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Bladys of the Stewponey
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Sabine Baring-Gould
The setting, geography and history of this story by Rev'd Sabine Baring-Gould, author of Onward Christian Soldiers and a number of other wel…
The Regent
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Arnold Bennett
'The Regent' is, if not a sequel to 'The Card', then a 'Further Adventures of' the eponymous hero of that novel.Denry Machin is now forty-th…
The Gamekeeper at Home
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …
The Wrong Box
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wrong Box is a comedy about the ending of a tontine (a tontine is an arrangement whereby a number of young people subscribe to a fund wh…
Yet Again
Read by Kirsten Wever
Max Beerbohm
This is a diverse collection of essays by English writer Max Beerbohm, whose circle included such famous men as Oscar Wilde, George Bernard …
Four Max Carrados Detective Stories
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Ernest Bramah
Ernest Bramah is mainly known for his 'Kai Lung' books - Dorothy L Sayers often used quotes from them for her chapter headings. In his lifet…
The Card
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Arnold Bennett
The ‘Card’ in question is Edward Henry Machin - His mother called him ‘Denry’. This light-hearted story is of his rise from humble beginning…
Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces
Read by Ruth Golding
Thomas W. Hanshew
Meet Hamilton Cleek - man of mystery, and master of disguise and derring-do.Cleek's exploits are, to say the least, highly improbable, but t…
The History of Mr. Polly
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
H. G. Wells
A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…
Lum and Abner, Sets #1-10
Chester Lauck and Norris Goff
Lum and Abner, Sets #1-10 *Partial (all material that is known to exist) ** One or more lost episodes followed this one in the original broa…
Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 3
Read by Ellen Preckel
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Another wonderful compilation of stories edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie! This volume, the 3rd of 12, contains 2 main sections: Classic Tale…
The Prisoner of Zenda
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Anthony Hope
The Prisoner of Zenda tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania, a country not a thousand miles fro…
Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Edith Œnone Somerville
This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leave…
Silas Marner
Read by rachelellen
George Eliot
Silas Marner (originally published in 1861): Betrayed by a beloved friend and accused of a crime he didn’t commit, awkward Silas Marner is e…
When William Came
Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)
Saki
We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the 'What would have happened if Hitler had won the war' type and this is anothe…
The Squealer [aka The Squeaker]
Read by Atul Sharma
Edgar Wallace
In 1920s London, a mysterious informant - known only as the Squealer - is systematically betraying London's criminal class to the authoritie…
Schubert And His Works
Read by David Wales
Herbert Francis Peyser
This is a short introduction to Franz Schubert’s life and works. “…to give the casual radio listener a slight idea of Schubert’s inundating…