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02 - The Making of Algebras

In Philosophy and Fun of Algebra

Read by Patricia Oakley

Mary Everest Boole

Mary Everest Boole (1832-1916) was born Mary Everest in England and spent her early years in France. She married mathematician George Boole.…

The Old Singers

In The Country of the Pointed Firs

Read by Patricia Oakley

Sarah Orne Jewett

The Country of the Pointed Firs (1896) is considered Jewett’s finest work, described by Henry James as her “beautiful little quantum of achi…

Chapter 02

In Northanger Abbey

Read by Patricia Oakley

Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey is a hilarious parody of 18th century gothic novels. The heroine, 17-year old Catherine, has been reading far too many “hor…

Chapter 48

In Sense and Sensibility

Read by Patricia Oakley

Jane Austen

The two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, one of whom (Elinor) embraces practicality and restraint while the other (Marianne) gi…

Miscellaneous

In Good Things to Eat As Suggested By Rufus

Read by Patricia Oakley

Rufus Estes

Rufus Estes was born a slave in 1857 in Tennessee, and experienced first hand the turmoil of the Civil War. He began working in a Nashville …

A New Approach to Nuclear Disarmament: Learning from International Humanitarian …

In Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Read by Patricia Lewis

Various

University of Oxford Podcasts

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