Adam Bede, Chapters 3 and 4
Dinah declines Seth's proposal, which he bears meekly, and Adam finishes work his father, a drunk absent without explanation, has neglected.
Aug 09, 2012•55 min
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Adam Bede, Chapter 2
Dinah, a beautiful young Methodist woman, preaches an outdoor sermon to the villagers of Hayslope. Not ordained, but saintly, she speaks as one of them, about their commonplace struggles and temptations, and the solace of their redemption in Christ.
Nov 17, 2011•51 min
Chapter 1: The Workshop
We meet Adam and Seth Bede, and the other carpenters in Mr. Burge's shop as their work day ends. The time is late 18th century, in the rural English Midlands. They tease and quarrel over a young female Methodist who will preach on the green that evening.
Oct 04, 2011•20 min
The Cask of Amontillado
Anticipating the concept of "frenemy," Poe gives us vanity, self-righteousness, and terrible cruelty in revenge, as stone-hearted Montresor lures credulous Fortunato to his doom.
Nov 16, 2010•18 min
The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe
NOT recommended for children; Edgar Allan Poe's tale of increasing evil, alcoholism, and murder may haunt the listener as the cat haunted the protagonist.
Jun 24, 2010•27 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 33-35
Tom learns how Injun Joe died, he and Huck search for treasure, and adjust to "respectability."
May 12, 2010•37 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 31 and 32
Lost in gloom, almost without food, the only person Tom and Becky see after wandering many hours in the trackless cavern means death. Leaving the exhausted Becky, Tom at last sees sunlight through a passage to safety.
Mar 19, 2010•27 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 29 and 30
The Thatchers return, so Becky and Tom with a large group go on a picnic and cave exploration. Huck spies on dangerous men and averts an attack against an innocent woman. The day following the picnic, Tom and Becky are missing!
Mar 12, 2010•36 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 25-28
Tom & Huck set out to find treasure, first by digging, then looking into a haunted house, which holds danger and loot. What follows tests their courage still more...
Jan 20, 2010•44 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 22-24
Tom "reforms" for the sake of a gaudy uniform, falls ill for weeks, and returns to old habits with his chums. Muff Potter's trial approaches, Tom's testimony could keep him alive and free, but at risk of his own life from vengeful, violent Injun Joe.
Jan 08, 2010•23 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 18-21
Back at home, Tom shows uncanny insight about events that took place while he was supposedly "away." Aunt Polly questions his good nature, Becky Thatcher rejects and accepts him, and school comes to a resounding close for the summer.
Sep 27, 2009•49 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 14-17
Tom, Joe and Huck leave civilization behind, but notice a search for them. Tom spies on his family back home, but in spite of homesickness, storm, and trouble learning to smoke, the boys stay out until they have a chance to hear their own eulogies.
Aug 22, 2009•51 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 10-13
Witness of a murder makes a heavy burden for Tom and Huck. This brings Tom very low, Aunt Polly tries to cure him, and Tom doses the cat. Rejected in love, Tom turns to "piracy" with Huck and Joe.
Jul 17, 2009•51 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 7-9
Understanding between Becky and Tom is brief, driving Tom to consider life as an outlaw. When he and Huck visit the graveyard at midnight, drawbacks become all too clear.
Jun 09, 2009•40 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 5 and 6
At church, Tom's mind wanders, and he lets his "pinch bug" out of the box, to wander and make exciting friends. Monday Tom avoids school, fakes illness, talks with the outcast Huck Finn, and confesses. Punishment? To sit next to the admired new girl!
Apr 09, 2009•37 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 3 and 4
Tom tries for a little justice of his own, changes his affections, leads a small army, is unjustly punished, and wins a Bible by showing more scholarship than he actually has.
Apr 01, 2009•37 min
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Chapters 1 and 2
Tom tries to get the most out of life as a small boy in a small river town in Missouri before the Civil War, and his Aunt Polly tries to bring him up to responsible respectability, giving him the odious chore of whitewashing their board fence.
Mar 19, 2009•29 min
Bartleby the Scrivener, Part 2 of 2
Unable to get Bartleby to leave his office, the owner of the law firm moves the office instead. Bartleby remains in the old building until removed by the landlord, and is sent to the Tombs, a Manhattan prison.
Feb 01, 2009•52 min
Bartleby the Scrivener, Part 1 of 2
A phlegmatic lawyer who gets more business hires an additional copyist, or scrivener, in mid-19th century Manhattan. At first, work goes well, but Bartleby's quirks grow, upsetting the lawyer and his temperamental staff.
Nov 19, 2008•51 min
Heart of Darkness-Part III, Episode 6 of 6
Returning from the Inner Station, Marlow falls ill after Kurtz dies. Recovering, he is compelled to carry Kurtz's writings back to Europe, and to bring sympathy to his bereft fiancee, trying hard not to speak ill of the dead.
Nov 07, 2008•38 min
Heart of Darkness-Part III, Episode 5 of 6
The Russian trader explains Kurtz's overwhelming force of personality to Marlow. They find Kurtz desperately sick, but unwilling to leave the jungle and its people, and take him back on board the steamer regardless.
Sep 25, 2008•50 min
Heart of Darkness-Part II, Episode 4 of 6
At the Inner Station, Marlow finds violence, death, uncanny echoes of Kurtz's presence, and an odd trader, who informs him that the people fought to keep Kurtz with them.
Sep 16, 2008•43 min
Heart of Darkness-Part II, Episode 3 of 6
Marlow steams deeper into the jungle, to the Inner Station, growing more fascinated as he learns more of Kurtz, a man of remarkable abilities. Hunger follows the ship, whose crew are cannibals, with dense fog adding to the palpable tension.
Aug 21, 2008•41 min
Heart of Darkness-Part I, Episode 2
Marlow travels to central Africa, finds death, callous indifference, anxiety, and avarice instead of vaunted civilizing ideals in his employer's stations.
Aug 15, 2008•1 hr 4 min
Heart of Darkness-Part I, Episode 1
At a conference on board ship near London, an old sailor named Marlow recounts his decision to join a European trading company active in Africa.
Aug 06, 2008•36 min
A Room with a View- Chapters 19 & 20
Lucy has frustrating conversations with the Misses Alan and her mother, but a chance meeting with old Mr. Emerson helps her realize what she's tried to deny. The last chapter brings us back to Florence, and the room whose view started the tale.
Jul 06, 2008•52 min
A Room with a View-Chapter18
Mr. Beebe learns that Cecil's engagement to Lucy has been broken, as Cecil leaves Windy Corners. Without completely understanding her motives, he supports her plan to escape, by traveling to Greece with the elderly ladies they met in Florence.
May 09, 2008•36 min
A Room with a View-Chapters 16 & 17
Lucy, denying her feelings for George, throws him out, following lively discussion. She then breaks her engagement to Cecil, who behaves exasperatingly well.
Apr 30, 2008•35 min
A Room with a View-Chapters 14 & 15
Lucy refuses to face her feelings for George, as he and his father settle in the neighborhood. Cecil, oblivious, narrates a passage from a new novel clearly based on her encounter with George in Florence.
Apr 11, 2008•48 min
A Room with a View-Chapters 12 & 13
The Emersons arrive in the Summer Street neighborhood. Freddy and Mr. Beebe make friends with George, and Cecil falls further in the estimation of Lucy's mother.
Apr 01, 2008•42 min
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