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In the Arms of the Mist Maidens

In Coppertop

Read by Abigail Johnston

Harold Gaze

The story is about a little girl who meets all manner of strange gnomes, fairies and creatures after she goes to sleep at night. She also ha…

Chapter VII - The Murderess Consults the Authorities

In The Legacy of Cain

Read by Abigail Johnston

Wilkie Collins

Eunice and Helena are sisters brought up by their father, the Reverend Abel Gracedieu. They grow up quietly and happily, until some dark sec…

The Sirens, Or Pleasures

In The Wisdom of the Ancients, A Series of Mythological Fables

Read by Abigail Johnston

Francis Bacon and Sir Francis Bacon

"Now I suppose most people will think I am but entertaining myself with a toy, and using much the same kind of licence in expounding th…

"Hidden Worlds" Part 2 - Robert Robinson’s chemical box

In Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

Read by Edward Imrie and Stephen Johnston

Various

University of Oxford Podcasts

The Clever Cheese-Maker

In Five Minute Stories

Read by Mark

Laura E. Richards and Laura E. Howe Richards

Another collection of poems and short stories by Laura Richards. Yes, these are all short and mostly all delightfully innocent and sweet. So…

Joanna Baillie

In Some Eminent Women of our Times

Read by Mark

Millicent Garrett Fawcett

Written by Millicent Garrett, a noted British feminist, suffragist and intellectual writer, this volume is comprised of short biographical s…

Inflation and Failure

In The Cliff Climbers

Read by Mark

Thomas Mayne Reid

A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures…

Chapter X - The Mockery of Deceit

In Blind Love

Read by Mark

Wilkie Collins

Blind Love, also published under the titles Iris and The Lord Harry is Wilkie Collins' last novel, completed after his death by Walter Besan…

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