Episodes

  • Fables of Pilpay-Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ

    Fables of Pilpay-Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ
    Aug 24 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    6 hrs and 47 mins
  • My Discovery of England-Stephen Leacock

    My Discovery of England-Stephen Leacock
    Aug 23 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    4 hrs and 43 mins
  • Visions and Revisions-John Cowper Powys

    Visions and Revisions-John Cowper Powys
    Aug 22 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson

    This episode includes AI-generated content.
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    6 hrs and 49 mins
  • Lancashire Characters and Places-Thomas Newbigging

    Lancashire Characters and Places-Thomas Newbigging
    Aug 21 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    4 hrs and 20 mins
  • Holiday Round-A. A. Milne

    Holiday Round-A. A. Milne
    Aug 20 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    8 hrs and 17 mins
  • London Tradesmen-Anthony Trollope

    London Tradesmen-Anthony Trollope
    Aug 19 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    2 hrs and 25 mins
  • Footpath Way An Anthology for Walkers-Hilaire Belloc

    Footpath Way An Anthology for Walkers-Hilaire Belloc
    Aug 18 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    5 hrs and 46 mins
  • Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 096-Various

    Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 096-Various
    Aug 17 2026
    Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' Suffrage League, She and her husband Wilfrid Meynell were active in publishing and editing literary works including helping to launch the first works of Francis Thompson, author of "Hound of Heaven." The Meynell's later converted to Roman Catholicism. These essays are very evocative for anyone who has, or wants to visit London, capturing the atmosphere of the late nineteenth century. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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    4 hrs and 36 mins