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Read by Richard Mitchley (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 the world...
(Unabridged: 57mins) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in 1807 in Portland Maine (then part of Massachusetts) into a privileged background. Studious, he worked hard and grew to love languages as well as poetry from an early age. He travelled extensively in Europe for 3 years, immersing himself in various languages,...
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...
Read by Alex Jennings (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is an action-packed story of a voyage into the unknown - an enthralling mixture of 'fact' and fiction. Although Jules Verne is describing the most fantastic of events, he gives credence to them by packing the novel...
Read by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley & David Shaw-Parker (Unabridged: 5hrs 39mins) Featuring stories by MR James, Rudyard Kipling, DH Lawrence, Charles Dickens & others. The top 10 short stories of all time written by British male authors. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Eve Karpf (Unabridged: 1hr 1min) Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in Campden Hill, Kensington on May 29th 1874. Originally after attending St Pauls School he went to Slade to learn the art of illustration. In 1896 he joined a small London publisher and began...
Read by Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Gideon Wagner (Unabridged: 1hr 4mins) Featuring poems by Thomas Hardy, G.K. Chesterton, Letitia Elizabeth Landon & others. The church building has been pivotal to man’s spiritual and religious life for centuries. For many the interior of a church is literally their one to...
Great American Short Stories From A Golden Age Of Literature. Read by Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow & Liza Ross (Unabridged: 5hrs 56mins) Featuring stories by O Henry, Kate Chopin, Jack London, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce, Stephen Crane, Sarah Orne Jewett & more. Art and life. Each the...
Historical military fiction spanning the American Civil War, World War One, Russian Revolution and more. Read by Richard Mitchley, Eric Meyers & Vincent Marzello (Unabridged: 12hrs 11mins) Featuring stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Victor Hugo, Ambrose Bierce, Ford Maddox Ford, Guy de Maupassant, Luigi Pirandello, Katherine Mansfield, Stacy Aumonier, Kate Chopin,...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf & Ghizela Rowe (Unabridged: 1hr 8mins) Featuring poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hafiz, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Emily Dickinson & others. The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar heralds a new season – Summer. Lengthening days, Sunshine days, Glorious days! In this month our classic poets flex their...