Nigel Boydell

13 books

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Humorous Fiction

452

John Kendrick Bangs - Genial Idiot

John Kendrick Bangs once again takes us on a journey with the loveable, but somewhat self-opinionated and irritating Mr Idiot. (Summary by Michele Eaton)

Nigel Boydell and 6 more 3 hours 45 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

562

Barry Pain - If Winter Don't

Barry Pain's parody takes a sharp knife to ASM Hutchinson's best selling novel 'If Winter Comes'. We follow the professional and marital decline of long suffering (and loving it), Luke Sharper, as his marriage to...

Nigel Boydell 1 hour 55 minutes

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Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

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Barry Pain - Marge Askinforit

A rollicking parody of the Margot Asquith memoirs, in which Pain's character, Marge, beguiles us with the most personal details of her dysfunctional family, and delights in relating every cringing, if not wholly...

Nigel Boydell 2 hours 12 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

476

Barry Pain - Eliza

A gentle, yet deliciously humourous series of anecdotes following the life of the main character and his wife, Eliza. Full summary to follow. (Summary by Nigel Boydell)

Nigel Boydell 2 hours 21 minutes

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Humorous Fiction

411

J. Thorne Smith, Jr. - Biltmore Oswald

The hilarious diary of a young man's recruitment into, and service in a navy, which, though well equipped and disciplined, remains woefully ill prepared for his arrival and dubious contribution. (Introduction by Nigel...

Nigel Boydell 3 hours 31 minutes

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Children's Fiction

419

Frank V. Webster - Bob the Castaway

Frank V Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the 1930s. Bob the...

Nigel Boydell 4 hours 29 minutes

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General Fiction

485

George Gissing - Paying Guest

George Gissing was one of the most accomplished writers of realism in the Victorian Era. Also The Paying Guest is a great example of realism, which closely pictures the class struggles of the time. The Novel opens...

Nigel Boydell and 4 more 2 hours 36 minutes

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Detective Fiction

441

Anna Katharine Green - Dark Hollow

The small town of Shelby is shaken by a brutal murder. A man by the name of Etheridge was found beaten to death. A local inn-keeper, is convicted and executed for the crime. Many years later, «a woman in purple» shows...

Ernst Pattynama and 7 more 9 hours 35 minutes

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Poetry

536

Short Poetry Collection 097

This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2011.

Winston Tharp and 18 more 1 hour 5 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

416

John C. Hutcheson - Ghost Ship

This book intentionally veers in and out of the supernatural, as the title implies. The officers get more and more bewildered as they work out their position, and yet again encounter the same vessel going in an...

Richard Kilmer and 4 more 8 hours 30 minutes

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Family

496

Frances Hodgson Burnett - Fair Barbarian

The setting is a small English village in the 19th century. When her niece shows up on her doorstep unexpectedly, a quiet spinster finds her life turned upside down. (Summary by Linda Andrus)

Linda Andrus and 13 more 4 hours 21 minutes

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Single Author Collections

449

Heywood Broun - Seeing Things at Night

This Book is a collection of humorous short stories which describe the comedy in everyday things and situations. (Summary by Carolin)

Barry Eads and 6 more 6 hours 55 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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