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04 - Education as Growth

In Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

Read by Tim Ferreira


John Dewey


An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the d…

37 - Chapter XXXVII: THE EMPTINESS OF PICTURE GALLERIES

In The Marble Faun

Read by Tim Ferreira


Nathaniel Hawthorne


The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical …

Part 1, chapter 7

In Tolstoy on Shakespeare

Read by Tim Ferreira


Leo Tolstoy


This book contains a critical essay on Shakespeare by Leo Tolstoy. It is followed by another essay named "Shakespeare's attitude to the…

07 - The Boy who could keep a Secret

In The Crimson Fairy Book

Read by Tim Ferreira


Andrew Lang


The Crimson Fairy Book contains thirty-six stories collected from around the world and edited by Andrew Lang. Many tales in this book are tr…

00 - Introduction

In Jezebel's Daughter

Read by Tim Ferreira


Wilkie Collins


A brilliant chemist and a shrewd businessman — die on the same day. The widow of the chemist, Mrs. Fontaine, is left with the poisons he was…

19 - Chapter 10, Part 1

In Metamorphosis or The Golden Ass

Read by Tim Ferreira


Lucius Apuleius


The Metamorphosis, also known as The Golden Ass, is one of the very few novels of the Ancient World that survived to our days; one of the tw…

00 - Introduction

In The Children's Shakespeare

Read by Tim Ferreira


E. Nesbit


This children's book retells twelve of Shakespeare's most popular plays as stories for children. Each of the plays are rewritten as short st…

Athol Fugard: Playing Fugard

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

Read by Athol Fugard, Janet Suzman and John Kani


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry at Oxford: a guide for prospective undergrad…

In Undergraduate Admissions (PodOxford)

Read by Martin Speight, Mark Wormald and Nick Green


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

3. Henri Hubert, Marcel Mauss and Sacrifice

In Sacrifice and Modern Thought

Read by Nick Allen and Tim Howles


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

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