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Read by Jane Bennett
Isabella L. Bird
In The Hawaiian Archipelago
Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird
41 The Name
Read by meyerli
Arnold Bennett
In Clayhanger
This first of a trilogy of novels is a coming-of-age story set in the Midlands of Victorian England, following Edwin Clayhanger as he leaves…
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George Bennett
In Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China Vol. 1
The Work now given to the Public is the result of a series of recent excursions into the interior of the Colony of New South Wales, at inter…
Chapter 9
Read by Jane Bennett
Austen Layard
In Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon
Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…
Chapter 9
Read by Amelia Chesley
Arnold Bennett
In The Old Adam
Edward Henry Machin, whose rise from humble beginnings to prosperity was told in 'The Card', leads a comfortable life in the English Midland…
Jane Lee
Read by Mari Patterson
Various
In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, Volume XI, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2
These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…
13 - A Letter Home
Read by Martin Clifton
Arnold Bennett
In Tales of the Five Towns
This is a selection of short stories recounting, with gentle satire and tolerant good humour, the small town provincial life at the end of t…
chapter 24
Read by Anthony Ogus
Arnold Bennett
In Riceyman Steps
Arnold Bennet's masterly novel is a gritty tale about a bookseller whose life and love of a woman are afflicted by miserliness. It is set in…
Chapter 24
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
In Helen with the High Hand
James Ollerenshaw is a middle-aged, wealthy bachelor who lives in Bursley, one of the Five Towns. A chance encounter with Helen, his great s…
Chapter 24
Read by Simon Evers
Arnold Bennett
In A Man from the North
Richard Larch, a young man from the north of England, arrives in London to seek his fortune. By day he works as a clerk in an office but has…
From Books and Persons, Arnold Bennett, The Evening Standard
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf: Contemporary Reviews (1927)
Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse was published in May 1927 in both Britain and the United States. The publication of Mrs. Dalloway a year …