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Achebe and the African Writers Series

In Literature, Art and Oxford

Read by James Currey, Becky Ayebia Clarke, Ruth Bush and Asha Rogers


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Romeo and Juliet

Read by Becky Miller


William Shakespeare


Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most famous of Shakespeare’s plays and is thought to be the most famous love story in Western history. It co…

Selected Poems of Robert Frost

Read by Becky Miller


Robert Frost


Robert Frost, who lived from March 26, 1874 to January 29, 1963, was a winner of 4 Pulitzer prizes and one of America’s best loved poets. Th…

Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

Read by Becky Miller


Emily Dickinson


Emily Dickinson has come to be regarded as one of the quintessential poets of 19th century America. A very private poet with a very quiet an…

Daniel Deronda

Read by Becky Miller


George Eliot


In this enduring Victorian classic written in 1876, two stories weave in and out of each other: The first is about Gwendolen, one of Eliot's…

Woman and the New Race

Read by Becky Cook


Margaret Sanger


Margaret Sanger was an American sex educator and nurse who became one of the leading birth control activists of her time, having at one poin…

A Boy's Will

Read by Becky Miller


Robert Frost


A Boy's Will is Robert Frost's first full volume of poetry. Issued when Frost was approaching forty, it established his reputation and creat…

The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses

Read by Becky Cook


Robert W. Service


Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this …

Selected Lullabies of Eugene Field

Read by Becky Miller


Eugene Field


The sweetest songs the world has ever heard are the lullabies that have been crooned above its cradles. The music of Beethoven and Mozart, o…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (Londo…

The Count of Monte Cristo (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Alexandre Dumas


Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works. He completed the work in 1844. The story takes pl…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first…

The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 4)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holme…

A Study In Scarlet (Version 6)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detectiv…

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his…

The Sign of The Four (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. …

The Valley of Fear (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about de…

His Last Bow (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, i…

Organic Gardener's Composting

Read by Betsie Bush


Steve Solomon


The art and science of composting is presented in a humorous and readable manner from the basic elements to the in-depth science. An entire …

The Lair of the White Worm

Read by Betsie Bush


Bram Stoker


The Lair of the White Worm (also known as The Garden of Evil) is a horror novel by Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker, who also wrote Dracula. I…

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