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Oblomov

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Ivan Goncharov

Oblomov is the best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Oblomov is also the central character of the nove…

A Hero of Our Time

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Mikhail Yurevich Lermontov

A Hero of Our Time is indeed a portrait, but not of one man. It is a portrait built up of all our generation's vices in full bloom. You will…

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Hafiz and Hafez

Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…

Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Varioustranslated Bybabette Deutsch

This volume...aims to present the lyrical poetry of Russian for the last hundred years by a selection of poems translated by the editors...T…

Idle Days in Patagonia

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

William Henry Hudson

Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

Kriloff's Fables

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Ivan Krylov

Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from …

How a British Subject Became President of the United States

Read by Kevin W. Davidson

Arthur P. Hinman

In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operati…

Poland, Ukraine, and the Politics of History

In European Studies Centre

Read by Timothy Snyder

Various

University of Oxford Podcasts

I. Take, Eat

In The Lord's Table

Read by Phil Snyder

Andrew Murray

Murray suggests that his devotional, The Lord's Table, is not meant to replace scripture, but rather to strengthen believers' appreciation o…

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