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Out of the Jaws

In Oriel College Chapel Services

Read by Lord Leslie Griffiths


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Skipper's Wooing

Read by Alan Lord


W. W. Jacobs


The crew of the ship come together in a syndicate to find the missing father of the lady whom their skipper should like to favour. Their res…

The Gentle Grafter

Read by Leslie Walden


O. Henry


If Jefferson "Parleyvoo" Pickens had appeared in print just a few years later, he might have been the "Gentle Grifter" i…

A Phantom Lover

Read by Anthony Leslie


Vernon Lee


A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in 1886. Set in a Kentish manor house, t…

Anna Karenina, Book 5

Read by Phil Griffiths


Leo Tolstoy


Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the

The Adventures of Gerard

Read by Phil Griffiths


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


These lesser known stories were penned by Conan Doyle during the period between killing off Sherlock Holmes in 1893 and reluctantly resurrec…

The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard

Read by Phil Griffiths


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The hero, Etienne Gerard, is a Hussar in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Gerard's most notable attribute is his vanity - he is u…

The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80, Part 1

Read by Phil Griffiths


Archibald Forbes


The First Anglo–Afghan War was fought between British India and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It was one of the first major conflicts durin…

The Duel

Read by Phil Griffiths


Anton Chekhov


The plot centres around Laevsky, who is living in a small seaside town in the Caucasus after running away with another man's wife, Nadyezhda…

Griffin's Daughter

Read by Leslie Ann Moore


Leslie Ann Moore


The humans of Soldara generally view the elves of Alasiri through a prism of superstition and hate; nevertheless, in the borderlands, both r…

Jesus College

Read by Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg


Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 05

In Virginia's Adventure Club

Read by Leslie


Grace May North


Following the adventures of a girls school as they form their adventure club. - Summary by Michele Eaton

Clancy of the Overflow

In Short Poetry Collection 006

Read by James Lord


A. B. and Andrew Barton Paterson


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 006: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

The Snowball That Didn’t Melt

In The Pearl Story Book: Stories and Legends of Winter, Christmas, and New Year's …

Read by Alan Lord


Ada M. Skinner


A collection of Christmas, Winter, and New Year tales and poems compiled by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner (Summary by RomaSingh)

The Magic Shop

In Short Story Collection Vol. 098

Read by Alan Lord


H. G. Wells


This is the 98th edition of Librivox Short Stories. Each story is selected and read by a Librivox volunteer. The french author Guy de Maupas…

The Black Mate

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 054

Read by Alan Lord


Joseph Conrad


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…