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Originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation and wildly acclaimed on it's release, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is perhaps Jules Verne most well known title. The world is abuzz with tales of a giant mysterious marine animal, roaming the waterways of the worlds, a menace to shipping. The American Government sends out the Frigate 'Abraham Lincoln' to hunt the beast. Aboard is the scientist Professor Arronax, his manservant Conceil and the famed Canadian Whaler; Ned Land. However these three soon discover that far from being a gigantic Narwhale, the object is in fact a fabulous underwater vessel, built and captained by the mysterious Captain Nemo. As he takes the three on a marvellous underwater tour of the world, will they ever be able to escape back to civilisation? Narrated by Michael Ward.
Jules Verne (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. Narrated by Michael Ward
Charles Dickens (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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'A House to Let' is a short story by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter. It was originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. Collins wrote the introduction and collaborated with Dickens on the second story and ending, while Gaskell and Proctor wrote the remainder. When elderly Sophonisba moves to London for a change of tone, she notices something unusual about the supposedly unoccupied house to let across the street. She entreaties her friends and confidants to investigate the matter, and they return with a collection of tales of previous occupants, but what exactly is the secret of the mysterious house to let? Narrated by Michael Ward
Adelaide Ann Proctor, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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First published in the December 1904 edition of The Delineator, two years after Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, this short parable tells the tale of Santa Claus beset by envious demons, but ultimately triumphant. Narrated by Michael Ward
L. Frank Baum (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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The first in Edgar Rice Burrough's Science Fantasy Barsoom series. A Princess of Mars introduces former Civil War captain John Carter, who through mysterious means finds himself on Mars amongst strange and savage alien beings. Gifted with great strength and agility because of his Earthborn heritage, John Carter's first great adventure on Mars sees him fighting against savage Green Martians and the other inhabitants of Barsoom in pursuit and in defence of Dejah Thoris, the beautiful red Martian and the books titular Martian Princess. Full of swordplay and daring feats, this book and subsequent titles are noted as early inspiration by many later science fiction authors including Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury. Narrated by Michael Ward.
Edgar Rice Burroughs (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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A Washington Irving Collection of Short Stories
A volume of selected stories from Washington Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Praised by Walter Scott and Lord Byron for its prose, this collection consists of his most famous works, 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', as well as the praised short stories 'The Broken Heart' and 'The Widow and her Son'. Narrated by Michael Ward
Washington Irving (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honor. The action is set in London, in 'the present', and takes place over the course of 24 hours. Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After The Importance of Being Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play. Performed by Michael Ward.
Oscar Wilde (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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This famous classic of Jules Verne details the grand adventure of the French valet Passpartout and his unflappable master, one Phileas Fogg, in their journey around the world in 80 days, with Mr. Fogg's whole fortune at stake. Narrated by Michael Ward.
Jules Verne (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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When a scientific expedition to the Antarctic goes horribly and lethally wrong, it falls to Dr Dyer to try and swear others off from following in his expeditions footsteps, to try and prevent them from journeying to those terrifying mountains of madness, and the horror that lies beyond... Initially refused by Weird Tales, but then taken up by Astounding Stories in the April of 1936, At the Mountains of Madness is a longform Novella, which though disliked at the time, has since become recognised as one of his finest works and has inspired numerous other fictional works and films. Narrated by Michael Ward
H.P. Lovecraft (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
This well known classic, an autobiography of the horse Black Beauty, beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. It has been cited as 'the most influential anticruelty novel of all time' by Bernard Unti. The novel was an immediate best seller, and is one of best selling books of all time. Narrated by Michael Ward
Anna Sewell (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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A Gothic Horror of the Vampire, predating Dracula by some 26 years. Carmilla is a tale of creeping horror, narrated by a young girl, who finds herself beset by a mysterious illness, that her newfound and mysterious friend, Carmilla surely can't have anything to do with... Considered one of the founding works within the Vampire genre, its influence can be found throughout popular horror fiction and other media. Written by Sheridan Le Fanu and narrated by Michael Ward.
Sheridan Le Fanu (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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After moving into a house in kent, five children go exploring and in a gravel pit, find a Sand Fairy, known as a 'Psammead' who says he will give them one wish each day. What follows are eleven misadventures where it is discovered that making a good wish is actually much harder than it first appears... The first in E.Nesbit's 'The Psammead' trilogy, published in the Strand Magazine from 1902. Narrated by Michael
Edith Nesbit (Author), Michael Ward (Narrator)
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