writer not just of fiction but of such acclaimed works as...
Read by Eve Karpf, Janet Fullerlove & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 8hrs 40mins) Featuring stories by Katharine Tynan, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Gabriela Cunninghame Graham, Amy Levy & 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 to start...