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The Rover (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann


Joseph Conrad


Possessed "of a passion weary of itself", elderly ex-privateer Peyrol is driven by "a sudden impulse of scorn, of magnanimity…

Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

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George Borrow


This unusual narrative by eccentric self-taught English linguist, traveller and one-time bible salesman George Borrow combines elements of a…

Notes on Life and Letters

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Joseph Conrad


Conrad described the twenty-six essays collected here as a "one-man show" comprising "Conrad literary, Conrad political, Conr…

Section 4

In The Queen Who Flew: A Fairy Tale

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Ford Madox Ford


In this delightful tale, the naive and sheltered Queen Eldrida learns the secret of flight from her friend the bat and sets off by air for a…

Chapter 10

In The Secret Agent (Version 3)

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Joseph Conrad


Taking as his inspiration the historical accidental death by explosion of an anarchist outside the Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park, Lond…

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