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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The Classic Novelists

The top ten short stories written by classic novelists.

by Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, F Scott Fitzgerald, Louisa May Alcott, Anthony Trollope, Elizabeth Gaskell, Fyodor Dostovesky, James Joyce, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Jim Norton, Laurel Lefkow ...

Unabridged

7 hours 36 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

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Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The British 19th Century

The top ten short stories of the 19th Century written by British authors.

by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, Elizabeth Gaskell, J M Barrie, Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

8 hours 39 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - British Men

The top ten short stories of all time written by British male authors.

by Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, D H Lawrence, G K Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Saki, W F Harvey, W W Jacobs ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

The top 10 short stories of all time written by British male authors.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The top 10 short stories of all time written by British male authors.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - Ghost Men

The top ten ghost stories written by male authors.

by W W Jacobs, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, M R James, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

6 hours 43 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
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British Short Story, The - Volume 2 – Mary Diana Dods to Sheridan Le Fanu

by Mary Diana Dods, Charles Dickens, Sheridan Le Fanu ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Tom McLean, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

9 hours 51 min

These British Isles, moored across from mainland Europe, are more often seen as a world unto themselves. Restless and creative, they often warred amongst themselves until they began a global push to forge a World Empire of territory, of trade and of language.Here our ambitions are only of the literary kind. These shores have mustered many masters of literature. So this anthology’s boundaries ... Read more

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These British Isles, moored across from mainland Europe, are more often seen as a world unto themselves. Restless and creative, they often warred amongst themselves until they began a global push to forge a World Empire of territory, of trade and of language.Here our ambitions are only of the literary kind. These shores have mustered many masters of literature. So this anthology’s boundaries
... Read more
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Top 10 Short Stories, The - The English Authors of the South East

The top ten Short Stories of all time written by English authors born in the South East

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, Jake Urry ...

Unabridged

6 hours 21 min

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will ... Read more

$27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will
... Read more
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Devil in the Fog & The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Two Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations

by Leon Garfield, Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Joe Dempsie, Ian Holm, Tim McMullen, Mark Payton, Full Cast, Moir Leslie, Simon Treves ...

Unabridged

6 hours 14 min

A full-cast historical mystery by award-winning author Leon Garfield, plus his captivating conclusion to The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensLeon Garfield was the renowned author of more than 30 novels for children and adults. He won numerous awards for his work, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Inspired by Charles ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

A full-cast historical mystery by award-winning author Leon Garfield, plus his captivating conclusion to The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles DickensLeon Garfield was the renowned author of more than 30 novels for children and adults. He won numerous awards for his work, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Inspired by Charles
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Oxford Bookworms Library Level 3: A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens, Clare West, Jennifer Bassett, Tricia Hedge ...

Series Book 3 - Oxford Bookworms Library
Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says – just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future – and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget. ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says – just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future – and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.
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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Ian Pringle ...

Unabridged

3 hours 23 min

A Christmas classic written by Charlies Dickens. Narrated by Ian Pringle. This production includes original music by UK-based folk duo, Intarsia. A festive feast for your ears, heart, and mind. ... Read more

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A Christmas classic written by Charlies Dickens. Narrated by Ian Pringle. This production includes original music by UK-based folk duo, Intarsia. A festive feast for your ears, heart, and mind.
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Little Dorrit

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Ian McKellen, Kenneth Cranham, Margaret Tyzack, Sophie Thompson ...

Unabridged

4 hours 45 min

The youngest child of debtor William Dorrit, Amy is born in Marshalsea prison. She and her father are befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs 'little Dorrit' as a seamstress. The fortunes of the Dorrits undergo an extreme change when Williams inherits a fortune, and the family move to Italy. Back in England, Arthur Clennam finds himself the victim of a massive fraud and ends up in ... Read more

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The youngest child of debtor William Dorrit, Amy is born in Marshalsea prison. She and her father are befriended by Arthur Clennam, whose mother employs 'little Dorrit' as a seamstress. The fortunes of the Dorrits undergo an extreme change when Williams inherits a fortune, and the family move to Italy. Back in England, Arthur Clennam finds himself the victim of a massive fraud and ends up in
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Signalman, The

From their pens to your ears, genius in every story

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Ian Holm ...

Unabridged

31 min

Charles Dickens is a name that dominates the landscape of English literature. From his early years of hardship he rose to become one of the great novelists of any age. But amongst his other talents were that of short story writer, turning his pen to many subjects and genres as well as travel articles, speaking tours and as an advocate for social justice. He was also amongst the first to ... Read more

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Charles Dickens is a name that dominates the landscape of English literature. From his early years of hardship he rose to become one of the great novelists of any age. But amongst his other talents were that of short story writer, turning his pen to many subjects and genres as well as travel articles, speaking tours and as an advocate for social justice. He was also amongst the first to
... Read more
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Charles Dickens - Chapter & Verse

Poetry and prose together from literary greats.

by Charles Dickens ...

Narrated by Ian Holm, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 24 min

Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life.An author’s ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure.In this series we look at some of our ... Read more

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Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life.An author’s ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure.In this series we look at some of our
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