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Four Winds, Part 2

In Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907-1908

Read by Kristin Young


Lucy Maud Montgomery


Lucy Maud Montgomery was born at Clifton (now New London), Prince Edward Island, Canada, on November 30, 1874. She achieved international fa…

Heart of Darkness

Read by Kristin LeMoine


Joseph Conrad


Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and m…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Read by Kristin LeMoine


Samuel Taylor Coleridge


For killing an albatross, the mariner and his crew are punished with drought and death. Amidst a series of supernatural events, the mariner'…

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

Read by Kristin LeMoine


L. Frank Baum


This story of Santa Claus veers away slightly from the traditional stories of his beginnings. L. Frank Baum creates a world of fantasy that …

The Ladies' Paradise

Read by Kristin G.


Émile Zola


Zola's original French publication, Au Bonheur des Dames ("The Ladies' Delight"), published 1882, is the eleventh novel in his Rou…

The Red House Mystery

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


A. A. Milne


Antony Gillingham arrives at the Red House moments after a gunshot is heard. The room is locked, the murderer has disappeared and, in Antony…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Version 2)

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Robert Louis Stevenson


After hearing Mr. Enfield's account of a distressing event involving Edward Hyde, the heir of his friend, Henry Jekyll, John Utterson is con…

The Swoop!

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


P. G. Wodehouse


The Swoop! tells of the simultaneous invasion of England by several armies — "England was not merely beneath the heel of the invader. I…

The Amateur Cracksman

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


E. W. Hornung


"I'd tasted blood, and it was all over with me. Why should I work when I could steal? Why settle down to some humdrum uncongenial bille…

Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


E. W. Hornung


Raffles, Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman (also published as The Black Mask) is the second collection of stories in the Raffles s…

The Story of Mary MacLane

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Mary Maclane


At the age of 19 in 1902, MacLane published her first book, The Story of Mary MacLane. It sold 100,000 copies in the first month and was pop…

A Few Figs from Thistles

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Edna St. Vincent Millay


A collection of 23 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Second April

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Edna St. Vincent Millay


A collection of poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Ballads of a Bohemian

Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)


Robert W. Service


Ballads of a Bohemian is a collection of poems tied together by the narration of the "author" Stephen Poore. The poems speak of bo…

Spin Doctors: Creating a planet's atmosphere in the lab

In Stargazing

Read by Roland Young


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

6.4 Christopher Young: How Can the University and Cultural Organisations Collabo…

In Cultural Heritage Forum

Read by Christopher Young


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

When the mind matters for morality

In Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics

Read by Liane Young


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 12

In The Adventures of Pinocchio

Read by Justine Young


C. Collodi and Carlo Collodi


The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian author Carlo Collodi (here transl. by Carol della Chiesa). The first half was…