Anthony Ogus

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Anthony Trollope - Three Clerks (version 2)

Romance and crime in the mid-19th century British Civil Service. In this early novel,Trollope draws on his own experiences as a junior clerk in the General Post Office to provide an entertaining and moving account of...

Anthony Ogus 21 hours 50 minutes

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General Fiction

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H. G. Wells - New Machiavelli

About a political idealist who changes his colours and engages in a sexual adventure, this novel by H.G. Wells generated controversy when it was first published in 1911. — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 16 hours 41 minutes

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Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson

Travel & Geography

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James Boswell - Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson

An anecdotal account of the journey undertaken by James Boswell and Samuel Johnson to the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides Islands — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 12 hours 8 minutes

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507

H. G. Wells - Kipps

Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. Wanting to marry above his social class, he has to learn how to lead a...

Anthony Ogus 11 hours 55 minutes

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Arnold Bennett - Riceyman Steps

Arnold Bennet's masterly novel is a gritty tale about a bookseller whose life and love of a woman are afflicted by miserliness. It is set in London's characterful Clerkenwell district shortly after the First World...

Anthony Ogus 11 hours 31 minutes

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Travel & Geography

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D. H. Lawrence - Sea and Sardinia

A travel book describing a journey taken by Lawrence and his wife Frieda (whom he refers to as the Queen Bee) by sea from Sicily to Sardinia and then in the interior of that island ( Anthony Ogus)

Anthony Ogus 8 hours 51 minutes

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General Fiction

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H. G. Wells - Love and Mr Lewisham

The teaching profession, science and politics in late 19th century England. H. G. Wells’ humorous early novel, drawing on his own life, shows how these – as well as involvement in spiritualism – have to compete with...

Anthony Ogus 7 hours 47 minutes

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*Non-fiction

518

Charles Dickens - Pictures from Italy

e: Dickens takes time off his novels to give an account of travels which he and his family undertook in France and Italy. There are vivid descriptions of the places, but also of the people and their lives. (Summary...

Anthony Ogus 7 hours 43 minutes

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General Fiction

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Anthony Trollope - Eye for an Eye

A short but typical Trollope romance in which a young nobleman is torn between love for an impoverished Irish girl and the expectations of his family that he will marry someone suitable for inheriting an Earldom —...

Anthony Ogus 7 hours 13 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Anthony Trollope - Nina Balatka

A romance set in Prague between a Catholic and a Jew. In this short novel, Trollope moves away from his usual milieu to explore a theme which has universal resonance. — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 7 hours 6 minutes

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General Fiction

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Rose Macaulay - Non-Combatants and Others

Through a variety of experiences of the effects of the First World War, an art student is drawn into pacifism. Rose Macaulay's satirical novel is passionate, and witty — Summary by Anthony Ogus

Anthony Ogus 6 hours 51 minutes

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Romance

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Anthony Trollope - Golden Lion of Granpere

Time to do a short Continental trip with Trollope and see if we agree with Walpole. "...not only Trollope's very best shorter book, but one of the most charming idylls in English literature. — .. It has all the...

Barry O'Neill and 3 more 6 hours 32 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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