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Author: Frank Richards
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Author Frank Richards
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h 3m
Billy Bunter, affectionately known as 'The Fat Owl of the Remove' first appeared in the Magnet boys' magazine in 1908. Quintessentially British and nostalgic, Billy Bunter is a champion of the chubby, who steals cakes and jam from other boys with glee, and is a lovable often hilarious and likeable oaf. For children aged 8-80+! In this adventure, Bi...
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Author Frank Richards
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h 2m
Money goes missing from the Head's drawer and the hunt is on for the money and the thief, with lashings of silly business and clumsy incidents along the way! The very rotund British schoolboy proves a hit with listeners yet again!
View BookBilly Bunter and the Blue Mauritius
Author: Frank Richards
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Author Frank Richards
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 3h 5m
Billy Bunter becomes involved in Sir Hilton Popper's incredibly valuable stamp, the Blue Mauritius which is stolen by a local thief. After the usual hilarious romp Bunter of course comes up trumps!
View BookAuthor: Charles Dickens
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Author Charles Dickens
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 32m
The Bagman's Story is an uncharacteristically happy story taken from 'The Pickwick Papers'. Dealing with themes of marriage and having an overall positive tone, this tale is uplifting and gentle, with a reassuring and welcome direction.
View BookThe Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
Author: Thomas Hardy
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Author Thomas Hardy
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 42m
A tale by Hardy, master of human tragedy, about a girl's sacrifice for her long-engagement and her doomed love for a visiting soldier.
View BookAuthor: Rudyard Kipling
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Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 11m
Lispeth is an Indian girl, orphaned when her Christian-convert parents succumb to Cholera. Taken on as a chaplain's wife's servant/companion, Lispeth grows into a handsome young lady. One day whilst out on a walk, she rescues an unconscious young Englishman, who she determines will be her future husband. However, racial prejudices and caste systems...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
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Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 29m
That actor bloke MARTIN JARVIS has helped me rekord this casset tape. He thinks he can tork like me, but he can't. I sound better. So pay no attenshun to him. Jus' listen to me tellin' you 'bout the most important things in life! Listings: 1. My Summer Holiday; 2. What's Wrong with Civilizashun; 3. The Job I'd Like Best; 4. Commonsense About Holida...
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Author Richmal Compton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 52m
In 'A Little Affair of Rivalry ', from the 'William - The Pirate' collection, Robert is infatuated with a newly-arrived beauty, but he soon finds he has a rival! Expect lashings of all of the usual delightful misbehavior and nonsense from the loveable scamp William Brown, his gang of friends, his 'enemies', and of course - his long-suffering parent...
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 4h 52m
Once again we find ourselves at that idyllic country seat, Blandings. This time it's debonair charmer, Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, fifth Earl of Ickenham (known to most as 'Uncle Fred') who has been lured to the castle by affable Lord Emsworth. His lordship requires an expert in human behaviour to prevent the egg-throwing Duke of Duns...
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 4h 50m
Right Ho, Jeeves sees Bertie Wooster blithely attempting to assume the role of Jeeves himself as a matters-of-the-heart adviser. Very unwise: from Gussie Fink-Nottle's romance with Madeline Bassett, to Tuppy Glossop and his stop/go engagement to Angela Travers, the young master succeeds only in making a bally mess of everyone's love-lives. Toss int...
View BookAuthor: P.G. Wodehouse
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Author P.G. Wodehouse
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 19m
When Bertie's indomitable Aunt Agatha asks him to chaperone a visitor to New York, Jeeves and Wooster dare not disobey, and have to step up to the plate. Unfortunately, their charge is a rather ill-behaved scoundrel called Bassington-Bassington, who finds himself in a whole bally lot of trouble almost as soon as his feet touch American soil. Add to...
View BookArrest of Lieutenant Golightly
Author: Rudyard Kipling
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Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 11m
A well-crafted piece of writing about schadenfreude - sheer pleasure, in this case, at seeing someone 'get his comeuppance' - with an element of slapstick. Lieutenant Golightly is a young officer in the British Army in India who prides himself on "looking like 'an Officer and a Gentleman'" and it is clear he puts a little too much emphasis on his a...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
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Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 29m
A rollicking adventure in the vast catalogue of mischievous japes that chronicles the life of irrepressible and ageless schoolboy William Brown. The scruffy, mud-stained and mischievous boy is a loveable rogue whose heart is usually(!) in the right place and whose pranks usually end in disaster. An ill-advised joke is the basis for this funny tale...
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Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 8m
Inspired by Charles Dickens' story A Christmas Carol, where miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is transformed overnight by ghosts, Jimmy embarks on his own mission to 'Cure a mizzen for Christmas'. Walking along, he sees his victim, the Vicar, who is counting a large sum of cash. Jimmy convinces his friend Bobby to help him on his mission but their plan does...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
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Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 17m
William Brown's Christmas day is typically filled with a burst of mouth organ at 6am in the morning, buying people presents that he expects to be given straight back and generally making an albeit good-intentioned nuisance of himself to all and sundry. Chock-full of William's famous observations on life and ruminations on the human condition, Chris...
View BookAuthor: Richmal Crompton
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Author Richmal Crompton
Narrator Martin Jarvis
SeriesJust William, Book 3
Duration 39m
This story concerns an obnoxious child called Anthony Martin, a character based upon Christopher Robin, made famous by A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books. Despite Anthony being spoiled and famous, the unchanging and ever-indifferent William has reliably never heard of him! Richmal Crompton's loveable rogue of an anti-hero is always a delight on aud...
View BookAuthor: Charles Dickens
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Author Charles Dickens
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 18m
Dickens' most autobiographical novel. It paints a powerful picture of social conditions in Victorian England. One of six Dickens' titles read by the great Martin Jarvis. His interpretation of Uriah Heep for BBC Television is a classic.
View BookAuthor: W.S. Gilbert
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Author W.S. Gilbert
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 12m
Angela tells the story of a 'poor paralysed fellow' who becomes infatuated with a girl who visits him. A melancholy and emotive tale of longing, desire and loss, Angela is a well-crafted short story by the great W.S. Gilbert (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame).
View BookAuthor: Rudyard Kipling
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Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 11m
A story of marital discomfort, bribery and 'just desserts', this story follows an unpleasant man's efforts to divorce his wife. Described by some critics as 'overdoing' the retribution dished out to the story's villain, this tale is a gritty and satisfying listen which outlines the perils of dishonesty and is a fable of sorts.
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Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 11m
A refreshingly unusual story which examines the human condition and the idea of words from the past haunting the present. A jockey in a big race is set to win and is a 'sure bet' but with haunting voices from the past ringing in his ears, can he overcome his psychological torture to succeed on the track? A well-crafted story which lends itself to a...
View BookAuthor: Rudyard Kipling
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Author Rudyard Kipling
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 11m
This thrilling and mysterious story was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on March 4th 1887 and collected in Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in subsequent editions of this collection. The Bisara of Pooree is a tiny eyeless fish, carved from a nut, inside a little jewelled silver box. If stolen, it is a powerful love charm. I...
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