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In The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

Read by Brendan Hodge


James Boswell


Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…

Queen Elizabeth

Read by Brendan Stallard


Edward Spencer Beesly


A biography of Queen Elizabeth the First, the last monarch of the Tudors. (Summary by Brendan Stallard)

Montcalm and Wolfe

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Francis Parkman, Jr.


Francis Parkman (1823-1893) has been hailed as one of America's great nineteenth century historians, along with William Prescott, John Lothr…

The Old Régime in Canada

Read by Brendan Stallard


Francis Parkman, Jr.


Francis Parkman is an nineteenth century American historian. He devoted most of his life to a seven volume history of "The French and E…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 21)

Read by Brendan Stallard


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 21 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 5, Chapter 25)

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Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 5, chapter 25 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) and published after his death.To quote from the …

Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal

Read by Brendan Stallard



Life in the Grey Nunnery was first published in Boston, in 1857 by Edward P. Hood, who was credited as the book's editor. It is likely that …

Who Pays and Who Gains - Accountability of the State

In Mansfield College

Read by Margaret Hodge


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 06

In The Red Badge of Courage

Read by Dusty Hodge


Stephen Crane


This is a short novel published in 1895 and based vaguely on the battle of Chancellorsville of the American Civil War. Unlike other works on…

Ch. III: Rivers and Valleys, pt 1

In The Elements of Geology

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William Harmon Norton


Geology is a science of such rapid growth that no apology is expected when from time to time a new text-book is added to those already in th…

Chapter 7, Part 1

In The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi)

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Alessandro Manzoni


The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi) presents a kaleidoscope of individual stories, which are all tied together by the story of Lucia and Renzo,…

44 - The Philistines at the Parsonage

In Framley Parsonage

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Anthony Trollope


Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire", first published in se…

Letter 6

In Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

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Mary Wollstonecraft


Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-…