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Books in Victorian Collection series

  • Sketches by Boz

    Charles Dickens, Peter Joyce

    Audio CD (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 2004)
    This is a collection of reportage, observation, notes and fiction centred on the city of London and its people. Dickens vividly describes the streets, theatres, pawnshops, law courts and prisons he encountered as he travelled through the city.
  • The Coral Island

    Robert Michael Ballantyne, Peter Joyce

    Audio CD (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 2004)
    An enduringly popular classic of children's fiction, The Coral Island tells the story of three boys stranded on a seemingly idyllic desert island. Thoughtful Ralph, clever, brave Jack and mischievous Peterkin soon find, however, that their new home has more than a few surprises in store! Wayne Forester's energetic reading brings this classic adventure vividly to life. The Coral Island inspired a whole genre of adventure literature, influencing Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island and William Golding's Lord of the Flies.
  • Erewhon

    Samuel Butler, Peter Joyce

    Audio Cassette (Assembled Stories, Sept. 1, 1997)
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  • Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

    Jerome Klapka Jerome

    (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 2004)
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  • Moonfleet

    J Meade Falkner, Peter Joyce

    Audio CD (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 2004)
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  • The Frozen Deep

    Wilkie Collins

    Audio Cassette (Assembled Stories, June 30, 2005)
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  • A Child of the Jago

    Arthur Morrison, Peter Joyce

    (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 1998)
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  • Moonfleet

    J. Meade Falkner

    Audio Cassette (Assembled Stories, July 30, 1999)
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  • The Professor

    Charlotte Bronte

    Audio Cassette (Assembled Stories, Sept. 30, 2001)
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  • Cousin Phillis

    Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Peter Joyce

    Audio CD (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 2004)
    Written at the peak of her career, Gaskell's sorrowful tale of betrayed love is immensely affecting. For Paul Manning, one of the undeniable charms of the countryside is his beautiful yet nave cousin Phillis. But, when Paul finds himself uncomfortably implicated in the romantic drama that unfolds between Phillis and his sophisticated colleague, country life suddenly becomes not quite the simple and artless pleasure it once was. Gaskell's exploration of the threat posed to an uncomplicated, rustic way of life by the rapid industrialisation of the nineteenth century provides the backdrop to this touching tale of romance. The young English actor Joe Marsh makes his audiobook debut in a fine rendering of this gentle novel.
  • The Invisible Man

    H. G. Wells, Peter Joyce

    Audio Cassette (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 1998)
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  • Hard Times

    Charles Dickens, Peter Joyce

    Audio Cassette (Assembled Stories, Dec. 1, 1998)
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