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13 - A Letter Home

by Arnold Bennett Read by Martin Clifton 4.6
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…

Reid's Critique of Hume

by Dan Robinson Read by Dan Robinson 5
University of Oxford Podcasts

HoM1 07 - Hair and Skin: Part Three

by Mike Bennett Read by Mike Bennett 4.5
In Hall of Mirrors: Tales of Horror and the Grotesque Volume 1
A second helping of podcast fiction from 'One Among the Sleepless' author, Mike Bennett. 'Hall of Mirrors' is a short story collection featu…

The Glimpse

by Arnold Bennett Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.9
In The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
The Matador of the Five Towns is a collection of twenty-two short stories by Arnold Bennett, offering a vivid portrayal of life in the ficti…

The Eagle

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Read by Bruce Kachuk
In The Brook - Break, Break, Break - Sweet and Low - and The Eagle
This is Tennyson at his best. This is Tennyson, the master poet at his most descriptive, his most insightful, his most enlightening. This se…

Thought

by Walter Seymour Percy Read by Bruce Kachuk
In Muse and Mint
Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…

Teaser

by Ray Cummings Read by Mike Pelton 4.5
In Astounding Stories 06, June 1930
Astounding Stories is a landmark science fiction magazine that captures the imagination of its readers with thrilling tales of adventure and…

During Dinner

by Arnold Bennett Read by David Wales 4.8
In Elsie And The Child; A Tale Of Riceyman Steps And Other Stories
Thirteen short stories (1924) by a master story teller of the early twentieth century. His writings, fiction and nonfiction, were popular wi…

News Of The Engagement

by Arnold Bennett Read by David Wales 4.7
In The Grim Smile Of The Five Towns
The Grim Smile of the Five Towns (1907) is the second major collection of stories written by Arnold Bennett. (The first is Tales Of The Five…

General Observations

by Barry Pain Read by Mike Pelton 4.6
In Stories without Tears
This is a collection of short stories by Barry Pain, first published in 1914. While generally best-known for his horror and supernatural fic…

A Consultation

by Silas Weir Mitchell Read by Ben Tucker 4.5
In Little Stories
Physician and author S. Weir Mitchell brings us a short collection of stories of the human condition. Through diverse settings as the mystic…

00 - Author's Note

by Joseph Conrad Read by Sibella Denton 4.5
In Tales of Unrest
Tales of Unrest is Joseph Conrad's first collection of short stories, published in 1898, showcasing his mastery of narrative and psychologic…

Nine Points about Reading

by Arnold Bennett Read by Ruth Golding 3
In LibriVox 9th Anniversary Collection
This year is the 9th anniversary of our illustrious community, and readers have found and recorded 99 items with a connection with the numbe…

Franklin

by Wilbur D. Nesbit Read by Bruce Kachuk 4
In An Alphabet of History (Version 2)
These witty, engaging and amusing poetic descriptions of the lives of prominent people are not only a joy to read, but are a quick and easy …

A Question

by Alan Sullivan Read by Bruce Kachuk 2
In The White Canoe and Other Verse
This early collection of Alan Sullivan's work is from the pen of a young Canadian author who portrays Canada's short Summer season as the vo…

Author's Note

by Joseph Conrad Read by Peter Dann 4.9
In Tales of Unrest (version 2)
A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is …

Saturday To Monday

by Arnold Bennett Read by David Wales 4.5
In The Loot Of Cities
Published in 1917, this is a collection of a novella and seven short stories by one of the cleverest authors of the early twentieth century.…

Ken

by Charlotte Mew Read by MichaelMaggs 5
In The Farmer's Bride (Version 2)
A powerful collection of short poems published in 1921 by the English poet Charlotte Mew (1869–1928). Lauded during her lifetime by luminari…

Reader's Corner

by editor and Ray Cummings Read by Mike Pelton 3.9
In Astounding Stories 05, May 1930
Astounding Stories invites listeners into a captivating world of early science fiction, where imagination knows no bounds. This fifth issue …

A Waning Muse

by John Kendrick Bangs Read by Kirill D 4.2
In Cobwebs from a Library Corner
This is a book of 57 sections divided into 2 parts. The first part is comprised of 26 poems & the second part concludes with 31 assorted…

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