These ten treasured stories from the most influential authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries are selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic, oral qualities. Includes...

Hailed by George Bernard Shaw as Dickens's 'masterpiece among masterpieces' for its social indictment and sense of humanity, Little Dorrit is both an examination of Victorian England and a...

The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's classic story of provincial life.

One of the most respected, successful chroniclers of nineteenth-century life, Anthony...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel of 1930s Yorkshire.It is the summer of 1932, and Sarah Burton embarks on a new beginning as the headmistress of...

The dead speak the truth in this village cemetery. Evoking themes of love and hope, despair, and faith, the Spoon River residents examine their lives – and invite us to examine ours. This lavish...

When Richard Hannay offered sanctuary to the man he found on the doorstep of his London flat in the middle of the night, he took the first step on a trail of peril, murder, conspiracy and...

‘Under the Greenwood Tree’ is Hardy’s most charming novel using, as it does, the four seasons of the Wessex year as a backdrop for the delightful romance of the young tranter Dick Dewy and...

Enduring stories that are as relevant today as they were when written at the turn of the century by influential women writers. Includes: On the Divide and The Garden Lodge by Willa Cather; A Point...

John Wyndham’s classic novel of man’s struggle in a besieged world is dramatised by Giles Cooper in this classic 1968 recording.Bill Masen wakes in his hospital bed, eyes bandaged. Something...

It is 1805, and Napoleon prepares to invade England. Asked by the Admiralty to risk a shameful death, Hornblower agrees to a dangerous mission – turning spy to light a powder trail to...

Charles Dickens' classic novel stars Alex Jennings as Charles Dickens and Pauline Quirke as Mrs Boffin. Adapted by Mike Walker.Following his father's death, John Harmon returns to London to...

In the rural hamlet of Lark Rise and the market town of Candleford, life is marked by the pattern of the seasons and the customs of the countryside.Seen through the eyes of a young girl, Laura...

Daphne du Maurier's young heroine meets the charming Maxim de Winter and despite her youth, they marry and go to Manderley, his home in Cornwall. There, the sinister housekeeper Mrs Danvers and...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Mark Twain’s classic novel of adventure, loyalty and responsibility.Young Huck Finn can’t get along with the Widow Douglas’ attempts to...

Candide, published simultaneously in five European capitals in 1759, became an instant bestseller and is now regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. Voltaire’s preoccupations with...