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Fugitive Pieces

by Alexander Pope Read by Alan Mapstone
Alexander Pope was an English poet, playwright and literary critic best known for his satires like The Dunciad and The Rape of the Lock. Thi…

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

by George Gordon, Lord Byron Read by Alan Mapstone 3
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describ…

Hebrew Melodies

by George Gordon, Lord Byron Read by Alan Mapstone 4.5
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…

Poems Concerning the Slave Trade

by Robert Southey Read by Alan Mapstone
Robert Southey, a future Poet Laureate, was born in Bristol, one of the principal ports in England for the slave trade. He wrote these poems…

English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

by George Gordon, Lord Byron Read by Alan Mapstone 4.8
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…

They Flee From Me

by Thomas Wyatt Read by Alan Mapstone
Sir Thomas Wyatt was an English poet, courtier and ambassador for King Henry VIII, who sent him on Embassies to the Pope and the Holy Roman …

Epistle to Lord Byron

by Leigh Hunt Read by Alan Mapstone
Leigh Hunt was an English poet, essayist and editor best remembered as the host of a literary circle which gathered at his home in Hampstead…

Jessie Pope's War Poems

by Jessie Pope Read by Alan Mapstone
Jessie Pope published these poems during the early months of the First World War. They were very popular at the time and the author received…

To The Rural Muse

by John Clare Read by Alan Mapstone
The English poet John Clare was the son of a farm labourer and was often referred to as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet". His w…

Poems of Pilgrimage

by Thomas Hardy Read by Alan Mapstone
A short collection of poems by Thomas Hardy describing his feelings when visiting various places of historic interest in Italy and Switzerla…

Odes, Songs and Lyrical Pieces

by John Dryden Read by Alan Mapstone 3
John Dryden was an English poet and playwright who was the first person to hold the title of Poet Laureate.Many of Dryden's lyrics were desi…

The Lotos Eaters

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Alan Mapstone 2
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1850 until his death in 1892. Please enjoy this collection of selected poems by him.…

Memorials of a Tour on the Continent

by William Wordsworth Read by Alan Mapstone
In 1820 William Wordsworth, in company with his wife Mary and sister Dorothy, undertook a tour of continental Europe, visiting Belgium, Germ…

All Roads Lead to Blue Lake

by Marc Vale Read by Marc Vale 4.9
Something’s gone wrong with your GPS system and you think you've made a wrong turn somewhere. You look at a sign that reads: Welcome to Blue…

Strigoaie The Romanian Witch

by Marc Vale Read by Marc Vale 4.4
Marie Fatan always wanted to know the truth about her father who died in the war. It took a trip to Romania for her to unveil his side of th…

A Marc Short

by Marc Vale Read by Marc Vale 4.2
6 very short twisted humorous stories. Only an hour long, with cheesy singing.

Alleen op de wereld

by Hector Malot Read by Marcel Coenders 4.4
Zelden, misschien nooit, las ik een boek, dat zoo rein en eenvoudig en toch zoo boeiend en vol afwisseling is, als dit meesterstuk van Hecto…

Niels Holgersson's Wonderbare Reis

by Selma Lagerlöf Read by Marcel Coenders 4.6
De familie Holgersson woont in Skåne in het uiterste zuiden van Zweden op een kleine boerderij. Daar groeit hun enige zoon Niels op. N…

Fantine

by Victor Hugo Read by Marcel Coenders 5
De Ellendigen is een vertaling van Les Miserables, een sociale roman, met een sterke moraal. Hugo neemt het in zijn werk op voor de paria’s …

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens Read by Marcel Coenders 5
David Copperfield is een roman van Charles Dickens uit 1850. Zoals in vroeger eeuwen tamelijk gebruikelijk was, had het boek in werkelijkhei…

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