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04 - Nancy
Read by Phil Benson
M. E. Francis
In In a North Country Village
M. E. Francis was born Mary E. Sweetman in Dublin and moved to Lancashire on her marriage to Francis Nicholas Blundell, of the Blundell fami…
Official Guide 1891
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In Guides to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens 1891-1917
Guides to the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens from the Chetham's Library Virtual Belle Vue Collection. The Belle Vue gardens opened in 1836 as …
Chapter 6
Read by Phil Benson
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…
Long Odds
Read by Phil Benson
H. Rider Haggard
In Allan's Wife and Other Tales
In 1885, H. Rider Haggard introduced Allan Quatermain, elephant hunter extraordinaire, in his best-selling African adventure novel 'King Sol…
11 - A diplomatic reverse
Read by Phil Benson
John Ackworth
In Clog Shop Chronicles
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
The Watcher
Read by Peter Yearsley
R. H. Benson and Robert Hugh Benson
In Short Story Collection Vol. 008
LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 008: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of Librivox members.
Prologue
Read by David Wales
Robert Hugh Benson
In A Mirror Of Shalott
Fourteen stories of the strange by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of stori…
Today
Read by Phil Benson
Geraldine Jewsbury
In Geraldine Jewsbury in Jerrold's Shilling Magazine, 1846-47
'The most striking feature in the present day, far more than that of railways even, is the utter chaos into which all previously received pr…
An Important Interview
Read by Cheryl Adam
Mildred A. Wirt Benson
In The Ghost Beyond the Gate
PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only da…
Chapters 6-10
Read by Phil Benson
John Edward Marr
In North Lancashire
Cambridge County Geographies was a 75 volume series covering the counties of England, Scotland and Wales. Separate volumes were produced for…
Dr. Benson Confesses
Read by RK Wilcox
Kay Lyttleton
In Jean Craig, Graduate Nurse
As Jean Craig finished her training and prepared for graduation, illness struck—first in her own family, and later in epidemics that swept t…
The Poet
Read by Phil Benson
Charles Harpur
In Poems by Charles Harpur
Charles Harpur was arguably the first major Australia-born poet, best known for Australia-themed poems such as 'The Kangaroo Hunt' and the '…
Introduction & The Student
Read by Phil Benson
John Ackworth
In Beckside Lights
John Ackworth was the pen name of the Rev. Frederick R. Smith, a Methodist minister who was born in Snaith, Yorkshire, but spent much of his…
Review, C. S. & M. A., The Bookshelf
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 …
The Benson Murder Case
S.S. Van Dine
New York dilettante Philo Vance decides to assist the police in investigating the death of another man-about-town because he finds the psych…
Sister Barbara by Gilbert Cannan
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In The Blue Review, Number 3
The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…
The Benson Murder Case
S.S. Van Dine
The original text of this recording is in the Public Domain in countries where copyright expires 70 years or less after the author’s death, …
The Blood-Eagle; Over The Gateway
Read by David Wales
Robert Hugh Benson
In The Light Invisible
Fifteen short ghost stories by the Anglican then Roman Catholic priest, Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914). The form of the book is of an old En…
The Life of TIMOTHY BENSON, a Highwayman
Read by jenno
Arthur L. Hayward
In Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for…
This is the second volume in this collection of reports and newspaper stories regarding notorious criminals and their punishment, assembled …
Review of Reviews: English, French, Italian
Read by Phil Benson
Various
In The Blue Review, Number 1
The Blue Review was a short lived monthly journal published in London between May and July 1913. The successor to Rhythm, The Blue Review wa…