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Read by Mike Nicholson, Emma Coulston and Sinead Gallagher


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Don Juan, Canto 1

Read by Peter Gallagher


George Gordon, Lord Byron


Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventua…

Don Juan, Cantos 13 - 16

Read by Peter Gallagher


George Gordon, Lord Byron


These are the last four Cantos of his mock epic that Byron completed in the year before his death at the age of 36 in Messolonghi, Greece, w…

Don Juan, Canto 5

Read by Peter Gallagher


George Gordon, Lord Byron


Juan, captured by Turkish pirates and sold into slavery is bought by a beautiful Princess as her toy-boy. Dressed as an odalisque, he is smu…

The Pursuit of the House-Boat

Read by Emma Joyce


John Kendrick Bangs


This sequel to Bangs' A House-Boat on the Styx continues the "thought-experiment" of bringing various historical and fictional fig…

King Solomon's Mines

Read by John Nicholson


H. Rider Haggard


King Solomon’s Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer H. Rider Haggard. It relates a jou…

Bleak House (version 3)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


The Chancery Court had jurisdiction over all matters of equity, including administration of estates, the guardianship of orphans, and disput…

Little Dorrit (Version 2)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


Little Dorrit, one of the three great novels of Charles Dickens’ last period, was produced in monthly installments from 1855 to 1857, and is…

Our Mutual Friend, Version 3

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


Our Mutual Friend, the last novel completed by Charles Dickens, has many plots, twists and turns, from the murky river Thames to the gold an…

The Old Curiosity Shop (version 2)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


Written in the years 1840 to 1841, when Dickens was twenty-eight years old, this is a ‘Road’ tale in the very best tradition. Little Nell Tr…

Allan Quatermain

Read by John Nicholson


H. Rider Haggard


Allan Quatermain was the quintessential Victorian English gentleman cum African big-game hunter. In this book, the second in the series, Qua…

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 2)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


Nicholas Nickleby is a young Devonshire man of nineteen, handsome and hot headed, devoted to his sister Kate and his parents. Following the …

Great Expectations (Version 3)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


In one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved stories, Philip Pirrip, known as “Pip”, narrates his own journey, from the hindsight of 50 years.Pip…

Dombey and Son

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


Charles Dickens the author of Dombey and Son, originally wrote the book in installments which were published from October 1846 to April 1848…

Oliver Twist (version 6)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


"Please sir, I want some more," the famous line spoken by Oliver Twist at age nine, becomes the tipping point of a huge change in …

Barnaby Rudge (version 2)

Read by Mil Nicholson


Charles Dickens


One of the two Historical novels Charles Dickens wrote, Barnaby Rudge is set around the ‘Gordon’ riots in London in 1780. The story begins i…

Bible (KJV) NT 23: 1 John

Read by Joshua Nicholson


King James Version


The First Epistle of John, often referred to as First John and written 1 John, is a book of the New Testament. This fourth catholic or "…

Selected Short Stories

Read by Mike Harris


P. G. Wodehouse


A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being W…

The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath

Read by Mike Justice


William Walker Atkinson


Increase your awareness about the forgotten art of breathing as researched, practiced and written by our Eastern brothers. Inside you will f…

The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they…

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