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Alarms and Discursions

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, p…

Irish Impressions

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G. K. Chesterton


“For the Irish Question has never been discussed in England. Men have discussed Home Rule; but those who advocated it most warmly, and as I …

Varied Types

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G. K. Chesterton


Another delightful and sharply pointed excursion into the topics of the day, and of our day as well, with Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Here he …

Lord Kitchener

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G. K. Chesterton


“The paradox of all this part of his life lies in this--that, destined as he was to be the greatest enemy of Mahomedanism, he was quite exce…

Robert Browning

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G. K. Chesterton


There is an old anecdote, probably apocryphal, which describes how a feminine admirer wrote to Browning asking him for the meaning of one of…

First and Last

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Hilaire Belloc


“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the c…

On Anything

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Hilaire Belloc


Long before I knew that the speech of men was misused by them and that they lied in the hearing of the gods perpetually, in those early days…

On Nothing & Kindred Subjects

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Hilaire Belloc


“I knew a man once, Maurice, who was at Oxford for three years, and after that went down with no degree. At College, while his friends were …

On Something

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Hilaire Belloc


“Now that story is a symbol, and tells the truth. We see some one thing in this world, and suddenly it becomes particular and sacramental; a…

Vanity Fair (version 2)

Read by Helen Taylor


William Makepeace Thackeray


One of the great Victorian novels by an author at the height of his powers, Vanity Fair follows the fortunes of the calculating, upwardly-mo…

The Enchanted April (version 2)

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Elizabeth Von Arnim


Four very different women, with very different reasons for wanting to escape a cold and dreary London, come together to share a month's holi…

The Benefactress

Read by Helen Taylor


Elizabeth Von Arnim


Anna Estcourt, twenty-five and beautiful, is the penniless ward of her distant brother and his exasperating wife. Turning down all offers of…

The Story of the Amulet

Read by Helen Taylor


E. Nesbit


The third of the series featuring Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane: four children who are, as they often say, "the sort of people that wo…

The Phoenix and the Carpet (version 2)

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E. Nesbit


Five children discover a mysterious egg in their new nursery carpet - an egg which hatches into a magical talking Phoenix! The carpet is a m…

Love's Shadow

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


The first in a trilogy of books known together as 'The Little Ottleys', this is a sparkling social comedy set in Edwardian London. Ada Lever…

Somehow Good

Read by Helen Taylor


William Frend De Morgan


A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…

The Fortunate Foundlings

Read by Helen Taylor


Eliza Haywood


A story of love and adventure, following the fortunes of a young man and woman each trying to make their way in the wide world. Horatio and …

Tenterhooks

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


The second of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, an Edwardian comedy of manners. Several years have passed since the events in 'Love's Shadow', b…

Love at Second Sight

Read by Helen Taylor


Ada Leverson


In the final instalment of the 'Little Ottleys' trilogy, three years have passed since Bruce and Edith's marriage was in danger of collapse.…

Mrs. Armytage, or Female Domination

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Catherine Grace Frances Gore


Mrs Armytage is a widowed landowner, spirited, independent and very much used to having her own way and exercising total dominance over her …

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