Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649508 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales from the Arabian Nights: A BBC Radio 4 Drama Author: Colin Haydn Evans Narrator: James Tefler, Philip Anthony, Carolyn Backhouse, Geoffrey Banks, Mary Wimbush, John Baddeley, Simon Carter, Rachel Atkins, Full Cast, Teresa Gallagher, Derek Jacobi Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 53 minutes Release date: November 16, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Seven of Shahrazad's stories of love, magic and mystery - plus bonus documentary A collection of fabulous tales of genies, heroes, flying carpets and fantastic voyages, The Arabian Nights has enchanted generations of children and adults. Forged in the Islamic Golden Age, it was brought to Europe in the 18th Century, where it became an instant sensation. Included here are seven full-cast dramatisations, starring Carolyn Backhouse as Shahrazad and Derek Jacobi as the King, as well as a bonus edition of In Our Time exploring the story behind the tales. Ghanim, the Thrall of Love - To escape the executioner's sword, Shahrazad beguiles the King with a spellbinding tale of love, jealousy, betrayal - and a magic drum. The Ebony Horse - The magical story of a handsome prince, a beautiful princess, and a remarkable wooden horse. The Three Suitors - When Jamilla's lover is thrown in prison, she devises a cunning plan to free him, involving a carpenter, a magistrate, a bogus camel-cleaner, and a wardrobe... The Ninth Pedestal - Prince Zain inherits eight valuable statues - but the ninth is missing. He goes on a quest to find it - but what he discovers is beyond price... Homza's Dance - The hunt for a lost arrow leads Prince Ahmed into an amazing adventure of sorcery and transformation. The Hunchback - A series of bizarre accidents befall an eccentric cast of characters in a tale that's full of twists and turns. The Dream of Baba Abdullah - In a final attempt to save her life, Shahrazad invites the king to enter the final story with her - or return alone... In Our Time: The Arabian Nights - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the myths, tales and legends of this ever-shifting sea of stories. Cast and credits Adapted by Colin Haydn Evans Directed by Nigel Bryant Music: Sue Harris and Steafan Hannigan Starring Carolyn Backhouse as Shahrazad and Derek Jacobi as the King. Ghanim, the Thrall of Love Wazir - Simon Carter Ghanim - Michael Lumsden Leila - Moir Leslie Caliph - Duncan Law Rahil - Mary Wimbush Slave - Richard O'Ryan Old Man - Geoffrey Banks The Ebony Horse Kamar - James Telfer The Sage - Roger Hume Shams - Teresa Gallagher Kamar's father - John Baddeley The Three Suitors Jamilla - Rachel Atkins Hassan - William Chubb Faris - Geoffrey Banks Gaoler - Michael Mears Magistrate - Philip Anthony Carpenter - John Baddeley Shahrazad's father - Simon Carter The Ninth Pedestal Prince Zain - James Telfer Moubarak - John Baddeley Genie - Steve Hodson Maysun -Teresa Gallagher Homza's Dance Ahmed - James Telfer Peri Banou - Rachel Atkins Sultan - Philip Anthony Sorceress - Mary Wimbush Hussein - Steve Hodson The Hunchback Tailor - Harry Landis Tailor's wife - Maria Charles Doctor's wife - Mary Wimbush Doctor - Philip Anthony Seamstress - Kate Binchy Christian - John Baddeley Watchman - Jonathan Owen Magistrate - Maurice Denham Hunchback - Tania Ison The Dream of Baba Abdullah Baba Abdullah - Daniel Strauss Dervish - Geoffrey Banks In Our Time Presented by Melvyn Bragg With Robert Irwin, Marina Warner and Gerard van Gelder Produced by James Cook © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652119 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anna Karenina: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Dramatisation Author: Leo Tolstoy Narrator: Alfred Enoch, Kate Phillips, Rory Kinnear, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 50 minutes Release date: June 15, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A brand-new BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic love story Beautiful and intelligent young Anna suffers in her loveless marriage, dreaming of the romantic life she should be living, and the love that others around her should be sharing honestly with one another. When she meets the dashing Vronsky he seems to offer everything she has been craving, but the cost she will pay is higher than she could have imagined. Meanwhile Konstantin Levin, a gentle landowner who shares Anna's belief in sincerity, attempts to channel his beliefs into his land, his family, and his love for beautiful aristocrat Kitty, and must risk everything to discover his capacity for life. Dramatised by the award-winning Linda Marshall Griffiths, Anna Karenina is a powerful story of passion, infidelity, vengeance and retribution. Starring Kate Phillips (Peaky Blinders), Alfred Enoch (Harry Potter films) and Rory Kinnear (James Bond films), this brand-new adaptation is an epic and compelling production that will stay with each listener for a lifetime. Written by Leo Tolstoy Dramatised by Linda Marshall Griffiths Cast Anna - Kate Phillips Vronsky - Alfred Enoch Karenin - Rory Kinnear Levin - Sacha Dhawan Kitty - Anneika Rose Stiva - Adetomiwa Edun Dolly - Rosalie Craig Seryozha - Rafferty Railton Countess Vronskaya - Leah Marks Kuzma/Priest/Porter - Hasan Dixon Princess/Nurse/Madame Kartasova - Georgie Glen First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 30 April - 14 May 2023 ©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649499 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Robert Louis Stevenson: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and more Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Narrator: Wally K. Daly, Tony Osoba, Phyliss Logan, Stuart Mcquarrie, Michael Nardone, Jack Lowden, Madeleine Worrall, John Dougall, Nina Wadia, David Tennant, Full Cast, Peter Jeffrey, David Rintoul, Alan Cumming Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 22 minutes Release date: May 25, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: A thrilling collection of dramatisations from the classic Scottish master of tales Robert Louis Stevenson was a novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer, and created some of the most famous and influential characters in modern literature. From Long John Silver and David Balfour to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, his figures swiftly became the shorthand for piracy, monstrous medicine, and the slave trade in America. A master of atmosphere and an enthusiast of foreign travel, Stevenson wrote countless stories which have been enjoyed in film, television and theatre adaptations throughout the years. In this fantastic collection, enjoy the ripping adventures of Treasure Island, with young Jim Hawkins discovering a treasure map in a pirate's chest and soon finding himself drawn into a world of danger and high seas adventure with the charismatic Long John Silver. The next two stories are introduced by David Tennant (Doctor Who, Good Omens): Kidnapped, the thrilling tale of one young man's escape from the Jacobite rebellions, only to be press-ganged onto a slave ship heading for the plantations of America, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, the terrifying story of a scientist experimenting on himself, and the terrible dark discovery he makes, featuring Stuart McQuarrie (The Crown, Shetland) and John Dougall (The Girl on the Train, Holby City). Five further stories follow: 'The Bottle Imp', a twisted tale about a magic bottle, The Master of Ballantrae, a buccaneering tale of two rival brothers, and Weir of Hermiston, Stevenson's unfinished novel of passion and rebellion in the Lowlands. In 'Olalla', a family is hiding a terrible secret in the Spanish hills, and in 'Markheim', an unusual stranger is suspiciously helpful. Finally, two fascinating pieces of non-fiction: Travels with a Donkey, Stevenson's account of attempting to travel the French mountains with only a donkey for company and Great Lives, an episode of the series featuring Stevenson as the examined life. Starring such acclaimed actors as David Tennant, Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Lovejoy), Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Mary Queen of Scots) and Alan Cumming (The High Life, The Good Wife), this is a collection not to be missed by any fan of literature or adventure. Contents List Treasure Island Kidnapped The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 'The Bottle Imp' The Master of Ballantrae Weir of Hermiston 'Olalla' 'Markheim' Travels with a Donkey Great Lives - Robert Louis Stevenson ©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652116 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mahabharata and The Ramayana: Two full-cast BBC Radio dramatisations based on the classic Indian epics Author: Jatinder Verma, Claudia Mayer, Amber Lone Narrator: Lloyd Thomas, Manjinder Virk, Raad Rawi, Sasha Behar, Adeel Akhtar, Nitin Ganatra, Kulvinder Ghir, Paul Bhattacharjee, Paul Bazely, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 52 minutes Release date: April 13, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.5 of Total 2 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Full-cast dramatised retellings of the two most important epic Sanskrit poems of ancient India The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are literary classics, the longest epic poems in world literature, as significant as the Bible, the Qu'ran and the works of Shakespeare. Estimated to have been composed over a period of time around the 3rd and 4th centuries BC, they encompass some of the greatest stories ever told - tales of the deeds of gods and men, and the eternal battle between good and evil. Included here are full-cast BBC Radio adaptations of both, directed by award-winning producer Claire Grove and with original music by acclaimed composer Niraj Chag. Viewed from the perspective of one of the central characters, Yudhishtra, The Mahabharata recounts the struggles of a divided family as they fight over their inheritance and destroy the very thing they seek most - a peaceful and harmonious land. Exiled for 13 years, Yudhishtra knows his cousin will never give up the throne. War is inevitable - but which side will Krishna be on? Paul Battacharjee, Nitin Ganatra and Raad Rawi star in this intimate, accessible reimagining by Jatinder Verma and Claudia Mayer. One of the world's most popular love stories, The Ramayana centres around the separation and reunion of Rama and Sita. When Sita first glimpses the beautiful Prince Rama, she determines to marry him or die. She wins his heart - but his stepmother's plot sees him banished from his position as heir to the throne. Exiled, he retreats to the forest, where Sita is abducted by a ruthless warlord. Rama enlists the help of an army of monkeys to get her back - but has she betrayed him with the evil ruler of Lanka? Manjinder Virk stars as Sita, with Lloyd Thomas as Rama in Amber Lone's distinctive modern version of the ancient legend. Also included is the 5-part series Let's Talk About Rama and Sita, in which award-winning poet and broadcaster Daljit Nagra takes stories from The Ramayana into his community and finds the ancient tales alive with contemporary Asian dilemmas. Are Rama and Sita useful role models for men and women nowadays? How is the duo's relationship relevant to marriage today? And what lessons can the Indian epic teach us about loyalty and betrayal? Produced and directed by Claire Grove Music composed by Niraj Chag The Mahabharata Yudhishtra - Paul Bhattacharjee Krishna - Nitln Ganatra Bhishma - Raad Rawi Dhirtrashtra - Sam Dale Duryodhana - Zubln Varla Arjuna - Paul Bazely Bhima - Danny Sapani Draupadi - Sasha Behar Gandhari - Sudha Buchar Kunti - Indira Joshi Shakuni - Jude Akuwudike Uttara - Saikat Ahamed Dramatised by Jatinder Verma and Claudia Mayer First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 4-18 February 2007 The Ramayana Sita - Manjinder Virk Rama - Lloyd Thomas Lakshman - Adeel Aktar Ravan - Paul Bhattacharjee Surparnaka - Sasha Behar Dasarath/Sugreeva - Jude Akuwudike Sister/Mandodari - Deeivya Meir Bharat - Saikat Ahamed Hanuman - Kulvinder Ghir Kush - Omar Kent Lava - Neil Reynolds Dramatised by Amber Lone First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 31 October-7 November 2010 Let's Talk About Rama and Sita Presented by Daljit Nagra First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 24-28 February 2014 © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649859 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Author: J. R. R. Tolkien Narrator: Christopher Tolkien Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: March 30, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: First ever audio edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s most important poetic dramas, that explores timely themes such as the nature of heroism and chivalry during war. The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm’s Son was originally published in the 1953 edition of Essays and Studies. In December of that year, J.R.R. Tolkien took possession of a reel-to-reel tape recorder and, some time during the first few months of 1954, decided to record ‘the whole thing on tape’ as a way of ‘testing’ the performative quality of the dramatic dialogue between Tídwald and Torhthelm. For the older Tídwald, Tolkien adopted a slower, deeper voice, perhaps akin to ‘the voice of Gandalf’ that W.H. Auden recalls hearing as an undergraduate, as noted in Humphrey Carpenter’s J.R.R. Tolkien, A Biography. For the younger, more idealistic Torhthelm, Tolkien used a lighter, more spirited tone to convey his youth. Christopher Tolkien notes that his father added sound effects, such as the ‘creaking and bumping of the waggon wheels, by moving a piece of furniture in his study’. This recording, together with an introduction and the two accompanying essays read by Christopher Tolkien, was released on cassette tape in 1992, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien and the 1001st anniversary of the Battle of Maldon. It was presented as a gift to the participants of the Tolkien Centenary Conference, Keble College, Oxford, and is now available as an audiobook for the first time.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/649579 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Gate Author: Natsume Soseki Narrator: Cindy Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 52 minutes Release date: March 7, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: An NYRB Classics Original A humble clerk and his loving wife scrape out a quiet existence on the margins of Tokyo. Resigned, following years of exile and misfortune, to the bitter consequences of having married without their families' consent, and unable to have children of their own, Sosuke and Oyone find the delicate equilibrium of their household upset by a new obligation to meet the educational expenses of Sosuke's brash younger brother. While an unlikely new friendship appears to offer a way out of this bind, it also soon threatens to dredge up a past that could once again force them to flee the capital. Desperate and torn, Sosuke finally resolves to travel to a remote Zen Mountain monastery to see if perhaps there, through meditation, he can find a way out of his predicament. This moving and deceptively simple story, a melancholy tale shot through with glimmers of joy, beauty, and gentle wit, is an understated masterpiece by one of Japan's greatest writers. At the end of his life, Natsume Soseki declared The Gate, originally published in 1910, to be his favorite among all his novels. This new translation captures the oblique grace of the original while correcting numerous errors and omissions that marred the first English version.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652167 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Astonishing Adventure of Jane Smith Author: Patricia Wentworth Narrator: Graham Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 7, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Timid Renata Molloy is in mortal peril after overhearing details of a breathtaking conspiracy. But her courageous and near-identical cousin Jane Smith—homeless and just two-and-elevenpence away from the workhouse—is willing to take her place if it means a roof over her head and plenty to eat. So Jane, with the help of Captain Henry March of Scotland Yard, whose hand in marriage she once refused, finds herself incognito at stately Luttrell Marches, enmeshed in a mystery of secret formulae, political plots, and a maze of secret doors and secret passages …

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/653327 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - El castillo Author: Franz Kafka Narrator: José García Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 2, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Una de las obras más emblemáticas de Kafka. El castillo cuenta los infructuosos intentos del agrimensor K. por acceder a las autoridades del castillo, que al parecer ha reclamado sus servicios, y obtener el permiso para ejercer su trabajo y establecerse así en la aldea en la que ha sido recibido como un forastero. Con su insistencia en reclamar los derechos que le corresponden, las peripecias a menudo cómicas del agrimensor K. configuran una parábola insondable sobre la abstrusa condición del poder y sobre el difícil sentimiento de pertenencia que angustia al hombre moderno. Reseñas: «Habla un discípulo de Kafka, un tardío discípulo de Kafka, pero que sigue sintiéndolo y agradeciendo lo mucho que él le ha dado y lo poco que él ha podido hacer con ese espléndido regalo de su obra.» Jorge Luis Borges «El mundo de Kafka es, en verdad, un universo indecible donde el hombre se da el lujo torturante de pescar en una bañera, sabiendo que no saldrá nada.» Albert Camus

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652816 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - La transformación (La metamorfosis) Author: Franz Kafka Narrator: Octavi Pujades Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 15 minutes Release date: February 2, 2023 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Una de las obras capitales de la literatura moderna sobre las pesadillas de la existencia La transformación, o metamorfosis, de Gregor Samsa en un bicho monstruoso, similar a un enorme escarabajo, es uno de los hitos de la literatura universal. Franz Kafka escribió el relato en 1915 y lo publicó por primera vez en la revista mensual Die Weissen Blätter. En noviembre de ese mismo año, el título se imprimió como libro independiente bajo el sello de la editorial Kurt Wolff, con fecha anticipada de 1916. En este volumen, la más conocida y divulgada pesadilla kafkiana es objeto de una nueva traducción a cargo de Juan José del Solar, que ha tenido presentes la luz que arroja sobre la obra de Kafka la edición crítica de la editorial S. Fischer, que ha obligado, felizmente, a reeditar bajo nuevos parámetros a un autor que está considerado el más emblemático del siglo XX. La crítica ha dicho: «El mundo de Kafka es, en verdad, un universo indecible donde el hombre se da el lujo torturante de pescar en una bañera, a sabiendas de que no saldrá nada.» Albert Camus «La más indiscutible virtud de Kafka es la invención de situaciones intolerables.» Jorge Luis Borges «La literatura de Kafka es tan cruel e intrincada como una pesadilla. La destrucción del yo planea por sus páginas como algo inminente e ineludible.» Rafael Narbona, El Cultural

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/652168 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Mill on the Floss Author: George Eliot Narrator: Chris Macdonnell, Diana Croft Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 21 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 31, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: This powerful and moving 1860 novel is believed to be George Eliot’s most autobiographical novel. She was certainly referencing personal experience when she wrote the character of Maggie Tulliver. The protagonist siblings, Tom and Maggie, are brought up in Lincolnshire, at Dorlcote Mill, on the banks of the imaginary River Floss. Maggie adores and worships her brother. As a young boy, he has adopted a chivalrous, manly, moral code, but also displays a reluctance to learn, and he fails dismally to apply himself to his education. His father, anxious to see Tom formally educated (“So as he might be up to the tricks o’ these fellows as talk fine and write with a flourish”) opts to send him to board with a tutor. Tom struggles with Latin and dreads the inclusion of Greek in the syllabus. Maggie outshines him intellectually, showing herself to be astute and intelligent, which goes against the expectations for a girl in the society of the day and of her family. Her development into adulthood is made difficult by prevailing societal attitudes toward women. Many references to those attitudes are made in the work, and there is clearly a feminist perspective to the novel. However, Maggie is desperate to win approval. Tom’s life is changed drastically when his father becomes a debtor to the point of bankruptcy and a fall from his horse leaves him gravely ill. Tom’s pride and family loyalty push him into a life and career he wouldn’t have chosen for himself, desperate to pay off his father’s debts. Eventually, through the encouragement of his inarticulate and lowly-born childhood friend, Bob Jakin, Tom makes the best of his situation. (Bob is a dedicated friend to Tom and Maggie throughout the novel). Dominating the family are their three aunts (formerly Dodson sisters) and their husbands. These aunts and Mrs. Tulliver are regarded as one of the most wonderful comic creations of nineteenth-century fiction. Maggie becomes a woman and ultimately involved in relationships with two men. Phillip: a close friend who is the son of her father’s enemy and persecutor. And Steven: a charming, upper-class suitor who just happens to be her cousin Lucy’s recognized Beau. This internal battle between her sense of decency, her family’s expectations of her, and her own desires tears her apart. Tom does not approve of Maggie’s behavior regarding either one of these relationships and disowns Maggie. Eliot then brings this classic romantic novel to a suspenseful and beautifully written conclusion.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651667 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Merchantman and the Pirate (Unabridged) Author: Charles Reade Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 51 minutes Release date: January 23, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Ships at anchor reared their tall masts, here and there; and the broad stream was enlivened and colored by junks and boats of all sizes and vivid hues, propelled on the screw principle by a great scull at the stern, with projecting handles for the crew to work; and at times a gorgeous mandarin boat, with two great glaring eyes set in the bows, came flying, rowed with forty paddles by an armed crew, whose shields hung on the gunwale and flashed fire in the sunbeams.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Rounding Cape Horn (Unabridged) Author: Herman Melville Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 25 minutes Release date: January 22, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Herman Melville August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival, and Moby-Dick grew to be considered one of the great American novels. ROUNDING CAPE HORN: Through drizzling fogs and vapors, and under damp, double-topsails, our wet-decked frigate drew nearer and nearer to the squally Cape.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651665 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Chase (Unabridged) Author: Herman Melville Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 28 minutes Release date: January 21, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Herman Melville August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. Although his reputation was not high at the time of his death, the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival, and Moby-Dick grew to be considered one of the great American novels. THE CHASE: That night, in the mid-watch, when the old man as his wont at intervals stepped forth from the scuttle in which he leaned, and went to his pivot-hole, he suddenly thrust out his face fiercely, snuffing up the sea air as a sagacious ship's dog will, in drawing nigh to some barbarous isle. He declared that a whale must be near.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651663 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Equality at Sea (Unabridged) Author: Frederick Marryat Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 30 minutes Release date: January 19, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 - 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling known as Marryat's Code. EQUALITY AT SEA: The next morning Jack Easy would have forgotten all about his engagement with the captain, had it not been for the waiter, who thought that after the reception which our hero had given the first lieutenant, it would be just as well that he should not be disrespectful to the captain.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651662 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailors' Yarns (Unabridged) Author: Pierre Loti Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 9 minutes Release date: January 18, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Pierre Loti born to a Protestant family, Loti's education began in his birthplace, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime. At age 17 he entered the naval school in Brest and studied at Le Borda. He gradually rose in his profession, attaining the rank of captain in 1906. In January 1910 he went on the reserve list. He was in the habit of claiming that he never read books, saying to the Académie française on the day of his introduction (7 April 1892), 'Loti ne sait pas lire' ('Loti doesn't know how to read'), but testimony from friends proves otherwise, as does his library, much of which is preserved in his house in Rochefort. In 1876 fellow naval officers persuaded him to turn into a novel passages in his diary dealing with some curious experiences in Istanbul. The result was the anonymously published Aziyadé (1879), part romance, part autobiography, like the work of his admirer, Marcel Proust, after him. SAILORS' YARNS: Within the tropics, on a wondrous evening when the Southern trades were blowing with their balmiest softness, the corporeal portion of his being tired with a healthy muscular fatigue, gently lulled by the slumberous rhythmic motion of the ship.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651661 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Loss of the Royal George (Unabridged) Author: W.H.G. Kingston Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 19 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: William Henry Giles Kingston writer of tales for boys, William Henry Giles Kingston was born in London, but spent much of his youth in Oporto, where his father was a merchant. His first book, The Circassian Chief, appeared in 1844. His first book for boys, Peter the Whaler, was published in 1851, and had such success that he retired from business and devoted himself entirely to the production of this kind of literature, in which his popularity was deservedly great; and during 30 years he wrote upwards of 130 tales. THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE: I am not likely to forget that next morning, the 28th of August, (17). It was a fine summer's morning, and there was just a little sea on, with a strongish breeze blowing from the eastward, but not enough to prevent boats coming off from Portsmouth. I counted forty sail-of-the-line, a dozen frigates and smaller ships of war, and well-nigh three hundred merchant vessels, riding, as of course we were, to the flood with our heads towards Cowes.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650212 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Free and Other Stories Author: Theodore Dreiser Narrator: John Burlinson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 15 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: This collection presents eleven of Dreiser’s best tales, ranging from trenchant social analysis to penetrating character study. One of Dreiser’s most powerful stories, “N****r Jeff” was occasioned when Dreiser was forced to witness a lynching, an experience that disturbed him deeply.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/650203 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ringer Author: Edgar Wallace Narrator: John Rayburn Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: January 17, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Seeing justice done in your own way of thinking is not the wisest path to follow. However, it was indeed how one individual managed his life. He did it in such a way that criminals at all levels feared him, as did Scotland Yard as they tried to put a halt to his actions. The Yard itself hadn’t the slightest idea of what he looked like because this man, who came to be known as The Ringer, had a baffling way of disguising himself. On the surface it seemed his actions could be beneficial to the law abiding world. However, The Ringer didn’t limit himself to the so-called “bad” guys, but would sometimes kill anyone he looked on as targets for his personal vengeance. He had various encounters with a crafty and very unorthodox lawman named Bliss, as well as Alan Wembury, a newcomer to the legal enforcement world. It’s a strange story in many ways as you have an opportunity to listen to what took place.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651660 to listen full audiobooks. Title: In the Gulf Stream (Unabridged) Author: Charles Kingsley Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 10 minutes Release date: January 16, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 - 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin. IN THE GULF STREAM: The appearance of the first fragments of gulf-weed caused quite a little excitement, and set an enthusiastic pair of naturalists, a midland hunting squire, and a travelled scientific doctor who had been twelve years in the Eastern Archipelago, fishing eagerly over the bows, with an extemporized grapple of wire, for gulf-weed, a specimen of which they did not catch.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/651658 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Man and the Cannon (Unabridged) Author: Victor Hugo Narrator: Ant Richards Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 18 minutes Release date: January 14, 2023 Genres: Classics Publisher's Summary: Victor-Marie Hugo 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, and letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose. THE MAN AND THE CANNON: One of the carronades of the battery, a twenty-four pounder, had broken loose. This is the most dangerous accident that can possibly take place on shipboard. Nothing more terrible can happen to a sloop of war in open sea and under full sail.