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Neoplatonism

Read by Peter Tucker


Charles Bigg


This monograph focusses predictably on the theories and teachings of Plotinus but precedes this with a review of foregoing schools of philos…

Under Western Eyes (version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


"But it is a vain enterprise for sophisticated Europe to try and understand these doings." Set in St Petersburg and Geneva, this a…

Underground London

Read by Peter Yearsley


John Hollingshead


From the Preface: "This book contains an account, more or less readable, of most things belonging to "Underground London", pa…

Moll Flanders - Version 2

Read by Peter Dann


Daniel Defoe


This warm and witty novel presents itself as the first person narration of an immensely likeable and resourceful woman who, born in the most…

In a German Pension, Version 2

Read by Peter Dann


Katherine Mansfield


Katherine Mansfield was only 22 years old when these stories were first published in book form. Mansfield was later reluctant to see them re…

The Shadow-Line (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


In this engaging and well-crafted novella, an older man recalls how a combination of obscure personal impulses and diabolical co-incidences …

Victory (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


After spending some years wandering about the East and engaging in various adventures, Axel Heyst, a man of independent means who feels litt…

The Book of the Cheese

Read by Peter Yearsley


Thomas Wilson Reid


"Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese" is a pub on Fleet Street, London. It was rebuilt after the Great Fire of 1666, and has been frequented …

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 1

Read by Peter Tucker


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


The novel is in eight books. The eponymous hero undergoes a journey of self-realization. The story centers upon Wilhelm's attempt to escape …

Last Post

Read by Peter Dann


Ford Madox Ford


This is the last novel in Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" tetralogy. Its predecessors "Some Do Not", "No More Para…

The Rover (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


Possessed "of a passion weary of itself", elderly ex-privateer Peyrol is driven by "a sudden impulse of scorn, of magnanimity…

The Improvement of Human Reason

Read by Peter Tucker


Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufail and Muhammad Ibn 'Abd Al-Malik Ibn Tufail


The story revolves around Ḥayy ibn Yaqẓān, a little boy who grew up on an island in the Indies under the equator, isolated from the people, …

Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

Read by Peter Dann


George Borrow


This unusual narrative by eccentric self-taught English linguist, traveller and one-time bible salesman George Borrow combines elements of a…

Notes on Life and Letters

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…

Begbroke Science Park, Site Activities

Read by Peter Dobson


Peter Dobson


University of Oxford Podcasts

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship Volume 2

Read by Peter Tucker


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


This is the second half of the novel by Goethe (the first half, Volume 1, has been recorded separately).It describes the completion of Meist…

The World of Unicellular

Read by Oleg Seriy and MaRiCaBo


Oleg Seriy and MaRiCaBo


It is the next book of an author of apocalyptic books. It may be said that this book is an adapted version of “Book of Rescue from the Dooms…

Experimental Psychology Department

Read by Larry Weiskrantz and Oliver Braddick


Larry Weiskrantz and Oliver Braddick


University of Oxford Podcasts

Implant

Read by Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices…

What is Tragedy?

Read by Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings


Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings


University of Oxford Podcasts

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