Browse audiobooks narrated by Mark Rice-Oxley, listen to samples and when you're ready head over to Audiobooks.com where you can get 3 FREE audiobooks on us
Showing 48 of 60 audiobooks, 48 of them with the narrator named.
"The Fab Four, the most beloved band of all time, join the ranks of this New York Times bestselling biography series about heroes, for ages 5 to 9. They began as Johnny and the Moondogs, and they weren't very good. But these teens who loved music more than anything kept working at their craft and playing on any small stage they could find. And eventually they became the most recognizable, most influential rock and roll band of all time. How? Through dedicated teamwork, shared passion, and love. They knew that the best music is the music you make together! This friendly, fun biography series inspired the PBS Kids TV show Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum. One great role model at a time, these books encourage kids to dream big. Included in each audiobook are: • A timeline of key events in the hero's history • Childhood moments that influenced the heroes • Facts that make great conversation-starters • A virtue these heroes embody: This book celebrates the importance of teamwork. You'll want to collect each title in this dynamic, informative series!"
Brad Meltzer (Author), Imani Jade Powers , Joe Jameson , Julian Elfer , Mark Rice-Oxley , Ralph Lister , Will Watt (Narrator)
Scary Stories for Teenagers
"Classic stories that are the original form of horror movies. In that extraordinary time between childhood and adulthood are those years that most parents dread; The Teenage Years. Hormones rage, personalities can become belligerent, lives are lived in partial secrecy as their brains undergo re-wiring and their bodies shoot out in all sorts of places. How then to find stories they can engage with? There’s an easy answer. The same way we as adults engage. Great stories told by great authors. In this volume we can tick both boxes with the bonus that the stories are actually about them. Our classic authors including Marjorie Bowen, Gustav Meyrink, Kenneth Grahame, Thomas Hardy and many others bring all facets of this genre into needle-sharp focus. 01 - Scary Stories for Teenagers - An Introduction02 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson03 - The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde - Part 2 by Robert Louis Stevenson04 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving05 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens06 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 1 by Edgar Allan Poe07 - The Fall of the House of Usher - Part 2 by Edgar Allan Poe08 - The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood09 - The Cats of Ulthar by H P Lovecraft10 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs11 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki12 - The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce13 - The Room in the Tower by E F Benson14 - The Ash Tree by M R James. wav15 - August Heat by W F Harvey16 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 1 by John Willaim Polidori17 - The Vampyre. A Tale - Part 2 by John Willaim Polidori"
Algernon Blackwood , Charles Dickens , E F Benson , Edgar Allan Poe , H.P. Lovecraft , John Willaim Polidori , M.R. James , Robert Louis Stevenson , Saki , W F Harvey , W W Jacobs , Washington Irving (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley , William Dufris (Narrator)
Audiobook · 9 hrs 20 mins
Short Stories About Regret
"Characters dwelling on the past for better or worse .An action is taken. It may be as the result of balanced thought or on a mere whim or impulse. But once taken many of these actions cannot be disregarded or ignored. They have set in motion effects and consequences. Some may be harmless or just minor irritations, but others can have long-lasting consequences that bring regret and the thought of what might have been. In this volume our classic authors Sherwood Anderson, Katherine Mansfield, D H Lawrence and many others bring narratives that bring regret and its’ aftermath in many shades and hues. 1 - Short Stories About Regret - An Introduction2 - Regret by Guy de Maupassant3 - About Love by Anton Chekhov4 - Winter Dreams by F Scott Fitzgerald5 - A Modern Lover - Part 1 by D H Lawrence6 - A Modern Lover - Part 2 by D H Lawrence7 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson8 - The Second Generation by Algernon Blackwood9 - The Lady's Maid by Katherine Mansfield10 - The Omnibus by Arthur Quiller-Couch11 - A Painful Case by James Joyce12 - The Grave by Guy de Maupassant"
Algernon Blackwood , Anton Chekhov , Arthur Quiller-Couch , D.H. Lawrence , F Scott Fitzgerald , Guy De Maupassant , James Joyce , Katherine Mansfield , Sherwood Anderson (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Eric Meyers , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 5 hrs 2 mins
Short Stories About Trickery & Deception
"Tales of manipulation, broken promises and tests of faith. As a general rule we are a trusting lot. You say something and, whilst I might disagree, I believe you are acting in good faith. Of course this may be just the beginning of a ruse. If I trust you I might let down my guard, I might seek to share and to create a bond between us. But, if you can’t be trusted, if you have an ulterior motive I might lose out. In the hands of authors such as Maxim Gorky, Ella D’Arcy, Rudyard Kipling, Ivan Turgenev and may others reality may not be what it quite seems. 1 - Short Stories About Trickery & Deception - An Introduction2 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 1 by Rudyard Kipling3 - The Man Who Would Be King - Part 2 by Rudyard Kipling4 - Chelkash - Part 1 by Maxim Gorky5 - Chelkash - Part 2 by Maxim Gorky6 - Chelkash - Part 3 by Maxim Gorky7 - Souls Belated by Edith Wharton8 - The She-Wolf by Saki9 - Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet by O Henry10 - The Wooing of Pastor Cummings by Georgia F Stewart11 - Mrs Packletide's Tiger by Saki12 - As the Crow Flies by John Davys Beresford13 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft14 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev15 - Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy16 - The Connoisseur by Perceval Gibbon17 - The Kiss by Kate Chopin18 - The Hired Baby, A Romance of the London Streets by Mary Mackay writing as Marie Corelli19 - The Open Window by Saki20 - Revenge by Samuel Blas21 - Cheating The Gallows by Israel Zangwill22 - Putois by Anatole France23 - Post Mortem by Barry Pain"
Anatole France , Barry Pain , Edith Wharton , Ella D'Arcy , Georgia F Stewart , H.P. Lovecraft , Israel Zangwill , Ivan Turgenev , John Davys Beresford , Kate Chopin , Mary Mackay Writing As Marie Corelli , Maxim Gorky , O Henry , Perceval Gibbon , Rudyard Kipling , Saki , Samuel Blas (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley , Warren Keyes (Narrator)
Audiobook · 11 hrs 13 mins
Richard Marsh - A Short Story Collection
"Richard Bernard Heldmann was born on 12th October 1857, in St Johns Wood, North London. By his early 20’s Heldmann began publishing fiction for the myriad magazine publications that had sprung up and were eager for good well-written content. In October 1882, Heldmann was promoted to co-editor of Union Jack, a popular magazine, but his association with the publication ended suddenly in June 1883. It appears Heldman was prone to issuing forged cheques to finance his lifestyle. In April 1884 he was sentenced to 18 months hard labour. In order to be well away from the scandal and the damage that this had caused to his reputation Heldmann adopted a pseudonym on his release from jail. Shortly thereafter the name ‘Richard Marsh’ began to appear in the literary periodicals. The use of his mother’s maiden name as part of it seems both a release and a lifeline.A stroke of very good fortune arrived with his novel ‘The Beetle’ published in 1897. This would turn out to be his greatest commercial success and added some much-needed gravitas to his literary reputation. Marsh was a prolific writer and wrote almost 80 volumes of fiction as well as many short stories, across many genres from horror and crime to romance and humour. His unusual characters, plotting devices and other literary developments have identified his legacy as one of the best British writers of his time. Richard Marsh died from heart disease in Haywards Heath in Sussex on 9th August 1915. He was 57."
Richard Marsh (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 37 mins
"Sax Rohmer was born on February 15th, 1883 as Arthur Henry Sarsfield in Birmingham to working class parents.Rohmer started his career as a civil servant but soon had ambitions to change careers and write full time.Not content with just fiction he wrote poetry, songs as well as comedy sketches for music hall performers. From these varied beginnings he reinvented himself as Sax Rohmer.He first published in 1903, age 20, with the short story ‘The Mysterious Mummy’ in the magazine Pearson’s Weekly. At this stage his early influences are easy to spot as he pays homage to both Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with his contemporaries Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, Rohmer claimed membership to a popular (among creatives) faction of the qabbalistic Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (a Western esoteric tradition involving mysticism, Gnosticism, and the occult. It is the underlying philosophy and framework for magical societies such as the Golden Dawn).His career, at this point, is one of transitioning from his earlier genres and short stories, the latter of which were in demand from the plethora of weekly and monthly magazines that were hungry for content and paid relatively well, to full length novels.In 1909 he married Rose Elizabeth Knox to whom he would remain married until his death half a century later.He published his first book Pause! anonymously in 1910 and followed this in 1911 with a stint as ghost-writer on the autobiography of Little Tich, the stage name of the famous 4’ 6” music hall entertainer Harry Relph.The serialization of his first Fu Manchu novel, The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, from October 1912 to June 1913 brought him instant success. Though today his works are seen as morally flawed at the time the fast-paced story of Denis Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie facing the worldwide conspiracy of the ‘Yellow Peril’ meant only one thing. Sequels.The first three Fu Manchu books were published between 1913–1917. These books were also turned into two successful serials for the cinema by Stoll in the 1920s. (Stoll was based at its own film studios located in Cricklewood, in NW London, which operated from 1920 to 1938 and was owned by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his Stoll Pictures, which also operated from Surbiton Studios. The studio was the largest in Britain at the time. It was later used for the production of quota quickies. In 1938 the studios were sold off for non-film use. Sir Oswald Stoll is perhaps better known as a theatre owner.)Rohmer then put the character on hiatus whilst he attended to other works and characters. It was only after a 14-year absence in 1931 that Rohmer added a fourth to the series with The Daughter of Fu Manchu after pressure from both the Colliers Magazine and for the marketing opportunity about to be unveiled by the Paramount film The Mysterious Dr Fu Manchu, the first talkie version of his works. Rohmer's first effort at reviving the Fu Manchu property was eventually reworked as The Emperor of America as Rohmer was unhappy both with the book as outlined and as it finished. In the meantime, he tried to focus his creative abilities on what was first titled Fu Manchu's Daughter in 1930, but with an older, and knighted, Nayland Smith as the protagonist once more. The results were far superior and jump-started the series back to commercial prominence.In the 28 years from 1931 to 1959, Rohmer added no fewer than 10 new books to the Fu Manchu series, creating thirteen in total and, posthumously, a fourteenth with the collection The Wrath of Fu Manchu.The Fu Manchu series drew a lot of criticism both from the Chinese government and Chinese communities for what was seen as negative and ethnic stereotyping. Whilst many critics say they were products of their time that does not avoid the conflict with modern day sensibilities.Any writer would base a character on a friend or acquaintance and Rohmer was no different. He had made friends with the escapologist Harry Houdini, who wrote to him praising his book The Romance of Sorcery. From this relationship sprang his mystery-solving magician character Bazarada based on Houdini.One book that stands alone in Rohmers’ works is The Orchard of Tears (1918). There are no villains or far-flung locations; instead, there are gentle rabbits and lambs in pastoral settings together with a great deal of philosophical musing, an antidote it seems to the previous few years. The incredible commercial success of Fu Manchu had brought Rohmer both fame and fortune and he wanted to use both to allow him to explore and create other characters as well as other interests.In The Quest of the Sacred Slipper (1919) terror arrives on Britain’s shores when an ego ridden archaeologist happens upon one of Islam's holiest relics—the sacred slipper of the prophet Mohammed. Until it is returned to its rightful people, the Hassan of Aleppo vows his reign of death and destruction shall not cease. Behind these inhuman outrages dwells a secret group of fanatics and not even the best of Scotland Yard detectives seem able to apprehend them.Tales of Chinatown (1922) is a collection of ten stories that first appeared in magazines. It includes a story considered one of his best; "Tcheriapin." The story "The Hand of the Mandarin Quong" was rewritten for this. It had been first published as "Hand of the White Sheikh" but Rohmer changed the setting to a Chinatown background and published it as "The Mystery of the Shriveled Hand" the title then changed for this collection.Rohmer also wrote several novels of supernatural horror, including Brood of the Witch-Queen, which has been described as Rohmer's masterpiece.Unfortunately, despite his ability to generate income, Rohmer lacked the skills to properly manage his wealth and made several very poor business decisions that hobbled him throughout his career. His final success came with a series of novels featuring a female variation on Fu Manchu, Sumuru. This series would run to five novels.Ironically, given that today some of Rohmer’s actions are seen as bordering on racism, his works were banned in Nazi Germany and Rohmer complained loudly that he could not understand such censorship, stating "my stories are not inimical to Nazi ideals".After World War II, Rohmer and his wife moved to New York, only returning to London shortly before his death. Sax Rohmer died on June 1st, 1959, due to an outbreak of influenza, ironically named "Asian Flu".His wife, Rose Elizabeth, together with Cay Van Ash, her husband's former assistant, wrote a biography of Rohmer, Master of Villainy, published in 1972."
Sax Rohmer (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"Richard Ellis-Roberts was born in 1879. In his literary career he was primarily a writer and translator and for short spells the literary editor of the New Statesman and Time and Tide. His short stories frequently investigate dark and malevolent forces.He died in 1953."
R Ellis Roberts (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"John Ferguson was born on the 18th August 1881 in Stirling in Scotland.He attended the High School there and little other information is available. It is known that he worked primarily in the banking industry. His literary canon is exceedingly small, this being the only volume of his poems ever published. What is known is that he suffered from ill-health and these poems were written whilst in a sanitorium.The book itself was very successful after its publication in 1912, with at least 14 editions published during his lifetime.John Ferguson died on the 8th March 1928 and is buried in the cemetery at Stirling Castle. He was 46."
John Ferguson (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"Joseph Conrad was born on 3rd December 1857 in Berdychiv in the Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. His birthplace had been part of Poland which its neighbours dismembered into their own Empires.Conrad’s early years were spent in constant movement, his father was politically active and frequently in trouble trying to help re-ignite a Polish state which meant arrests and exile and the young Conrad himself suffered from ill-health, spending a year at a retreat in Kyiv recovering. By 11 he was orphaned. His education was mainly private and although he was a voracious reader, he was a poor academic student. Now, being raised by an uncle who wanted Conrad to have a worthwhile job, it was hoped that a merchant-marine career might bring out the best of him.At 16 he was sent to Marseille to embark on that adventure. Conrad himself was determined to be both a sailor and a great writer.Life on board a ship was full of adventures and experiences which included gun-running and close quarter encounters with political conspiracies.By his mid 30’s Conrad had returned to shore permanently to add his prodigious literary talents to full time writing. Although he wrote with a comprehensive command in English his spoken English was often cited as ‘horrible’. He was now also a British Citizen. Conrad brought to English Literature both narrative mastery, compelling prose and fully formed characters as well as a deeper examination of the human psyche in a wealth of work. He wrote many novels, short stories, nonfiction, and memoirs which are rightly regarded today as some of the finest in English literature. Jospeh Conrad died on the 3rd August 1924 at Bishopsbourne, Kent in England. He was 66."
Joseph Conrad (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 23 mins
"Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin was born on the 30th August 1797 in Somers Town, London.Her mother, the famous feminist philosopher, educator, and writer Mary Wollstonecraft died when Mary was only 11 days old and she was raised by her father, the philosopher, novelist, journalist, and perpetually in debt, William Godwin.Though Mary received little formal education her father taught her a broad range of subjects and added to her bright and curious personality she easily absorbed a good and broad education.In July 1814, after conducting a secret affair with the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, who had earlier promised to pay off yet another round of her father’s business debts, the pair eloped to France. Within two months, penniless and pregnant they returned to England.Her husbands’ affairs caused her frequent heartbreak but despite all the travails, including the loss of her own child, Shelley’s recent inheritance gave them the opportunity to journey again to Europe.It was here that ‘Frankenstein’ was born and established Mary’s own name in literature.Her life hereafter was plagued with loss; the death of two further children and then her husband in a boating accident. Her writing continued through novels, travel pieces and biographies. Her short stories, some based in Europe, tackle difficult situations and genres as well the obstacles that women were burdened with in society. Her editorship of her late husband’s poetry was also widely praised. Mary’s radical politics continued to guide her journey throughout her life but, by 1840, illness had begun to haunt her years, depriving her of energy and vigour. Mary Shelley died on the 1st February 1851, at Chester Square, London of a suspected brain tumour. She was 53."
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"Stefan Zweig was born on the 28th November 1881 in Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and into a wealthy Jewish family with interests in banking and textiles.He studied philosophy at the University of Vienna and achieved his degree in 1904.Zweig first published in 1900 and two decades later was a popular and highly regarded author in many parts of the world, although not in England. During the Great War he served in the Archives of the Ministry of War and supported Austria's war effort through his writings in the ‘Neue Freie Presse’. Whilst his work praised his Country’s progress and, on occasions, its excesses and massacres, he later claimed, in his memoir, that he was a pacifist.In 1912 he began an affair with the married, and mother or two, Friderike Maria von Winternitz, but it was only in 1920 that circumstances allowed them to marry. She took care of much of his business interests and supported him artistically. In this decade too many of his most famous works including the short stories; ‘Amok’, and ‘Letter from an Unknown Woman’ (filmed in 1948 by Max Ophüls), novels; ‘Confusion of Feelings’ and biographies including that on Marie Antoinette (filmed by MGM in 1938) were published.He was also the librettist with Richard Strauss of two operas and a keen collector of autographed musical manuscripts. His collection of over two hundred pieces was later donated to the British Library. In 1934, Zweig, as a Jew, and finding life very difficult under his anti-Semitic government and the neighbouring Nazi’s persuaded him to leave Austria for England. In 1940 Zweig, now divorced and married to his second wife, and former secretary, Lotte Altmann, left London and via New York moved to Petrópolis, a German-colonized town 50 miles north of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Although he continued to write he became, along with his wife, increasingly depressed about the situation in Europe and the future for humanity, His memoir ‘The World of Yesterday’ was completed on the 22nd February 1942.The following day the Zweig’s were found in their house dead of a barbiturate overdose, holding each other’s hand. He was 60."
Stefan Zweig (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"Frederick George Loring was born in 1869. He was an English naval officer and writer, and an early expert in wireless telegraphy.As a writer his talents extended to both poetry and the short story; ‘The Tomb of Sarah’ being a classic of the genre.He died in 1951"
F G Loring (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
The End of the World
"Simon Newcomb was born in 1835. He was a Canadian-American astronomer, applied mathematician and autodidactic polymath. He was fluent in several languages, and also published several popular science books, a science fiction novel and short stories.He died in 1909."
Simon Newcomb (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
A Collector’s Company
"Richard Henry Malden was born in 1879. During his career he was a prominent Anglican churchman, editor, classical and Biblical scholar, as well as a writer of ghost stories.He died in 1951."
R H Malden (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"Amyas Stafford Northcote was born in 1864 to an aristocratic family.His literary career was mainly centered on one book ‘In Ghostly Company’ which, at the time, were favourably compared to those of M R James.He died in 1923."
Amyas Northcote (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
When Time Stood Still
"William James Wintle was born in 1861. His talents extended to journalism and writing.He wrote and worked for various magazines and was later the director of a publishing house.He was deeply interested in nature and was a member of many societies as well as a celebrated collector of shells.He died in 1934."
W J Wintle (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
The Man with the Roller
"Edmund Gill Swain, born in 1861, was an English cleric and author. As a chaplain of King's College, Cambridge, he was a colleague of the scholar and author M R James.Swain is best known for his 1912 short story collection ‘The Stoneground Ghost Tales’. He died in 1938."
E G Swain (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Aylmer Vance and the Vampire
"Alice Askew (born in 1874) along with her husband, Claude (born in 1865) wrote over 90 novels and short stories in various magazines between 1904 and 1918.Alice and Claude both died on 6th October, 1917."
Alice & Claude Askew (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
The House of the Black Evil
"This story was printed with some fanfare in Pearson’s Magazine and lauded for its originality. Despite its success the author is as mysterious now as he was then. Did he write other stories? No one knows."
Eric Purves (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Spinechillers - An Anthology of Fear
"Sometimes we want to be a little scared when we hear a story. Our nerves to tingle, the hair on our necks to gradually stand up.We can suspend our own reality for a while as authors lay out their wares of anxiety, worry, tension, and then increase the levels one by one until we are gripped by forces that make us afraid. It’s a real feeling. In this volume story after story assault our senses with mere words, with thoughts and descriptions that twist and deceive, with outcomes that we dread and shudder at the thought of. 1 - Spinechillers - An Anthology of Fear - An Introduction2 - The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe3 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens4 - The Music on the Hill by Saki5 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman6 - The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft7 - Man Size In Marble by Edith Nesbit8 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs9 - Dog or Demon by Dorothy Havers10 - Caterpillars by E F Benson11 - The Beast With Five Fingers by W F Harvey12 - Smee by A M Burrage13 - The Dead Smile by F Marion Crawford14 - The Ash Tree by M R James.wav15 - The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood16 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson17 - Thurnley Abbey by Perceval Landon18 - Satan's Circus by Lady Eleanor Smith"
Edgar Allan Poe (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 10 hrs 27 mins
3 Stories - Horror Stories in Letters
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Horror Stories in Diaries02 - The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle03 - The Horla by Guy de Maupassant04 - The Tomb of Sarah by F G Loring"
Rhoda Broughton , Sheridan Le Fanu , Vernon Lee (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick , Ghizela Rowe , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 3 hrs 14 mins
3 Stories - Horror Stories in Diaries
F G Loring , Guy De Maupassant , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Author), Ian Holm , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 1 min
3 Stories - Love Stories About Regret
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Love Stories About Regret02 - The Other Woman by Sherwood Anderson03 - A Modern Lover - Part 1 by D H Lawrence04 - A Modern Lover - Part 2 by D H Lawrence05 - About Love by Anton Chekhov"
Anton Chekhov , D.H. Lawrence , Sherwood Anderson (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Eric Meyers , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 20 mins
3 Stories - Set in Summer
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Set in Summer02 - August by Bruno Schulz03 - August Heat by W F Harvey04 - Kew Gardens by Virginia Woolf"
Bruno Schultz , Virginia Woolf , W F Harvey (Author), Ghizela Rowe , Janet Fullerlove , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Absurd02 - The Nose by Nikolai Gogol03 - The Astounding Adventure of Wheeler J Calamity, Related by Himslef by W S Gilbert04 - The Crocodile. An Extraordinary Incident - Part 2 by Fyodor Dostoyevsky"
Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Nikolai Gogol , W S Gilbert (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 3 mins
3 Stories About - Social Experiments
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Social Experiment02 - The Million Pound Bank Note by Mark Twain03 - The Bet by Anton Chekhov04 - An Unexpected Fare by Mary Tuttiett writing as Maxwell Gray"
Anton Chekhov , Mark Twain , Mary Tuttiett (Author), Eric Meyers , Mark Rice-Oxley , Tom McLean (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 16 mins
3 Stories - Success at What Cost
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Success At What Cost02 - How Much Land Does A Man Need by Leo Tolstoy03 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy04 - A Sucessful Rehearsal by Anthony Hope"
Amy Levy , Anthony Hope , Leo Tolstoy (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Ghizela Rowe , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 12 mins
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories - Irony02 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant03 - The Gift of the Magi by O Henry04 - The Monkey's Paw by W W Jacobs"
Guy De Maupassant , O Henry , W W Jacobs (Author), Christopher Ragland , Jake Urry , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 3 mins
3 Stories - Tragic 19th Century Love
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Tragic 19th Century Love02 - The Sixth Bench by Robert Barr03 - No 5 Branch Line. The Engineer by Amelia Edwards04 - The Wedding Eve by Morley Roberts"
Amelia B. Edwards , Morley Roberts , Robert Barr (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 16 mins
3 Stories - Supernatural Set in India
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Supernatural Set in India02 - The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling03 - A Witch's Den by Helena Blavatsky04 - To Let by B M Croker"
B M Croker , Helena Blavatsky , Rudyard Kipling (Author), Janet Fullerlove , Mark Rice-Oxley , Robbie McNab (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 57 mins
3 Stories About - Appearance Vs Reality
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears."
Anton Chekhov , E T A Hoffman , Washington Irving (Author), Eric Meyers , Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 41 mins
3 Stories About - Class & Status
"There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.From their pens to your your ears.01 - 3 Stories About - Class and Status02 - The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield03 - The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant04 - The Lost Reflection by E T A Hoffman"
E T A Hoffman , Guy De Maupassant , Katherine Mansfield (Author), Eve Karpf , Jake Urry , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 13 mins
Wonder Of Women - Murder Stories
"Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many. In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the rules and do as you were told. Many did.But whilst male society sought to place obstacles in the path to equality, it could not deny their literary talents, which many times they circumvented by using male pseudonyms. However, the soaring sales of magazines and periodicals during the Victorian Age meant they had voracious appetites for literature, whatever the sex of its gender.Dozens of authors appeared to fill the need. Narratives had new ideas. Characters were emboldened by societal changes and the female voice taking responsibility.The women included here are talents that dazzle. Put them up against anyone and they rise to the top. Whether they remain with an avid readership today or faded to obscurity with the passing of the times their quality remains undimmed. 1 - Women of Wonder - Murder - An Introduction2 - The Murder In Saltashe Woods by Baroness Orczy3 - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell4 - In The Dark by Edith Nesbit5 - Was It An Illusion. A Parson's Story by Amelia Edwards6 - Mrs Raeburn's Waxwork by Lady Eleanor Smith7 - Talma Gordon by Pauline E Hopkins8 - A Twin Identity by Edith Stewart Drewery9 - Why Herbert Killed His Mother by Winifred Holtby10 - The Octoroon's Revenge by Ruth D Todd11 - An Expiation by Arabella Kenealy12 - Water Running Out by Ethel Lina White13 - Ben Pitcher's Elly by Mary E Mann14 - No 5 Branch Line. The Engineer by Amelia Edwards15 - The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad by Baroness Emmuska Orczy16 - The 4.15 Express by Amelia Edwards"
Amelia B. Edwards , Arabella Kenealy , Baroness Emmuska Orczy , Baroness Orczy , Edith Nesbit , Edith Stewart Drewery , Ethel Lina White , Lady Eleanor Smith , Mary E Mann , Pauline E Hopkins , Ruth D Todd , Susan Glaspell , Winifred Holtby (Author), Laurel Lefkow , Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 9 hrs 10 mins
The Soul of a Policeman
"Richard Barham Middleton was born on the 28th October 1882 in Staines, Middlesex.His education was primarily at Cranbrook School in Kent before he began work as a clerk, in 1901, at the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation in London. There he struggled with constraints and boundaries and by night he took to a bohemian lifestyle. Middleton moved into rooms in Blackfriars and joined the New Bohemians club where his literary contacts grew.He became an editor at Vanity Fair where he told a fellow editor, the notorious Frank Harris, that he wanted to pursue a career as a poet. Shortly afterwards Harris published Middleton’s poem ‘The Bathing Boy’.As an author he is most remembered for his short ghost stories.Richard Middleton died on 1st December 1911. He was 29."
Richard Middleton (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Baroness Orczy - A Short Story Collection
"Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, or more familiarly, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, was born on the 23rd September 1865, in Tarnaörs, Heves County, Hungary.The family lived in their ancestral home; a great, rambling farmhouse on the river Tarna. Orczy’s memories of the time were of sophisticated parties, sparkling conversation, joyful dancing and gypsy music. But fear of a peasant uprising meant moving to Budapest and then many years of semi-nomadic travels across Europe.Arriving in London in 1880 Orczy, aged 15, studied painting and, a few years later, had some pictures exhibited at the Royal Academy.London, she now felt, was home, her spiritual birthplace. Art school also provided a husband; the young illustrator, Montague Barstow, the son of an English clergyman. Determined to prove herself as a writer she plunged headlong into a writing career shortly after her son’s birth. In a mere five weeks she wrote the adventure classic ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’. Originally rejected, she re-worked it as a successful play. It was then published as a best-selling book in 1905 and later a very successful movie. Politically Orczy was a conservative with an unwavering belief in the superiority of the aristocracy and of the British Empire. During World War I, she formed the Women of England's Active Service League, tasked with recruiting female volunteers "to persuade every man I know to offer his service to his country". In the coming years the family lived on an estate in Kent, in a tasteful London home and an extravagant villa in Monte Carlo. All the while Orczy’s pen wrote novels, short stories, plays, translations and, eventually, her autobiography. Baroness Orczy died on the 12th November 1947 at Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire. She was 82."
Baroness Orczy (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 51 mins
Cheese - Bait For The Beast
"Ethel Lina White was born on the 2nd April 1876 in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, in Wales.Her family were wealthy due to her father’s invention of a waterproofing material used, initially, for the London Underground.Ethel started writing when she was only a child and published essays and poems in children’s papers. She was also a talented artist.As an adult she began to write short stories and, some years later, she started writing novels. At the time she was working for the Ministry of Pensions in London but resigned in order to accept an advance of ten pounds and begin a career as a novelist. It was this determination that helped her become one of the best-known crime writers in the English-speaking world during the 1930’s and 40’s.Perhaps her best-known books are the ‘The Lady Vanishes’ and ‘The Spiral Staircase’ both of which were originally entitled differently but were republished with new names after being filmed. Whilst today she lacks attention, in her day she was as popular and as highly regarded as Agatha Christie.Ethel Lina White died in London on the 13th of August 1944 of ovarian cancer. She was 68.In her will she made a bizarre condition in order for her sister to receive her estate of £5737. It read: "I give and bequeath unto Annis Dora White all that I possess on condition she pays a qualified surgeon to plunge a knife into my heart after death." In life she had a fear of being buried alive."
Ethel Lina White (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
3 Stories About - Thieving for the Greater Good
Alexander Kuprin , Vincent Blasco Inanez , Willa Cather (Author), Christopher Ragland , David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 34 mins
3 Stories About - Disapproving Fathers
Elizabeth Gaskell , Leo Tolstoy , Stephen Crane (Author), Eric Meyers , Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 26 mins
3 Stories About - Life After Death
Edith Wharton , Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Gertrude Atherton (Author), Laurel Lefkow , Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
3 Stories About - Railworkers
Alexander Pushkin , Amelia B. Edwards , Vsevelod Garshin (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 50 mins
3 Stories About - Caves
C J Cutliffe Hyne , John Buchan , W J Wintle (Author), Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 36 mins
3 Stories - Occult Mysteries
Algernon Blackwood , Amyas Northcote , Eric Purves (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 8 mins
3 Stories - Early 20th Century Stories about Photographs
E G Swain , Luigi Pirandello , S Mukerji (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Ghizela Rowe , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
3 Horror Stories - About Body Parts Gaining Powers
A J Alan , F Marion Crawford , W F Harvey (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Mark Rice-Oxley , Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 2 hrs 35 mins
3 Christmas Stories - Ghost
Algernon Blackwood , Clara Venn , Hugh Walpole (Author), Elliot Fitzpatrick , Marie-Pierre , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 24 mins
3 Christmas Stories - Horror
Ethel Lina White , R H Benson , Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Lisa Bowerman , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
3 Christmas Stories - Supernatural Thrillers
Algernon Blackwood , Ethel Lina White , R H Benson (Author), Lisa Bowerman , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 35 mins
3 Christmas Stories - Scary
Algernon Blackwood , Ethel Lina White , W W Jacobs (Author), David Shaw-Parker , Lisa Bowerman , Mark Rice-Oxley (Narrator)
Audiobook · 1 hr 40 mins
©PTC International Ltd T/A LoveReading is registered in England. Company number: 10193437. VAT number: 270 4538 09. Registered address: 157 Shooters Hill, London, SE18 3HP. Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer
The National Year of Reading starts here. Join thousands of families and schools supporting reading for pleasure across the UK.