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Do Human Rights Need a History?

In Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Read by Lynn Hunt and Sandra Fredman


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Something New

Read by Debra Lynn


P. G. Wodehouse


When the absent-minded Earl of Emsworth wanders off with the pride of his scarab collection, American millionaire J. Preston Peters is willi…

The Way We Live Now

Read by Debra Lynn


Anthony Trollope


The Way We Live Now is a scathing satirical novel published in London in 1875 by Anthony Trollope, after a popular serialization. It was reg…

Mike: A Public School Story

Read by Debra Lynn


P. G. Wodehouse


This novel introduces the characters Mike Jackson and Psmith, who are featured in several of Wodehouse’s later works. It shows how the two c…

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Read by Debra Lynn


Thomas Hardy


The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) is a tragic novel by English author Thomas Hardy subtitled, "The Life and Death of a Man of Character&…

Not George Washington

Read by Debra Lynn


P. G. Wodehouse


It has been said that behind every successful man is a good woman. This is certainly true in the case of James Orlebar Cloyster. However, so…

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Read by Debra Lynn


Charles Dickens


Old Martin Chuzzlewit has heaps of money that has never brought him anything but misery. Estranged from his grandson and namesake, when word…

The Pickwick Papers (Version 2)

Read by Debra Lynn


Charles Dickens


A sportsman who doesn't hunt; a poet who doesn't write; a lover with no one to love; all three are devoted to their cheerful and benevolent …

The Rainbow

Read by Debra Lynn


D. H. Lawrence


The Rainbow is a 1915 novel by British author D.H. Lawrence. It follows three generations of the Brangwen family, particularly focusing on t…

They and I

Read by Debra Lynn


Jerome K. Jerome


A man and his three children leave the “Little Mother” at home in the city and set up temporary housekeeping in a country cottage to supervi…

Barnaby Rudge

Read by Debra Lynn


Charles Dickens


A wayside tavern where the local men drink and gossip; an unsolved, twenty year old murder at a nearby mansion; a very talkative black raven…

Frenzied Fiction

Read by Debra Lynn


Stephen Leacock


From the cave man to Santa Claus; spies, know-it-alls, and journalists: all are fair game for Leacock’s special brand of humor. He touches o…

Chimes From A Jester’s Bells

Read by Debra Lynn


Robert Jones Burdette


Part I. The Story of Rollo; Mr. Holliday knows all there is to know about raising children, or at least he thinks he does. His attempts to t…

Poor Miss Finch

Read by Sandra G


Wilkie Collins


“Poor Miss Finch.” That is what everyone calls the courageous protagonist of this book. In other words, “poor thing, she’s blind, isn’t it a…

Amor de Perdição

Read by Sandra Luna


Camilo Castelo Branco


Amor de Perdição é uma das obras mais marcantes de Camilo, um dos mais importantes e proliferos romancistas portugueses…

Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions

Read by Sandra Cullum


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The story of three "middle aged ladies". Follow along as they have all sorts of adventures. - Summary by Sandra More Tish stories…

The First Violin

Read by Sandra G


Jessie Fothergill


May Wedderburn is a quiet provincial girl, living in small and seemingly boring Skernford. Underneath the dull exterior, there is mystery, s…

The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry

Read by Sandra Cullum


Mary Roberts Rinehart


Letitia, Aggie and Lizzie are at it again, solving mysteries, getting into scrapes. Is there no end to the antics of these three spinster la…

Nutcracker and Mouse King

Read by Sandra Cullum


E. T. A. Hoffmann


The original story of the Nutcracker, weird and wonderful by one of the masters of horror and weirdness. Summary by Sandra Cullum.

John Thorndyke's Cases

Read by Sandra Cullum


R. Austin Freeman


Detective John Thorndyke never disappoints when solving crime in this collection of Freeman's works. - Summary by A. K. Morton

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