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Read by Peter Marinker (Abridged: 2hrs 25mins) Set in the wild forests between the British and French colonies in the mid-18th-century wars, The Last of the Mohicans brims with action. Hawk-eye, first of the tough but honourable heroes of the frontier, leads a mixed band on a perilous journey. In...
Read by Andrew Sachs (Abridged: 2hrs 19mins) To this day Phileas Fogg’s epic race against the calendar retains its power to thrill, despite the ease of long distance travel provided by modern transport. The novel succeeds because it has all the elements of a great adventure story: Fogg experiences the risks...
After an accident on his way home from school, seventeen year old Joe Harding is locked out of his house. A stranger, who appears to own Joe’s house, warns him to escape. Huge bells on rooftops ring out and Joe is chased out of town by a band of citizens...
Read by David Shaw-Parker (Abridged: 2hrs 38mins) Robert Louis Stevenson is part of the rich tradition of Scottish literature and as well as classics such as Treasure Island he also wrote the dark, disturbing and schziophrenic Dr Jeckyll & Mr Hyde. It is thrilling in its horror and beautifully positions...
Read by David Shaw-Parker (Unabridged: 3hrs 58mins) Takes In Vein by Diotima Sophia. These stories reveal the truth about Vampires as told by a rather special vampire. Not the romantic or even the really nastily horrific stories that the non-vampires amongst us have dreamed up. Tracing a life lived over...
(Unabridged: 2hrs 58mins) Jack London's tales of man's struggle against the forces of nature are universally popular. Best known for his novels The Call Of The Wild and White Fang, London was also a prolific writer of short stories. This collection brings together four of his finest, all depicting the...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Eve Karpf (Unabridged: 1hr 38mins) In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. This volume is dedicated to one such recognised master of the short story, namely, Katherine Mansfield whose...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Eve Karpf (Unabridged: 1hr 35mins) Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 in Bromley in Kent. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as ‘Bertie’. The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and...
Read by Eric Meyers, Christopher Ragland & Laurel Lefkow (Unabridged: 7hrs 34mins) Featuring stories by Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe, Amanda Weston & others. The top 10 short stories of all time written by British female authors. Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and...
Read by Kelly Burke (Unabridged: 1hr 2mins) Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow was born on 22nd April 1873 in Richmond, Virginia. She published her first novel ‘The Descendant’ anonymously in 1897 at age 24. As a ‘Southern’ writer much of her work integrates themes of class and gender struggles, many...