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The Oaken Heart

by Margery Allingham, Georgina Sutton ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

Margery Allingham, already a successful crime writer, was living quietly in the Essex village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy (‘Auburn’) when the Second World War broke out. Her house became an Air Raid Wardens’ post and a First Aid centre, and Allingham herself became responsible for 275 East London evacuees in a rural community of just over 600. Commissioned by American publishing friends to recount what ... Read more

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Margery Allingham, already a successful crime writer, was living quietly in the Essex village of Tolleshunt D’Arcy (‘Auburn’) when the Second World War broke out. Her house became an Air Raid Wardens’ post and a First Aid centre, and Allingham herself became responsible for 275 East London evacuees in a rural community of just over 600. Commissioned by American publishing friends to recount what
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The Complete Mapp and Lucia, Volume 2

Mapp and Lucia, Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia

by E.F. Benson, Georgina Sutton ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Series series Mapp and Lucia
Unabridged

27 hours 55 min

Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio. ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio.
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Between the Acts

by Virginia Woolf ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

5 hours 42 min

Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf’s last novel, was finished in November 1940 and shortly afterwards delivered to her publisher Hogarth Press. The following March she committed suicide.Between the Acts is often an overlooked work in her oeuvre because she did express her intention to revise it before publication, though in the event this never happened. So it comes as a surprise to find that, while ... Read more

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Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf’s last novel, was finished in November 1940 and shortly afterwards delivered to her publisher Hogarth Press. The following March she committed suicide.Between the Acts is often an overlooked work in her oeuvre because she did express her intention to revise it before publication, though in the event this never happened. So it comes as a surprise to find that, while
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray, Georgina Sutton ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

32 hours 18 min

Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing: ‘I think I could become a good woman, if I had £5,000 a ... Read more

$34.99 USD

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Vanity Fair, with its rich cast of characters, takes place on the snakes-and-ladders board of life. Amelia Sedley, daughter of a wealthy merchant, has a loving mother to supervise her courtship. Becky Sharp, an orphan, has to use her wit, charm, and resourcefulness to escape from her destiny as a governess. This she does ruthlessly, musing: ‘I think I could become a good woman, if I had £5,000 a
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The Lays of Marie de France

by Marie de France ...

Narrated by David Rintoul, Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

5 hours 6 min

The 12 Lays of Marie de France offer one of the most striking collections of short narrative poems of the 12th century - two centuries before Chaucer.Written in Anglo-French, they contain beguiling and entertaining stories of love and romance, of chivalry and adventure with sometimes even a magical twist. They are especially unique in early literature by being ascribed to a female poet, Marie de ... Read more

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The 12 Lays of Marie de France offer one of the most striking collections of short narrative poems of the 12th century - two centuries before Chaucer.Written in Anglo-French, they contain beguiling and entertaining stories of love and romance, of chivalry and adventure with sometimes even a magical twist. They are especially unique in early literature by being ascribed to a female poet, Marie de
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The Complete Mapp and Lucia, Volume 1

Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp and Lucia in London

by E.F. Benson, Georgina Sutton ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Series series Mapp and Lucia
Unabridged

26 hours 42 min

Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio. ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Sharply observant and wickedly funny, E.F. Benson’s six ‘Mapp and Lucia’ novels satirise the upper-middle-class social climbers in 1920s and ’30s rural England. Games of bridge and cups of tea fuel hilarious gossip and vindictive plots a-plenty. It is a masterfully sustained spotlight on the minutiae of village life a clever and ultimately heart-warming series that seems tailor-made for audio.
... Read more
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Uncle Silas

by Sheridan Le Fanu, Georgina Sutton ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

17 hours 10 min

The sinister Madame de Rougierre is employed as governess to the young Maud Ruthven, bringing with her a dark cloud of impending doom that hangs over the whole household. The governess eventually leaves, in possession of a dark secret, but that is not the end of her, much to Maud’s dismay. Maud is later orphaned and sent to live with Uncle Silas, a man with a mysterious and scandalous past, and ... Read more

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The sinister Madame de Rougierre is employed as governess to the young Maud Ruthven, bringing with her a dark cloud of impending doom that hangs over the whole household. The governess eventually leaves, in possession of a dark secret, but that is not the end of her, much to Maud’s dismay. Maud is later orphaned and sent to live with Uncle Silas, a man with a mysterious and scandalous past, and
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The Praise of Folly/Against War

by Desiderius Erasmus ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton, Leighton Pugh ...

Unabridged

6 hours

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) was known as Prince of the Humanists - though a theologian, a Catholic priest and the leading European scholar of his time. A close friend of Sir Thomas More, Erasmus' writings had a strong influence on the growing movement for change in Christian Europe, both Lutheran and the Counter-Reformation. These two essays are among his most important - and well ... Read more

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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) was known as Prince of the Humanists - though a theologian, a Catholic priest and the leading European scholar of his time. A close friend of Sir Thomas More, Erasmus' writings had a strong influence on the growing movement for change in Christian Europe, both Lutheran and the Counter-Reformation. These two essays are among his most important - and well
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The Pillow Book

by Sei Shōnagon ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 9 min

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthrals with its lively gossip, witty observations and subtle impressions.Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world ... Read more

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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthrals with its lively gossip, witty observations and subtle impressions.Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world
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The Common Reader

"Volume 2"

by Virginia Woolf ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

Do not think, because this collection of essays is titled Volume 2, that there is anything lesser or additional to it. Here is Virginia Woolf at her most entertaining and informative, relishing the portraits and insights she presents as she surveys a varied collection of individuals in English society and English literature.The subjects range from the Elizabethans to Thomas Hardy, and then ... Read more

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Do not think, because this collection of essays is titled Volume 2, that there is anything lesser or additional to it. Here is Virginia Woolf at her most entertaining and informative, relishing the portraits and insights she presents as she surveys a varied collection of individuals in English society and English literature.The subjects range from the Elizabethans to Thomas Hardy, and then
... Read more
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The Great Poets Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ...

Narrated by Rachel Bavidge, Georgina Sutton ...

Series series The Great Poets
Abridged

1 hour 17 min

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (18061861) and Christina Rossetti (18301894) were both regarded as the female poet laureates of their time, and between them their writings spanned almost the entire Victorian age, from the end of Romanticism to the beginnings of Modernism. This selection of their shorter works contains all the major themes that animated them social justice, faith, love and mortality and ... Read more

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (18061861) and Christina Rossetti (18301894) were both regarded as the female poet laureates of their time, and between them their writings spanned almost the entire Victorian age, from the end of Romanticism to the beginnings of Modernism. This selection of their shorter works contains all the major themes that animated them social justice, faith, love and mortality and
... Read more
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The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot ...

Narrated by Georgina Sutton ...

Unabridged

20 hours 2 min

'Love is natural; but surely pity and faithfulness and memory are natural too. And they would live in me still, and punish me if I did not obey them.'An epic novel spanning an entire decade, The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot's timeless exploration of identity, class and desire.A powerful coming-of-age narrative, Eliot's novel follows Maggie Tulliver, a bright, passionate girl based by the ... Read more

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'Love is natural; but surely pity and faithfulness and memory are natural too. And they would live in me still, and punish me if I did not obey them.'An epic novel spanning an entire decade, The Mill on the Floss is George Eliot's timeless exploration of identity, class and desire.A powerful coming-of-age narrative, Eliot's novel follows Maggie Tulliver, a bright, passionate girl based by the
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