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The Lost Parchment
Read by Sharon Kilmer
Fergus Hume
Murder and mayhem turn a quiet English village on its head. Complete with twists and turns that will keep you entertained til the very end. …
The Pilot
Read by Jim Locke
James Fenimore Cooper
The work, which was admired by Herman Melville and Joseph Conrad for its authentic portrayal of a seafaring life and takes place during the …
The Art of Fiction
Read by Julie VW
Henry James
A lecture on the art of fiction, given by the English critic Walter Besant on April 25, 1884, and an answer to the lecture by American write…
The Whispering Man
Read by Kate Follis
Henry Kitchell Webster
New friends Drew and Jeffrey are drawn into the investigation of the mysterious death of Dr. Marshall. Romance and intrigue abound and you'l…
An International Episode
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Henry James
Two men visiting the US from London meet a pair of charming women who return the visit the following year in London. Romantic intrigues, mis…
A London Life
Read by Deborah Percy
Henry James
A devoted sister attempts to check her sibling's scandalous behavior in the world of British high society. A delightful comedy of Anglo-Ame…
Monologues
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Richard Middleton
This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…
Darnley
Read by Lynne T
George Payne Rainsford James
A stranger rides across the Kentish countryside when his attention is called to a cottage where violence is being done to an elderly couple.…
John MacNab
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John Buchan
Sir Edward Leithen and his friends Lord Lamancha, Palliser-Yeates, and Archie Roylance are bored of life. After Leithen's doctor recommends …
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Nigger of the Narcissus
Read by Tom Crawford
Joseph Conrad
This is the story of a voyage of a merchant sailing ship from Bombay to England, set in the very late 19th century. “It was a bad winter off…
Orientations
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W. Somerset Maugham
This is a collection showing W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in the short story genre, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's…
Sir Dominick Ferrand
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
"Levity" is not a word often applied to Henry James, but this story has about it an attractively lighthearted quality. It tells of…
Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism
Read by Jim Locke
John Middleton Murry
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…
Get Next!
Read by Laurie Banza
Hugh Mchugh
John Henry has a comedic commentary and opinion on everything that goes on in his life. This time, he tackles the subjects of race tipsters,…
The Ebb-Tide
Read by Mark F. Smith
Robert Louis Stevenson
Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires …
Lady Jim of Curzon Street
Read by Jim Locke
Fergus Hume
Faced with bankruptcy and trapped in an unhappy marriage, Lady Jim Kaims has to solve her problems alone. After every decent way fails her, …
White April
Read by Laurie Banza
Harold Vinal
In five section parts, Golden Windows, Sonnets for Weeping, Of Mariners, White Glamour, and Overtones, Harold Vinal writes about deep feeli…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…