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Ethnic violence, water scarcity and managing resources to promote peace

In African Studies Centre

Read by Karen Witsenberg


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University of Oxford Podcasts

Pride and Prejudice (version 3)

Read by Karen Savage


Jane Austen


Pride and Prejudice is the most famous of Jane Austen’s novels, and its opening is one of the most famous lines in English literature - “It …

The Secret Garden (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Frances Hodgson Burnett


Orphaned Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire, and finds herself in a house full of secrets and mysteries.

Sense and Sensibility (version 4)

Read by Karen Savage


Jane Austen


When Mr Henry Dashwood dies, with his estate entailed to his son and grandson, his wife and three daughters are left in reduced circumstance…

Anne of Green Gables (version 3)

Read by Karen Savage


Lucy Maud Montgomery


The timeless story of the young orphan girl sent by accident to a brother and sister who had wanted a boy, Anne, with her vivid imagination …

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Read by Karen Savage


Baroness Emma Orczy


The classic story of Sir Percy Blakeney and his alter ego, the Scarlet Pimpernel. A great adventure, set during the French Revolution. (Summ…

Anne of the Island (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Anne is off to Redmond College! She will spend the next three years living and learning, making new friends, and deepening old friendships.O…

Anne of Avonlea (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Lucy Maud Montgomery


The second part in the story of Anne Shirley, covering her years of teaching at Avonlea School, before she heads off to college.Other books …

The Railway Children

Read by Karen Savage


E. Nesbit


Edith Nesbit’s classic story, in which three children, pulled suddenly from their comfortable suburban life, move to the country with their …

Mansfield Park (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Jane Austen


Miss Frances, the youngest Ward sister, "married, in the common phrase, to disoblige her family, and by fixing on a lieutenant of marin…

Persuasion (version 4)

Read by Karen Savage


Jane Austen


Several years before the events of the novel, Anne Elliott fell in love with a young and handsome but poor naval officer. She was persuaded …

Anne's House of Dreams (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Anne's story continues with her marriage to Gilbert and their years in the House of Dreams. ( Summary by Karen Savage)Other books in this se…

Rilla of Ingleside

Read by Karen Savage


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Written in 1921, this is the final book in L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series. Set during World War I, it shows the courage and …

A Little Princess (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Frances Hodgson Burnett


Sara is brought to Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies by her father, Captain Crewe, because the climate in India doesn't agree …

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

Read by Karen Savage


E. Nesbit


This is the story of the Bastable children and their attempts to help the family finances by searching for treasure. (Summary by Karen Savag…

The Elusive Pimpernel

Read by Karen Savage


Baroness Emma Orczy


First Published in 1908, The Elusive Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy is the 4th book in the classic adventure series about the Scarlet Pimpernel…

Rainbow Valley (version 2)

Read by Karen Savage


Lucy Maud Montgomery


The story moves from Anne and Gilbert to their six children, and their new neighbours, the children of the new Presbyterian minister. - Summ…

Tales from Shakespeare

Read by Karen Savage


Charles Lamb


The following Tales are meant to be submitted to the young reader as an introduction to the study of Shakespeare, for which purpose his word…

El Dorado

Read by Karen Savage


Baroness Emma Orczy


El Dorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale, The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. The nove…

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (version 3)

Read by Karen Savage


Hugh Lofting


After his parrot Polynesia teaches him to speak animal languages, Doctor Dolittle decides to abandon his human practice, and become an anima…

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