A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe was first published in March 1722. It's a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the bubonic plague struck the city of London, in what became known as the Great Plague of London, the last plague epidemic of the city. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings, and with frequent digressions and repetitions. Presented as an eyewitness account of the events at the time, it was...
Jun 24, 2022•2 hr 4 min
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe was first published in March 1722. It's a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the bubonic plague struck the city of London, in what became known as the Great Plague of London, the last plague epidemic of the city. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings, and with frequent digressions and repetitions. Presented as an eyewitness account of the events at the time, it was...
Jun 24, 2022•2 hr 13 min
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe was first published in March 1722. It's a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the bubonic plague struck the city of London, in what became known as the Great Plague of London, the last plague epidemic of the city. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings, and with frequent digressions and repetitions. Presented as an eyewitness account of the events at the time, it was...
Jun 24, 2022•1 hr 57 min
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe was first published in March 1722. It's a fictionalized account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the bubonic plague struck the city of London, in what became known as the Great Plague of London, the last plague epidemic of the city. The book is told somewhat chronologically, though without sections or chapter headings, and with frequent digressions and repetitions. Presented as an eyewitness account of the events at the time, it was...
Jun 24, 2022•2 hr 10 min
From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with a collection of artillerymen and war veterans left idle after the end of the American Civil War. The first proposal they come up with for something to do is to start a new war, but their leader, President Barbicane, puts forward a plan to send a projectile to the moon - for scientific purposes.The whole "Gun Club", as this Baltimore society calls itself, bursts into cheers, a...
Jun 22, 2022•47 min
From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with a collection of artillerymen and war veterans left idle after the end of the American Civil War. The first proposal they come up with for something to do is to start a new war, but their leader, President Barbicane, puts forward a plan to send a projectile to the moon - for scientific purposes.The whole "Gun Club", as this Baltimore society calls itself, bursts into cheers, a...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 3 min
From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with a collection of artillerymen and war veterans left idle after the end of the American Civil War. The first proposal they come up with for something to do is to start a new war, but their leader, President Barbicane, puts forward a plan to send a projectile to the moon - for scientific purposes.The whole "Gun Club", as this Baltimore society calls itself, bursts into cheers, a...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 8 min
From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with a collection of artillerymen and war veterans left idle after the end of the American Civil War. The first proposal they come up with for something to do is to start a new war, but their leader, President Barbicane, puts forward a plan to send a projectile to the moon - for scientific purposes.The whole "Gun Club", as this Baltimore society calls itself, bursts into cheers, a...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 7 min
From the Earth to the Moon: A Direct Route in 97 Hours, 20 Minutes is an 1865 novel by Jules Verne. The story begins with a collection of artillerymen and war veterans left idle after the end of the American Civil War. The first proposal they come up with for something to do is to start a new war, but their leader, President Barbicane, puts forward a plan to send a projectile to the moon - for scientific purposes.The whole "Gun Club", as this Baltimore society calls itself, bursts into cheers, a...
Jun 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min
"The House that Jack Built" is a standard of juvenile literature that delights children and adults alike with the increasingly lengthy sentences, stretched to the breaking point, that make up its narrative. Through a chain of events, beginning with a rodent eating some grain and culminating in a festive wedding, children learn that playing with grammar can be fun! You can read along with this recording here: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type2035.html Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/...
Jun 22, 2022•3 min
The Dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, in November, 1863, followed a few short months after the roiling, acrid clouds of gun smoke dissipated, leaving a little crossroads town in Pennsylvania heir to the human tragedy of over 7,000 corpses and 21,000 men suffering wounds. It was a most unnatural disaster. On November 19, the chief executive made the trip to the still-dazed, shot-torn community to deliver, almost as an afterthought (for he was not the keynote speaker), an address ...
Jun 22, 2022•3 min
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage - to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries....
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 21 min
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage - to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries....
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 30 min
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage - to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries....
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 13 min
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage - to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries....
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 22 min
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage - to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries....
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 33 min
While aimed at youths, this series of tales of the just-opening West makes a rollicking good story for adults, too. Three teen-age boys, trained as telegraphers, manage to get themselves in and out of a wide variety of harrowing circumstances. Using their knowledge of Morse code, the science of telegraphs, and the operation of railroads, the boys stir in native resourcefulness, quick-thinking, and when the occasion demands it, raw courage - to effect rescues, thwart thieves, and solve mysteries....
Jun 19, 2022•1 hr 21 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•4 hr 6 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•3 hr 54 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•3 hr 48 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•3 hr 56 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•4 hr 10 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•4 hr 34 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•4 hr 4 min
David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. Published in 1850, The story is told almost entirely from the point of view of the first person narrator, David Copperfield himself, and was the first of Dickens novels to be written as such a narration. The story follows the life of David Copperfield from childhood to maturity. David's father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother remarries but...
Jun 17, 2022•3 hr 58 min
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875-77. The story centers on an affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happ...
Jun 14, 2022•3 hr 25 min
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875-77. The story centers on an affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happ...
Jun 14, 2022•3 hr 20 min
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875-77. The story centers on an affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happ...
Jun 14, 2022•3 hr 19 min
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875-77. The story centers on an affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happ...
Jun 14, 2022•3 hr 22 min
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever written, Tolstoy himself called it his first true novel. It was initially released in serial installments from 1875-77. The story centers on an affair between Anna and dashing cavalry officer Count Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky that scandalizes the social circles of Saint Petersburg and forces the young lovers to flee to Italy in a search for happ...
Jun 14, 2022•3 hr 30 min
