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Previous Podcasts

• The Great Gatsby - Chapter 7, Part 2

  Was it Gatsby or Daisy who drove the death car? internet advertising

• The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 19

  Pearl refuses to greet the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, sensing that he is now a rival for her mother's love. Illustration: from the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Illustration drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy

• Call of the Wild - Chapter 2

  The Law of Club and Fang Thus, as token of what a puppet thing life is the ancient song surged through him and he came into his own again. Buck understands that he has been taken from civilization into a wild, primitive place, and his first day in the North is extremely unpleasant.

• The Picture of Dorian Gray - Chapter 12

  Dorian and Basil have an late night encounter on a London street. [audio:http://media.blubrry.com/greatbooks/greatbooksaudio.com/audio/Dorian-Chapter12.mp3]

• Animal Farm - Chapter 1

  Animal Farm is George Orwell’s satirical allegory of the Russian Revolution, particularly directed against Josef Stalin's policies. Led by the pigs, the animals on Mr. Jones' farm revolt against their human masters.  

• Daisy Miller -Part I, Episode 1

  Daisy Miller is an 1878 novella that portrays the confused courtship of a beautiful American girl by Winterbourne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Chapter 6

    Incident of Dr. Lanyon: the death of another old friend.  

• Dracula - Chapter 9

  Dr. van Helsing arrives in London to examine Lucy Westenra