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Maria Edgeworth - Castle Rackrent

«One of the most inspired chronicles written in English» was the verdict of William Butler Yeats on the novel Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth which was first published in 1800. It is recognised as the first true...

NoelBadrian 5 hours 7 minutes

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Plays

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George Farquhar - Constant Couple

George Farquhar, the author of this comedy, was the son of a clergyman in the north of Ireland. He was born in the year 1678, discovered an early taste for literature, and wrote poetic stanzas at ten years of age. In...

2 hours 22 minutes

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Satire

482

Aristophanes - Acharnians (Billson Translation)

Loaded with cryptic, nearly indecipherable inside jokes and double entendres, this early comedy of Aristophanes has a simple, anti-war premise that resounds down the centuries. On flimsy pretexts, greedy politicians...

Expatriate 1 hour 35 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Curiosities of Street Literature

This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The collection contains sensationalist and sometimes comical stories about...

Ed Humpal and 27 more 21 hours 22 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

759

Aldous Huxley - Crome Yellow, Version 2

Fascinating and brilliant at many levels, Huxley's spoof of Lady Ottoline Morrell's famous bohemian gatherings is difficult to categorize. The ironic tone and caricaturish rendering of some characters makes it partly...

Expatriate 6 hours 4 minutes

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Satire

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H. G. Wells - Wonderful Visit

An other-worldly creature visits a small English village, and H. G. Wells uses humour and satire to convey some of the imperfections of Victorian society, as ‘angel’ and humans view each other with equal...

Mary Bard 4 hours 59 minutes

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Literary Fiction

543

Ivan Goncharov - Common Story

Alexander Fedoritch Adouev is the naïve, pampered son of Anna Pavlovna, a provincial landowner. He decides to go off to Saint Petersburg, not only to make his mark upon society but also to fulfill his two rosy...

Expatriate 10 hours 36 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin - Family of Noblemen

Meet the Golovliovs, the ultimate dysfunctional family. In the difficult transition years before and after the liberation of Russia’s serfs, the Golovliovs are a gentry family ill-equipped to face the adaptations...

Expatriate 11 hours 23 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

463

F. Anstey - Bayard from Bengal

The estimable gentleman, Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, ESQ., B.A., travels from his native India to England, with his impeccable English and manners, which immediately mark him as a foreigner, and embarks on an enviable...

Don W. Jenkins 2 hours 17 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

468

W. S. Gilbert - Mikado, Or The Town Of Titipu

In this recording, one person reads the entire play, all parts, including the stage directions. Even without the support of Arthur Sullivan’s music and the interpretation of actors, the consummate silliness of...

David Wales 1 hour 33 minutes

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Crime & Mystery Fiction

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George Barr McCutcheon - Yollop

Mr. Crittenden Yollop makes friends with the man who came to burglarize his home and sets out to help him return to where he really wants to be...prison. This humorous satire takes a somewhat different look at...

Barry Eads 1 hour 59 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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May Sinclair - Tysons

Another frank May Sinclair exploration of fin de siècle English love and sex, marriage and adultery, «The Tysons» is the story of the caddish Nevill Tyson and his beautiful but frivolous young wife Molly. Sinclair...

Expatriate 4 hours 56 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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