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The Naval War of 1812
Read by James E. Carson
Theodore Roosevelt
Somewhat detailed history of naval engagements between the United States and England during the War of 1812, from a decidedly American persp…
Chance
Read by James E. Carson
Joseph Conrad
Apparently a two part story about a Damsel and a Knight, perhaps a damsel who depends upon the kindness of strangers. It was originally enti…
The Pastor's Wife
Read by James E. Carson
Elizabeth Von Arnim
Written by an author born in Australia, grew up in England, married in Germany, and then flew to the United States. A tale about a young wom…
The Black Prophet: A Tale of Irish Famine
Read by James E. Carson
William Carleton
A story about the Irish, just before the onset of the famine of 1847, with all the color and dialogue of a man who lived it. (Summary by JCa…
Oxford Book of American Essays
Read by James E. Carson
Various
Collection of 32 essays by American authors ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Emerson to Whitman to Henry James to Theodore Roosevelt. On su…
Bible (DRV) New Testament
Read by James E. Carson
Douay-Rheims Version
The Douay Rheims New Testament, published in 1582, is a translation of St Jerome's Latin Vulgate which dates from the fourth century. It inf…
Irish Idylls
Read by James E. Carson
Jane Barlow
Irish Idylls is a collection of short stories about Irish peasantry during the 19th Century. Ms Jane Barlow, an Irish lass, having, unbeliev…
Strangers at Lisconnel
Read by James E. Carson
Jane Barlow
Strangers at Lisconnel is a sequel to Jane Barlow’s Irish Idylls. The locations and most of the characters are common to both. There is grea…
Narrative of the Suffering and Defeat of the North-Western Army, Under General Winchester
Read by James E. Carson
William Atherton
This memoir dating from 1812ff, but only published in 1840s is a strikingly profound contrast with our modern materialism and comfort. It is…
Father Goriot
Read by James E. Carson
Honoré de Balzac
One of Balzac's most popular works, set around 1815 during the re-ascendancy of the Bourbon kings following the defeat of Napoleon. Said to …
Gobseck
Read by James E. Carson
Honoré de Balzac
Part of the La Comedie Humane and something of a sequence to Balzac's Father Goriot, the short book's title is the name of the pawn broker/m…
The Firm of Nucingen
Read by James E. Carson
Honoré de Balzac
Part of the Comedie Humane and a "supplementary" tale to go with Father Goriot and Gobseck. Nucingen is the married family name of…
The Magic Skin
Read by James E. Carson
Honoré de Balzac
Something along the lines of Dorian Gray as part of the Comedies Humane Philosophique, this is Balzac's first successful novel. He even wrot…
Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art lectures
Read by James Grant
James Grant
University of Oxford Podcasts
Global Poverty: Philosophical Questions
Read by James Grant
James Grant
University of Oxford Podcasts
Men Without Women
Read by James Hutchisson
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway's second collection of short fiction, first published in 1927, including many of his best-known stories, including "Hills Lik…
Meet Mr. Mulliner
Read by James Hutchisson
P. G. Wodehouse
A collection of short stories, originally published in periodicals, featuring the character Mr. Mulliner. - Summary by James Hutchisson
Free, and other stories
Read by James Hutchisson
Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Dreiser's first collection of short fiction, published in 1918. Dreiser was known primarily as a novelist (Sister Carrie, An Americ…
Hawthorne
Read by James Hutchisson
Henry James
A brief biographical sketch and critical analysis of the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the preeminent writers of the nineteenth-centu…