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University of Oxford Podcasts

The Duchess of Wrexe

Read by Simon Evers


Hugh Walpole


Rachel, a spirited young girl, has to choose between Francis Breton, her difficult cousin who has been disowned by the family, and Roddy Sed…

The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

Read by Rob Marland


Oscar Wilde


Wilde's short story about an attempt to uncover the identity of Mr. W. H., the dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets, was first published in Bl…

Short Story Collection Vol. 095

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A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. In this, the 95th volume of Short Stories, we delve …

Novelle

Read by Gesine


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Die Fürstin ist auf einem Spazierritt, als auf einem Jahrmarkt, auf dem auch wilde Tiere ausgestellt sind, ein Feuer ausbricht. Ein ent…

Barnaby Rudge

Read by Debra Lynn


Charles Dickens


A wayside tavern where the local men drink and gossip; an unsolved, twenty year old murder at a nearby mansion; a very talkative black raven…

Vera; or the Nihilists

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Oscar Wilde


Vera; or, The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the story of Vera Zasul…

A Romance of the Moors

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Mona Caird


Dick Coverdale is secretly betrothed to his neighbor, the beautiful Bessie Saunders. When a visitor to the area named Margaret Ellwood appea…

Canadian Fairy Tales

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Cyrus Macmillan


Professor Macmillan has placed all lovers of fairy tales under a deep debt of obligation to him. The fairy tale makes a universal appeal bot…

The Duchess of Padua

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Oscar Wilde


Guido Ferranti, a young man, travels to Padua with his friend Ascanio after receiving a mysterious letter from a stranger, claiming to know …

Oscar Wilde from Purgatory

Read by Rob Marland


Hester Travers Smith


Hester Dowden, who wrote under the name Hester Travers Smith, was an Irish spiritualist medium. She claimed to have communicated with the sp…

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 3 (1895-1897)

Read by Rob Marland


Oscar Wilde


This third collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote from prison. It begins with notes of thanks to t…

The Magi

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William Butler Yeats


LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 different recordings of The Magi, by William Butler Yeats to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany. This was …

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 5 (1898-1900)

Read by Rob Marland


Oscar Wilde


This fifth and final collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes many letters to his friend, Robert Ross, and a long letter abo…

A Florentine Tragedy and La Sainte Courtisane

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Oscar Wilde


Two short fragments: an unfinished and a lost play. A Florentine Tragedy, left in a taxi (not a handbag), is Wilde’s most successful attempt…

Mervyn Wall Unfortunate Fursey


SANWAL


The Unfortunate Fursey   based on the novel by Mervyn Wall   Adapted by Christina Reid When Satan invades a medieval monastery, he…

One-Act Play Collection 018

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Here, in our 18th collection, are 10 One Act Plays for your enjoyment. They range from a 1663 Moliere to a 1922 Percival Wilde, from "a…

More Magnificient Monague


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At last there are more of the Magnificient Montigue. Just thot I'd share what I have also

Short Story Collection Vol. 086

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Various


A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. Old favorites, such as Oscar Wilde, Lord Dunsany, St…

Meme

Read by Rob Cummins


Rob Cummins


Molly is a thought, an idea who is born to do one thing, to communicate herself into as many other minds as possible. However, things are no…

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