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Letter from China

Read by Peter James Froning

Peter James Froning

This is a poignant and irreverent diary of the author's yearlong (2001-2) experience of teaching English to college students in Beijing, Peo…

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Read by Peter Bobbe

James Joyce

This is James Joyce's first novel, the semi-autobiographical story of a young Irish boy who struggles with family, country, and religion to …

The Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Version 2)

Read by Peter Dann

Joseph Conrad

Today, we're likely to react to the title of this novella, on whose 'sincerity of expression' Conrad was willing to stake his artisitic repu…

The Five Jars

Read by Peter Yearsley

M. R. James

The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently wri…

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

Read by Peter Yearsley

M. R. James

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a medieval scholar; Provost of King’s College, Cambridge. He wrote many of his ghost stories to be rea…

The Charterhouse of Parma

Read by Peter Dann

Stendhal

In an astounding act of literary improvisation, Stendhal dictated this complex and innovative novel, combining political and psychological r…

Bible (KJV) 18: Job (version 2)

Read by Peter Tucker

King James Version

Job was a prosperous landowner who encountered a series of misfortunes, leading him to question himself and his relation to his God. A gran…

Breaking Point

Read by Peter Eastman

James Edwin Gunn

Machines are infallible. Humans are not. The crew of The Ambassador knew their ship could not possibly fail, but what of themselves? And how…

The Rookeries of London

Read by Peter Yearsley

Thomas Beames

Rev. Thomas Beames (1815 – 1864) was a preacher at St. James, Westminster in London. He compiled his own eye-witness accounts of the most no…