reader:"Vanessa Kristin Fernandez"

The Survivors by Elsie Singmaster

In The Best Short Stories of 1915

Read by Vanessa Kristin Fernandez

Various

It seems advisable to undertake a study of the American short story from year to year as it is represented in the American periodicals which…

Sunset Balconies by Thomas Walsh

In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915

Read by Vanessa Kristin Fernandez

William Stanley Braithwaite

William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…

Heart of Darkness

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Joseph Conrad

Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and m…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Read by Kristin LeMoine

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For killing an albatross, the mariner and his crew are punished with drought and death. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariner'…

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Read by Kristin LeMoine

L. Frank Baum

This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …

The Ladies' Paradise

Read by Kristin G.

Émile Zola

Zola's original French publication, Au Bonheur des Dames ("The Ladies' Delight"), published 1882, is the eleventh novel in his Rou…

The Red House Mystery

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

A. A. Milne

Antony Gillingham arrives at the Red House moments after a gunshot is heard. The room is locked, the murderer has disappeared and, in Antony…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 2)

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

Robert Louis Stevenson

After hearing Mr. Enfield's account of a distressing event involving Edward Hyde, the heir of his friend, Henry Jekyll, John Utterson is con…

The Swoop!

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

P. G. Wodehouse

The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…

The Amateur Cracksman

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

E. W. Hornung

"I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial bille…

Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

E. W. Hornung

Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also published as The Black Mask) is the second collection of stories in the Raffles s…

The Story of Mary MacLane

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

Mary Maclane

At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was pop…

A Few Figs from Thistles

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

A collection of 23 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Second April

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Ballads of a Bohemian

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)

Robert W. Service

Ballads of a Bohemian is a collection of poems tied together by the narration of the "author" Stephen Poore. The poems speak of bo…

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

Read by Vanessa Redgrave

Various

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