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Previous Podcasts

• The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 6

  Hester Prynne names her baby Pearl and watches her grow into a beautiful but elfish child. Illustration: "Hester and her baby Pearl" 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. Antho

• The Picture of Dorian Gray - Chapter 18

  A man is killed during a rabbit hunt on Dorian Gray's property; Dorian lives in fear of James Vane. [audio:http://media.blubrry.com/greatbooks/greatbooksaudio.com/audio/Dorian-Chapter18.mp3]

• Animal Farm - Chapter 8

  Frederick scams Comrade Napoleon; casualties are taken in The Battle of the Windmill, the Commandments are amended.  

• Winesburg, Ohio - Chapter 4: MOTHER

  MOTHER, concerning Elizabeth Willard "If I am dead and see him become a meaningless drab figure like myself, I will come back," she declared. [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.greatbooksaudio.com/audio/winesburg4.mp3] internet advertising

• Call of the Wild - Chapter 6

  For the Love of a Man Deep in the forest a call was sounding, and . . . he felt compelled to turn his back upon the fire, and to plunge into the forest. Buck experiences love for the first time, developing a strong affection for the man who saved his life and who proves an ideal master.

• Winesburg, Ohio - Chapter 18: THE UNTOLD LIE

  THE UNTOLD LIE, concerning Ray Pearson There they stood in the big empty field with the quiet corn shocks standing in rows behind them and the red and yellow hills in the distance. Hal sensed it and because that was his way he laughed. "Well, old daddy," he said awkwardly,"come on, advise me. I'v

• The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 17

  Hester Prynne and the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale meet to discuss their past and their future. Illustration: "Wilt thou yet forgive me?" from chapter entitled "The Pastor and His Parishoner" in The Scarlet Letter -- the 1878 edition published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Illustration draw

• The War of the Worlds - Chapter 13

  How I Fell In With the Curate: Escaping downriver in a boat with no oars. [audio:http://media.blubrry.com/greatbooks/greatbooksaudio.com/audio/chapter13-war.mp3]