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Lord Clive

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Robert Clive was, in Macaulay’s view, the real founder of British power in India. Macaulay himself served on the Governor’s Council in India…

Seven Men

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Max Beerbohm

In order to liven up the literary history of Great Britain in the 1890s (as if Oscar Wilde, Stevenson, Kipling, Hardy, etc., were not lively…

Warren Hastings

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Thomas Babington Macaulay

"Warren Hastings" is Chapter IV of Thomas Macaulay's Critical and Historical Essays, vol. III. It first appeared in the Edinburgh …

La Grande Bretèche

Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)

Honoré de Balzac

La Grande Bretèche is an addendum to Balzac's Another Study of Woman, and is the final of a set of stories told around a dinner table…

The Christmas Almsman

In Lyrics and Legends of Christmas-Tide

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Clinton Scollard

American author and poet, Clinton Scollard, presents a charming collection of poetry to brighten the Christmas season. - Summary by Larry Wi…

How a Great Dream Turned Out

In Cordelia the Magnificent

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Leroy Scott

Cordelia Marlowe carries a high society name but no fortune. She has to make ends meet, but what kind of work can a young lady do whose main…

Sea Song

In Wayside Gleams

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Laura Goodman Salverson

Laura Goodman Salverson was a Canadian author of Icelandic descent. Her poems pay tribute to both aspects of her heritage, with offerings li…

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In Enough Rope

Read by Tricia Wheeler

Dorothy Parker

A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here…

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