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Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality

Read by Martin Geeson


Stuart Mason


“Who can help laughing when an ordinary journalist seriously proposes to limit the subject-matter at the disposal of the artist?”“We are dom…

Samson Agonistes

Read by Martin Geeson


John Milton


“The Sun to me is darkAnd silent as the Moon,When she deserts the nightHid in her vacant interlunar cave.”Milton composes his last extended …

Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

Read by Martin Geeson


Robert Louis Stevenson


“Extreme busyness…is a symptom of deficient vitality; and a faculty for idleness implies a catholic appetite and a strong sense of personal …

A Chautauqua Idyl

Read by Scarlett Martin


Grace Livingston Hill


The trees, flowers, and animals of a peaceful pasture meet together to discuss and learn of theology. Summary by Scarlett Martin.

The Story of My Misfortunes (or: Historia Calamitatum)

Read by Martin Geeson


Pierre Abélard


Autobiographies from remote historical periods can be especially fascinating.Modes of self-presentation vary greatly across the centuries, a…

Bible (Wycliffe) 21: Ecclesiastes

Read by Martin Geeson


Wycliffe Bible and Wycliffe Bibletranslated Byjohn Wycliffe


“... an alemaunde tre schal floure, a locuste schal be maad fat, and capparis schal be distried; for a man schal go in to the hous of his eu…

Hero and Leander

Read by Martin Geeson


Christopher Marlowe


“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?”The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague…

The Deleted Ones

Read by Martin Kolacek


Martin Kolacek


The Earth is no longer ruled by humans but by Pleasurebots, androids created for pleasure. The main hero, a former human terrorist, is thrus…

Torah (JPSA) 05: Deuteronomy

Read by Scarlett Martin


Jewish Publication Society Of America


According to Jewish tradition the 5 books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are read and studied each year. In …

The Dancing Mania

Read by Martin Geeson


Justus Hecker


Numerous theories have been proposed for the causes of dancing mania, and it remains unclear whether it was a real illness or a social pheno…

Torah (JPSA) 04: Numbers

Read by Scarlett Martin


Jewish Publication Society Of America


According to Jewish tradition the 5 books of Moses (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are read and studied each year. In…

On the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery

Read by Martin Clifton


Joseph Lister


Joseph Lister was born near London in 1827. He studied medicine at the University of London and pursued a career as a surgeon in Scotland. H…

Zastrozzi, A Romance

Read by Martin Geeson


Percy Bysshe Shelley


“Would Julia of Strobazzo’s heart was reeking on my dagger!”From the asthmatic urgency of its opening abduction scene to the Satanic defianc…

Watch and Wait; The Young Fugitives

Read by Scarlett Martin


William Taylor Adams and Oliver Optic


One soft summer evening, when Woodville was crowned with the glory and beauty of the joyous season, three strangers presented themselves bef…

Grunt RX-10

Read by Martin Kolacek


Martin Kolacek


A sci-fi comedy, Grunt RX-10 is a story of a neurotic machine who is so depressed by being a metallic item without a soul he becomes a reneg…

Rich and Humble; The Mission of Bertha Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


This is the first story in the Woodville collection of tales about the interesting people in Woodville. As the characters grow, they learn …

Uncle Josh's Punkin Centre Stories

Read by Philip Martin


Cal Stewart


A collection of comedic short stories from the perspective of an old country man. (Summary by Philip Martin)

The Great Gatsby (version 4)

Read by Martin Reyto


F. Scott Fitzgerald


The Great Gatsby follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The …

Highways in Hiding

Read by Jessica Martin


George O. Smith


Mechanical engineer Steve Cornell lives in a world where ESP and telepathy are normal, and a spreading plague called Mekstrom’s Disease turn…

In School and Out; The Conquest of Richard Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


The second volume of the Woodville Stories contains the experience of Richard Grant, "in school and out." We are sorry to say that…

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