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In "British" World War One Poetry: An Introduction

Read by Jane Potter


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Popular fiction in World War One

In First World War: New Perspectives

Read by Jane Potter


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Grey Woman

Read by Jane Greensmith


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill he…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane


Emily Beesly


Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

The Hawaiian Archipelago

Read by Jane Bennett


Isabella L. Bird


Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird

Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV

Read by Jane Bennett


Frantz Funck-Brentano


The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…

03 - THE REFUGEES

In The Scarlet Pimpernel (Version 2)

Read by Jessica Potter


Baroness Emma Orczy


In the year 1792, the French Revolution is in the midst of its bloodiest stage. Aristocrats are being executed left and right by the Republi…

08 - The Old Song

In The Ballad of St. Barbara and Other Verses

Read by Amanda Potter


G. K. Chesterton


This book of poetry by G. K. Chesterton, originally published in 1922, contain 35 poems on a variety of subjects. (Summary by Maria Theres…

Predictable obesity? An ecological approach for identifying future health risk

In Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

Read by Caroline Potter


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Love's Secret

In Eighteenth Century Poetry and Prose

Read by Jane Greensmith


William Blake


A collection of prose and poetry written principally in the 18th Century. These works of world literature are written in the English languag…

The Exile of Rama

In From the Tower Window of My Bookhouse

Read by A. Jane


Variousandolive Beaupre Miller


Full of delightful fairy tales, charming poems and engaging stories, this is the fifth volume of the "My Bookhouse" series for lit…

Freshness of Poetic Perception - Read by LM

In Freshness of Poetic Perception

Read by Lauren Jane


Paul Hamilton Hayne


LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Freshness of Poetic Perception by Paul Hamilton Hayne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for…

Six Hundred and Eighty-fifth Night to Six Hundred and Eighty-seventh Night

In The Book of A Thousand Nights and a Night (Arabian Nights), Volume 07

Read by Lauren Jane


Anonymoustranslated Byrichard Francis Burton and William James Mcglothlin


This is a collection of stories collected over thousands of years by various authors, translators and scholars. They are an amalgam of mytho…

02 - Tabby's Table-Cloth

In Spinning-Wheel Stories

Read by Lauren Jane


Louisa May Alcott


A group of stories-within-a-story, told in the classic Louisa May Alcott style."I've a little cold," said the old lady, "and …

Chapter 11

In My Actor-Husband

Read by Jane Bennett


William James Mcglothlin


In presenting this autobiography to the public, the author feels it incumbent upon herself to impress upon her readers the fidelity and stri…

23 - The Established Church

In Satires and Profanities

Read by Jane Park


James Thomson and George William Foote


"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…

A Golden Day by MP

In A Golden Day

Read by Melissa Jane


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


LibriVox volunteers bring you recordings of A Golden Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 31, 2019…

We Are Seven

In Short Poetry Collection 190

Read by Melissa Jane


William Wordsworth


This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2019.