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Author: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 12
Duration 6h
William is back in a succession of stories 'dressed as a Red Indian, cooking an experimental mixture of treacle and lemonade in an old sardine tin', escaping from a wrathful shopkeeper by pretending to be a window dummy and turning the tables on his deadly rivals - the Hubert Lane Gang. William's long-suffering parents might not agree, but there is...
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Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 30m
Six 'Just William' stories for Christmas: 1. 'William and the Carol Singers', 2. 'A Busy Day', 3. 'William All The Time', 4. 'William's Christmas Eve', 5. 'The Outlaws Fetch The Holly', and 6. 'A Present from William'.
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 14
Duration 7h 30m
William Brown, the loveable rogue created by Richmal Crompton in the 1930s, is as well-received today as he was almost 80 years ago. This title includes stories such as: 'William and the Musician', 'Willaim Holds the Stage', 'The Outlaws and the Triplets', 'William and the Eastern Curse', 'The New Neighbour', 'Mrs. Bott's Hat', 'William and the Pri...
View BookAuthor: Rudyard Kipling
Format: Online
Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis, Richard Pasco, Liza Goddard
Duration 5h
This audiobook celebrates Kipling's truly prolific career. Sit back, relax and enjoy his poetry and stories including 'India and Empire', 'The Three Musketeers' and 'Mowgli's Brothers'.
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
Format: Online
Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesBlandings, Book 3
Duration 5h
Galahad Threepwood is causing scandal again... this time by deciding to not publish his potentially humiliating high-society memoirs. His decision causes rifts in the ranks at castle Blandings and all involved split into three camps: those who want the book suppressed, those who want it published, and those, who for some reason or another, have bee...
View BookAuthor: Frank Richards
Format: Online
Author Frank Richards
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h
Billy Bunter makes a surprising appearance in the Remove soccer team when Smithy the Bounder is sacked for the remainder of the term by the captain, Harry Wharton. Cripes! Following the usual order of chaos, this leads to the resignation of many members of the team in protest. Meanwhile, the Fat Owl of the Remove plots to booby trap Smithy in his s...
View BookDoctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion
Author: Malcolm Hulke
Format: Online
Author Malcolm Hulke
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 4h 7m
The Doctor walked slowly forward into the cul-de-sac. The giant dinosaur turned its head to focus on the midget now approaching... The Doctor aimed his gun to fire... suddenly from behind came a great roar of anger. He spun round - blocking the exit from the narrow street towered a Tyrannosaurus Rex, its savage jaws dripping with blood... The Docto...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 4h 31m
It's the beginning of the summer holidays and William and the Outlaws see an endless expanse of gloriously carefree days stretching ahead but how to fill them? The six classic adventures contained in this unabridged reading are: William and the Holiday Centre - William's Treasure Trove - William and the Cottage - William Tackles the Job - William a...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 5
Duration 2h 59m
Includes: William and the Russian Prince, William's Busy Day, William - The Great Actor, William and the White Elephants, Finding a School for William, William's Birthday, William Clears The Slums, Parrots for Ethel, William's Truthful Christmas, Boys Will Be Boys, William and the Ebony Hair-Brush, William and the Old Man in the Fog. Roar with laug...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 6
Duration 2h 41m
Includes: That Boy, The Bishop's Handkerchief, William and Uncle George, The Haunted House, William and St Valentine, April Fool's Day, Not Much, The Cure, William's Wonderful Plan, The Outlaws and the Penknife, William the Reformer, William's New Year's Day. Roar with laughter as the lovable rogue, hampered by the loathsome Violet Elizabeth, wreak...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 7
Duration 3h 40m
Now as famous on radio and audio as they are in print, the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown have been delighting both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Dou...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 8
Duration 2h 50m
Now as famous on radio and audio as they are in print, the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown have been delighting both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Dou...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 9
Duration 2h 48m
Now as famous on radio and audio as they are in print, the adventures of that irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown have been delighting both young and old for decades. Perpetually scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous, he is a lovable scamp whose pranks usually end in disaster - for his harassed elders at least. With friends Ginger, Dou...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
Format: Online
Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h 2m
Written in 1948 and made into a popular film the same year, Just William's Luck is the only novel Richmal Crompton wrote featuring her famous hero. The action takes place throughout one extraordinary day in William's life. It begins harmlessly enough in the old barn and soon develops into a riotous comedy-thriller as the invincible schoolboy hatche...
View BookAuthor: Charles Dickens
Format: Online
Author Charles Dickens
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 23m
Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless by his father's death and becomes a champion for the weak and ill-treated. Nicholas Nickleby is at once a moving and funny novel following the fortunes and misfortunes of an impetuous and high-spirited hero. Left penniless by his father's death, and protector of his sister Kate, Nicholas Nickleby becomes a true...
View BookAuthor: Charles Dickens
Format: Online
Author Charles Dickens
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 20m
Oliver Twist, the orphan, runs away to Victorian London to make his fortune... Oliver Twist is a family favourite at the same time as being a rather dark examination of the seedier side of life in Victorian London. An orphan, Oliver runs away to the big city, hoping to feel a sense of belonging and love. He falls in with a charismatic group of thi...
View BookAuthor: Charles Dickens
Format: Online
Author Charles Dickens
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 24m
Sydney Carton, a lawyer and wastrel, tries to redeem himself somewhere between Paris and London to make up for his mis-spent youth. A tale of two cities is considered by many to be Dickens' most thrilling novel. Whilst contrasting the tranquility of London with revolution-torn Paris, incident follows incident as Sydney Carton finally redeems himse...
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Format: Online
Author Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Narrator Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres
Duration 4h 54m
Charles and Mary Lamb revolutionized Shakespeare by re-writing the great Bard's plays into short stories, originally intended for children, in 1807. Since then, generations after generations of people have read and listened to their stories, which appeal just as much to adults as they do to children. Also good resources for students studying Shakes...
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb
Format: Online
Author Charles Lamb
Narrator Martin Jarvis, Rosalind Ayres
Duration 25m
This story makes Shakespeare's world-famous play accessible to everyone in Charles and Mary Lamb's acclaimed prose form. Ideal as a study aid for students, or as an introduction to the play's plot for any listener. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth plot to seat Macbeth as the king of Scotland, both of them knowing that they will have to get their hands very...
View BookAuthor: Charles Lamb
Format: Online
Author Charles Lamb
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 30m
An adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy in which hapless couples are forced into cross-dressing to avoid their loan-shark woes: Charles and Mary Lamb turn the master of all playwright's works to prose to great effect.
View BookAuthor: Gyles Brandreth
Format: Online
Author Gyles Brandreth
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 31m
The famous writer's trials are detailed with interest and compassion. A fascinating blend of fact and fiction, This Oscar Wilde double bill offers significant insight into one of the world's most significant literary figures. Oscar Wilde was ruined by a notorious libel case and two years in reading prison. The 'trials' part of the pack is recorded...
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