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Victorian Poetry - Volume 1
- By: Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, G. K. Chesterton
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned - Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten - Patmore, Newbolt, Synge. And some are barely noted - Lyall, Meynell and Merdeith. But together they encompass a great poetical age.
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Victorian Poetry - Volume 1
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Series: Victorian Poetry, Book 1
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 22-02-19
- Language: English
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A Body of Horrific Evidence - A Short Story Collection
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
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The human form is familiar to all of us. We like limbs connected to bodies. Writers of the dark and macabre are not too concerned if that remains the case. Indeed limbs, or rather pieces of the body, sometimes are best written about when not connected. It’s one of our greatest fears. It quite rightly riddles us with a very unsettling feeling. So why then do we turn the page? We’re about to find out.
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A Body of Horrific Evidence - A Short Story Collection
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 27-04-20
- Language: English
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Rudyard Kipling was one of the most popular writers of prose and poetry in the late 19th and 20th century, and awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1907. Born in Bombay on 30 December 1865, as was the custom in those days, he and his sister were sent back to England when he was 5. The ill-treatment and cruelty by the couple who they boarded with in Portsmouth, Kipling himself suggested, contributed to the onset of his literary life
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 19-10-23
- Language: English
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The Poetry of November
- A Month in Verse
- By: William Wordsworth, Herman Melville, Sara Teasdale, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 43 mins
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November - the 11th month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, when the land becomes bleaker, harsher but no less beautiful for that. For our poets, including Hood, Arnold, Melville, Alford, and Hardy, there is much to write and comment on.
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The Poetry of November
- A Month in Verse
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 43 mins
- Release date: 16-09-11
- Language: English
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MR James
- The Short Stories
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: Garard Green, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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M R James is widely regarded as THE master of the ghost story. His stories abound with spectres skulking in the shrubbery, in shadowy corners and dark recesses. 'The Mezzotint' is a whimsical and apparently supernatural tale of art on the move; a dying man devises a gruesome plan for testing his heirs in 'The Tractate Middoth', and something is lurking under the bedclothes in 'Rats'.
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MR James
- The Short Stories
- Narrated by: Garard Green, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-05-10
- Language: English
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F Scott Fitzgerald: The Pat Hobby Stories
- By: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 53 mins
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In these four semi-autobiographical stories Fitzgerald highlights some of the absurdities of Hollywood. They feature Pat Hobby, a down-on-his-luck scriptwriter. In the course of his adventures neither the stars, producers nor, least of all, the writers are spared from Fitzgerald's demolishing wit. These superb examples of short fiction succeed in mocking both success and failure as they deliver their sting with deadly humour.
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F Scott Fitzgerald: The Pat Hobby Stories
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 53 mins
- Release date: 12-05-10
- Language: English
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The Poetry of Wind and Rain
- By: William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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When the wind blows and the rain lashes, our emotions can become dulled and our thoughts depressed but sometimes these swirling conditions can excite and invigorate. Whether we shut the door physically or delight in watching nature's displays, we cannot ignore the weather. It’s the natural topic of conversation for the British. Summer breezes and spring showers can elevate our senses, bringing a thump to the heart, a grin to the face and an abandon to immerse yourself in nature's ever changing wonders.
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The Poetry of Wind and Rain
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 15-01-19
- Language: English
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The Romantics - Volume 1
- By: William Blake, Robert Burns, John Clare
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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Romanticism was a new movement in philosophy and the arts that began in the late 18th century when major political events shook the world, such as the French Revolution and American independence. It marked a distinct contrast to the prevailing Enlightenment ideals and in poetry represented a more personal intuitive, emotional and meditative expression with a back-to-nature imperative. It subsequently altered the way in which we perceive poetry and beyond as well as defining our own modern sensibilities to the arts.
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The Romantics - Volume 1
- Narrated by: Nigel Planer, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 19-03-19
- Language: English
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Christmas
- In Stories and Poetry
- By: William Wordsworth, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Christinas Rossetti, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Christopher Ragland, Tim Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
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Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters, are with us every day. Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas seem amplified; we seem more tender to their touch, their words. In this volume we take the verse and poems of our classic poets and put them alongside our short story masters to reveal a Christmas that everyone remembers and that everyone wants to be part of.
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Christmas
- In Stories and Poetry
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Christopher Ragland, Tim Graham
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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John Galsworthy - The Short Stories
- By: John Galsworthy
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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John Galsworthy was born in Kingston Upon Thames in Surrey, on August 14th 1867. The family was wealthy and well established. John was schooled at Harrow and New College, Oxford, before training as a barrister. But law was not for him. Galsworthy first published in 1897 with a collection of short stories entitled The Four Winds. Initially he published as John Sinjohn, but after the death of his father in 1904 he published as John Galsworthy. Much of his early work was as plays for which he dealt with social issues and the class system.
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Engaging detail and trenchant social observation
- By alison scott on 29-04-20
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John Galsworthy - The Short Stories
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-04-20
- Language: English
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The Poetry Hour, Volume 3
- Time for the Soul
- By: Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, William Wordsworth
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr
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Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.
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The Poetry Hour, Volume 3
- Time for the Soul
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Series: Time for the Soul, Book 3
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 21-09-16
- Language: English
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Gothic Tales of Terror: Volume 4
- By: Rudyard Kipling, Edith Nesbit, H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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This collection of short stories contains several gothic tales to bear macabre and chilling witness to writers as diverse as HP Lovecraft, Rudyard Kipling and Edith Nesbit. These tales are designed to unsettle you, just a little, as you sit back, and take in their words as they lead you on a walk to places you’d perhaps rather not visit on your own. Our stories are “Reanimator” by H. P. Lovecraft, “The End of the Passage” by Rudyard Kipling and “From the Dead” by Edith Nesbit.
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Gothic Tales of Terror: Volume 4
- Narrated by: Garrick Hagon, Richard Mitchley
- Series: Gothic Tales of Terror, Book 4
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 26-04-12
- Language: English
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The Poetry of England, Volume 1
- By: William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, William Blake, and others
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport, Nigel Planer, Jan Francis, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
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The English language has grown into the world’s pre-dominant spoken language, containing over one million words. Its sources are rich and diverse, having absorbed words from other cultures and times without hesitation. With such talents as Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Kipling, Blake, and many other classic poets using this most flexible language to render their thoughts and visions, it is no wonder that the beauty and reach of English entrances us.
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The Poetry of England, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport, Nigel Planer, Jan Francis, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 3 mins
- Release date: 15-10-10
- Language: English
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Charles Dickens - A Walk in His Footsteps
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Emma Parker, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Many people dream of being a fly on the wall or, even better, a companion and friend to the great artists of the day. We cannot offer you quite that, but we can take you on a walk through parts of London that will give you a real sense and feel of the world of Dickens and its impact upon himself, his characters and his stories. Your tour guide is Emma Parker, and the book extracts are read by Richard Mitchley.
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Charles Dickens- A walk in his footsteps.
- By Glittergirl on 23-12-20
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Charles Dickens - A Walk in His Footsteps
- Narrated by: Emma Parker, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-02-19
- Language: English
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Thomas Hardy: The Short Stories
- By: Thomas Hardy
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Many giants of literature originate from the shores of these emerald isles: Shakespeare, Dickens, Chaucer, The Bronte sisters, and Austen. Most people would willingly add the name Thomas Hardy to that list. Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess Of the D’Urbervilles, and The Mayor of Casterbridge are but three of his literary masterpieces. Lesser known, yet equally impressive, are his short stories. Enjoy this delightful collection, read for you by Richard Mitchley.
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Thomas Hardy: The Short Stories
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 14-04-12
- Language: English
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Ruydyard Kipling: The Ghost Stories
- By: Rudyard Kipling
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Robbie McNab
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
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Rudyard Kipling: great Victorian, great writer of empire, great man. From The Jungle Book to The Man Who Would Be King to a great and voluminous body of poetry, featuring works of the calibre of "If" and "On The Road To Mandalay", here shows us another facet of his truly incredible talent: ghost stories. Collected for your listening pleasure are a selection of chilling, disturbing, but always entertaining stories from a man at the top of his craft and always aware of his effect on the minds of us mere mortals.
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Enjoyable spooky listen
- By Panda on 03-01-17
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Ruydyard Kipling: The Ghost Stories
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Robbie McNab
- Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 14-04-12
- Language: English
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Blackout
- By: Robert Swindells
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
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It’s September 1939 and Britain has just entered the Second World War. But in the small town of Golfodd there are no bombs, no soldiers and no machine guns. For Tom, Mary, Gary and Dil the whole thing is a disappointment. They want excitement. But they aren’t looking for trouble, so when they start shadowing the mysterious new woman in town, they don’t expect it to lead them down to the bottom of the old, rotten mines of Golfodd. Then things get dark and dangerous...
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Blackout
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-07-11
- Language: English
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Katherine Mansfield - The Short Stories - Volume 1
- By: Katherine Mansfield
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. This volume is dedicated to one such recognised master of the short story, namely Katherine Mansfield, whose innovative stream of consciousness and symbolic narrative style profoundly influenced Virginia Woolf. She was born on 14th October 1888 into a prominent family in Wellington, New Zealand, the middle child of five. A gifted cellist who at one point considered taking it up professionally, her first attempts at writing were published in school magazines.
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Katherine Mansfield - The Short Stories - Volume 1
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Eve Karpf, Ghizela Rowe
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-04-19
- Language: English
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Humour - A Short Story Collection
- By: J. M. Barrie, Jerome K. Jerome, Mark Twain
- Narrated by: James Taylor, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
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The British, it is often said, have a stiff upper lip and a dry sense of humour. It's true, we usually do, and in the case of this perfect compendium of short stories we absolutely do. Listen to our Scottish raconteur J. M. Barrie and English wits Jerome K. Jerome and Edward Lear for perfect proof of that. But humour is many things and from many places, so we also feature Mark Twain, our very talented American friend, to complete this rather witty and clever volume of short stories.
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Humour - A Short Story Collection
- Narrated by: James Taylor, Richard Mitchley
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 28-02-19
- Language: English
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The Graveyard Poets
- By: Thomas Gray, Thomas Dermondy, Hannah Cowley
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
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The Graveyard Poets, also known as 'Churchyard Poets' or 'the Boneyard Boys' began in pre-Romantic days with a leaning towards gloom, melancholy and the general decay of churchyards. It should be remembered that in the 18th century city graveyards were a teeming mass of overcrowding and disease, their country brethren better but hardly idylls of worship. What would eventually lead to the Gothic literary genre began, in the main, with reflections by Christian clergymen upon God, mortality and the assumed afterlife.
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The Graveyard Poets
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 24-01-19
- Language: English
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