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Hard Times - Mr. Gradgrind and His "System"

In Tales From Dickens

Read by Julia Wells


Hallie Erminie Rives


The Old Curiosity Shop; Hard Times; A Tale of Two Cities; Oliver Twist; The Pickwick Papers. Have you read any or all of these famous Dicken…

The Doings of Raffles Haw

Read by Patrick Wells


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors sprea…

Brennendes Geheimnis

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Stefan Zweig


Während der Sommerfrische mit seiner Mutter am Semmering, freundet sich der 12-jährige Edgar mit einem im selben Hotel verweilende…

Das Gemeindekind

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach


Eine Geschichte über zwei Kinder, die nach der Exekution des Vaters und der Inhaftierung der Mutter an die Gemeinde zur Obhut über…

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Lafcadio Hearn


Greece-born Lafcadio Hearn (1850 - 1904) spent decades of his life in Japan, even marrying a Japanese woman, thus becoming a Japanese citize…

Menschen im Krieg

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Andreas Latzko


6 Novellen über den Krieg. 6 tragische Menschenschicksale. 6 Geschichten über die Auswirkungen des 1. Weltkrieges. Geschichten &uu…

Das Lob der Narrheit

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Desiderius Erasmus


Hinter dem tollen Wirrwarr menschlichen Treibens, hinter den Mängeln, Schwächen, Fehlern und Untugenden sieht Erasmus die Thorheit…

Our Little Japanese Cousin

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Mary Hazelton Blanchard Wade


Meet Lotus Blossom, our little Japanese Cousin and her little brother Toyo. Join them in their everyday life and learn about Japanese custom…

Our Little Austrian Cousin

Read by Julia Niedermaier


Florence E. Mendel


In this volume I have endeavored to give my young readers a clearer and a more intimate knowledge than is usually possessed of the vast terr…

Briarwood Girls

Read by Julia Lestargette Glover


Julia Lestargette Glover


The 'Kindred Spirit' are a group of seven friends who met in their freshman year at Briarwood College. The girls have all sorts of difficul…

Global Childhoods - Lecture 3

In Green Templeton College

Read by Karen Wells


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

02 - In which Kin-Fo and the Philosopher are more fully described

In The Tribulations of a Chinaman in China

Read by Patrick Wells


Jules Verne


The rich and phlegmatic Kin-Fo loses his fortune and decides to die, but not before experiencing some strong emotions. He asks his friend Wa…

The Stratagems, Book 1, Part 3

In The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome

Read by Emerson Wells


Sextus Julius Frontinus


Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on h…

Letters

In The Children's Six Minutes

Read by Patrick Wells


Bruce S. Wright


This is a nice collection of 52 kid-aimed sermons by missionary Wright while he served in the Philippines in the World War I era. Each offer…