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The Death Song

In Poems

Read by Danielle Wolff


Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble


This is a collection of 98 short poems written by the famous British actress, Fanny Kemble. - Summary by mleigh

Chapter 8

In Mauprat

Read by Danielle Wolff


George Sand


Bernard Mauprat was raised by lawless brigands and knows no other way of life until age 17. Then everything changes for him when his cousin …

Chapter 40

In Consuelo

Read by Danielle Wolff


George Sand


This roman à clef follows the musical adventures of Consuelo, a gifted singer under the tutelage of the composer Nicola Porpora. Afte…

CHAPTER IX

In Syria: the Desert and the Sown

Read by Danielle Wolff


Gertrude Bell


Gertrude Bell's Syria: The Desert and the Sown describes her travels in the Levant (also called Greater Syria) during the first years of the…

Martin Luther

Read by Danielle Cartwright


Carl E. Koppenhaver


This short, engaging volume summarizes the life of a priest who, intending to spark a lively academic debate by nailing 95 theses on a churc…

''Tell It All'': The Story of a Life's Experience in Mormonism

Read by Danielle Cartwright


Fanny Stenhouse


Fanny relates the experiences of a 19th century missionary as she and her young husband proselytize throughout Europe in search of converts …

My Chinese Marriage

Read by Danielle Cartwright


Mae Franking


Mae Watkins, a University of Michigan student, unexpectedly falls in love with a Chinese international law student in the midst of World War…

Jacob Wolff

In Ruskin School of Art

Read by Jacob Wolff


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Jacob Wolff

In Ruskin Art Show

Read by Jacob Wolff


Various


Recent graduates of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford talk about their Final Year Projects.

Ice Cores, Climate and Sea Ice

In Oxford Physics Public Lectures

Read by Eric Wolff


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Part 1, chapter 4

In Tolstoy on Shakespeare

Read by Danielle


Leo Tolstoy


This book contains a critical essay on Shakespeare by Leo Tolstoy. It is followed by another essay named "Shakespeare's attitude to the…