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Sentimental Journey
Read by John West
This episode of the ABC program “Sentimental Journey” pays tribute to the legendary Pearl Mae Bailey, an American actress and singer known f…
Sentimental Journey
Read by John West
A tribute to Walter John "Jack" Buchanan, a Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer, and director, who was known…
Sentimental Journey
Read by John West
This tribute to Leo Robin was broadcast on the ABC program “Sentimental Journey” on November 24th, 1984. Leo Robin, an American composer, ly…
Sentimental Journey
Read by John West
This collection features a tribute to Louis Levy, an influential English film composer and music director known for his work on Alfred Hitch…
Aus 81
Read by John West
Noel Gay (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954), born Reginald Moxon Armitage, was a successful British composer of popular music during the 1930s an…
Aus 71
Read by John West
This collection features a tribute to the legendary Australian comedian Roy Rene, born Henry van der Sluys, who was renowned for his bawdy c…
Sentimental Journey
Read by John West
This tribute to Wilfred Theodore "Ted" Weems, an American bandleader and musician, was broadcast on the ABC program "Sentimen…
Great Expectations
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often pain…
Wulf the Saxon
Read by Peter John Keeble
G. A. Henty
Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wul…
Dracula
Read by Peter John Keeble
Bram Stoker
Dracula as written by Bram Stoker in 1897 was not the first depiction of vampires and other such creatures, Gothic horror stories had been a…
Bleak House
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…
Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…
Marie
Read by Peter John Keeble
H. Rider Haggard
This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love wi…
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…
Oliver Twist
Read by Peter John Keeble
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist was published in 1838 as a three volume book. The novel was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray the degradatio…
A Bid For Fortune
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Guy Newell Boothby (1867 – 1905) was a prolific Australian writer. He moved to London in 1894 and became most well-known for his Dr.Nikola m…
Doctor Nikola Returns
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Guy Boothby’s character Doctor Antonio Nikola was one of the first great diabolical criminal masterminds. He was a Victorian forerunner to F…
Dr. Nikola’s Experiment
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Guy Boothby's fourth novel of five about the svelte mysterious anti-hero Dr Nikola sees him progress further on his search for immortality. …
The Lust of Hate
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
This is the third Dr Nikola book in a series of five written by Guy Boothby. The main character is Gilbert Pennethorne a man whom "Lady…
'Farewell, Nikola'
Read by Peter John Keeble
Guy Boothby
Farewell Nikola is the fifth and last novel of the Dr Nikola series. We are reacquainted with Richard "Dick" Hatteras, former Sout…