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A Leonardo Discovered. La Bella Principessa. Discussion with Martin Kemp

In La Bella Principessa: A Leonardo Discovered

Read by Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


University of Oxford Podcasts

Hero and Leander

Read by Martin Geeson


Christopher Marlowe


“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?”The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague…

Haste and Waste; The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The sixth and last volume of the Woodville stories contains the record of a mechanical, rather than a moral triumph, though the virtues of p…

Work and Win; Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The fourth book of the Woodville Series shares the progress of a boy whose education had been neglected, and whose moral attributes were of …

Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives

Read by Scarlett Martin


William Taylor Adams and Oliver Optic


One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves bef…

Confessions, volumes 1 and 2

Read by Martin Geeson


Jean-Jacques Rousseau


“Thus I have acted; these were my thoughts; such was I.”Rousseau’s lengthy and sometimes anguished dossier on the Self is one of the most re…

Confessions, volumes 5 and 6

Read by Martin Geeson


Jean-Jacques Rousseau


"She was more to me than a sister, a mother, a friend, or even than a mistress, and for this very reason she was not a mistress; in a w…

Confessions, volumes 3 and 4

Read by Martin Geeson


Jean-Jacques Rousseau


“The smallest, the most trifling pleasure that is conveniently within my reach, tempts me more than all the joys of paradise.”Here again is …

Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality

Read by Martin Geeson


Stuart Mason


“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…

Rich and Humble; The Mission of Bertha Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


This is the first story in the Woodville collection of tales about the interesting people in Woodville. As the characters grow, they learn …

The Vicar of Wakefield

Read by Martin Clifton


Oliver Goldsmith


Published in 1766, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £…

Hope and Have; Fanny Grant Among the Indians

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The fifth volume of the Woodville stories contains the experience of Fanny Grant, who from a very naughty girl became a very good one, by th…

A Chautauqua Idyl

Read by Scarlett Martin


Grace Livingston Hill


The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.

The Dancing Mania

Read by Martin Geeson


Justus Hecker


Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social pheno…

In School and Out; The Conquest of Richard Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


The second volume of the Woodville Stories contains the experience of Richard Grant, "in school and out." We are sorry to say that…