Search Results

Samuel Johnson

Read by Lynda Mugglestone


Lynda Mugglestone


University of Oxford Podcasts

Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Samuel Johnson


The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold …

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I (version 2)

Read by Barbara Baker


James Boswell


This is the first of four volumes of a what was a new, intimate, type of biography when it was first published in 1791 and which has been an…

Doctor Johnson: A Play

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


A. Edward Newton


The life of Doctor Johnson, told in his own words and (mostly) those of others around him. "Anyone with a teaspoonful of imagination ca…

1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones


Ferox Aeternum


1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


James Boswell


Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


James Boswell


Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…

The Cremation of Sam McGee

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Robert W. Service


LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 different recordings of The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service.

Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


Samuel Johnson


This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The …

Byways to Blessedness

Read by Audio Andrea


James Allen


James Allen instructs us on how to improve our life and spiritual well-being through the power of positive thinking. He teaches us to live i…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. III

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


James Boswell


This is the third volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this …

Biographies of Working Men

Read by NoelBadrian


Grant Allen


Grant Allen was an anthropologist, scientific writer, novelist and poet, though the biographer and writer Frank Harris has said of him that …

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. IV

Read by LibriVox Volunteers


James Boswell


This is the fourth volume of the Biography of Samuel Johnson. Samuel Johnson's Life has been documented in great detail by his friends, this…

Pauls Ontwaken

Read by Anna Simon


Frederik Van Eeden


In dit aangrijpende korte werk beschrijft de schrijver en psychiater Frederik van Eeden het leven en met name de dood van Paul, de jongste z…

The Divine Companion (Version 2)

Read by Audio Andrea


James Allen


It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years…

Biltmore Oswald

Read by Nigel Boydell


J. Thorne Smith, Jr.


The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully …

Vice Chancellor's Welcome

Read by Andrew Hamilton


Andrew Hamilton


University of Oxford Podcasts

Prayers and Meditations

Read by Steven Watson


Samuel Johnson


The prayers and meditations of Samuel Johnson, published posthumously by George Strahan to whom Johnson had entrusted the manuscripts. Johns…

The Aspern Papers

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)


Henry James


One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, bu…

As a Man Thinketh

Read by Mark Cawley


James Allen


Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth,…

1 2 3 4 5 6 >