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Chapter 4

In Melmoth The Wanderer

Read by Martin

Charles Robert Maturin

One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Throughout the novel, h…

The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab

In The Return of Don Quixote

Read by Martin

G. K. Chesterton

The mirthful story of a Don Quixote who, riding into a world of fetes and parties, tilts a humorous and well aimed lance at some of the conv…

Scots Of The Riverina - Read by EM

In Scots Of The Riverina

Read by Elizabeth Martinson

Henry Lawson

This poem tells the story of a boy in Australia who leaves the farm at harvest time. "and to run from home was a crime." The story…

The Soldiers' Recessional - Read by EM

In The Soldiers' Recessional

Read by Elizabeth Martinson

John Huston Finley

Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…

A Visit From Young Gloom - Read by EM

In A Visit From Young Gloom

Read by Elizabeth Martinson

Ring Lardner

Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical writings about…

Mary's Efforts To Prove An Alibi.

In Mary Barton

Read by Martina

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Mary Barton is the first novel by English author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848. The story is set in the English city of Manchester du…

Chapter 05

In Wuthering Heights

Read by Martina

Emily Brontë

A tale of passion and vengeance set in the bleak Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights depicts the mutual love of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathc…

Ecloga 1 vs 2

In Eclogae (dramatic reading)

Read by Martina

Publius Vergilius Maro and Virgil

This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely …

Class Day

In Jo's Boys

Read by Martina

Louisa May Alcott

Jo's Boys is the third book in the Little Women trilogy by Louisa May Alcott, published in 1886. In it, Jo's "children", now grown…

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