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The Jane Austen novels available as podcasts or audio files on Librivox are:
Emma
Northanger Abbey
Pride and Prejudice
Books that are being taped:
Lady Susan
Mansfield Park
Persuasion
Sense and Sensibility
The completed audio books can be downloaded for free at this site: http://librivox.org/
The complete novels can be downloaded at two sites:
Project Gutenberg
Bibliomania
Posted in Free audio books on August 26, 2006| 1 Comment »
LibriVox describes itself as the “acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.”
On this site find all the chapters of Pride and Prejudice as MP3 files. I recommend that you download the 3rd version.
You have several options:
Click on Librivox or Pride and Prejudice (words above) to enter the sites.
Black London by Gretchen Gerzina
Free E-Book: Gerzina has written a fascinating account of London blacks, focusing on the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Because of a paucity of sources from blacks themselves, Gerzina had to rely primarily on glimpses through white eyes, especially those of antislavery advocate Granville Sharp. Gerzina is quite adept at culling evidence of a rich, complex black life, with significant interaction (and intermarriage) with the white community. Although subjected to much discrimination, London blacks never suffered as much as their American counterparts. The author rightly concludes that blacks have played an important role in the life of London for much of its history.
Click on this link to Dartmouth.edu.
Highly Recommended a New Book! Bath -An Adumbration in Rhyme
Edited by Ben Wiebracht. Read the review of the book at this link. Click to order the book on Amazon US or Amazon UK
The neglected tombstone found in an overgrown burial ground.
Rear Admiral Charles Austen CB
Died off Prome, the 7th October 1852, while in command of the Naval Expedition on the river Irrawady against the Burmese Forces, aged 73 years.”
The grave after restoration
Read the full article in The Sunday Times. June 27, 2021.
Click on image to read the story.
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Regent’s Canal Walk (Little Venice to Kings Cross): Tony Grant
Take a walk along a portion of Regent’s Canal with Tony Grant and friend. His superb photos and commentary make you feel as if you’ve tagged along.
Click on this link to stroll along with Tony & Guy. (Images: Barges along Regent’s Canal; John Masefield’s House. Copyright: Tony Grant)
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STAGE-COACH AND MAIL IN DAYS OF YORE: A PICTURESQUE HISTORY
OF THE COACHING AGE, VOL. II, By CHARLES G. HARPER. 1903. Click on this link.
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