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Viviette

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Viviette is a headstrong young girl who is pursued by two brothers: Austin, a headstrong man of the world and a barrister in London, and Dic…

Stella Maris

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Stellamaris is a young paralysed girl who is confined to a bed in the Channel House overlooking the English Channel. She is cared for by her…

Klaasje Zevenster, deel 2

Read by Anna Simon


Jacob Van Lennep


Een groepje Leidse studenten viert een gezellige Sinterklaasavond in de jaren '20 van de 19e eeuw, als er onverwachts een pakketje aan de de…

Idols

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The novel centres around four people: Gerard and Irene Merriam, their inseparable friend Hugh Colman who once saved Gerard’s life, and Minna…

A Study in Shadows

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


Among the mixture of people spending the summer in a pension (boarding house) in Geneva are Felicia, a 20-year-old, and Katherine (30) who b…

The Freelands

Read by Simon Evers


John Galsworthy


The Freelands family is a mixture: Tod Freeland is an uncommunicative gentle giant, his wife Kirsteen passionate and free-spoken, Felix is a…

Jan, Jannetje en hun jongste kind

Read by Anna Simon


E. J. Potgieter


Een allegorisch verhaal als commentaar op de toestand van de Nederlandse samenleving anno 1841, in de ogen van E.J. Potgieter. Jan en Jannet…

The Island Pharisees

Read by Simon Evers


John Galsworthy


Richard Shelton is wrestling with his conscience. As a member of the upper class at a time when the British Empire is at its height, he sees…

Saint's Progress

Read by Simon Evers


John Galsworthy


Edward Pierson is the widowed vicar of a London church. He has two daughters, Eve and Noel, who is 17. In essence, the novel follows the bat…

Klaasje Zevenster, deel 3

Read by Anna Simon


Jacob Van Lennep


Een groepje Leidse studenten viert een gezellige Sinterklaasavond in de jaren '20 van de 19e eeuw, als er onverwachts een pakketje aan de de…

Poems of Nature

Read by Larry Wilson


Henry David Thoreau


The fifty poems here brought together under the title ‘Poems of Nature’ are perhaps two-thirds of those which Thoreau preserved. Many of the…

At the Gate of Samaria

Read by Simon Evers


William John Locke


The novel is set in the 1890’s. Clytie Davenant is a headstrong young woman who escapes from the stultifying country life of her family to m…

A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818

Read by Larry Wilson


Elisabeth G. Stryker


This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…

Clara A. Swain, M.D.

Read by Larry Wilson


Mrs. Robert Hoskins


This is a brief biography of Clara A. Swain, M.D. who is regarded as the "first Medical Missionary to the Women of the Orient." S…

A Man from the North

Read by Simon Evers


Arnold Bennett


Richard Larch, a young man from the north of England, arrives in London to seek his fortune. By day he works as a clerk in an office but has…

G.K. Chesterton in The Open Road

Read by Larry Wilson


G. K. Chesterton


A collection of 2 book reviews written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Open Road", both from 1911. (Summary by Maria Therese)

Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress after Years in a Night of Revolution

Read by Larry Wilson


John Dryden Kuser


This book is part history and part travelogue, an account of a brief visit by a wealthy, white U.S. politician during a lamentable time in H…

G.K. Chesterton in The Bibliophile Magazine

Read by Larry Wilson


G. K. Chesterton


Two essays/articles by G.K. Chesterton, published in 'The Bibliophile' magazine in 1908. (Summary by Maria Therese)

The History of David Grieve

Read by Simon Evers


Mary Augusta Ward


The book follows the life and times of David Grieve, from his childhood on a remote farm in the Peak District to Manchester, Paris and back …

Sacred and Profane Love

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Arnold Bennett


Carlotta Peel is an unusual young woman – clever, self-opinionated, a brilliant author and yearning to love and be loved but also to serve h…

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